Team
The people building Hypocotyl.
A cross-disciplinary team spanning agronomy, climate science, data engineering, and agricultural markets.
Alex Mercer
CEO & Co-founder
Former ag-policy advisor with a decade of experience bridging farm economics and environmental markets.
Priya Nair
CTO & Co-founder
Built data infrastructure at two climate-tech exits. Specializes in large-scale measurement systems.
Dr. Jordan Holt
Head of Science
PhD in agricultural systems. Led LCA methodology development at a national research institute for seven years.
Sam Okafor
Head of Data Engineering
Designs the pipelines that turn raw farm practice data into auditable CI scores at scale.
Marta Lindqvist
Lead Agronomist
Works directly with producer networks to ensure data collection protocols reflect real field conditions.
Chris Tanaka
Head of Business Development
Builds the buyer-side relationships that make CI data commercially meaningful for supply chains.
Interested in joining the team?
We're building something that matters. If you care about agriculture and climate data, we'd like to hear from you.