Opportunities coming to evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025
With less than one week to go until evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025 in Brisbane, the excitement is building as companies gear up to take full advantage of this key event in Australia’s agrifood, tech and innovation calendar.
This year’s event is set to be the biggest yet, bringing together researchers, corporates, investors, startups, scale-ups, government officials, and producers from across Australia and around the world.
With such a diverse audience and impressive lineup, the opportunities to connect, collaborate, and engage with potential partners are endless.
Many companies have already been leveraging the growAG. platform to highlight investment and collaboration opportunities ahead of the two-day event. From cutting-edge technology transforming agricultural biomass and emissions to robotics and AI - the range of opportunities is exciting and groundbreaking.
For a glimpse of what’s in store at evokeAG. 2025, we’ve compiled a snapshot of opportunities from some of the companies in agritech attending over the two days.
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Seeking Growth Stage Collaborators
4AG Robotics: Robots that pick, trim and pack mushrooms
4AG Robotics is revolutionising mushroom harvesting with robotic technology that picks, trims and packs mushrooms with yields and quality comparable to in-person harvesting standards.
Addressing the industry-wide challenge of managing labour and skills shortages, staff turnover and produce that requires near-daily picking, 4AG Robotics’ advanced computer vision and AI technology provides a complete labour replacement for human pickers.
The robot technology of 4AG Robotics offers scope to extend beyond mushrooms to other labour-intensive produce lines or to innovate further within the mushroom industry.
4AG Robotics are actively seeking investors, manufacturing and solution partners to help scale and expand their technology.
Seeking Investors
ByoMax: Decarbonising heavy industry by purifying biomass at scale as a direct replacement for coal and coke
ByoMax’s Kinetic Extraction Yield (KEY) transforms agricultural biomass and carbon dioxide into high-value products, including 'drop in' replacements for coal and coke, e-fuels and green hydrogen.
In its current form biomass sourced from agricultural waste is unable to be used at scale to replace fossil coal and coke in heavy industry. This means globally, billions of tonnes of agricultural waste remain unutilised. By removing these impurities at scale, bioengineered renewable biomass can immediately replace fossil coal, coke and carbon. This opens a pathway to decarbonise heavy industry which is currently responsible for 50 per cent of global CO₂ emissions.
ByoMax’s patented KEY technology removes up to 97 per cent of volatile organic compounds and impurities, making biomass a viable alternative. ByoMax's initial market is the Japanese coking coal market, valued at USD $18bn, with plans to expand to Australian heavy industry.
To support their market expansion, ByoMax are seeking investors, industry connections, and collaborative partners to scale their operations in Australia.
Seed Plus Funding Round
Fieldwork Robotics: Pioneering autonomous soft fruit harvesting
Soft fruit growers are under increasing pressure due to rising labour costs, skilled picker shortages, and inefficiencies in current harvesting methods. In the raspberry market alone, up to 30 per cent of the crop is left unpicked.
Fieldwork Robotics has developed the world’s first autonomous raspberry harvester with the technology adaptable to crops such as blackberries, strawberries and tomatoes. Its latest model, the Fieldworker 1, is equipped with advanced sensors and AI, delivering precision and reliability.
Fieldwork Robotics is raising seed plus funding to scale its autonomous raspberry harvester technology and establish operations in Australia. It is also seeking growers and distributors for field trials and research partners for validation and optimisation in Australia.
Investment Opportunities
Flex Farming: Farms as a Battery technology
Strawberries are a highly demanded produce all year round, but traditional strawberry farming is highly dependent on specific climatic conditions. Strawberry farming also requires a significant amount of water and, due to the plant's sensitivity to pests, heavy use of agrochemicals.
Flex Farming has developed a cutting-edge technology called Farm as a Battery (FAB), which seamlessly integrates strawberry cultivation with renewable energy generation.
This technology seamlessly integrates renewable energy sources adjusting the growing environment in response to fluctuations in renewable energy supply. When there's an oversupply of electricity, the system intensifies the growing process, simulating sunny days. During low electricity periods, it simulates cloudy days to conserve energy.
This creates a win-win situation by enhancing energy efficiency while ensuring consistent, year-round strawberry production.
Flex Farming's layered, vertical setup produces high quality, flavourful strawberries all year round, regardless of the seasons, using 95 per cent less water and 90 per cent less land compared to traditional farming, while also significantly reducing the use of pesticides.
In partnership with SA Produce Market and SARDI, Flex Farming is establishing a scalable production facility in South Australia to adapt the system for local conditions.
Flex Farming are seeking investors and trial partners to help develop and scale their technology.
Read more: Flex Farming: Farms as a Battery technology - Investment opportunity - Opportunity - growAG
Seed – Investment Opportunities
Fremantle Seaweed: Growing seaweed solutions for climate-smart cattle
A leading solution to reducing livestock emissions is a native, red seaweed, Asparagopsis with CSIRO studies showing it can reduce up to 80 per cent of methane emissions in ruminant livestock. It is now fully approved for cattle and consumers of beef and dairy in Australia.
Fremantle Seaweed is on a mission to become Australia’s leading Asparagopsis seaweed producer and help cattle farmers decarbonise.
Fremantle Seaweed is currently cultivating and growing Asparagopsis on a marine lease, but its looking to scale its operation. To achieve this goal Fremantle Seaweed is looking for seed investors to provide both patient capital and strategic advice to support the business, scale operations and expand commercial partnerships.
Collaboration Opportunity
mOOvement Australia
Efficiently managing livestock across Australia’s vast, remote landscapes presents significant challenges to farmers with traditional methods of monitoring and mustering labour intensive and often inaccurate.
mOOvement’s solar-powered GPS ear tags offer farmers a real-time, reliable tool which provides updates on livestock location and behaviour via a LoRaWAN network.
To accelerate the adoption of this innovative livestock tracking technology, mOOvement Australia is seeking investment and partnerships with carbon platforms, tech collaborators and agriculture networks.
Read more: mOOvement Australia: Collaboration Opportunity - Opportunity - growAG
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Seed Extension Investment Opportunity
Nium: Clean ammonia on demand. Flexible, scalable and cost effective
Ammonia is the most polluting chemical industrial process on our planet. Decarbonising ammonia production is an important lever that could eliminate 2 per cent of current global emissions.
Powered by renewable energy, Nium’s modular, small-scale reactors utilise green hydrogen to produce clean ammonia at lower pressures and temperatures compared to traditional methods.
Nium’s approach enables decarbonised, decentralised, and cost-effective ammonia production, paving the way for a cleaner and more sustainable future in energy, agriculture, and fuel. Nium’s technology also supports hydrogen storage for renewables and sustainable industrial processes.
To scale the technology, Nium is seeking investors and partnerships to join its journey.
Capital Raise Wanted
Nufiba: Conversion of agri-biomass to prebiotic food and nutraceutical ingredients
Globally, over 580 million tonnes of sugarcane waste is generated annually, alongside other agri-biomass such as banana, coconut, and palm husks. These by-products are typically discarded through burning or landfill, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and environmental degradation.
Nufiba is transforming the global health landscape by creating innovative, plant-based fibre solutions from agricultural waste like sugarcane, banana and coconut husks. By repurposing agri-waste into prebiotic dietary fibres, Nufiba addresses two pressing challenges: reducing agricultural waste and improving global gut health in humans and animals.
Nufiba is raising US$7.5 million in first-stage funding to establish a commercial pilot plant in Australia. Nufiba is seeking investors and collaborators to expedite development of pilot studies and expand the introduction of pilot samples to customers in the APAC region.
Capital Raise of $600,000 Wanted
SKAN farming: Paddock route efficiency from a phone
SKAN is building an app-based, SaaS product that can be used in conjunction with traditional auto-steer.
It will provide live turning instructions to machinery operators on their phone, giving them the tools to drive in the most efficient way possible without having to purchase extra hardware.
These real-time turning instructions will save producers on a per-hectare basis, as their tractor operators can utilise the most efficient routes in a paddock.
This solution aims to reduce the number of passes, fuel usage, engine hours, and overlap of inputs, ultimately leading to less operating costs.
To continue to develop and deploy the technology, SKAN is seeking a $600,000 investment.
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Partnership Opportunities
1. Algaesys: Validating and trialling a carbon-negative wastewater treatment solution
Managing wastewater efficiently and sustainably remains a major challenge for industries and regional communities. There is a growing demand for low-cost, carbon-negative alternatives that improve water re-use and soil health while reducing operational costs.
The Algaesys biological wastewater treatment system offers an alternative to traditional expensive, energy-intensive and environmentally harmful methods. The system is carbon-negative using algae, bacteria, and phototrophic organisms to remove contaminants while enabling water to be reused for irrigation, hydroponics, and industrial applications.
The system is low-energy, scalable, and operates off-grid, making it highly adaptable for agricultural and urban wastewater treatment.
With over 14 years of proven success, Algaesys is seeking partners to license its technology for trials and validation.
2. ATEK Integrated Engineering: AI vision technology in the meat industry
The meat and poultry sectors face increasingly higher standards regarding health and safety compliance for workers within abattoirs and processing plants.
As a result, there is an urgent need to automate, streamline, and ensure consistency in auditing these standards.
ATEK Integrated Engineering is a leader in AI vision technology, providing bespoke solutions for the food tech and agritech industries. It is seeking partners in the meat, chicken, and pork industries to co-develop advanced AI vision systems tailored to monitor and ensure compliance with animal welfare, safety and hygiene standards and procedures.
Read more: ATEK Integrated Engineering: AI Vision Technology in the meat industry - Opportunity - growAG
3. Lincoln Agritech: Autonomous navigation technology for forestry and industrial applications
Navigating complex environments such as forests, degraded landscapes, and indoor industrial spaces presents challenges for automation. Connectivity issues and terrain complexity demand robust, standalone systems capable of operating reliably in challenging conditions.
Designed to navigate these complex environments, the Autonomous Navigation module enables autonomous systems to navigate the environment more effectively and can be seamlessly integrated into existing tools or equipment.
To expand the application of this technology to other industries, and to meet Australian and global design standards, Lincoln Agritech is seeking commercialisation, research and industry partners.
4. Manhat: Sustainable water and floating farm solutions
Freshwater scarcity and soil salinity are critical challenges threatening agricultural productivity and food security in Australia.
Manhat has developed a patented technology that mimics the natural water cycle to sustainably desalinate water. It operates without electricity, emits zero CO₂, and produces no brine, making it a groundbreaking solution for water-scarce regions.
The technology captures evaporated water from open water surfaces - seas, rivers, lakes, or man-made pools - and condenses it into fresh water. It also recycles brine from existing desalination technologies, transforming waste into freshwater for irrigation.
To address potential critical water challenges in Australia, Manhat is looking to partner with Australian Government bodies, agricultural organisations, and environmental agencies to deploy its technology solutions and make a tangible impact on water sustainability and food security in the region.
Read more: Sustainable Water and Floating Farm Solutions - Opportunity - growAG
Commercial Opportunity
Lincoln Agritech: Methane Mitigation - transforming emissions into value
Methane emissions represent one of the most significant environmental challenges in agriculture, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. While many solutions focus on reducing methane production, there is a gap in converting existing emissions into valuable outputs.
Lincoln Agritech’s Methane Mitigation technology captures methane emissions from enclosed agricultural environments (for example, sheds) and converts it into valuable by-products such as formic acid, which can offset operational costs.
The low-energy process integrates with renewable energy sources such as solar and could provide opportunities for carbon credit generation.
Lincoln Agritech is seeking partners, collaborators and researchers to support the development of prototypes for large-scale trials, explore integration with ventilation and air-cleaning systems, and optimise the technology for various farming systems.
Funding and Collaboration Opportunity
Sorensis: sustainable livestock management with next-generation polymer implant technology
The cattle industry faces significant challenges with reproductive management, particularly in extensive beef production.
Sorensis is leading innovation in sustainable livestock management with next-generation polymer implant technology.
Sorensis has developed a polymer-based implant designed to improve livestock reproductive management. Positioned under the skin or ear, the implant provides a non-invasive, long-term solution to manage reproduction effectively.
Sorensis wants to collaborate with beef industry partners or like-minded innovators with patient capital willing to combine beef production expertise and a passion for change, with an animal pharmaceutical start-up.
Read more: Sorensis Pty Ltd: Funding and Collaboration Opportunity - Opportunity - growAG