The THRIVE Australia Challenge solves problems of the Australian agrifood industry, accelerates the development of the ecosystem, and selects the best startups and scale-ups for investment and global recognition.
AgUnity is a tech startup with the ambition to be the digital services platform for the world’s 2-billion unbanked ‘Last Mile’ communities.
Ceres Tag is one of the world's most comprehensive animal monitoring platform companies spanning livestock, wildlife and companion animals.
DataFarming aims to reduce crop variability by empowering farmers and agronomists to adopt digital agronomy. We will become the worlds most widely used precision ag software.
Geora is connecting the world’s least digitised industry, with a platform that links farmers with digital economies globally.
Hillridge helps protect farmers against the financial impact of extreme weather on their crops or livestock.
Laconik uses data science to make a recommendation for a farmer on where and how much fertiliser to apply to maximise profit.
Food needs to be produced abundantly, with a lower environmental footprint. How can this be done without it being a tax on farmers? ProAgni is solving this problem
With a unique combo of sensors and analytics, Rubens is the quality and provenance intelligence system for the fresh food supply chain.
SWAN Systems is a precision water and nutrient management platform that enables irrigators to improve yield whilst conserving resources.
Transpirational is developing a sprayable, biodegradable polymer membrane to increase water savings in crop production, whilst removing the environmental and financial burden of plastic mulch films.
Thinkbio provides growers with solutions to improve the sustainable production of food and fibre without compromising yield.
THE HONOURABLE
JACLYN SYMES
Minister for Agriculture,
Member for Northern Victoria
NIGEL
WARREN
Executive Director Growth
The winner will receive the THRIVE Australia Challenge Award and advance to the finals of the Global THRIVE Accelerator Program with an opportunity to be selected for the THRIVE VII Cohort in Silicon Valley, CA
- Recognition Award: THRIVE Australia Challenge Award
- Silicon Valley Startup Bootcamp (Summer 2021) for max. 2 founders, conducted by THRIVE (US$ 15k value total, including travel, food, and accommodations)
- Invitation to pitch at the THRIVE VII Accelerator Finals. Selected companies receive investment and the opportunity to pitch at THRIVE|Forbes Demo Day 2021 in Salinas, CA, USA
- Recognition by SVG THRIVE
- Automatic acceptance as a Samsung XTC Finalist
- Promote innovation and recognize the most promising agrifood companies in Australia.
- Exposure to local & international investors and organizations
- Acceleration and attraction of the agrifood innovation ecosystem to the continent, bringing together key organizations
- Winning company qualifies for the finals of the THRIVE Accelerator program
- Announcement in THRIVE social media, website and newsletter
Headline Partner
Headline Partner is looking to be the key sponsor and supporter of the Challenge, spotlighting early-stage startups that solve local or global agrifood tech challenges, while getting visibility from the global innovation ecosystem.
Challenge Partner
Challenge Partner is looking to support the regional challenge, highlight the best start-ups in the region, and collaborate with key innovation leaders in the agrifood space.
Startup Partner
Startup Partner is interested in supporting the challenge winner while getting visibility in the region and globally, through our community of over 18k startups, scale-ups, corporations, and investors in agrifood tech.
Co-marketing Partner
A Co-Marketing Partner has an extensive network of agrifood innovators in the region and is interested in getting visibility within our community of over 18k startups, scale-ups, corporations, and investors in agrifood tech, while supporting the communication of the Challenge.