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Singapore International Agrifood Week (SIAW) 2024 Mission 🌾 AgriStart’s HARVEST Agtech Accelerator supported four Department of Primary Industries & Regional Development startup packages for HARVEST alumni to participate in the recent Singapore International Agrifood Week (SIAW) 2024 Mission. This included the WA Showcase at the Agri-Food Tech Expo Asia (AFTEA), a Team WA welcome dinner with networking opportunities, exclusive access to SIAW networking events, and optional side tour programs. Congratulations to alumni members Sofie De Meyer from MALDIID, Mat Welch from Red Earth Pollen, and Rob Whyte from Hippie Brewing Co 🎉

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The 2024 WA Agtech Meetup: The Opportunity in Asia is set to take place both in-person and online on the 19th of September at Riff. With an amazing lineup of speakers, including Amelia Walsh, Anton Wibowo, Christian Prokscha, Dale Schilling, and facilitation by Grant Gilmour. Enjoy casual networking with other attendees and speakers to close off the evening. For those unable to join in-person, tune in online to make sure you don't miss all the action (livestream details will be shared after registration). Register here: https://lnkd.in/e33GNtHW

We are excited to unveil the newest additions to our speaker lineup for the Regional Innovation Summit!! From Future Foods to Productive Oceans and Sustainable Seafood, and Technology to Achieve Net Zero, this summit covers the topics essential for shaping the future of regional industries 🌿 Engage with insightful speakers, participate in dynamic panel discussions, and choose from exciting afternoon activities, including a pitch event, brewery tour, or marine discovery experience. Why not join us for a day of innovation and tech with a weekend in our beautiful South West overlooking the stunning Busselton foreshore ☀️ Reserve your spot here: https://lnkd.in/eDzhWnjr This event is supported by the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation through the New Industries Fund – X-Tend WA Program, West Tech Fest, City of Busselton, South West Angels, Creative Tech Village, and South West Development Commission.

The Future of Food – Alternative protein foods on the menu. Introducing Susie O'Neill, the keynote speaker for the Future Foods section of the Regional Innovation Summit, who will also be joined by her colleague Megan Redmond for the group panel 👏 Susie engages with Food Frontier's industry stakeholders across the alt proteins value chain to help grow our region’s protein supply with new, sustainable, and nutritious options that create value for businesses, primary producers, and consumers. Her connection with food and agriculture began on the family farm in NSW and grew through roles in sales, marketing, and executive positions at Bayer CropScience where she was responsible for the team that developed supply chain protocols for grain segregation and regulatory approval for GM canola in Australia🌾 Meg leads Food Frontier’s political, policy, and legislative advocacy and engagements with the Australian and New Zealand governments. She authored the 2024 position paper to governments Alternative Proteins and Australian Food Systems Transformation which advocates for the need to adopt a whole-of-government systems approach to transform how Australia produces, distributes, and consumes food as a climate change and health imperative. Tickets to see these speakers can be purchased through the following link: https://lnkd.in/eDzhWnjr Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation, West Tech Fest, City of Busselton, South West Angels, Creative Tech Village, and South West Development Commission

Announcing another speaker for Session 1: Future Foods at the 2024 Regional Innovation Summit ✨ Boaz Kogon is currently General Manager Sustainability at Milne AgriGroup, a private agribusiness comprising Milne Feeds, Mt Barker Chicken, and Plantagenet Pork. Prior to this role, Boaz held senior strategic roles across agribusiness, biotech, and academia in Australia, NZ, Israel, and Spain 🌏 He has extensive experience in strategic planning, assessing business and technology feasibility, and using collaborative networks to solve complex problems. Reserve your attendance here: https://lnkd.in/eDzhWnjr Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation, West Tech Fest, City of Busselton, South West Angels, Creative Tech Village, and South West Development Commission

In the final masterclass and wrap-up session for the HARVEST program at Wrays | Intellectual Property, our businesses reflected on their journey over the last few months, discussing the knowledge gained and all of the connections they have made. Exciting next steps for our cohort ranged from planning a robotics competition to getting their first prototype out in time for the next seeding, lining up farm trials, and applying for research collaboration grants with universities 🤖🚜 The cohort agreed that a major positive impact of the program was the opportunity to be among fellow entrepreneurs who have similar hurdles and solutions and the meaningful conversations they have had throughout the program, particularly with follow-ups after the pitch night opening up new avenues for their businesses. Everyone coming together from disparate fields with different ways of thinking is where the magic happens and getting their ideas out there to build critical momentum within funding and innovator circles was a key impact discussed. It was great to hear that most businesses are thinking about focussing their execution strategy on building partnerships because we all know that a key challenge for scaleups is trying to make a big change or create impact alone – collaboration is key to success 🎉

The India Australia Rapid Innovation Startup Expansion (RISE) Accelerator is now accepting applications from startups and SMEs with innovative agritech solutions! Delivered in partnership by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, and the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, the RISE Accelerator program is purpose built to support Indian and Australian innovators looking to expand across borders. The program’s new Climate Smart Agritech round is calling for businesses with cutting-edge technologies that address critical agricultural challenges, including boosting productivity, reducing emissions, and optimising natural resource use. 🗓️ Applications close on September 15, 2024 For more info or to apply, visit: www.riseaccelerator.org

From automated sprayers to novel fungi, 10 #Agtech innovators pitched to an audience of about 100 at Perth’s home of #agriculture last night, The Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia, for the AgriStart HARVEST Showcase. In its 7th year, the program continues to provide valuable support to up-and-coming #agtech startups looking to make a difference to sustainable agriculture 🌾 🍄🟫 Event highlights: ➡️ MC and WA agtech legend Simon Foley shared the incredible journey of Agworld, and how the founders shared vision and focus on culture contributed to the success.   ➡️ Minister for Agriculture, Hon. Jackie Jarvis MLC, got a break from Parliament to attend and acknowledged the value of programs like this for connecting startups to producers, and expressed her appreciation for all of the innovations that have come out of the HARVEST program since 2016 - “solving wicked problems that will assist us in changing the future”.   ➡️ Its not easy, but the 10 startups gave excellent 3-minute pitches and gained immense value from the follow-up networking at their business booths throughout the evening. Loved the video from Agquip too thanks, Robert Johnson!   ➡️ Congratulations to Mat Welch from Red Earth Pollen for being awarded the RASWA Innovation Scholarship presented by CEO Robyn Sermon. Well deserved with $2000 towards research/market development.   ➡️ Wouldn’t be an agrifood event without epic food and beverages – big shout out to our sponsors (and program alumni!) Hippie Kombucha and Rocky Ridge Brewing Co. for supplying quality drinks that are also sustainably produced. We also love drinking the RASWA show wine! 🍷🥂 Congratulations to our latest cohort, now joining an alumni of over 80 agtech startups that have completed the HARVEST program: ResonAg, Seaweedery, Squadrone | STEM engagement and mini-drone light shows, Red Earth Pollen Pty Ltd, Agarea, Agtecnic, The Fun Guy WA, Carbon101, eBottli, and Hy-Boost Technology 🎉 We can only keep our program free for participants and with no equity cost thanks to the critical support of our sponsors, both financially and through their expertise, networks, and connections. Thanks, Grains Research and Development Corporation, Department of Primary Industries & Regional Development, CSBP Fertilisers, Wrays | Intellectual Property, AgriFutures Australia, EZI Group Esperance Zone Innovation, and The Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia. Applications for 2025 will open in February – contact info@innvoationcluster.com.au for more details!

The CSIRO Innovate to Grow food innovation program is now open for applications. The free and virtual 10-week program for Australian small to medium enterprises (SMEs) is presented to advance innovative ideas with help from R&D. SMEs are provided with a self-paced learning platform, networking opportunities, guest speakers, and expert feedback to assist them on their journey to understanding and planning a research project. Who can attend? Participants based and operating in Australia who are working on food innovations. This can be in any sub-sector including: * Beverage manufacturing * Food production * Traditional and complementary proteins * Bio-manufacturing incl. precision fermentation * Sustainable processing * Value-adding processing * Other Applications close: 12 Sept 2024. Apply online www.csiro.au/foodI2G