SparkLabs Cultiv8 food and agtech accelerator reveals first program cohort
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Accelerator network SparkLabs has unveiled the first cohort of its Cultiv8 accelerator program in Orange, which will see participants given access to over 13,000 hectares of trial farmland spread across four climatic zones.The program was announced last September through a partnership between Asian accelerator network SparkLabs Groups and the NSW Governments Department of Primary Industries (DPI).It is based in the Global AgTech Ecosystem (GATE), an agricultural global and research and development centre located in Oranges Agricultural Institute, on which the 13,000 hectares of experimental farmland are based. The GATE will fast track innovation into their hands; the result will see even greater strides in improving the productivity and sustainability of our primary industries, he said.Blair added that the first cohort of startups will be joined by a team from within DPI, which will be working on state-specific projects such as drought, use of food by product, farm safety, and smart grazing management.Guy Hudson, managing director of the Cultiv8 program, added that Australias proximity to Asia also helped draw international interest.We specifically designed our program to benefit from our brilliant research credentials, availability of land and strong path into Asian markets and it clearly resonated with a global pool of leading startups, he said.Aquabyte Norway: Aquabyte applies computer vision and machine learning algorithms to aquaculture fish farms, primarily focusing on salmon farms in Norway. It is developing tools for biomass estimation, sea lice counting, and optimal feeding that help fish farmers better manage their day-to-day operations.BioCarbon Engineering UK: BioCarbon leverages data analytics and robotics to provide automated drone planting services to restoration project managers and landholders.Evaptainers US: Evaptainers creates low-cost refrigerators that run on water. Because the companys core technology requires no electricity to operate, it is ideal for low-income, off-grid consumers that face issues with food spoilage.Farmbot Australia: Farmbot puts the farmer first with simple to install and use, high impact sensors. Their initial products, satellite and 3G connected monitors measure and analyse water use and consumption in stock tanks, dams, turkeys nests and irrigation channels.Hydroleap Singapore: Hydroleap is making wastewater treatment, cheap, environmentally friendly and easy by replacing expensive chemical treatment with a smart electrical treatment.James Tyler Australia: An Australian farm to Chinese table platform that is able to deliver fresh Australian produce to over 90 cities around China.ripe.io US: ripe.io is looking to design a transparent digital food supply chain using blockchain and IoT.Smart Ag US: Smart Ag is developing premiere healthcare information technology company for the pollination industry, providing bee health diagnostic technology to commercial pollination businesses and corporate farms, thus allowing them to control bee lossSecure Impact Australia: Secure Impact is creating a marketplace to provide Australian farmers and investors with a real-time transparent buy/sell trading platform and enabling technology to exchange land assets, agribusiness assets, livestock, water, carbon, cotton, grains and oilseeds.
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