#Agtech startups

Perth agritech startup, SWAN Systems’ innovative approach to water management has received global recognition as Rabobank’s FoodBytes! Pitch 2020 agtech winner.

If you want to know more about the VC investment process and what documents you’ll need when raising capital, watch the final Grassroots Series session with Ben Lee, founder of InvestiGro and Peter Huynh, Venture Capitalist from Qualgro discuss their experiences.

Your technology is only worthwhile when someone is using it. Having a clear path to market is just as important as the technology itself. Learn some of the tips and tricks to scaling a startup in regional areas in our Grassroots Series virtual session 5, out now, created in partnership with Cicada Innovations' GrowLab.

What is empathy and why is it important in helping you build and scale your business? Join Jane Cockburn of Kairos Now in this Grassroots Series session to equip you with the tools to apply to your own conversations with customers.

The legalities of launching a startup can be challenging, but skipping them isn’t an option. This session of the Grassroots Series provides founders with a step-by-step guide to building a solid foundation for their business, where you’ll learn about the common legal mistakes made by early stage companies, how to avoid them and what to do instead.

How do you commercialise an idea that’s meeting a real market need? Cicada Innovations’ CEO Sally-Ann Williams does a deep dive with Dr Dharmica Mistry, Olympia Yarger and Dale Schilling, about their first steps on the startup journey. Together they’ll provide founders with a basic framework to test and validate their technology, along with tips and tricks to avoid the common pitfalls.

Meet Tegan Nock, Australia’s golden girl for soil health and co-founder of Orange-based startup, Soil Carbon Co. Tegan is empowering farmers to boost soil carbon, using microbial technology, which could help sink billions of tonnes of carbon and offers a tradeable commodity.

Taking charge of the family’s New Zealand kiwifruit orchard, was unexpected for Genevieve Griffin-George but led to her developing PICMI, an online platform that links farmworkers and employers – with plans to go global.

This episode considers how Australia can grow its agtech footprint globally. Fleur Anderson speaks with some big global venture capitalists about what they look for in a start-up company and you will hear their examples of what kind businesses are getting looked at right now.