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Mar 04 2018

Summary

Summary

Future Agro Challenge - Global Event hosted by Startup Tablelands in 2016 and 2017 The Future Agro Challenge (FAC) is a worldwide competition recognising innovative, commercially viable food and agribusiness start-ups that address national, regional and global challenges. Vision: "Future Agro Challenge" - Revolutionizing the World's Menu" At the Australian FAC (Future Agro Challenge) you will be the first to hear all about the latest innovations in food, agtech and agriculture as … [Read more...]

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Nov 11 2017

AgUnity

AgUnity

David Davies from AgUnity AgUnity is helping increase incomes for the smallest farmers in developing countries via the use of blockchain tech.   We have two entities: one, AgUnity, is a commercial entity that builds the technology and runs pilot projects to prove the impact, and the other, AgriLedger, is a charitable trust that allows us to partner with and receive funding from NGOs. From our pilot projects, we develop case studies that support grant applications from (as one example) … [Read more...]

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Nov 11 2017

FluroSat

FluroSat

Anastasia Volkova from FluroSat Grow more with less.   We sell derived imagery products and agronomic insights produced using crop and paddock specific analysis to the growers, decreasing the time to decision making and increasing the number of traceable data points to access the effectiveness of a taken agronomic decisions. We combine drone and satellite data with weather and farm information, current as well as historic, to adjust the optimal crop performance predictions to every … [Read more...]

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Nov 11 2017

WaterSave International

WaterSave International

Damian Zammit from WaterSave International WaterSave is using sensor technology to reduce the water, power & fertilizer consumption on farms by 20-40%.   As a Northern Australian company, we specifically identified a need to address the impact that farming is having on the Great Barrier Reef. After spending months speaking to farmers across the region, we identified that power and water consumption were critical pain points for farmers. Hence www.watersave.io was born in March of … [Read more...]

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Nov 11 2017

The Farm Process

The Farm Process

Peter Cummins from The Farm Process We are about helping farmers achieve better productivity through effective use of technology.   The Farm Process started out as a commissioned on-site pack-shed management product. We subsequently translated and released released it as a SaaS (Software as a Service) product online and softreleased to a number of local farmers. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Our market research has indicated that there is a pent up demand in the … [Read more...]

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Nov 11 2017

Pycno Agriculture

Pycno Agriculture

Gaurav  Tyagi from Pycno Agriculture Pycno produces easy to use wireless agriculture sensors that plug into soil & provide users with critical information.   Pycno produces professional yet cheap and easy to use wireless sensors targeted for agriculture that plugs into the soil and provide users with critical information of the soil and the air from remote locations. All this information is captured by the sensors and gets  displayed in real time from anywhere you are in the world … [Read more...]

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Nov 10 2017

Clohesy Organics

Clohesy Organics

Helen Fielder from Clohesy Organics Escape to the bush surroundings, sleeping under the stars and watch the crops developing. Focus on vegetarians/vegans Organic farming (currently exotic tropical fruits and planned planting of cocoa to be grown organically). To help defray the costs of the farming enterprise it is envisaged that accommodation will be provided by constructing up to 4 tents that each include their own ensuite and to undertake significant repairs to the stone house already … [Read more...]

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Nov 08 2017

Sam Trethewey

Sam Trethewey

Sam has worked in agriculture for over 15 years and now manages SproutX, the industry Accelerator for Australian agriculture. His exceptional comprehension of Australian agriculture, investment, Agtech, and food & fibre production has assisted him to build a broad portfolio of experience which includes: - Building Australia's first Agtech Accelerator, co-working space and ecosystem - Agribusiness advisor to CEO’s - Developed export strategy for food businesses into Asia - Developed … [Read more...]

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Nov 07 2017

Cameron Johns

Cameron Johns

With over 20 years in the innovation ecosystem, Cameron is an experienced professional who has assisted the private sector, research organisations and not for profit clients across all stages of the business life-cycle. He has successfully worked with: • Inventors, Start-Ups and SMEs’ with business model development, commercialisation strategy and capital raising • Research Organisations looking to commercialise research and build collaborations with Industry • N4P’s seeking commercial … [Read more...]

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Nov 06 2017

Kay Strong

Kay Strong

Kay is the Regional Manager in Northern Queensland for AusIndustry. Kay has worked in a variety of business development roles at Federal, State and Local government levels. As Regional Manager Kay works with businesses to facilitate the uptake of programs delivered by AusIndustry and stakeholder agencies. Prior to working for government Kay was a partner in a software development and IT support company for six years. AusIndustry is a specialist program delivery division within the … [Read more...]

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