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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
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
Beef cattle Cereal grains Cotton Eggs Pasture, fodder & feed Poultry Pulse grains Sugar Vegetables
Multiple technology areas
Crop protection Plant science
Opportunity

University of Southern Queensland: Testing Australian mycorrhizal fungi for their impacts on plant growth and ability to protect plants from drought stress – commercial partnership

Opportunity for

  • Corporate life science companies, research funding bodies, SME/scale-ups interested in supporting research of plant growth and drought resilience promoting mycorrhizal fungi.
  • Led by

    University of Southern Queensland (USQ)

  • Opportunity type

    Field trial, Seeking partners

  • Readiness
    Mid (TRL 5-7)
    Proof of concept in the laboratory then in the field resulting in the development of a minimum viable product (MVP).
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Multiple industries
Alternative protein Aquaculture Cereal grains Eggs Fruits Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Poultry Vegetables
Organisation

ARC Ento Tech Ltd

ARC Ento Tech Ltd is a biotech company that has developed an innovative total solution to recovering, re-forming and re-purposing organic and inorganic waste streams.
  • 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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Vegetables
Research project

Mushroom supply chain best practice management

This project delivers a supply chain best practice guide for the mushroom industry. The Guide will assist industry in improving …
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    10 Feb 2023 -
    28 Feb 2024

  • Research organisation

    Applied Horticultural Research (AHR)

Multiple industries
Cereal grains Fruits Oilseeds Vegetables Wine
Organisation

BioScout

BioScout is an Ag-Tech startup providing near real-time disease surveillance for agriculture. It all started when our CEO, Lewis Collins, was tasked with running a traditional spore trap to detect cereal rust spores. He quickly realised that the data coming in from these traps was too slow to be of practical useful to everyday growers. He set out to automate the process, and BioScout was born.
  • Location

    New South Wales, Australia

  • Organisation type

    Startup or Scaleup or SME

Multiple industries
Fruits Vegetables
Research project

Nuffield Scholarships

This project supports 2024 Nuffield Australia scholarships for the apple and pear, avocado, onion and rubus industries. Nuffield Scholarships award primary …
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    9 Feb 2023 -
    30 Nov 2025

  • Research organisation

    Nuffield Australia

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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Multiple industries
Cross industry Fruits Vegetables
evokeAG. Alumni
Organisation

Gaia Project Australia Pty Ltd

Gaia project Australia (GPA) was founded in 2017, with initial horizon scanning in the renewable energy sector in Southern Asia. In 2019 GPA designed a Nutrient Flow Technique modular solution that was applicable to leafy greens grown in the controlled environment agriculture.
  • Location

    Victoria, Australia

  • Organisation type

    Startup or Scaleup or SME

Multiple industries
Aquaculture Cereal grains Fruits Nuts Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Vegetables
Organisation

BirdSol Pty Ltd

BirdSol Pty Ltd is an innovative global AgTech company with a patented and novel avian deterrent and wildlife management technology based on an integrated AI system called Cherrp®
  • Location

    South Australia

  • Organisation type

    Startup or Scaleup or SME

Multiple industries
Alternative protein Fruits Vegetables
evokeAG. Alumni
Organisation

Rainstick

Rainstick is a novel indigenous Australian biotech startup combining traditional knowledge systems and modern electrokinetics for the future of food.
  • Location

    Queensland, Australia

  • Organisation type

    Startup or Scaleup or SME

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
Multiple technology areas
Automation Food processing technology Input management Machinery & hardware Robotics
Opportunity

Cellysis: Fresh produce shelf-life extending technology - $500k investment opportunity

Opportunity for

  • Global agrichemical companies, life sciences and agtech companies interested in commercialising fresh produce shelf-life enhancing technology
  • Engineering and manufacturing companies interested in joint venture partnership to scale production of commercial plant
  • Fresh food producers and vertically integrated businesses seeking technology to extend shelf life of fresh produce.

^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.

  • Led by

    Cellysis Pty Ltd

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking investment, Seeking partners

  • Readiness
    Mid (TRL 5-7)
    Proof of concept in the laboratory then in the field resulting in the development of a minimum viable product (MVP).
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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
Other rural industries Vegetables
Multiple technology areas
Crop protection Plant science
Research project

Ginger Chemical Minor Use Permit maintenance and research

Ginger is predominantly grown in Australia in the Sunshine Coast and Wide Bay–Burnett regions of Queensland. The area …
  • Funded by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Project date

    30 Jan 2023 -
    29 Jun 2026

  • Research organisation

    Censeo Field and Lab Pty Ltd

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

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