Overview

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Brian P. Dawson is the Founding Partner of HPC, an AgTech-focused venture capital fund, the Founder and CEO of HarvestPort, a shared economy platform for seasonally used agriculture assets, and is the Executive Chairman of Full Cycle Bioplastics, a biotechnology company with a proprietary process to convert food and agricultural waste into biodegradable plastic.

Mr. Dawson has an extensive entrepreneurial background encompassing agriculture, logistics, sustainable materials, and energy.In 2009 he co-founded Palogix International USA, now the largest renter of recyclable bins, totes, and harvesting containers to the agriculture industry in the United States. As the client-facing partner at Palogix.

Mr. Dawson innovated the company’s aggregate pooling program, which allowed agribusinesses to monetize capitally intensive supply chain assets off-season. In 1998 Mr. Dawson co-founded PetroCal Incorporated, an energy company focused on increasing the production of mature oil and gas fields utilizing modern technology.

Mr. Dawson is a graduate of Columbia University, and lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son.