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DIRT LAB

DIRT LAB is a business foundry that builds new businesses either via origination (creating our own businesses from internal ideas), creating joint ventures with others to explore a defined problem, or investing our resources into existing early-stage companies or founders.
  • Location

    Queensland, Australia

  • Organisation type

    Startup or Scaleup or SME

Multiple industries
Alternative protein Aquaculture Beef cattle Beverage Cereal grains Cotton Cross industry Dairy Eggs Essential oils Forestry Fruits Game Honey bees Natural capital assets Nuts Oilseeds Other rural industries Packaged food Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Poultry Pulse grains Sheep & lamb Sugar Vegetables Wild catch fisheries Wine Wool
Organisation

Swarmer

Swarmer is an Australian equity crowdfunding platform connecting businesses and investors. Swarmer supports start-ups, growth companies and scale ups raise money, engage their communities and turn supporters into investors.
  • Location

    South Australia

  • Organisation type

    Investor

Multiple industries
Fruits Vegetables
Input management
Research project

Avocado Industry Benchmarking

The avocado industry seeks to understand and learn from favourable market conditions and industry growth through benchmarking the industry. There …
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    27 Feb 2023 -
    17 Dec 2027

  • Research organisation

    RM Consulting Group (RMCG)

Multiple industries
Game Other rural industries Poultry
Research project

Develop a Biosecurity Manual for the Ratite Program

To help the ratite (emu and ostrich) industry to reduce and manage biosecurity risks, there is a need for a …
  • Funded by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Project date

    17 Feb 2023 -
    28 Jul 2023

  • Research organisation

    Animal Health Australia (AHA)

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Cereal grains Cotton Cross industry Dairy Forestry Natural capital assets Other rural industries Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Sheep & lamb Sugar Vegetables Wool
Organisation

Agronomeye

Agronomeye is an Australian company that specialises in developing digital twin technology to support sustainable and productive agriculture.
  • Location

    New South Wales, Australia

  • Organisation type

    Startup or Scaleup or SME

Multiple industries
Alternative protein Aquaculture Cereal grains Dairy Eggs Forestry Fruits Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Poultry Vegetables
Multiple technology areas
Alternative protein Animal technology Aquaculture technology Crop protection Food processing technology Indoor agriculture Novel ingredients Plant science Renewable energy
Opportunity

ARC Ento Tech: Industrial scale black soldier fly digester - $10 million investment opportunity

Opportunity for

  • Investors (VC, institutional, family offices) interested in supporting a sustainable and scalable food waste management business producing fertiliser and feed products
  • Strategic financial, market and distribution partners to establish the first six plants and to roll out more plants in Australia and worldwide
  • Resource management and waste recovery centres seeking scalable technology capable of processing mixed and FOGO waste streams.

^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.

  • Led by

    ARC Ento Tech Ltd

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking investment, Seeking partners

  • Readiness
    Late (TRL 8-9)
    Commercial optimisation of the product/service, testing and commercial distribution.
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Multiple industries
Cereal grains Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains
Multiple technology areas
Crop protection Input management Plant science
Research project

Australian Fungicide Resistance Extension Network (AFREN 2)

The development of fungicide resistance and the limitation of available fungicide Mode of Actions is an ongoing issue for grain …
  • Funded by

    Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

  • Project date

    10 Feb 2023 -
    30 Nov 2025

  • Research organisation

    Curtin University

Multiple industries
Cross industry Vegetables
Multiple technology areas
Automation Crop protection Data and AI Food processing technology Harvest technology Indoor agriculture IoT & smart-farming Machinery & hardware Plant science Robotics Traceability
Opportunity

Gaia Project Australia: Breakthrough crop cultivation blueprint for greenhouses and vertical farms - seeking $2 million investment

Opportunity for

  • Investors and commercial partners interested in supporting a leafy green Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) start-up with industry leading IP to commercialise.
  • Farmers/growers interested in moving into the CEA field.
  • Existing greenhouse/vertical farmers looking for more profitable solutions.

^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.

  • Led by

    Gaia Project Australia Pty Ltd

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking investment, Field trial, Seeking partners

  • Readiness
    Mid to Late (TRL 5-9)
    For opportunities that are seeking solutions providers who are in the mid to late stages of readiness.
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Vegetables
Input management
Research project

Nursery Sustainability - Undertaking a life cycle assessment

This investment is developing a tool for nursery growers to compare their environmental performance against industry-average benchmarks. This information will …
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    2 Feb 2023 -
    12 Jan 2024

  • Research organisation

    thinkstep-anz

Multiple industries
Aquaculture Beef cattle Eggs Fruits Game Packaged food Poultry Sheep & lamb Vegetables Wild catch fisheries
Organisation

Cellysis Pty Ltd

CELLYSIS has resolved short shelf-life of Fresh Produce majors such as berries, tomatoes, capsicum, cucumbers and plums. CELLYSIS process will be applicable to other fresh produce such as leafy greens, salad mixes and whole eggshells. Primal meat carcasses are also applicable.
  • Location

    Victoria, Australia

  • Organisation type

    Private research organisation, Startup or Scaleup or SME

Multiple industries
Alternative protein Cereal grains Cross industry Other rural industries Packaged food Pulse grains
Organisation

Alt Protein CRC

The Alt Protein CRC is a collaboration between industry, research partners and government to develop an alternate protein food and ingredient industry in Australia.
  • Location

    New South Wales, Australia

  • Organisation type

    Industry consultant, Public research organisation, Research service providers

Multiple industries
Alternative protein Aquaculture Beef cattle Beverage Cereal grains Cotton Cross industry Dairy Eggs Essential oils Forestry Fruits Game Honey bees Nuts Other rural industries Packaged food Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Poultry Pulse grains Sheep & lamb Sugar Vegetables Wine Wool
Organisation

Investment NSW

Investment NSW delivers on the NSW Government’s priorities to build a strong economy, attract local and international investment and help NSW businesses find new export markets.
  • Location

    New South Wales, Australia

  • Organisation type

    Government agency

Multiple industries
Alternative protein Aquaculture Beef cattle Beverage Cereal grains Dairy Fruits Oilseeds Other rural industries Pasture, fodder & feed Poultry Pulse grains Sheep & lamb Sugar Vegetables Wine
Organisation

The Boralis Group

The Boralis Group brings together collaborative industry experts with a unique combination of practical domain knowledge, diverse operational experience and deep industry networks, specifically aimed at addressing scaled, sustainable food supply.
  • Location

    Sydney, Australia and Global

  • Organisation type

    Investor, Industry consultant

Multiple industries
Alternative protein Aquaculture Beef cattle Beverage Cereal grains Cotton Cross industry Dairy Eggs Essential oils Forestry Fruits Honey bees Natural capital assets Nuts Oilseeds Packaged food Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Poultry Pulse grains Sheep & lamb Sugar Vegetables Wild catch fisheries Wool
Organisation

VentureCrowd

VentureCrowd is a next-generation digital investment platform leading the democratisation of alternative assets and pioneering wealth-tech tokenisation.
  • Location

    Queensland, Australia

  • Organisation type

    Investor

Cereal grains
Multiple technology areas
Crop protection Input management
Research project

Case Studies - Stripe rust epidemic 2022 grower stories of management and yield impact.

A stripe rust epidemic hit wheat crops across eastern Australia during the winter cropping season of 2022, reducing yields in some …
  • Funded by

    Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

  • Project date

    11 Jan 2023 -
    26 May 2023

  • Research organisation

    Astute Ag

Multiple industries
Aquaculture Beef cattle Cereal grains Cotton Cross industry Dairy Eggs Essential oils Fruits Nuts Oilseeds Packaged food Pasture, fodder & feed Poultry Pulse grains Sheep & lamb Sugar Vegetables Wild catch fisheries Wool
Organisation

Thera Capital Management

Thera is a management owned private credit asset manager focused on the Australian food and agriculture sector.
  • Location

    New South Wales, Australia

  • Organisation type

    Investor

Multiple industries
Cereal grains Cross industry Natural capital assets Oilseeds Pulse grains
Organisation

Loam

Loam is using the world’s smallest organisms to solve the world’s biggest problems. Loam works with 4.5 billion years of evolution to address the climate crisis.
  • Location

    New South Wales

  • Organisation type

    Startup or Scaleup or SME

Poultry
Multiple technology areas
Consumer health Food processing technology
Research project

Managing Salmonella Enteritidis in the Australian Chicken Meat Industry

While there are low numbers of isolations of locally acquired Australian clades of SE from broilers the potential for these …
  • Funded by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Project date

    13 Dec 2022 -
    26 May 2026

  • Research organisation

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

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