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📣 This is the LAST DAY to submit your application for Cohort 5 of the AgFunder GROW Impact Accelerator!⁠ ⁠ If your application is sitting on your desktop half completed - TODAY’s your very last opportunity to add the finishing touches to be in with the chance to:⁠ ⁠ 💵 Receive USD100,000 cash investment from AgFunder ⁠ 🌱 Secure six months acceleration from Singapore-based GROW, including industry coaching, mentoring, networking and pitching opportunities⁠ 🚀 Radically alter the trajectory of your agrifoodtech startup⁠ ⁠ 👀 Let our Programme Manager Jamie Heng walk through the application form with you here: /feed/update/urn:li:activity:7162958572010549248⁠ ⁠ ✍️ Apply for the AgFunder GROW Impact Accelerator 2024: gogrow.co/the-grow-accelerator⁠ ⁠ #goGROW #startup #innovation #entrepreneurship #accelerator

📣 You have just ONE WEEK LEFT to apply for Cohort 5 of the AgFunder GROW Impact Accelerator and potentially alter the trajectory of your #agrifoodtech startup forever. Successful applicants will receive $100,000 cash investment, tailored coaching, industry mentorship plus bespoke introductions, and also be part of an amazing agrifoodtech startup community.⁠ ⁠ A reminder of this cycle’s interest areas, but not limited to:⁠ 🤖 #ai & #digital transformation⁠ 🌳 #carbon market solutions⁠ 🥗 #foodwaste mitigation⁠ 🧪 #foodscience⁠ 🚜 #precisionag & #aquaculture technologies⁠ ♻️ sustainable #biomaterials⁠ ⁠ ✍ Thinking about applying? Let our Programme Manager Jamie Heng walk through the application form with you here:⁠ https://lnkd.in/e6T6XV2b⁠ ⁠ ⛴️ Don’t miss the boat - get your application in for the AgFunder GROW 2024 Impact Accelerator THIS WEEK! https://gogrow.co/the-grow-accelerator/

There are many reasons for joining an accelerator program. Hear from members of the AgFunder GROW Impact Accelerator 2023 on their ‘Expectations & Experiences’ of taking part in last year’s program.⁠ 🌱 LEARN MORE & APPLY for Cohort 5: https://gogrow.co/the-grow-accelerator/

Calling:📍🌱🇸🇬🍽️ 🦁 Are you a trailblazing agrifoodtech founder with a passion for sustainable innovation and a hunger for knowledge?⁠ ⁠ We’re hosting an exclusive Agrifood Founders’ Circle at the GROW office in Singapore on December 6 and you’re invited!⁠ ⁠ Our GROW network will be there for what promises to be an afternoon of visionary ideas, insightful conversations and meaningful connections, elevated by our shared passion for revolutionizing the agrifood industry. ⁠ ⁠ Join us at this gathering of like-minded visionaries and help us connect, collaborate, and cultivate the future of agriculture and food technology.⁠ ⁠ 📢 Limited spots available. RSVP today 👉 /appRxFQWTNx57ndlF/shruvYA5Oe12yElUm ⁠ ⁠ #goGROW #AgFunder #Agtech #Foodtech #Agritech #startups #entrepreneurship #innovation

👀 Psst… Missed our AgFunder GROW Impact Accelerator Demo Day last week? Fret not - stay tuned here to catch the amazing GIA Cohort 4 founders’ individual pitches coming your way ⏩📺⁠ ⁠ ❗Reminder! You can also request an introduction to any of our Cohort 4 founders via this link: https://bit.ly/GIAC4⁠ ⁠ 🚀 Are you an innovative agri-foodtech startup? Want to join us in our mission to shape a more sustainable & resilient food system? Register for AgFunder Grow Impact Accelerator 5: https://gogrow.co/impact-accelerator-register-interest/⁠ ⁠ IIF - Invest Inya Farmer (Nathan MacPhee) | DHF Platforms (Huyen Tran) | AgriFi.AI (Abhilash Thirupathy)⁠ ⁠ The Kawa Project (Aaron Feigelman) | NTP Technologies (John Ireland)⁠ ⁠ EXOSOMM (Netta Granot) | FaunaTech (Rajat Pandya)⁠ ⁠ Amatera (Omar Dekkiche) | OlsAro (Elén Faxö) | CarbonFarm (Vassily Carantino & James Hastwell)⁠ ⁠ 🚀 #goGROW #AgFunder #DemoDay #Agtech #Foodtech #Agritech #startups #mentoring #entrepreneurship #innovation #fintech #supplychain #farmtofork #novelingredients #innovativeingredients #fertilizers #emissions #CO2 #biologicals #agbiotech #AI #artificialintellegence #soilhealth #regenerativeagriculture #foodwaste #humanhealth #animalhealth #traceability #carbon #carboncredits ⁠

🏅Protein powerhouses Freddie Lintell from Reewild, Roee Nir of Forsea, Natalie Kalinova of Seaweedery and Simon Davis of Seadling took us to the frontlines of Asia’s protein sub-sector last week at the Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit. ⁠ ⁠ Freddie and Roee took the stage for the ‘Future of Food’ pitch hour on Wednesday. ⁠ ⁠ 🦈 Forsea is an Israeli cultivated eel and seafood company that employs unique organoid technology to produce products similar to nature.⁠ ⁠ 📲 Reewild is a UK company that has developed a gamified climate tech platform that helps consumers track, reduce and offset the environmental impact of the everyday products they use. ⁠ ⁠ On Thursday – Blue Food Day at SIAW – Natalie and Simon delved into the ‘Future of Blue Food’. ⁠ ⁠ 🍤 Seaweedery is an Australian company dedicated to rescuing flavours and nutrition that would otherwise be lost or wasted in seafood supply chains.⁠ ⁠ 🌊 SEADLING is a Malaysian-based biotech startup pioneering innovative functional ingredients for animal feed, human food and plant fertilisers made from its proprietary seed stock cultivated by seaweed farmers across S.E.Asia. ⁠ ⁠ 🏆🏆🏆Joining Rainstick in clinching Pitch Winners are SEADLING, and Forsea, also from our inaugural Future Protein cohort, at the Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit, across the categories: Future of Agriculture 🌽, Future of Food 🍽️, and Future of Blue Food 🐋. ⁠ ⁠ Massive congratulations to our mighty changemakers who, together, work holistically to drive impact across key agrifood verticals. You all excelled at pitching your innovative solutions, and continue to inspire us everyday! 🌟 ⁠ ⁠ #goGROW #AgFunder #protein #futureprotein #novelfoods #nutrition #biotech #agbiotech #innovation #altseafood #altprotein #supplychain #climate #climatetech #functionalingredients #AFTEA #SIAW ⁠

An eventful and fulfilling week deep-diving into the world of agrifoodtech may be drawing to a close, but we’re left with full hearts, incredible memories and minds buzzing with a vision of a future where our farms & our food benefits our people and our planet, tomorrow, into 2030, and beyond. We can’t wait to do it all again in 2024 - who’s with us?⁠ ⁠ 🌱 Are you an agri-food startup? Want to join us in our mission to shape a more sustainable & resilient food system? Register for AgFunder GROW Impact Accelerator 5 in our linkin.bio!⁠ ⁠ ❗ Reminder! You can also request an introduction to any of our founders across SIAW via the QR code. ⁠ ⁠ 🚀#goGROW #Agtech #Foodtech #Agritech #startups #innovation

About last night… 🥂⚡👏 Congratulations Cohort 4 agrifoodtech movers & shakers! Your pitches were stellar, and we know Demo Day was a GROW-ing experience for you and our audience of fellow ecosystem movers. We can’t wait to see what you get up to next! ⁠ ⁠ 🤩 It was also such an incredible time for the GROW team to catch up with faces familiar and new, and hear how you enjoyed the presentations. Thanks for being a part of our agrifoodtech movement! ⁠ ⁠ 🏆 All about the impact...with the theme of 'Earth 2050' and the four tenets we streamlined Demo Day around, such as reframing inputs and reinforcing climate adaptation, it's always our pleasure to present our founders' stunning technologies through the lenses of impact. ⁠ ⁠ 🎓 Once again, hats off to our founders who are pushing forward some of the world's best and boldest efforts to ensure a sustainable and resilient future food system! ⁠ ⁠ ⁠Abhilash Thirupathy (AgriFi.AI) ⁠ Omar Dekkiche (Amatera) ⁠ Vassily Carantino & James Hastwell (CarbonFarm) ⁠ Huyen Tran (DHF Platforms) ⁠ Netta Granot (EXOSOMM) ⁠ Rajat Pandya (FaunaTech) ⁠ Nathan MacPhee (IIF - Invest Inya Farmer) ⁠ John Ireland (NTP Technologies) ⁠ Elén Faxö (OlsAro) ⁠ Aaron Feigelman (The Kawa Project)⁠ ⁠ 🚀 #goGROW #AgFunder #DemoDay #Agtech #Foodtech #Agritech #startups #mentoring #entrepreneurship #innovation #fintech #supplychain #farmtofork #novelingredients #innovativeingredients #fertilizers #emissions #CO2 #biologicals #agbiotech #AI #artificialintellegence #soilhealth #regenerativeagriculture #foodwaste #humanhealth #animalhealth #traceability #carbon #carboncredits⁠

🚀 We hope you're inspired by @AgFunder GROW DemoDay 4. If you feel passionate about the agri-tech we’ve highlighted tonight, or you want to learn more about any of our Cohort 4 startups, request an introduction via the QR code.⁠ ⁠ #goGROW #GROWDemoDay #agrifoodtech⁠ @agfunder

🔀Here comes a new way forward! Our final three startups are cultivating technology and processes that breed resilient and sustainable crops so we can feed our growing population, now and into the future. #goGROW #GROWDemoDay⁠ 🚀⁠ ⁠ Connect with them ➡️https://bit.ly/GIAC4⁠ ⁠ 🍌Meet Omar Dekkiche of Amatera, a startup accelerating the breeding cycle of perennial crops to introduce new traits that can better respond to climate-based plant diseases and viruses.⁠ ⁠ 🍚Meet Vassily Carantino of Carbon Farm Technology, a startup encouraging rice farmers to reduce GHG emissions, improve traceability via MRV & leverage carbon credits as a new source of income.⁠ ⁠ 🤖 Meet Elén Faxö from OlsAro, a startup using AI to discover and develop climate-resilient traits in seeds to support the production of salt tolerant wheat.⁠ ⁠

🔬Here comes a new approach! Our next 2 startups are tackling the increasing breadth & complexity of health challenges in humans & animals by focusing on the recognition, prevention & reversal of the root cause of disease #goGROW #GROWDemoDay⁠ 🚀⁠ ⁠ Connect with them ➡️https://bit.ly/GIAC4⁠ ⁠ 🏥 Meet Netta Granot of EXOSOMM a startup Upcycling food waste to produce a natural and side-effect-free ingredient that manages inflammatory conditions and NCDs.⁠ ⁠ 🐄 Meet Rajat Pandya of FaunaTech, a startup Improving animal health detection at the farm gate, improving food quality while reducing antibiotic usage and residue in the food chain. ⁠ ⁠

🌱Thanks to @Agfunder Asia Director John Friedman & Head of Media & Research Louisa Burwood-Taylor for updating us on the current investment landscape. @AgFunder ’s Asia-Pacific AgriFoodTech Investment Report is out now! ⁠ ⁠ ➡️https://bit.ly/AGFUNDERAPAC23 ⁠ ⁠ #GROWDemoDay #AgFunder #AgFunderNews