Australian Strawberry Breeding Program

This investment continues the development and commercial release of superior strawberry varieties for Australian environments, including temperate, subtropical and Mediterranean-growing …

Harvest B

Harvest B develops & manufactures wholesale plant-based meat systems that are as enjoyable as they are affordable. We are protein and texture experts focused on commercialising fast and at scale with capabilities in manufacturing, culinary and food science.

Agronomeye

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

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.

Independent review of the Grains Research and Farm Business Updates

The GRDC Grains Research Updates (GRU) and Farm Business Updates (FBU) are an integral part of the GRDC's extension landscape …

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 …

Ripe Robotics

Ripe Robotics designs, builds, and operates robots which pick apples and stone fruit.

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.

Ripe Robotics: AI enabled fruit harvesting robot – $2.8 million seed investment round

Opportunity for

• Seed & Series A stage investors in AI, agtech, or robotics.
• Investors aligned on the importance of AI over the coming decades, and who have or are building the expertise and networks to have an impact on the direction the world goes with this technology.

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.

Mirragin – Project Isidore: Mobile internet connectivity- $500k cap raise and partner opportunity

Opportunity for:

• Deep tech, agricultural, angel, VC, family office or institutional investors.
• Investors interested in scaling connectivity solutions that enable the adoption of precision agriculture in rural communities.
• Strategic distribution partners to scale the business through enterprise sales channels. 
• Farmers interested in or using IoT and smart farming solutions for collaboration in on-farm trials. 

Mirragin - Project Isidore

Mirragin - Project Isidore is a young and dynamic company focused on providing innovative solutions to the problem of poor connectivity in rural areas. They specialize in the design, development, and deployment of uncrewed air vehicles (UAVs) and telecommunications technologies.

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 …

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 …

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.

Nuffield Scholarships

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

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.

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.

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®

Rainstick

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