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Jana Tian
Co-founder and CEO of Upside Robotics, a Waterloo, Ontario ag-tech startup building autonomous solar-powered robots for precision fertilizer application. Born in Slovenia, raised in London, UK. Met co-founder Sam Dugan at the Velocity incubator in San Francisco. Previously a food developer at Ben & Jerry's. Raised $7.5M seed (Feb 2026). Working with 22 farms across Ontario.
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