Dean Tilyard

Dean is a Partner with Finistere Ventures, an agrifood focused investor active in New Zealand, United States and Israel. 

Previously Dean was a co-founder of Sprout, a pre-seed agritech investor and accelerator.  Dean has experience with multiple start-ups and technologies and is a founding member of the New Zealand Angel Association where he received the Association’s inaugural Kotahitanga Award.

Dean has founded an angel investor network and two seed investment funds. Dean is a director of BioLumic, Scentian Bio and Sprout Agritech. 

Dean has a BA(Hons) in Economics and Geography from Otago University.