Maori Innovation - Fostering Sustainable AgTech Practices
There has been an enormous shift toward the term "regenerative agriculture" over the past few years, as we start to feel the effects of decades of unsustainable farming practices. This has impacted the current quality of water, soil, and animal health alongside the future of te Papatūānuku (or mother earth).Regenerative agriculture is described as "more than a system of farming: it is a mindset that questions the status quo" in this white paper by Our Land and Water. Currently, our ...
July 20, 2021Breaking New Ground with the latest in AgTech and FoodTech - meet Cohort B.
It wasn't an easy day at the office when it came to selecting Cohort B for our 2021 Accelerator year. However, we've identified 12 companies, one of our biggest cohorts to date, to put through our intensive three month Accelerator.These companies are tackling everything from weed management, to meat quality, animal health problems, as well as creating alternative food products for consumers. We've even got a company in the FinTech space - this cohort really has it all!Check out who they are...
July 8, 2021Meet the Founders: VORTÉ Technologies
Meet Tim Moor, Christopher Bean and Nikko Patten Weinstein, - the team behind VORTÉ Technologies (VORTÉ), one of the companies in our 2021 Cohort A.Founded in 2019, VORTÉ is a passionate group of technologists and entrepreneurs from across the world, who are collaborating to develop an innovative Clean Tech cooling system. Initially meeting through the Edmund Hillary Fellowship (EHF) the shared vision of the three team members is to mitigate the human impact on climate change, helpi...
June 22, 2021Meet the Founders: Cropsy Technologies
Meet the team at Cropsy, one of the companies in our Cohort A, Leila, Ali, Winston, and Rory. Cropsy are developing a vineyard management system that uses machine vision cameras to auto-detect pests, disease, help estimate yield, and general vineyard management practices to help reduce labour costs....
June 8, 2021Meet the Founders: Tau Research
Meet Sophie Chen and Rahat Hasan, two of the team behind Tau Research, one of the companies in our 2021 Cohort A. Driven by innovation, Tau Research is focused around a data platform that helps farmers and growers make better decisions when it comes to tech adoption. Aiming to improve farming practices through innovation and increased availability of technology through lower price points and improved usability. The company focuses their time on agritech research and development, data ...
May 21, 2021Meet the Founder: eClean Technologies
Meet Ngārie Scartozzi the founder of eClean technologies, one of the companies in our 2021 Cohort A. eClean Technologies, founded by Ngaire, has developed a bioreactor device that works to remove nitrates, phosphates, and other chemical and biological contaminants from waterways, Ngaire has extensive knowledge in this space, which she’s accumulated during her time completing her PhD and while developing filters for different applications over the past 15 to 20 years. While in Australia, she w...
May 7, 2021Meet the Founders: Vince
Meet Debbie and Nigel Stowe, co-founders of Olive and Ash and their consumer product, Vince - one of the companies in our 2021 Cohort A. Serial entrepreneurs, the team met at University where Nigel was earning his degree in business management, and Deb was about to begin her degree to become a Chef. The team has since owned and operated a cafe, which they successfully ran and exited before starting Olive and Ash (named after their children Olivia and Ashley)....
April 27, 2021Meet the Founders: YieldTec
Meet Laurence and Khalid, the team at YieldTec, one of the companies in our 2021 Cohort A.Dr Kahlid Salah is the Founder and CEO of YieldTec. From Yemen originally, he came to New Zealand to complete his PhD studies in mechatronics at the University of Canterbury. Laurence Gresham is the CTO and lead developer of the software. Before YieldTec, he graduated from Ara Institute in Canterbury, where he and Khalid met....
April 6, 2021Climate Change: How New Zealand’s food and fibre sector needs to adapt
By 2050 it is estimated that there will be 10 billion people on the planet. That's 10 billion people to feed - something that the agriculture sector will play a huge part in making happen. However, with extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and destructive sea surges becoming a more frequent occurrence, it is clear that climate change is and will continue to affect our farming environment drastically. Changing the conditions we farm in and have become familiar with over decades.Meaning that...
March 19, 2021Meet the Founders: University of Auckland
Meet Nijat Imin & Samuel Wilkins. The University of Auckland (UoA) team and one of the companies in Cohort A!Nijat Imin is the creator of the IP. He is a passionate plant biologist and senior lecturer at the Faculty of Science at UoA. Before joining UoA, Nijat was at the Australian National University for many years, where he also gained his PhD. Samuel Wilkins is a commercialisation manager at Auckland UniServices. He spends his time identifying exciting research that could have commercial appl...
March 15, 2021Meet the Founders: Soochi Drinks
Tina Chou, Margie Hunt, and Naz Babapour are the three women Co-Founders behind Soochi Drinks, the functional beverage company from Cohort A. We recently sat down with Tina and Margie to get to know the founders a little more....
February 23, 2021New way of sensing becomes commercial reality
Scentian Bio spins out from Plant & Food Research with investment from Sprout....
January 27, 2021Soil, water and human health - Sprout's latest cohort has a flair for sustainability.
Introducing the first of two cohorts this year for the Sprout Accelerator. Cohort A will officially commence their partnership with Sprout on 1 February. Check out who we’re partnering with below....
January 5, 2021Gil Meron named Chief Executive of Sprout
Marcel van den Assum, Chair of Sprout is pleased to announce that Gil Meron has been appointed Chief Executive of Sprout as someone who will help grow the agtech and foodtech sectors and says that “Gil brings global innovation, leadership credentials and investment experience which alongside the proven local team, establishes Sprout as the “go to” investor in deep tech Agri and Food sector ventures.”Gil is thrilled to lead the Sprout team and adds that "the agtech and foodtech sectors ar...
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