In the East coast bubble, it’s easy to forget that Australia’s economy is in large part powered by heavy industry and of course, agriculture. Recently, the technology and agriculture sectors collided at the evokeAG conference in Perth, organised by Agrifutures Australia. Within a theme of Exceptional Edge, Agrifutures Chair Cathy McGowan highlighted the importance of connecting, building communities… Read more »
There are plenty of inspirational founder soundbites out there, but “you’ve got this” will only take you so far. So if you want to get the nitty-gritty behind growing a startup or nurturing the seed of an idea, heed the hard-won lessons from SproutX. Founders get a 10 out of 10 for passion, optimism and… Read more »
From a local entrepreneur using ‘maggot robots’ to address food waste to one of the world’s leading generative AI experts, AgriFutures evokeAG. 2024 has unveiled a compelling lineup of local and international agrifood tech thinkers and innovators speaking at the two-day event in Perth this February. Will AI change how and what we eat? Does… Read more »
Applications have opened for the 2024 evokeAG. Startup Program to help boost our nation’s best agrifood tech innovators. Centred around the two-day event in February 2024, the program gives applicants a unique chance to connect with potential investors, corporates and customers. Startup Daily spoke to an exciting success story from the 2023 program. Indoor vertical farming… Read more »
Food waste recycling startup Goterra, a company Woolworths is relying on to help it achieve net zero food waste, has won the 2023 Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards’ Best Sustainability Startup award, sponsored by Zembl. In many ways Goterra is a simple idea – a circular economy business that harnesses the power of nature to… Read more »
Imagine if you could detect disease in ginger, fraud in Manuka honey and adulteration of tea tree oil using a smartphone? Those capabilities are among the plans of Zondii, winner of the 2023 Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards’ Best Regional Startup award, sponsored by Investment NSW. From Armidale in NSW’s northern tablelands, this innovative… Read more »
Agriculture technology accelerator and investor AgriFutures is looking for five emerging leaders as part of a program to showcase the next generation of agrifood startup founders. Applications opened last week for the evokeAG. Future Young Leaders Program and close on September 4. The program, now in its fourth year, offers five emerging leaders the opportunity to… Read more »
As investment in Australian agrifood tech innovation grows, so do the opportunities for startups. The latest is the AgriFutures AgXelerate Program, which is inviting a diverse slate of innovators to apply – and you might be one of them. The AgriFutures AgXelerate Program has opened up applications for agrifood tech entrepreneurs and startups interested in… Read more »
Agri-food tech accelerator SparkLabs Cultiv8 is turning its attention to cleantech startups in a new program to fund and develop them. The SparkLabs Cultiv8 CleanTech Accelerator has selected 10 startups for its initial cohort backed by Malcolm Nutt and Jonathon Quigley’s VC fund Cultiv8 Funds Management. Since its launch in 2017, the SparkLabs accelerator program… Read more »
Danielle Morton, the Founder of agtech startup Zondii, is no stranger to doing things differently. “As a regional female founder I knew I would be an outlier on the path to big city investment,” she said. In support of this sentiment, according to research done by SBE Australia and Deloitte Access Economics she was fortunate to… Read more »
The Western Australian government has lured the AgriFutures evokeAG to Perth in 2024 following its sell out success in Adelaide earlier this year. The two day tech conference focused on agrifood will take place in the WA capital on February 20-21 next year at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre. It had been scheduled for… Read more »
After three long years, evokeAG finally returned, bringing the Australian agri-food tech industry together. We loved meeting and reconnecting with friends and collaborators over the past few engaging, thought-provoking, and exhausting (in the best way possible) days. evokeAG also provided an opportunity to reflect on what we, as an industry, have collectively achieved so far,… Read more »
The Victorian government is offering $1.3 million in new funding to the agtech startup sector through LaunchVic. The funding including $1 million under the AgTech Grants Program, which will offer individual grant funding of $50,000 to 20 emerging agtech startups. The program is a partnership between Agriculture Victoria and the state’s startup agency LaunchVic. On top… Read more »
In just three years, investment in Australian agrifood tech has skyrocketed. With the planet’s rapidly growing population, never-ending climate concerns, and an urgent shift towards sustainability, the market for innovative agrifood tech has never been so hungry. The golden age of agrifood tech investment is upon us, if you ask John Harvey, managing director of AgriFutures… Read more »
Asia Pacific’s agrifood tech event, AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅, is fast approaching. We take a sneak peek at the startups that will be vying for investor attention with some of the most innovative ideas in farming and sustainability today. From February 21 to 22, the 2023 evokeᴬᴳ⋅ Down to Earth event will bring together local and global investors,… Read more »
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