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.

^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.

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.

Industry level lifecycle analysis updated to better understand eco-credentials and minimise risks

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

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 …

Testing and understanding herbicide resistance in weeds of importance in pasture seed production

Herbicide resistant weeds can be a major constraint to management of pasture seed production. There are increasing concerns with herbicide …

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.

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.

Athena IR-Tech: Irrigation optimisation solution - seed investment opportunity

Opportunity for:

• Investors and commercial partners to bring customer relationships, co-development, investment to assist commercialisation to scale up globally in major wine and horticulture regions of Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Europe, South America and South Africa.

^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.

Athena IR-Tech

Athena IR-Tech, a company based in Adelaide, Australia, is commercialising research from the University of Adelaide that provides a solution notifying farmers when their crops need irrigation based on whether the plant is transpiring at an optimal level.

ACRCP Phase 5: Optimising genetic control of wheat rusts through high value resistance gene combinations

The 3 rust diseases of wheat can cause untold damage. Savings due to control measures have been estimated at about $1.5 billion …

Fall Army Worm

This small project has assessed detection and control of Fall Army Worm resources from various Australian sources (eg GRDC) in …

A novel biosensor device for on-farm sugarcane disease diagnosis

Currently, detecting diseases in sugarcane crops is an expensive, time consuming and lengthy process, usually undertaken in laboratories far from …

Harnessing the synbio potential of Australia’s stingless bees, the first step.

Stingless bees have evolved a unique capacity to efficiently isomerise the sucrose found in nectar to the low GI yet …