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Since World Agri-Tech launched in 2012, over 300 innovators have pitched and showcased their solutions on the main stage and in the Start-Up Arena, and countless have formed vital partnerships following conversations initiated at our summits.
Discover insights from leading start-ups, as entrepreneurs share their advice, business strategy, key milestones and predictions for the future of agri-tech.
October 17, 2024
We caught up with Founders and CEOs from Pheronym, ucrop.it, Switch Bioworks, Micropep and Bloomfield Robotics to discuss recent milestones, commercialization strategy and how the companies are navigating the challenging economic landscape.
“Attending World-Agritech was an incredible opportunity for Switch Bioworks. We had over 100 leaders stop by our booth in the Start-up Arena and made many more serendipitous connections in the hallways and after our pitch on the main stage. Anyone who has anything to say in ag innovation is there – it’s an event that cannot be missed. We left inspired and excited about our mission at Switch and how it fits into the bigger movement.” Founder & CEO, SWITCH BIOWORKS – 2023 Start-up Showcase
“World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit was a great event for Climate Robotics. We got tremendous exposure to some of the leading strategic and financial investors in agtech, some of whom are now interested to invest in our company. We would definitely recommend participation.” Co-Founder & CEO, CLIMATE ROBOTICS – 2022 Pre-Summit Pitch Day Winner
“Attending Agri-Tech was a tremendous opportunity for our startup to plug into the global AgTech community – from facilitating partnerships to better understanding the landscape at large.” Business Development Lead, ROBIGO – 2022 Gone in 60 Seconds
“Having the TechHub presence at the summit in San Francisco was a must! We connected with a great number of high-level people in agtech and showed off how Gavea blockchain exchange tokenizes commodities and offer trade finance creating, disrupting the industry. With our plans to expand globally, it was great to connect with players from all over the world and show them how they can adopt our technology for a more efficient, transparent, and sustainable trading environment.” Founder & CEO, GAVEA – 2022 TechHub
“The Pre-Summit Pitch Day was a fantastic experience for Vivid Machines. We met founders of inspiring companies, potential channel partners and customers, and got to connect in person with some truly fantastic investors. Post-summit, we’ve continued building strong relationships that we expect will be instrumental as we launch our commercial product.” Co-Founder & CEO, VIVID MACHINES – 2022 Pre-Summit Pitch Day
“We have built a strong network of scientific, research and business partners in different fields, some of which we met during previous editions of the World Agritech summit, and we are constantly looking for other potential partners in various fields related to micropeptides.”
CEO, MICROPEP – 2019 Start-Up Showcase
“We had a great opportunity to network and meet potential investors and channel partners. Next up for Pheronym: pilot production, scale-up, and manufacturing.”
CEO, PHERONYM – 2019 Start-Up Showcase
“World Agri-Tech was the greatest turning point for us so far, it provided us visibility we would never have otherwise achieved. The event created a lot of interest in our company and the technology. It helped us secure not only funding but also strategic partnerships with global companies in the fertilizer industry which is very critical for an early stage company like ours.”
CEO, COTEX TECHNOLOGIES – 2021 Nutrien Innovation Challenge Winner
“EarthOptics was very thankful and excited to win the World AgriTech Summit last year. Without doubt, that event help us with our Series A raise through the press coverage and the instant credibility denoted by the event.”
Founder & CCO, EARTHOPTICS – 2021 AGCO Innovation Challenge Winner
“The summit was awesome, I loved the content presented. As a result of my presentation I was able to secure 5 or 6 really good leads for ClearLeaf in different ways (potential investors, collaborators, strategic partners and more).”
Managing Director, CLEARLEAF – 2020 Start-Up Pitching Session
“We have massive projects and relationships we formed at World Agri-Tech when we launched years ago, and some of our largest clients and opportunities came from the summit. Next up: we have some large government and university projects where we are digitally measuring soils from a carbon and N2O perspective, allowing growers to trade in the carbon marketplaces.”
CEO, TERALYTIC – 2018 Start-Up Showcase
“A great opportunity for GroGuru to showcase our breakthrough technology and products for irrigation monitoring and management to C-suite industry leaders in agriculture and AgTech investors. The exposure was invaluable.”
President & CEO, GROGURU – 2019 TechHub
We’ve been supporting start-ups through high profile Innovation Challenges, pitch sessions, investor drop-ins and TechHub displays, to focus attention among the rich network of potential investors and partners at the summit.
To position your start-up as a pioneer in the agtech space and connect with the global agtech community, discuss opportunities to get involved at the summit:
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Stefano Quaradeghini
Tech Scout
T: +44 01273 789 989
E: stefano.quaradeghini@rethinkevents.com
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