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Artificial intelligence opportunity ripe for the picking

Ripe Robotics is on the hunt for investors to join them on the journey towards automating the food-growing process. Its technology aims to help farmers overcome labour shortages by autonomously picking fruit, with a $2.8 million seed investment round to help expand its fleet^.

  • Author

    Tim Vetter

  • Published

    Wednesday, 29 March 2023

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Multiple industries
Alternative protein Aquaculture Beef cattle Beverage Cereal grains Cotton Cross industry Dairy Forestry Fruits Game Honey bees Natural capital assets Nuts Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Poultry Pulse grains Sheep & lamb Vegetables Wild catch fisheries Wine Wool
Multiple technology areas
Alternative protein Animal technology Aquaculture technology Automation Crop protection Fisheries technology Harvest technology IoT & smart-farming Novel ingredients Plant science Renewable energy
Opportunity

New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI): Macadamia testbed for agritech at Wollongbar Primary Industries Institute (WPII)

Opportunity for

  • Commercial partnerships with established or scale-up companies or agritech innovators wishing to trial or test products
  • Grower groups, universities and agronomists looking to trial a technology for conducting scientific, farm scale trials
  • Agricultural companies seeking technology to enable field scale testing of new products or participate in a variety of on-site initiatives in collaboration with NSW DPI.
  • Led by

    New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking interest, Field trial

  • Readiness
    Late (TRL 8-9)
    Commercial optimisation of the product/service, testing and commercial distribution.
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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

LaunchVic

LaunchVic is Victoria's startup agency. Our role is to fuel the growth of Victoria’s startup ecosystem.
  • Location

    Victoria, Australia

  • Organisation type

    Government agency

Multiple industries
Alternative protein Beef cattle Cereal grains Cross industry Dairy Fruits Natural capital assets Nuts Oilseeds Other rural industries Packaged food Pulse grains Sheep & lamb Vegetables Wool
Organisation

Breakthrough Victoria

Breakthrough Victoria is an independent investment company established in 2021. We manage the Victorian Government’s landmark $2 billion Breakthrough Victoria Fund, to invest in and work with companies to commercialise technology and innovation that will have a positive impact on people's lives.
  • Location

    Victoria, Australia

  • Organisation type

    Investor

Research project

Scout Model Road Testing Pilot

AgriFutures Australia wish to design a tech scouting project using the ‘bowtie’ model developed as part of ‘…
  • Funded by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Project date

    27 Mar 2023 -
    31 Oct 2023

  • Research organisation

    Impact Innovation Group Pty Ltd

Cross industry
Organisation

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

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Infrared monitoring improves irrigation efficiency Global irrigation optimisation solution ready for investment Smart irrigation tech to solve A$5 billion water challenge

Athena IR-Tech's irrigation sensing technology has proven to reduce water use by 35% in Cabernet Sauvignon grapes, and up to 75% in Shiraz grapes through monitoring plant transpiration. A unique opportunity now exists for investors and commercial partners to scale its global expansion in wine and horticulture regions.

  • Published

    Wednesday, 22 March 2023

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Black soldier fly biotech digester ready for $10m investment

ARC Ento Tech is seeking $10 million Series A funding to help expand its patented waste management technology into global markets. The ARC process utilises the Black Soldier Fly to process mixed solid waste into high grade insect meal and high nutrient fertiliser. After overwhelming feedback from initial trials, the company is ready to take the next step.

  • Author

    Tim Vetter

  • Published

    Wednesday, 22 March 2023

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Lightning strikes with cultural-inspired innovation to encourage plant growth

Harnessing the power of lightning to advance the science of food production may seem like an impossible task, but a pair of Cairns-based entrepreneurs are turning that dream into reality with Rainstick, an agritech innovation that’s helping speed up growth rates, increase yield and stop mould before it sets in.

  • Published

    Monday, 20 March 2023

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Plant-based meat ingredient manufacturer Harvest B ripe for investment

Australia’s first ingredient manufacturer for plant-based meat products, Harvest B, is raising a $A2-2.5m Seed II round to fund its transition from a successful research and development phase to a business with commercial operations and tier 1 FMCG customers.

  • Published

    Monday, 20 March 2023

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Open Innovation to help solve livestock export challenges

Australia’s livestock export industry is on the hunt for viable agritech solutions to drive efficiencies and economic benefits across the supply chain. Using Open Innovation, the Livestock Export RD&E Program are now seeking submissions to six key challenges.

  • Published

    Thursday, 16 March 2023

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Multiple industries
Aquaculture Wild catch fisheries
Aquaculture technology
Research project

Quantifying post-release survival of skate bycatch in the Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) Patagonian Toothfish longline fishery

The project on quantifying post-release survival of skate bycatch in the Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) Patagonian Toothfish longline …
  • Funded by

    Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

  • Project date

    16 Mar 2023 -
    26 Sep 2025

  • Research organisation

    University of Tasmania (UTAS)

Research project

Producer Technology Uptake Program - Northern Australia Projects

Project 1 - Northern Hub | NTCA BlackBox Workshop  Project aims to engage a variety of producers around the Northern Territory. …
  • Funded by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Project date

    14 Mar 2023 -
    29 Jun 2024

  • Research organisation

    Charles Darwin University (CDU)

Cross industry
Multiple technology areas
Input management IoT & smart-farming Plant science
Research project

Improving the Impact from Current and Future Genetic and Genomic Investments

Emerging agriculture and aquaculture industries face barriers in accessing superior genetic material for improved productivity. These barriers can be commercial, …
  • Funded by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Project date

    12 Mar 2023 -
    12 May 2024

  • Research organisation

    The University of Queensland (UQ)

Multiple industries
Aquaculture Wild catch fisheries
Aquaculture technology
Research project

Inland saline aquaculture - past progress, new opportunities and a synthesis of available knowledge

The project on inland saline aquaculture brings several benefits. Firstly, it addresses the need to translate research into commercial development, …
  • Funded by

    Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

  • Project date

    9 Mar 2023 -
    29 Nov 2023

  • Research organisation

    New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)

Multiple industries
Aquaculture Wild catch fisheries
Aquaculture technology
Research project

“Ready, set, go!” preparing for emergency disease outbreaks in aquatic animals

The project aims to improve industry and government preparedness for emergency disease outbreaks in aquatic animals, such as barramundi, prawns, …
  • Funded by

    Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

  • Project date

    9 Mar 2023 -
    18 Dec 2025

  • Research organisation

    Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Dairy Sheep & lamb
Animal technology
Research project

Training material for shipboard animal welfare surveillance

This project developed training materials to improve the consistency, reliability and accuracy of the animal welfare and performance data being …
  • Funded by

    LiveCorp

  • Project date

    8 Mar 2023

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