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Multiple industries
Cross industry Vegetables
Multiple technology areas
Automation Crop protection Data and AI Food processing technology Harvest technology Indoor agriculture IoT & smart-farming Machinery & hardware Plant science Robotics Traceability
Opportunity

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.

  • Led by

    Gaia Project Australia Pty Ltd

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking investment, Field trial, 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.
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Multiple industries
Fruits Nuts Wine
IoT & smart-farming
Opportunity

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.

  • Led by

    Athena IR-Tech

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking investment, Seeking partners

  • Readiness
    Late (TRL 8-9)
    Commercial optimisation of the product/service, testing and commercial distribution.
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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.
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Multiple industries
Aquaculture Beef cattle Cross industry Dairy Fruits Nuts Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Vegetables Wine
Multiple technology areas
Aquaculture technology Fisheries technology Indoor agriculture Traceability
Opportunity

EcoSystem Farms: integrated agriculture and aquaculture soilless farming platform – seeking $500k - $1 million investment

Opportunity for

  • Impact investors (VC’s, family offices, angels) looking to invest in technology that has the ability to revolutionise the food production industry. 

^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.

  • Led by

    EcoSystem Farms

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking investment

  • 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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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
Multiple technology areas
Alternative protein Animal technology Aquaculture technology Automation Consumer health Crop protection Data and AI E-commerce & market platforms Fisheries technology Food processing technology Harvest technology Imagery Indoor agriculture Input management IoT & smart-farming Machinery & hardware Novel ingredients Plant science
Opportunity

Centre for Entrepreneurial Agri-technology (ANU Innovation Institute): opportunity for agritech businesses to join the CEAT Innovation Hub

Opportunity for

  • The CEAT Innovation Hub is expanding, and we are looking for agri-tech businesses to join the growing number of success stories who have called the Hub home. We have office, lab and hot desk spaces available for businesses of all sizes, from start-ups to more established operations. This is a unique opportunity to undertake your R&D alongside Australia’s best researchers, working together to secure funding, participate in knowledge exchange and build research impact.
  • Led by

    Centre for Entrepreneurial Agri-Technology (ANU Innovation Institute)

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking interest

  • 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 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 Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Poultry Pulse grains Sheep & lamb Sugar Vegetables Wild catch fisheries Wine Wool
Multiple technology areas
Alternative protein Animal technology Aquaculture technology Automation Consumer health Crop protection Data and AI E-commerce & market platforms Fisheries technology 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

Tenacious Ventures: enabling innovative agriculture for global impact - Fund II

Opportunity for

  • Sophisticated and wholesale investors who are passionate about the future of food and agriculture, and believe in the need for new approaches to innovation
  • Innovators and early-stage startups building solutions at the intersection of digitally-native agriculture and climate solutions.

^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.

  • Led by

    Tenacious Ventures

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking interest, Seeking investment, Seeking solutions, Seeking partners

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Multiple industries
Alternative protein Cross industry Forestry Other rural industries Pasture, fodder & feed Vegetables
Multiple technology areas
Alternative protein Consumer health Crop protection Data and AI Indoor agriculture IoT & smart-farming Machinery & hardware Plant science Traceability
Opportunity

InvertiGro: Indoor Vertical Farming Series A $12 million raise - investment opportunity

Opportunity for

  • Seeking AgTech savy investors (VC, family offices and corporates) who can also provide advice / support to transition from a startup to scaleup with growing sales in Australia and globally.

^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.

  • Led by

    InvertiGro

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking investment

  • Readiness
    Late (TRL 8-9)
    Commercial optimisation of the product/service, testing and commercial distribution.
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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.
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Multiple industries
Aquaculture Beef cattle Cotton Cross industry Dairy Essential oils Fruits Nuts Oilseeds Other rural industries Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Sheep & lamb Sugar Vegetables Wild catch fisheries Wine
Multiple technology areas
Input management Machinery & hardware
Opportunity

Australasian Pork Research Institute Limited (APRIL): rapid water quality assessment hardware

Opportunity for

  • Water testing service providers: state, local government, irrigation bodies, sampling laboratories with access to water sampling and testing facilities
  • Commercial irrigation, horticultural, water sampling service providers capable to commercialising a rapid water testing solution.
  • Led by

    Australasian Pork Research Institute (APRIL)

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking partners

  • Readiness
    Early (TRL 1-4)
    Describes the challenge or opportunity being pursued and undertakes preliminary R&D to determine if the concept is feasible.
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Multiple industries
Alternative protein Aquaculture
Multiple technology areas
Aquaculture technology Automation Data and AI Imagery Indoor agriculture IoT & smart-farming Machinery & hardware Robotics Traceability
Opportunity

Aquatic AI – automated aquaculture investment opportunity

Opportunity for

  • Investors and commercial partners interested in a novel, sustainable aquaculture production system start-up
  • Partners able to support business scale-up with commercial acumen in: seafood distribution expertise, export market development and networks, global fine dining restaurant expertise and connections, international marketing, business/finance expertise that supports subsequent capital fund raising rounds.
  • Partners to join the board of directors to guide organisation growth. 

^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.

  • Led by

    Aquatic AI

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking investment, Seeking partners

  • Readiness
    Early (TRL 1-4)
    Describes the challenge or opportunity being pursued and undertakes preliminary R&D to determine if the concept is feasible.
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Multiple industries
Cereal grains Pork
Multiple technology areas
Animal technology Food processing technology Input management Machinery & hardware Traceability
Opportunity

Australasian Pork Research Institute Limited (APRIL) - call for commercialisation projects

Opportunity for

  • Solution providers, innovators, creative thinkers with technical expertise
  • Research partners, willing to consider “out of the box” ideas and approaches to tackle current and emerging challenges for the Australasian pork industry.
  • Led by

    Australasian Pork Research Institute (APRIL)

  • Opportunity type

    Joint venture, Seeking solutions, Seeking partners

  • Readiness
    Early (TRL 1-4)
    Describes the challenge or opportunity being pursued and undertakes preliminary R&D to determine if the concept is feasible.
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Beef cattle
Multiple technology areas
Automation Food processing technology Machinery & hardware Processing & packaging Robotics
Opportunity

Waterless knife sterilisation for meat processing plants

Opportunity for

  • Solution providers wanting to develop new solutions for sterilisation of knives and other tools for Australian red meat abattoirs. Participants may be: 
    • Wishing to brainstorm and evaluate (without substantially building) new approaches (this can be initially focussed and limited to knife sterilisation) 
    • Ready to build and evaluate designs for new approaches 
  • Led by

    Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking interest, Research partner, Field trial, Innovation challenge, Seeking solutions

  • Readiness
    Early (TRL 1-4)
    Describes the challenge or opportunity being pursued and undertakes preliminary R&D to determine if the concept is feasible.
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Multiple technology areas
Automation Data and AI Food processing technology Imagery Machinery & hardware Processing & packaging Robotics
Opportunity

Waterless lamb frenching: reducing 210,000 knifing path actions per shift to zero

Opportunity for

  • Solution providers wanting to demonstrate and evolve an offering in 'waterless frenching' and demonstrate it in meat processing environments
  • Solution providers wishing to validate conceptual designs and/or build and evaluate initial prototypes that reduce human effort, water and energy consumption
  • Led by

    Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking interest, Research partner, Field trial, Innovation challenge, Seeking solutions

  • Readiness
    Early (TRL 1-4)
    Describes the challenge or opportunity being pursued and undertakes preliminary R&D to determine if the concept is feasible.
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Multiple industries
Cereal grains Oilseeds Pulse grains
Multiple technology areas
Automation Crop protection Data and AI Harvest technology Imagery Input management IoT & smart-farming Machinery & hardware Plant science Renewable energy Robotics Traceability
Opportunity

GrainInnovate – AgTech Venture Capital Fund

Opportunity for

  • Individuals and companies building a technology-enabled early stage business with application to Australian grain growers
  • Equity investors interested in exploring co-investment opportunities relevant to the Grain Innovate Fund

^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.

  • Led by

    Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking interest, Seeking solutions, 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).
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