Functional foods, alternative proteins, digital and bio-farmtech all feature in the list of companies set to pitch at the inaugural FoodBytes! Chicago in September.
Applications are now open for innovators to apply to Indigo’s Terraton Challenge for the chance of winning $20k in grant funding and up to $3m in Indigo contracts, as well as participation in a virtual incubation program, and trials with Indigo’s farmer partners.
The future of row crop production is exciting and compelling, and as innovators and investors discuss the “possible,” an important question lingers: how – and how fast – will the farmers evolve their practices and business models to be successful as tomorrow’s farm leaders?
For Rob Wilson, chief toaster at startup Toast Ale, the experience was far more than just a pitch competition and demo day.
FoodBytes! Chicago is seeking startups focused on animal health, sustainable production, robotic process automation, precision agriculture, food safety, food waste, food as medicine, sugar reduction, novel healthy ingredients.
Every accelerator participant will receive a convertible note of €100k for participating in the program, and Rockstart can invest up-to €2 million in those it supports into later stage alongside investor partners.
A lot has changed in agribusiness since Erik Fyrwald took the helm of Syngenta in 2016.
Before applications close on Sunday May 12, TERRA alum ReGrained shares insights about the benefits of working with corporates on scaling the business.
What do robotics, blockchain, insur-tech, and cow fart-reduction tech (yes, really) all have in common? These technologies will all be showcased at F&A Next in The Netherlands next month!
For the F&A Next conference at Wageningen University next month, Anterra has selected seven food tech companies to pitch their novel technologies including logistics, gut microbiome testing, flavor analysis, novel milk proteins, and plant-based health products.
TERRA, a non-equity-based accelerator program, is unique in its approach to acceleration by focusing on startups that are ready to scale their businesses, as opposed to those at the proof of concept stage refining their pitches for seed funding.
TartanSense builds small land-based robots for small farms and smallholder farmers initially focused on pesticide application.
One of the drags on successful agtech innovation is the under-representation of the producers’ voice, writes the Illinois Soybean Association.
Matt Crisp is cofounder and CEO of Benson Hill Biosystems, a crop genomics platform using computational biology and gene editing. Here he writes about the startup’s evolution and transition to now serving a broad range of clients across the food system.
Elemental Excelerator, a non-profit funder of agriculture, water, energy, mobility, and circular economy startups, is accepting applications for its 8th cohort.
A record number of startups applied for the third year of The Pearse Lyons Accelerator, organized and run by global agtech business Alltech alongside Irish tech community hub Dogpatch Labs.
The FoodBytes! platform is introducing some new elements this year including new prizes and resources for participating startups, and new categories.
Augean Robotics, a startup building autonomous farm equipment, and Rogo, an automated soil testing startup, both won awards at Farmers Business Network‘s (FBN) first startup
Alltech does not take any equity from the startups and instead focuses on helping them with their business development and route to market, a big challenge for agtech startups. Deadline to apply is December 31, 2018.
Rajiv Singh, the former CEO of Rabobank North America, writes about FoodShot’s search for projects and ideas that utilize the latest in technology, science, and engineering to address the crisis of soil deterioration ahead of the January 8, 2019 deadline.
