Meet the Founder: Tonalli Moana
October 24, 2023
Toxins from harmful algal blooms can cost billions of dollars in losses to the aquaculture industry. They present a significant health risk to consumers, with the health sector forking out further billions of dollars in treating people who have become ill after eating contam...
Meet the Founders: Fleecegrow
October 15, 2023
The appetite to become sustainable is at an all-time high. Growers, consumers and farmers alike are feeling the pressure to up the ante without putting too big a dent in their back pockets. Coupled with a wool industry that's crying out for more innovative uses for its produ...
Meet the Founders: Feed Finder
October 12, 2023
Do you know how many decisions a farmer has to make each day? The answer: the limit does not exist. But one Kiwi start-up is looking to support farmers with some of those decisions. Meet the founders Greg Johnston and Dave Meaney of Future Farm Systems. They are one of ...
Meet the Founders: Agri AI
October 9, 2023
Mastitis costs the New Zealand dairy industry millions of dollars in losses each year. Teat spraying after milking has been proven to reduce the incidence of new mastitis infections by 50%. But if done incorrectly that impact is decreased.Through the power of AI one New Zeal...
Sprouting Novel Innovations - this is Cohort XI
August 23, 2023
Sprout is excited to introduce the eleventh cohort entering the Sprout Accelerator, where innovation meets sustainability to shape the future of Agrifoodtech. This diverse group of entrepreneurs is collectively forging new paths to revolutionise various aspects of farming, a...
Marie, our venture analyst, recently joined the food science community for the annual New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology (NZIFST) conference in early July 2023. The theme of this year's conference, "Food in a Changing World," resonated deeply with the atten...
Meet the Founders: H2Ortigator
May 24, 2023
Many young trees in the horticultural industry fail to survive and thrive causing huge losses in orchards and vineyards. A new business is seeking to solve that problem with their precision irrigation and nutrition device that brings trees up to commercial standard at least ...
Meet the Founder: Herdsman SCC
April 18, 2023
Losses from mastitis, especially subclinical, cost farmers around the country thousands of dollars in lost production and vet bills each year. It’s one of the most common issues on dairy farms across the globe and is something that Kiwi start-up, Herdsman SCC, is tackling ...
Crispin Dye, our Venture Analyst, attended the NZAGRC New Zealand Agricultural Climate Change Conference on 28 February. The two-day conference covered the latest policy, science and implementation actions being undertaken to reduce agricultural greenhouse gases in New Zeala...
Revolutionising Agrifoodtech
March 8, 2023
Announcing 10 Game-Changing Companies in Cohort X.
An impressive list makes up the companies selected to take part in the 2023 Sprout Accelerator. Cohort X includes ten companies, each with a unique solution to address some of the biggest challenges facing the agriculture industry today.From solutions for Greenhouse Ga...
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