Multiple industries
Alternative protein
Aquaculture
Cereal grains
Cross industry
Essential oils
Fruits
Game
Honey bees
Nuts
Other rural industries
Pasture, fodder & feed
Poultry
Pulse grains
AgriFutures Australia
Opportunity for
- Investors interested in investing in the ManukaLife company^
- Nurseries interested in producing and distributing elite Leptospermum genetics
- Plantation companies and large-scale landholders (farming, mining etc.) interested in developing essential oil / Manuka honey producing plantations
- Cosmetic, pharmaceutical and medical companies interested in developing new products
^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.
Opportunity description
Industry challenge: Manuka honey is one of the world’s highest naturally occurring antibacterial products and there is strong global demand for high grade manuka honey and oil. Australian manuka honey production areas have been severely impacted by bushfires and land clearing practices in recent years. This threatens the supply of manuka honey and oil for pharmaceutical and medical applications.
Current opportunity: AgriFutures Australia and ManukaLife instigated an intensive breeding and selection program to develop elite Leptospermum genetics that exhibit longer flowering periods, higher nectar volumes, and higher methylglyoxal (MGO) content than the native species currently being used. Opportunities exist for a range of organisations to either engage with ManukaLife to rapidly expand the establishment of plantations in Australia or partner to develop new cosmetic and pharmaceutical products. See video footage of ManukaLife value proposition.
^Professional and sophisticated investors as defined in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). The content of this opportunity is intended for use by persons having professional experience in matters relating to investments and must not be acted or relied upon by any other person including, without limitation, retail clients.
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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