Meet the Founders - Tokaora Diagnostics
October 17, 2022
Facial eczema costs the sheep, cattle and deer industries millions of dollars a year in lost production. The invisible (until it's too late) disease is hard to test for, and with climate warming, it will start to become a problem for more farmers around the country.
So what ...
Meet the Founder - Winealyse
October 4, 2022
It’s estimated that wineries around New Zealand spend around $80 million each year on testing. One start-up is looking to save costs and give winemakers more time to focus on winemaking and less time in the lab with its testing device.
Winealyse is a venture developing a c...
Meet the Founder - Grain Crawler
September 21, 2022
Around 168 million tonnes of stored grain go to waste every year. That’s enough to feed 350 million people. In silo grain spoilage is a huge problem costing the industry $24 billion a year. And it’s not just the wastage that’s the problem. It’s the health and safety ...
Genesmith by NeXtgen Agri
August 26, 2022
For many sheep farmers, a big challenge to their ability to optimise their production systems lies in not knowing which lambs are coming from which ewes, meaning they can’t accurately identify the most productive animals they should be breeding. It’s not a new problem, b...
It's widely accepted that starting a venture from scratch can be risky, exhilarating and exhausting all at the same time. The challenges that face entrepreneurs are well documented, from raising capital, inconsistent income, establishing a brand, a customer base, the long ho...
Meet the Founders - Welfare Concepts
April 20, 2022
Improving animal welfare standards in New Zealand has been a focal point for the primary industries for many years. Huge efforts and gains have been made in this space, and one Kiwi start-up company is hoping to improve animal welfare even further.Meet the founders of Welfar...
Meet the Founders - Aimer Development
March 29, 2022
Imagine having the potential to earn an extra $500 per hectare just by using artificial intelligence. This is what Jeremy Bryant, founder of Aimer Development, estimates the gain could be for farmers by using AI.
Aimer Development is one of the start-ups taking part in...
Meet the Founder - Bovonic
September 8, 2021
“With our product, we have the user in mind, we focus on what the farmer actually needs and wants”.
Meet Bovonic, the AgTech company looking to revolutionise how dairy farmers control and defeat disease, through diagnostic platform QuadSense.
Here we chat with founder Li...
Meet The Founder: Ralf Klis
August 11, 2021
Introducing Mussel Farm Application, the brainchild of co-founders Ralf Klis and Lucas Tracewski, and one of the AgTech start-ups joining our Sprout Accelerator 2021 Cohort B intake.
Here we catch up with Ralf to discuss all things Mussel Farming Application - where th...
Gil Meron named Chief Executive of Sprout
December 3, 2020
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 experie...
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