Ag tech

Palm oil replacement startup Levur brews up $100,000 Nature Positive Prize

- January 23, 2025 2 MIN READ

Main Sequence-backed Levur, a biotech startup looking to create a palm oil alternative from yeast using fermentation, has won $100,000 consulting advice from the KPMG Nature Positive Prize. The Sydney startup, founded Tom Collier and Joanne Barber, was part of the SparkLabs Cultiv8 program last year, and was among five Australian startups selected from among… Read more »

Accelerator

The world’s first Drought Venture Studio is on the hunt for agtech ideas to future proof farmers

- December 20, 2024 2 MIN READ

Startup builder Beanstalk Ventures recently harvested the first crop of agtech startups from its latest program, the Drought Venture Studio, a 12-week program backed by the federal government’s Future Drought Fund. Eight startups and their leaders were selected for the recent Innovation Showcase, whittled down from 24 chosen for the inaugural program from among 200… Read more »

Drone, farm, agriculture, agtech
Accelerator

Applications for CSIRO’s RISE accelerator for agetch startups close this weekend

- September 10, 2024 2 MIN READ

Startups with agritech solutions they’re hoping to take global have until this Sunday, September 15, to apply for the India Australia Rapid Innovation Startup Expansion (RISE) Accelerator run by national science agency, CSIRO Kicking off next month, the Climate Smart Agritech cohort of the RISE Accelerator program will focus on businesses with technologies and solutions… Read more »

Natalie Bell
Ag tech

Applications for evokeAG’s Groundbreaker program for future agtech leaders are now open

- August 5, 2024 < 1 MIN READ

AgriFutures is on the hunt for the next generation of agrifood innovators with applications opening for the evokeAG. Groundbreakers program. The annual leadership mentoring event has rebranded from Future Young Leaders to the 2025 evokeAG. Groundbreakers Program. It will give five innovators the chance to present their ideas or research to an international audience at… Read more »

Accelerator

BeanstalkAgTech is building a $10 million venture studio to back nearly 100 startups focused on drought resilience

- June 27, 2024 2 MIN READ

Food and agriculture advisory and venture firm Beanstalk AgTech has launched a venture program to support researchers and entrepreneurs build new agtech products and services for farmers. The $10 million project is working towards building the world’s first venture studio for drought resilience, supported by the federal government’s Future Drought Fund. Expressions of interest for … Read more »

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Ag tech

Science will tell you how long your mango has to live – and now it’s a startup idea to commercialise

- May 31, 2024 < 1 MIN READ

An algorithm developed in a partnership between the Queensland and Victorian governments and Hort Innovation Australia has the ability predict the shelf life of mangoes and stone fruit. Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) has now offered the technology up for expressions of interest to develop it commercially. DAF and Agriculture Victoria in the… Read more »

Agrifutures female farmer
Ag tech

Victoria is offering $50,000 grants to agtech startups

- May 28, 2024 < 1 MIN READ

The Victorian government has put another $1 million on the table as part of a grants program for agtech startups. Agriculture minister Ros Spence said the AgTech Grants program, delivered by the government-backed startup agency LaunchVic, offers $50,000 to startups. The grant provides founders with dedicated mentoring from startup experts to build their businesses and seize… Read more »

Agrifutures female farmer
Ag tech

Here’s what evokeAG revealed about the future of Australian agtech

- March 19, 2024 3 MIN READ

 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 »

evokeAG Future Young Leaders
Ag tech

AgriFutures is looking to back the next generation of foodtech industry leaders

- August 14, 2023 2 MIN READ

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 »