2022 Winners
ProAgni
Lavington, Australia
ProAgni, a startup that develops a revolutionary range of supplements and feeds for livestock that lowers methane emissions, was awarded nearly $2.5 million from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research as part of the Greener Cattle Initiative in October 2023. In the summer of 2023, ProAgni partnered with Austrianova to further develop its line of shelf-stable probiotics for cattle feed. The company has plans to raise a Series A in 2024 to continue scaling the shelf-stable probiotic.
2022 Grow-NY $500,000 Winners
Craft Cannery
Bergen, NY
Craft Cannery has purchased a new, larger processing facility and added an in-line metal detector that scans sealed products, expanding the volume and type of contract manufacturing of sauces, dressings, and marinades that the company is able to produce.
Hempitecture
Ketchum, ID
Hempitecture creates biobased insulation that makes construction projects more sustainable, healthier, and higher performing. In the summer of 2023, the company opened the first industrial hemp manufacturing plant in the United States, established a New York State Workforce Rehabilitation Program, and signed a lease on a NYS-based plant. In the fall of 2023, they signed a contract with New York State Energy Research and Development Authority for $1.1 million to fund production of their loose-fill insulation.
2022 Grow-NY $250,000 Winners
Labby
Cambridge, MA
Labby’s technology provides rapid, accurate, and affordable solutions for dairy farms. The startup participated as one of six finalists in Cohort 6 of the Luminate competition, won a National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research grant, and was named to AgriTech Capital’s 10 companies to watch in 2023.
Sweet Pea Plant-Based Kitchen
Rochester, NY
Sweet Pea is a plant-powered kitchen creating transformative paths to wellness by combining plant-centric meals with nutrition coaching. The startup has been busy in the Grow-NY region, working with the Rochester Institute of Technology to redesign its packaging and engaging with the Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture at Cornell AgriTech to help grow their business.
Vivid Machines
Toronto, Canada
Vivid’s X-Vision system captures the visible and chemical details of every plant across an entire crop to manage growth and predict yield. Since securing $250,000 in 2022, Vivid Machines closed a $4.3 million seed round and expanded deployment of their Vivid systems to 23 new orchards spanning from Washington to Nova Scotia and New York.
Zalliant
Amsterdam, NY
Zallliant is working with Grow-NY region manufacturers to produce up to 5,000 of their boluses a month. This provides improved decision making and management to dairy farmers through its Internet of Things (IoT) and intelligence technology.
The 2022 Grow-NY Finalists
These 20 food and ag startups hail from across the globe and pitched their business plans at the Grow-NY Summit on Nov. 15-16, 2022, as they competed for $3 million in prize money.
Botaniline
Botaniline
Buffalo, NY
Botaniline creates ground proteins that are lower in salt, saturated fat, and calories, by utilizing plant-based ingredients to replace some of the meat, producing flavorful, more sustainable meat products.
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Craft Cannery
Bergen, NY
Craft Cannery is a contract manufacturer for sauces & condiments located in the greater Rochester, New York, area. They help take cherished recipes from your kitchen to the shelves of grocery stores, restaurants, farmers markets and beyond, specializing in the contract manufacturing of sauces, dressings, marinades, and more.
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$500K, 2022, Finalist, Food/Beverage, Investment-ready, New York, United States
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DAC
Dynamic Air Cooling (DAC)
Elbląg, Poland
Dynamic Air Cooling (DAC) is a new, environmentally-friendly air conditioning and refrigeration technology that uses no synthetic HFC coolants* and features no thermal emissions. It’s ideal for commercial, industrial and residential applications.
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2022, Finalist, Foodtech, International, Investment-ready
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Edenesque
Edenesque
Buffalo, NY, USA
Edenesque creates delicious chef crafted plant-based milks that provide superior nutrition with beautiful performance and inspire customers to be the love for themselves, their communities and their local economy.
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2022, Finalist, Food/Beverage, Minority-owned, New York, United States, Woman-owned
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Forte Protein
Trumansburg, NY
Forte Protein uses a plant-based technology to produce a broad spectrum of meat, fish, and dairy proteins without the need for animals, eliminating the carbon footprint involved in animal agriculture.
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Hago-Energetics
Hago Energetics
Camarillo, CA
Hago Energetics uses innovative decarbonization technology to convert animal and agricultural waste into green hydrogen and biochar.
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Hempitecture
Hempitecture
Sun Valley, ID
Hempitecture manufactures high performance natural fiber materials that replace carbon-intensive, high-embodied energy products in industries ranging from built environment to composites.
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$500K, 2022, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, United States
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Humati
Humatico
Mysłowice, Poland
Humatico technology creates high quality organic fertilizer from any available organic raw materials, including agricultural waste, algae, sapropel, peat, and brown coal.
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Labby
Labby
Boston, MA
Labby is creating the he real-time milk intelligence platform for the dairy supply chain using AI-powered spectroscopy and computer vision to replace labor-intensive lab testing and generating AI-ready data for the industry.
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$250K, 2022, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, United States, Woman-owned
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Mi-Terro
Mi Terro
City of Industry, CA
Mi Terro is helping to protect the environment by upcycling agricultural waste and engineering it to replace plastic in the food, packaging, and fashion industries.
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Norwhey
Norwhey Brewing
Ithaca, NY
Norwhey transforms New York state’s yogurt byproducts into a delicious, Nordic twist on hard seltzer by responsibly capturing and fermenting excess whey from the production of strained yogurt and turning it into sustainability you can taste.
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Pro-Agni
ProAgni
Lavington, Australia
ProAgni ProTect is a revolutionary range of supplements and feeds for livestock that lowers methane emissions from sheep and cattle without the use of antibiotics, decreasing a producer’s environmental footprint without increasing costs.
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$1 million, 2022, Agtech, Finalist, International
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Seneca Farms Biochar
Odessa, NY
Seneca Farms Biochar developed the first industrially scaled biochar kiln which continuously produces both biochar and pyroligneous acid free of both oils and tars directly from the kiln.
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2022, Agtech, Audience Choice, Finalist, Investment-ready, New York, United States
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Sweet-Pea
Sweet Pea Plant-Based Kitchen
Rochester, NY
Sweet Pea is a plant-powered kitchen creating transformative paths to wellness, combining the benefits of its plant-centric food meal service and nutrition coaching to help people to sustain a healthy life.
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$250K, 2022, Finalist, Food/Beverage, New York
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Tomgrow
Tomgrow
Tel-Aviv, Israel
Tomgrow develops advanced growing-media technology that enables thriving, low-maintenance plants with significantly reduced water use. The proprietary hydrogel-based platform is designed for urban greenery today and scalable agricultural applications in the future.
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2022, Agtech, Finalist, International, Investment-ready
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Unnico
Unnico Food
Mamaroneck, NY
Unnico Food offers plant-based yogurts and creams that taste and feel like a yogurt, but are jam-packed with probiotics and fortified with fiber, creating a vegan, dairy-free treat that tastes as good as it is for you.
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Vivid Machines
Vivid Machines
Toronto, Canada
Vivid Machines is an agritech company that develops AI-powered computer vision technology to help fruit growers optimize crop management. Its platform captures real-time, plant-level data from orchards and vineyards, enabling growers to monitor crop health, forecast yields, optimize labor and inputs, and make more precise farming decisions.
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$250K, 2022, Agtech, Finalist, International, Investment-ready, Woman-owned
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Zalliant
Zalliant
Amsterdam, NY
Zalliant’s IoT and artificial intelligence technologies provide value and efficiency to farmers through improved decision making and management.
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$250K, 2022, Agtech, Finalist, New York
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