CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR THRIVE GLOBAL IMPACT CHALLENGE WINNERS
Reducing & Offsetting GHG Emissions & overall winner
Improving Soil Health & Biodiversity
Increasing Food Security
Water Management & Quality
What is it?
The urgency of the climate crisis is more apparent than ever and disruptive innovation is key to creating a more sustainable, prosperous, inclusive, healthy and equitable future.
The THRIVE Global Impact Challenge is a global search for the most innovative startups who are advancing a more sustainable future for agriculture.
Aligned with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, the Global Impact Challenge is focused on four key themes each one central to supporting the transition to a net-zero future for agriculture.
WINNING COMPANY
Finalists from each theme will advance to the finals and pitch at the THRIVE Global Impact Summit where the overall winner will be announced.
The Winning company receives the THRIVE Global Impact Challenge Award and a place on the award-winning THRIVE Global Accelerator Program in Silicon Valley. In addition the winner will also receive:
- Investment from SVG Ventures up to $1 Million USD
- Silicon Valley Startup Bootcamp in March 2024 for two founders, hosted by THRIVE (valued at $15k USD)
- Impact Strategy Program sponsored by ICL Planet Startup Hub
THRIVE Global Impact Summit
Experience the pinnacle event of the Global Impact Challenge at the 2023 THRIVE Global Impact Summit. Join us on November 2nd as our challenge finalists pitch their groundbreaking solutions to investors, government officials, and industry leaders.
Immerse yourself in inspiring talks, engaging panels, and networking opportunities with like-minded individuals. Save the date and be a part of this incredible summit shaping the future of innovation.
Meet Our Challenge Finalists
Soil health & Bio-diversity
Agrology
United States
Agrology’s advanced carbon monitoring system empowers farmers to be better land-stewards through ground truth data that shows the changes in soil carbon and soil microbial activity continuously.
Learn More -> 
Crobio Ltd
United Kingdom
CroBio leads a remarkable mission: to address the global challenge of improving soil water retention and increasing soil carbon, to ensure farmers have sustainable harvests.
Learn More -> FICOSTERRA
Spain
Ficosterra helps farmers increase the yield of their crops by biological solutions that ensure better harvests and optimization of ROI.
Learn More -> Instacrops
United States
Instacrops is a precision agriculture startup that helps farmers maximize their crop yields. Farmers use Instacrops to increase their crops yield by 22% on average.
Learn More -> PairTree
Australia
Pairtree’s Integration Engine allows them to connect over 100+ integrations of IoT sensors, Apps and satellite imagery for agricultural applications to their platform--similar to Zapier or Plaid’s SaaS approach to solving ‘Interoperability’ in the Fintech sector.
Learn More -> Solena Ag
United States
Solena harnesses the power of the soil microbiome to create personalized, data-driven agriculture.
Learn More -> Increasing food security
Ac-Planta Inc.
Japan
Ac-Planta tackles climate change disasters, in particular food and water crises by utilizing epigenetics that enhance plants’ resilience against drought and heat.
Learn More -> AirSmat Inc
Nigeria
Empowering African farmers with tech for higher yields, sustainability, and climate resilience. Transforming agriculture for a brighter future.
Learn More -> Birdsol Pty Ltd
Australia
BirdSol is an innovative global AgTech company with a patented and novel avian deterrent and wildlife management technology based on an integrated AI system called Cherrp.
Learn More -> Krilltech
Brazil
Krilltech offers green physiological nanoboosters that increase crop productivity, quality and resistance by assisting in plant metabolism.
Learn More -> mesur.io
United States
The mesur.io Earthstream® Platform utilizes autoML and AI to continuously integrates customer unique data with contextually relevant open-source intelligence (OSINT) to deliver the most comprehensive view of supply chain risk and trade compliance in real-time.
Learn More -> LiVA bio technologies
Israel
LiVA more than doubles fresh-produce shelf-life, using patented pre-biotic inserts applied to the packaging for less than $0.02 per insert.
Learn More -> TRIC Robotics Inc.
United States
TRIC Robotics is helping farmers control pest and disease using ultraviolet light as a alternative for chemical pesticides.
Learn More -> Reducing and offsetting GHG emissions
Carba, Inc.
United States
Cleantech leader fighting climate change, burying carbon, selling removal credits. Our reactor turns biomass into solid carbon for underground storage.
Learn More -> Circularity2, LLC
United States
C2 will be “first to scale” in delivering high-integrity biochar for carbon dioxide removal, through a proprietary US network of “localized biochar ecosystems”.
Learn More -> GreenPod Labs
India
An Agritech startup developing active packaging to extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables at ambient temperature.
Learn More -> Labby
United States
Labby specializes in digitizing the dairy farming industry through advanced mobile optical sensing solutions, offering real-time milk composition and quality information to farmers worldwide.
Learn More -> UCROP.IT LLC
United States
UCROP.IT enables verified sustainable agriculture in a global scale to be shared amongst farmers and companies.
Learn More -> Water management & quality
Aquacycl
United States
Aquacycl’s wastewater treatment as a service improves water quality, increases resilience, reduces costs and mitigates 90% of GHG emissions.
Learn More -> Autonomous Pivot
Israel
An autonomous AI solution for row-crops irrigation, fertigation and crop-protection.
Learn More -> H+H LABS PSA
Poland
H+H Labs intends to be the market leader in small and mobile water treatment, recovery, and desalination units using supercavitation.
Learn More -> Livestock Water Recycling
Canada
LWR is cleaning the worlds wastewater by transforming biomass from livestock and food production into RNG, carbon offsets, and natural fertilizers enabling food producers to maximize profits and their ESG.
Learn More -> Nanobubble Agritech
New Zealand
Nanobubble Systems add super high amounts of oxygen to water to dramatically improve crop yield and water use efficiency.
Learn More -> Permalution
Canada
Permalution has developed climate adaptation technology using fog and clouds and are on a mission to democratize a new water source.
Learn More -> SWAN Systems
Australia
Revolutionising agriculture with precision irrigation technology for sustainable water management, higher yields, and optimal resource use.
Learn More -> FOCUS AREAS
Soil health & Bio-diversity
The focal point of soil health and biodiversity revolves around critical importance of nurturing and preserving the health and diversity of our soil ecosystems. This focus area seeks innovative solutions that promote sustainable agricultural practices, soil conservation, and the enhancement of soil fertility. By addressing soil health and diversity, we can ensure long-term food security, enhance biodiversity, and mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Increasing food security
The heightened focus on food security aims to address the urgent challenge of sustainably feeding an expanding global population. This area seeks solutions that address issues such as efficient resource utilization, climate-resilient agriculture, advanced farming techniques, and food waste reduction. By increasing food security, we can alleviate hunger, improve livelihoods, and foster sustainable development worldwide.
Reducing and offsetting GHG emissions
The focus on emission reduction and offsetting revolves around combatting climate change through the promotion of innovative solutions that actively contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and offsetting carbon footprints. This area seeks technologies and strategies that support the transition to a low-carbon economy, including renewable energy, energy efficiency, carbon capture and storage, and sustainable transportation. By tackling emissions, we can mitigate climate change's adverse effects and create a more sustainable future.
Water management & quality
The Water Management & Quality focus area addresses the crucial need for sustainable water management and the preservation of water resources. It seeks solutions that ensure efficient water usage, enhance water quality, and support access to clean water for all. This area encompasses technologies and practices related to water conservation, water treatment, wastewater management, and water monitoring. By prioritizing water management and quality, we can safeguard ecosystems, protect human health, and promote equitable access to this precious resource.
Selection Criteria
These selection criteria will help us identify and support startups and entrepreneurs who are actively working towards creating sustainable and impactful solutions aligned with our mission and vision.
Seed to
Series A:
Applicants should be early-stage startups or entrepreneurs at the seed to Series A stage. We welcome innovative ideas and solutions that have the potential for growth and scalability.
Global
Applicants:
We invite applications from around the world. Entrepreneurs and startups from any country or region are encouraged to apply, as we value diverse perspectives and global collaboration.
Adhesion to Focus Areas:
Applicants should demonstrate a clear alignment with one or more of the above focus areas. Solutions should address the specific challenges within these areas and offer innovative approaches for positive impact.
Proven Climate & Environmental Impact (Preferred):
While not mandatory, we highly value applicants who can demonstrate a proven impact on climate and the environment. This includes showcasing tangible outcomes, data-driven results, or successful implementation of solutions that have positively influenced sustainability, carbon reduction, biodiversity, or other environmental aspects.
Timeline
Applications Open
Applications Close
Applications Review
Select Finalists
Live Pitch Event
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2022 THRIVE GLOBAL IMPACT CHALLENGE WINNERS
Increasing Food Security & overall winner
Improving Soil Health & Biodiversity
Reducing and Offsetting Emissions
People’s Choice Award
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Hadar Sutovsky
VP External Innovation, ICL Group
GM of ICL Planet Startup Hub
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