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A pioneering digital platform that connects investors with agrifood entrepreneurs, researchers and industry leaders has led to AgriFutures Australia being recognised as one of the country’s most innovative companies.

Australian-based Real Time Data is looking to take the paper out of paperwork for farmers with an electronic data collection system designed to capture key metrics on the go. After conquering the seas through their platform Deckhand, Real Time Data has joined AgriFutures grow^AG. to launch an opportunity that aims to prove out growth channels in the US and customise its’ offering for other ag sectors across the globe, starting down-under.  

Australia’s first fully automated hands-free commercial farm, the Global Digital Farm (GDF), a high-tech collaboration between Charles Sturt University and Food Agility CRC, celebrates its first birthday. Now GDF’s six cutting edge research projects, can be explored on AgriFutures growᴬᴳ⋅ to help drive agritech innovation and the future of farming.     

Having previously connected with investors through grow^AG., Les Finemore is now seeking industry partnerships for his latest venture – a mobile app providing instant, informed answers to farmers’ most niche questions. 

The NSW Department of Primary Industries is seeking suppliers for its Farms of the Future Agtech Catalogue, which will connect providers of IoT devices and connectivity solutions with farmers looking to adopt new digital solutions. Expressions of Interest close Friday, 12 August 2022.

Revolutionary traceability platform, powered by Orijin Plus is helping build trust and transparency within Australia’s export food chain while driving loyalty and repeat purchases among Asian consumers. Now the Aussie startup is raising a $5 million seed round to support its Singapore launch. 

Laconik is seeking investors and partners to take their on-farm trials platform to the next level. Laconik helps companies bring new products to market quicker and with less risk by enabling growers and agribusinesses to test new products at a whole-of-paddock level. The platform captures data and assesses product performance in a way that cannot be done in small pilot trials. 

Leading Australian venture capitalist Matthew Pryor of Tenacious Ventures shares his insights and experience with growers and advisors at the Australian Cotton Conference this week. He believes the industry’s climate-adaptive technologies can attract global collaboration and multi-million-dollar investment. And now is the time for cotton growers to engage with consumers in the digital realm like never before – to drive opportunity and ensure rightful representation.

To build an extensive network that can support your development, you need to know who’s who in the zoo. This takes time and research – but what if there was a more direct route? AgriFutures grow^AG. platform is brimming with expertise listing over 3000 research projects, 100 current opportunities and 400 organisations that specialise in agrifood tech and innovation and has facilitated more than 1,500 connections through the platform. 

Bayer Crop Science has extended its partnership with Australian agri-food tech innovation platform, AgriFutures growᴬᴳ⋅, into 2024 to reach innovators, startups and researchers with its innovation challenges.

AgriFutures Australia Managing Director, John Harvey shares the vision behind the online platform grow^AG., its critical role in driving Australian agrifood innovation and global opportunities, and its powerful success. 

12 April 2024 (Wagga Wagga, Australia): AgriFutures grow^AG., the Australian agritech innovation platform, today announced it had facilitated over $150 million in global startup investment as it celebrated its third birthday.

Australian soil carbon project developer, AgriProve is seeking more than A$30 million Series B investment to scale its soil tech platform to index the full spectrum of soil properties, and accelerate the commercial pathway for carbon dioxide removal.

Global interest in Australian agrifood innovation is expected to continue its exceptional growth trajectory based on the latest user statistics released by AgriFutures Australia analysing the uptake and usage of its online investment platform, grow^AG..

From insects to indoor greens, Australian startups demonstrate the potential for novel farming systems at home and abroad. With the support of grow^AG.'s platform, three Aussie startups - ARC Ento Tech, Invertigro and the Gaia Project Australia, are gaining more visibility and investment.

Tegan Nock of Australian microbial tech startup, LoamBio, and Louisa Burwood-Taylor of the go-to global investment news platform, explore on the lastest AgriFutures grow^AG. podcast, the key investment trends and noteworthy funding rounds, from the recent AgFunder 2022 Asia-Pacific AgriFoodTech Investment Report.

With a new report showing Australia and New Zealand’s public research organisations are world class at commercialising their innovative ideas, AgriFutures Australia is urging them to join its online platform grow^AG. to extend their networks in the investment community even further. 

This month marks one year since the launch of AgriFutures grow^AG. and it’s been a successful 12-months for the platform and its users – particularly for Wine Australia, who have been garnering significant traction and collaboration to commercialise high-value technology. 

Are you an agrifood tech founder looking to attract investment, scale operations, find strategic partners or expand your network? AgriFutures grow^AG. is Australia's premier agrifood innovation platform, and a global gateway to amplify your solution, make meaningful connections and accelerate your path to market. 

EcoSystem Farms has pioneered a soilless farming platform that symbiotically integrates aquaculture with agriculture – boosting yields across both. With the flexibility to produce all manner of crops and farmed fish, anywhere across the world, the Adelaide-based startup is seeking investors to bring to market a product that could transform the way we grow food.