The accelerator will see early-stage start-ups within the agritech and agrifood sectors take part in a 12-week programme.
Seven start-ups have been introduced right this moment (17 October) as the following members within the AgTechUCD Agccelerator Programme.
Aerial AG Eire, Auto Coupler, Evogen, Iona Minerals, Robocrop, Weighless Wonders and Zirkulu will participate in an intensive 12-week hybrid programme, which goals to fast-track members’ enterprise growth and management expertise.
Now in its fourth iteration, the programme consists of enterprise growth workshops, investor readiness coaching, mentoring from trade specialists and facilitated introductions to AgTechUCD’s enterprise capital and enterprise angel networks.
The most recent accelerator will conclude in January 2025, when taking part start-ups will pitch their companies to a panel of traders.
Begin-ups which were earlier members of the programme embody MyGug, which raised greater than €900,000 in a seed funding spherical earlier this 12 months, and Proveye, which closed a €1m seed funding spherical in 2023.
Aerial AG Eire
Aerial AG Eire is a Dublin-based start-up specialising in agricultural drone companies and merchandise for farmers, providing multispectral imaging, precision aerial crop spraying, seeding and fertilisation to maximise crop well being and yield.
Auto Coupler
Primarily based in Co Kilkenny, Auto Coupler permits a tractor/digger loader to connect to any agricultural implement, robotically coupling the loader’s hydraulic circuit to the implement after which locking the implement in place with the loader’s locking system.
Evogen
Evogen’s platform makes use of superior information analytics and AI to analyse farm-specific environmental components to take the guesswork out of breeding selections. The Dublin-based firm lately received the One to Watch Award at this 12 months’s Part 2 New Frontiers programme delivered by IADT Media Dice in partnership with NovaUCD.
Iona Minerals
Iona Minerals is a distributor of pure minerals which goals to assist farmers mitigate environmental air pollution challenges. Primarily based in Anglesey in Wales, the start-up teamed up with Bangor College’s Biocomposites Centre earlier this 12 months to additional develop its biobased supplies and take its concepts from bench to pilot scale.
RoboCrop
Kildare-based RoboCrop goals to revolutionise agricultural manufacturing by superior robotic methods, which might optimise crop yields and minimise environmental impacts. These methods enable farmers to automate duties similar to crop diet, pest management and crop well being evaluation.
Weighless Wonders
Centered on agrifood, Weighless Wonders is a Dublin-based start-up, which was based in 2021. The corporate’s flagship product, NutraVerse, is a food-tracking app that gives complete insights into diet, meals processing and environmental influence.
Zirkulu
Cork-based Zirkulu is growing a platform of bio-based options designed for real-world purposes. The beginning-up is at the moment growing a bio-based coating for fertiliser to fight soil degradation brought on by artificial fertilisers.
Gary Ryan, director, AgTechUCD, mentioned the programme will assist the industrial growth and progress of taking part start-ups. “The deal with options delivering improved sustainability, effectivity and profitability within the agfood worth chain is welcome and could be very a lot consistent with the general focus of AgTechUCD,” he mentioned.
“Throughout the programme, we may also be working with this 12 months’s cohort to assist them to extend their profile, to draw prospects and traders, and to forge new partnerships at residence and additional afield.”
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