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Wild catch fisheries
Research project

FishPath: Tailoring Management to Context in Data-Limited Fisheries

A number of fisheries in Australia are characterised as being 'small scale', 'data ' and/or 'capacity' limited (hereafter small …
  • Funded by

    Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

  • Project date

    14 Oct 2017 -
    30 Jan 2018

  • Research organisation

    Department of Industry Tourism and Trade (DITT) [NT]

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Cereal grains Cotton Dairy Fruits Honey bees Nuts Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Sheep & lamb Vegetables Wine
Multiple technology areas
Crop protection Indoor agriculture Input management Novel ingredients Plant science
Opportunity

Converte: $4m Capital raise

Opportunity for

  • Venture capital, corporates, private equity, and angel investors to support the transition from a “direct to end user” business model to leveraging established B2B channels.
  • Strategic partners with access to international markets in India, Middle East, the USA and the United Kingdom.

  ^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.  

  • Led by

    Converte Pty Ltd.

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking investment, Seeking partners

  • Express interest by

    Wednesday, 31 July 2024 12:00 Australia/Sydney

  • Readiness
    Late (TRL 8-9)
    Commercial optimisation of the product/service, testing and commercial distribution.
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Multiple industries
Cereal grains Cotton Fruits Natural capital assets Nuts Pulse grains
Multiple technology areas
Automation Data and AI Machinery & hardware Robotics Traceability
Opportunity

Leaf Agriculture: Accelerating food and agriculture's digital transformation through Leaf's unified API

Opportunity for

  • Agtech startups that need to access OEM machinery data for their grower clients in order to power digital solution that they are building.
  • Led by

    Leaf Agriculture

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking partners

  • Readiness
    Late (TRL 8-9)
    Commercial optimisation of the product/service, testing and commercial distribution.
Image for Leaf Agriculture: Accelerating food and agriculture's digital transformation through Leaf's unified API
Multiple industries
Alternative protein Cereal grains Cotton Cross industry Dairy Essential oils Fruits Natural capital assets Nuts Oilseeds Other rural industries Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Vegetables Wine
Multiple technology areas
Indoor agriculture Machinery & hardware Plant science
Opportunity

Nanobubble Agritech: Irrigation technology - seed investment

Opportunity for

  • Investors and commercial partners looking to back disruptor technology, moving from start-up to operating in market, at an international scale.
  • Farmers and growers looking to sit at the frontier of irrigated production, interested in trialing partial or full-scale installations on-farm or in-orchard to build dataset of plant/crop impact across industries.

^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.

 

  • Led by

    Nanobubble Agritech

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking investment, 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).
Image for Nanobubble Agritech: Irrigation technology - seed investment
Multiple industries
Aquaculture Beef cattle Beverage Cereal grains Cotton Cross industry Dairy Eggs Fruits Game Honey bees Nuts Pork Poultry Pulse grains Sheep & lamb Sugar Vegetables Wine Wool
Multiple technology areas
Animal technology Automation Data and AI
Opportunity

LaunchVIC: $50,000 AgTech Grants

Opportunity for

  • Early-stage AgTech startups in Victoria, who have or are testing a product or prototype in market. 
  • Led by

    LaunchVic

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking interest, Seeking solutions

  • Express interest by

    Thursday, 6 June 2024 12:00 Australia/Sydney

  • Readiness
    Early to Mid (TRL 1-7)
    For opportunities that are seeking solutions providers who are in the early to mid stages of readiness.
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Multiple industries
Cereal grains Forestry Nuts Pasture, fodder & feed Poultry
Multiple technology areas
Machinery & hardware Processing & packaging Renewable energy
Opportunity

Energy Farmers: Turning Waste into Wealth with Sustainable Pyrolysis Solutions

Opportunity for

  • Investors and strategic partners who can bring business expertise and global market influence to propel our innovation forward.
  • Organisations dealing with complex waste streams or eager to up cycle organic waste for greater returns to partner.

  ^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.  

  • Led by

    Energy Farmers Australia Pty Ltd

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking investment, Licensing, Joint venture, Research partner, Field trial, Seeking partners

  • Express interest by

    Sunday, 30 June 2024 12:00 Australia/Sydney

  • 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
Beef cattle Beverage Cereal grains Cotton Cross industry Dairy Eggs Essential oils Forestry Natural capital assets Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Poultry Sheep & lamb Sugar Wine
Multiple technology areas
Crop protection Data and AI Imagery IoT & smart-farming Plant science Traceability
Opportunity

Hone Ag: AgriTech data company - $6m Series A raise

Opportunity for

  • Strategic partners and investors for $6m Series A investment round to support and accelerate the expansion of market access and product evolution of an agritech ML/AI spectrometer data company.

  ^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.  

  • Led by

    Hone Corporation

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking investment, Joint venture, Research partner, Seeking partners

  • Express interest by

    Thursday, 6 June 2024 12:00 Australia/Sydney

  • Readiness
    Late (TRL 8-9)
    Commercial optimisation of the product/service, testing and commercial distribution.
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Multiple industries
Beef cattle Cross industry Dairy Forestry Game Natural capital assets Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Sheep & lamb Wool
Multiple technology areas
Animal technology Automation Data and AI E-commerce & market platforms Imagery Input management IoT & smart-farming Machinery & hardware Traceability
Opportunity

Ceres Tag: Animal traceability, welfare, performance, and climate impact – scale up investment opportunity

Opportunity for

  • High Net Worth, Family Office and Corporate investors interested in animal performance evidence insights through a real time sustainability enabling reporting platform.
  • Partnerships for distribution and integration with other supply chain technology platform businesses.

^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.

  • Led by

    Ceres Tag

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking investment, Seeking partners

  • Express interest by

    Monday, 1 July 2024 12:00 Australia/Sydney

  • Readiness
    Late (TRL 8-9)
    Commercial optimisation of the product/service, testing and commercial distribution.
Image for Ceres Tag: Animal traceability, welfare, performance, and climate impact  – scale up investment opportunity
Beef cattle
Multiple technology areas
Data and AI Machinery & hardware
Opportunity

MLA: New animal measurement algorithms - licensing

Opportunity for

  • Livestock weighing technology companies interested in enhancing product offering
  • Led by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking interest, Licensing

  • 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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Other rural industries
Machinery & hardware
Opportunity

AgriFutures Australia: ‘Equility’ – Rapid stallion fertility testing device – partnership opportunity

Opportunity for

  • Veterinary equipment and instrument developer and manufacture companies, with knowledge and understanding of sales and marketing of instruments
  • Preferably with links and knowledge of the horse breeding industries – natural and artificial insemination.
  • Led by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking interest, Licensing, 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.
Image for AgriFutures Australia: ‘Equility’ – Rapid stallion fertility testing device – partnership opportunity
Multiple industries
Forestry Fruits Vegetables Wool
Multiple technology areas
Indoor agriculture Input management Plant science
Opportunity

Fleecegrow: sheep wool growing media - investment opportunity

Opportunity for

  • Potential future trial partners including nurseries, greenhouses and angel investors and collaborators. 

 ^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.  

  • Led by

    Fleecegrow

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking interest, Seeking investment, Licensing, Joint venture, Field trial, Seeking partners

  • Express interest by

    Saturday, 1 June 2024 12:00 Australia/Sydney

  • Readiness
    Early (TRL 1-4)
    Describes the challenge or opportunity being pursued and undertakes preliminary R&D to determine if the concept is feasible.
Image for Fleecegrow: sheep wool growing media  - investment opportunity
Multiple industries
Cereal grains Oilseeds Pulse grains
Multiple technology areas
Harvest technology Machinery & hardware
Opportunity

LINTTAS Electric Company - Development of a high performance fully electric combine harvester

Opportunity for 

  • Agricultural machinery manufacturers interested in partnering to co-develop and commercialise an electric grains harvester.
  • University with computer modelling capability to support R&D for development of a prototype. 
  • Led by

    LINTTAS Electric Company Pty Ltd

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking interest, Research partner

  • 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).
Image for LINTTAS Electric Company - Development of a high performance fully electric combine harvester
Multiple industries
Pasture, fodder & feed Vegetables Wine
Multiple technology areas
Automation Data and AI Imagery IoT & smart-farming
Opportunity

AgResearch: Map & Zap® - AI driven early growth stage weed identification and laser-zapping solution

Opportunity for

  • Industry partners and investors, venture capital firms, for a co-investment opportunity with AgResearch.

^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.

 

 

  • Led by

    AgResearch

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking interest, Seeking investment, Seeking partners

  • Readiness
    Early to Mid (TRL 1-7)
    For opportunities that are seeking solutions providers who are in the early to mid stages of readiness.
Image for AgResearch: Map & Zap® - AI driven early growth stage weed identification and laser-zapping solution
Multiple industries
Beef cattle Cereal grains Cotton Cross industry Dairy Fruits Nuts Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Sheep & lamb Wine Wool
Multiple technology areas
Animal technology Automation Crop protection Data and AI Harvest technology Imagery Indoor agriculture Input management IoT & smart-farming Machinery & hardware Renewable energy Robotics Traceability
Opportunity

Pairtree Intelligence: agritech integration platform, seeks seed capital investment - $1.5 - 2M

Opportunity for

  • Strategic partners in agribusiness, agricultural chemical companies, retail input providers, agronomy service providers with developed producer and advisory networks
  • Angel investors and family offices in Australia seeking equity investment in an Australian scale-up.
  • Led by

    Pairtree Intelligence

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking investment

  • Readiness
    Late (TRL 8-9)
    Commercial optimisation of the product/service, testing and commercial distribution.
Image for Pairtree Intelligence: agritech integration platform, seeks seed capital investment - $1.5 - 2M
Multiple industries
Alternative protein 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 Vegetables Wild catch fisheries Wine Wool
Multiple technology areas
Data and AI Traceability
Opportunity

Geora: Ensuring the greenest value chain is also the most profitable – partnership opportunity

Opportunity for

  • Food companies and agribusinesses seeking digital solution for tracking scope 3 emissions along the value chain and investing in sustainability transition for their network
  • Dairy, wine, grains and beef industry groups who are looking for a digital solution to incentivise and demonstrate sustainability credentials linking finance, trade and primary production
  • Financing partners to work with Geora on delivering financial incentives to invest in the green transition
  • Companies with a trade or finance presence in the Australian or UK market, or who are sourcing from outside of those markets.
  • Led by

    Geora

  • Opportunity type

    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.
Image for Geora: Ensuring the greenest value chain is also the most profitable – partnership opportunity
Multiple industries
Aquaculture Beef cattle Cereal grains Dairy Eggs Forestry Fruits Natural capital assets Nuts Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Poultry Pulse grains Sheep & lamb Sugar Wine
Multiple technology areas
Crop protection Input management Plant science
Opportunity

Bardee: black soldier fly organic fertiliser - Superfly® - seeking commercial trial partners in horticulture, broadacre and pasture industries

Opportunity for

  • Australian horticulture, broadacre and pasture farms to trial organic certified fertiliser and soil enhancer made from black soldier fly castings and exoskeletons
  • Led by

    Bardee

  • Opportunity type

    Field trial

  • Readiness
    Any (TRL 1-9)
    For opportunities that are seeking solutions providers who are at any stage of readiness.
Image for Bardee: black soldier fly organic fertiliser - Superfly® - seeking commercial trial partners in horticulture, broadacre and pasture industries
Multiple industries
Alternative protein Beef cattle Beverage Cereal grains Cross industry Dairy Eggs Forestry Fruits Game Honey bees Natural capital assets Oilseeds Other rural industries Packaged food Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Poultry Pulse grains Sheep & lamb Sugar Vegetables
Multiple technology areas
Alternative protein Animal technology Automation Consumer health Crop protection Data and AI Food processing technology Harvest technology Imagery Indoor agriculture Input management IoT & smart-farming Machinery & hardware Novel ingredients Plant science Processing & packaging Renewable energy Robotics Traceability
Opportunity

Kansas State University: technology and innovation testing and validation

Opportunity for

  • Startup or companies interested in bringing cutting-edge agricultural technology to North America.
  • Led by

    Kansas State University

  • Opportunity type

    Research partner, Field trial

  • Express interest by

    Friday, 1 January 2027 12:00 Australia/Sydney

  • Readiness
    Any (TRL 1-9)
    For opportunities that are seeking solutions providers who are at any stage of readiness.
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Multiple industries
Alternative protein Packaged food
Multiple technology areas
Alternative protein Food processing technology Novel ingredients Processing & packaging
Opportunity

Buggy Blend – nutritionally optimised, alternative protein pet food range (insect-based)

Opportunity for

  • Australian and international companies interested in commercialising novel products in the pet food industry
  • Existing pet food manufacturing businesses interested in diversified opportunities
  • Insect farming businesses interested in enhanced production outcomes and/or partnering into value-added productisation opportunities
  • Investors interested in sustainable alternative protein products

^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.

  • Led by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking interest, Seeking investment, Joint venture, Seeking partners

  • Readiness
    Late (TRL 8-9)
    Commercial optimisation of the product/service, testing and commercial distribution.
Image for Buggy Blend – nutritionally optimised, alternative protein pet food range (insect-based)
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