#Investment

Meet the adventurous venture capitalist, Isabelle Decitre heading up Singapore’s ID Capital, whose knack for nurturing agrifood tech startups led to the creation of the Future Food Asia conference – to showcase the regions’ ever-growing talent.

Perth agritech startup, SWAN Systems’ innovative approach to water management has received global recognition at Rabobank’s FoodBytes! Pitch 2020 agtech winner. The multi-faceted solution provides a ‘data playbook’ for users to save precious resources year-on-year and achieve better yields at lower costs.

Wilmot Cattle Co’s pioneering carbon credit deal with Microsoft has caught the attention of farmers, investors, corporates and everyone in between – proving that carbon farming can in fact be profitable, when measured. Stuart Austin shares his advice for others seeking to monetise their natural capital and reduce risk.

Dynamic duo: Zetifi and AuctionsPlus, join forces to change the way livestock auctions are run, that’s fetching higher prices in the saleyards and greater productivity in the paddock.

Ben Wynn, Founder of Tamworth-based solar energy company, Wynergy wants to end the land use conflict between solar farms and agriculture – with a best practice system that benefits both, known as agrivoltaics, with biomass yield increases up to 92%.

Fifth-generation livestock farmer and AgriWebb co-founder, Justin Webb shares his lessons on launching an Australian startup in the UK, how to access capital in complex economies and why knowing your market is everything.

"This week we talk to Matthew Pryor, co-founder of Tenacious Ventures, Australia's first dedicated agrifood venture capital firm and Olympia Yarger, founder and CEO of Goterra, a biotech waste management startup.

Olympia Yarger and her startup, Goterra is the face that launched a thousand maggots and most recently, an $8-million Series A investment.

What are the differences between the various types of investors and funding groups, what are they looking for and how do you pitch your business idea to capture their attention and win their buy-in?

It’s no surprise that with the lockdown effects of COVID-19, physical agtech events have been ground to a halt. The solution? Taking advantage of our online community.

Incremental to exponential, the “ag-itating” trends daring the industry to think differently to meet the opportunities and challenges head on.

Since evoke^AG. 2019, Zetifi and CaseIH launched a valuable partnership where the wider farming community has benefited. This is their success story.