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48 results for Plant science

Multiple industries
Aquaculture Beef cattle Eggs Fruits Game Packaged food Poultry Sheep & lamb Vegetables Wild catch fisheries
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Automation Food processing technology Input management Machinery & hardware Robotics
Opportunity

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.

  • Led by

    Cellysis Pty Ltd

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking investment, 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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Cereal grains
Plant science
Opportunity

Kansas State University Innovation Partners: novel method of broad spectrum resistance to multiple viruses in plants - licensing

Opportunity for

  • Industry partners, plant breeder, life science companies interested in licensing novel method of broad-spectrum resistance to multiple viruses in plants to further develop and commercialise.
  • Led by

    Kansas State University Innovation Partners

  • Opportunity type

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

  • Express interest by

    Friday, 28 February 2025 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
Beef cattle Cereal grains Cotton Eggs Pasture, fodder & feed Poultry Pulse grains Sugar Vegetables
Multiple technology areas
Crop protection Plant science
Opportunity

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.
  • Led by

    University of Southern Queensland (USQ)

  • Opportunity type

    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).
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Multiple industries
Alternative protein Aquaculture Cereal grains Dairy Eggs Forestry Fruits Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Poultry Vegetables
Multiple technology areas
Alternative protein Animal technology Aquaculture technology Crop protection Food processing technology Indoor agriculture Novel ingredients Plant science Renewable energy
Opportunity

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.

^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.

  • Led by

    ARC Ento Tech Ltd

  • 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
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 Cross industry Forestry Natural capital assets Nuts Oilseeds Other rural industries Packaged food Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Sugar Vegetables Wine
Multiple technology areas
Alternative protein Animal technology Automation Consumer health Crop protection Data and AI E-commerce & market platforms 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

Cicada Innovation: Grains Elevate - commercialisation workshop

 Opportunity for

  • Pre-seed and seed tech startups/entrepreneurs, engineers, innovators, science and technology researchers.
  • Led by

    Cicada Innovations

  • Opportunity type

    Acceleration, Innovation challenge

  • Express interest by

    Wednesday, 8 May 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.
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Cereal grains
Plant science
Opportunity

Kansas State University Innovation Partners: method for improved yield during heat stress period - licensing

Opportunity for

  • Industry partners, R&D funding bodies, plant breeding and life science companies interested in licensing and commercialisation.
  • Led by

    Kansas State University Innovation Partners

  • Opportunity type

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

  • Express interest by

    Friday, 28 February 2025 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
Cross industry Vegetables
Multiple technology areas
Crop protection Plant science
Opportunity

TIA: Bacterial Inoculant for Plant Growth and Disease Reduction

Opportunity for:

  • Crop protection specialist (agchemical companies and chemical resellers), potato/vegetable processing and agronomy companies interested in licensing a bacterial inoculant.
  • Science industry partners interested in partnering for further development of the product.

 

  • Led by

    Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA)

  • Opportunity type

    Licensing, Research partner, 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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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.
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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 industries
Fruits Natural capital assets
Multiple technology areas
Automation Crop protection Food processing technology
Opportunity

Australian Vanilla Plantations: Geodesic dome greenhouse technology investment opportunity

Opportunity for

  • Manufacturer’s and agricultural investors interested in scaling production of proprietary geodesic dome greenhouse (GDG) technology in Australia
  • Investors interested in scaling production of Vanilla in Australia

^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.

  • Led by

    Australian Vanilla Plantations

  • 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
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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Alternative protein
Multiple technology areas
Alternative protein Food processing technology Novel ingredients
Opportunity

The Leaf Protein Co.: Nutritious, highly functional alternative plant protein ingredient - seeking $US1 million seed investment, partners to establish pilot manufacturing

Opportunity for

  • Investors and commercial partners interested in supporting an alternative plant protein ingredient start-up to commercialise.
  • Partners with knowledge or experience in establishing pilot manufacturing to produce samples for market validation by food manufacturers.

^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.

  • Led by

    The Leaf Protein Co.

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking investment, 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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Cross industry
Multiple technology areas
Alternative protein Animal technology Aquaculture technology Automation Consumer health Crop protection Data and AI Fisheries technology Food processing technology Imagery Indoor agriculture IoT & smart-farming Plant science Processing & packaging Renewable energy Robotics Traceability
Opportunity

Main Sequence Ventures: Venture capital investment and company building expertise

Opportunity for

  • Researchers,
  • Innovators; and
  • Inventors developing ideas that could become globally significant companies.

^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.

  • Led by

    Main Sequence Ventures

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking interest, Seeking investment

  • 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
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
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
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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Multiple industries
Beef cattle Beverage Cereal grains Dairy Eggs Fruits Honey bees Nuts Other rural industries Packaged food Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Pulse grains Sheep & lamb Vegetables Wine
Multiple technology areas
Alternative protein Automation Data and AI Food processing technology Imagery Input management IoT & smart-farming Novel ingredients Processing & packaging Renewable energy Robotics Traceability
Opportunity

NorVicFoods®

Opportunity for

  • Industry partners, innovators and creative thinkers with ideas and approaches to tackle current and emerging challenges for the agrifood sector in the Hume region of Victoria
  • Led by

    The University of Melbourne

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking interest, Research partner, 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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Dairy
Multiple technology areas
Animal technology IoT & smart-farming Machinery & hardware
Opportunity

Dairy Australia: Seeking solution providers for Investigations into feasible methane reduction technologies for dairy

Opportunity for:

  • Innovators, solution providers and startups/scaleups/SME’s to investigate novel technologies that reduce methane production in dairy cattle.
  • Led by

    Dairy Australia

  • Opportunity type

    Innovation challenge, Seeking solutions

  • Express interest by

    Friday, 28 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
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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