Remi SchmaltzFounder

Canada - Calgary, Alberta

Remi is the CEO and Founder of Brilliant Harvest. Hailing from an Alberta farm, he boasts a remarkable track record with two successful exits to blue chip companies, TELUS and CHS. Beyond his accomplishments, Remi is a highly sought-after agtech startup mentor.

With a keen entrepreneurial spirit, Remi excels in cultivating substantial revenue and value within the agriculture sector. His skill set extends to raising capital, forging strategic partnerships, business development, and successful exits. Notably, he co-founded Decisive Farming, a trailblazing digital agtech firm that secured venture funding from McRock Capital, a prominent Canadian technology venture fund. Remi's adept negotiation skills culminated in an exit to TELUS, making Decisive Farming an integral part of TELUS Agriculture—a monumental achievement recognized as the Most Significant Tech Transaction of 2020.


The Schmaltz Family has been involved in Ag Business for over 100 years and 4 generations; always leading agriculture to the next level of efficiency and profitability. It all started with the Schmaltz’s farming in the late 1800’s in the Beiseker, Alberta area. The farm soon evolved into selling short line farm equipment and then Remi’s great grand father expanded into a Ford and Massey Harris farm equipment dealership called Beiseker Motors. Remi’s grand father Felix joined Beiseker Motors and soon found the next innovation on the farm; fertilizer. That side business grew quickly, and Felix soon opened DynAgra Corp an Ag-Retail selling fertilizer, chemical and seed. In the 70’s Remi’s father Bruce took over the business and expanded it to 4 locations. Remi and Tasha Schmaltz took over management in 2006 and subsequently sold it in 2012 to CHS Inc after growing revenue from $15MM to over $30MM. Prior to the sale of the DynAgra Corp, Decisive Farming Corp was launched in 2011 to develop and commercialize agricultural technologies. After successfully building the team and technology, raising venture capital and generating significant revenue TELUS acquired the business in 2019. Remi continued with TELUS Agriculture to build out their strategy as the Director of Business Development North America till the end of 2021.