# Irving Fain: CEO, Bowery Farming

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Founder and CEO of [Bowery Farming](/companies/bowery-farming), once the largest vertical farming company in the US, which he founded in 2015 in New York City. A Brown University graduate (class of 2002), Fain previously co-founded and led CrowdTwist, a multi-channel customer loyalty platform acquired by Oracle for approximately $100 million. Bowery Farming raised over $650M and was valued at $2.3B at its peak, but ceased operations in November 2024 amid rising costs and a pullback in agtech funding.

- **Nationality:** American
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (2)

- [Bowery Farming](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/bowery-farming.md) CEO & Founder (secondary-verified)
- [Bowery Farming](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/bowery-farming.md) Founder (secondary-verified)

## Sources (4)

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowery_Farming
2. https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/bowery-indoor-farming-agtech-company-ceases-operations
3. https://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/articles/2022-11-03/cyber-farm-Irving-Fain-Bowery-Farm
4. https://milkeninstitute.org/events/middle-east-and-africa-summit-2022/speakers/irving-fain


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