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Investing in start-ups to drive the future profitability and sustainability of Australian grain growers
The GrainInnovate Fund
Established by the Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC) and managed by Artesian Venture Partners, GrainInnovate is an early stage investor in start-ups that will drive the future profitability and sustainability of Australian grain growers. GrainInnovate invests from seed to Series A/B in start-ups from Australia, and globally, that can create solutions for Australian grain growers for a better tomorrow.
GrainInnovate: what's happening
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Early support essential for ‘light bulb’ moments
17 Oct 2024GRDC has invested $5 million in a second Australian Grains Innovation program to ensure a pipeline of novel technology and business ideas with the potential to solve some of the grains industry’s trickiest problems.
Computer vision verifies grain identity
08 Aug 2023Starting with the barley grain supply chain for the malt industry, computer vision technology is bringing improvement in variety identification to Australia. Accurate, reliable and efficient grain quality assessment is the mandate for ZoomAgri, a company supported by the GRDC’s GrainInnovate program.
Disease surveillance automated
07 Aug 2023GrainInnovate investments are bringing new tools and capabilities to the Australian grains industry. BioScout is a startup example from the investment program. It is an automated disease sensor which can provide real-time fungal disease risk profiles for improved disease management.
Improved frost and heat tools from big data
01 Aug 2023The power of coupling on-farm data with remote sensing and spatial modelling is is being applied through a bold new GRDC project to better support growers in managing frost and heat constraints. The Frost and Heat Management Analytics project brings together many collaborators across Australia including three startup companies supported by GrainInnovate.