2025 Finalists

Brooklyn, NY, USA
Brekland is building a novel, biodegradable foam coating that brings new, in-field functionality to crop protection products.

Brekland website

St. Louis, MO, USA
Deepagro develops artificial intelligence solutions for selective agrochemical spraying, sowing, and monitoring and diagnostics.

Deepagro website

Sunchales, Argentina
Ergo pioneers plant cell culturing via a proprietary platform combining AI, genetic engineering, and automation to create plant-based proteins.

Ergo website

Bloomfield, NY, USA
Finger Foods Farm produces a line of vertically-integrated, health-forward frozen soups, made with local ingredients, processed at regional businesses, and branded to celebrate New York’s bounty.

Finger Foods Farm website

Juneau, AK, USA
Frost Methane partners with livestock farmers to neutralize methane from manure ponds, earning carbon credit revenue and preventing water ingress.

Frost Methane website

New York, NY, USA
Full of Beans is building a vertically integrated fava bean platform — starting with regenerative New York-grown crops and ending with high-protein, ready-to-eat foods.

Full of Beans website

Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Knead’s software platform leverages technology to streamline food rescue operations, enabling businesses to redirect surplus food to those in need while quantifying environmental impacts.

Knead Technologies website

Berthoud, CO, USA
Living Ink repurposes renewable biomass waste, like algae, into sustainable black printing inks and pigments.

Living Ink Technologies website

Tel Aviv, Israel
Medium Well Technological Solutions’ BioResin and BioBags are made from biodegradable materials, offering scalable and sustainable solutions for food and pharma.

Medium Well website

New York, NY, USA
Mothership Materials transforms agricultural waste into carbon-negative feedstocks — such as glucose and cellulose — that power the foods, fuels, and fabrics of the future.

Mothership Materials website

Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Picketa Systems offers real-time plant analysis for precision nutrient management.

Picketa Systems website

Nairobi, Kenya
Pollen Patrollers empowers small-scale farmers and beekeepers through AI-powered smart hive technology and precision pollination services.

Pollen Patrollers website

Canandaigua, NY, USA
Renewal Mill creates premium, gluten-free, vegan, and upcycled baking ingredients and snacks by transforming nutritious byproducts from food manufacturing into delicious, sustainable products.

Renewal Mill website

Alameda, CA, USA
Roca has developed an electrochemical system that removes ammonium from wastewater and recovers it as nitrogen fertilizer, helping farms and food processors reduce pollution and lower fertilizer costs.

Roca Water website

Ithaca, NY, USA
Seen Nutrition is a food tech startup in the menopause market, initially focused on bone health, with a patented dietary calcium chew made with dairy produced in Central New York.

Seen Nutrition website

Peterborough, NH, USA
Shire’s Naturals offers clean-label, dairy-free foods made entirely from whole-food, plant-based ingredients.

Shire’s Naturals website

Los Angeles, CA, USA
ThermoShade’s shade panels absorb radiated body heat, making outdoor spaces feel up to 20°F cooler than under standard awnings.

ThermoShade website

Pergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Trebe Biotech uses insect larvae to produce faster, more scalable, and cost-efficient bioproducts for animal health, such as recombinant proteins and vaccines.

Trebe Biotech website

New York, NY, USA
With a patented nozzle technology, Whipnotic creates whipped creams infused with all-natural fruit juices and flavor essences.

Whipnotic website

Renton, WA, USA
ZILA converts vegetable oils into high performance, low carbon, recyclable bio-epoxy resins for use in industrial composites, coatings, and adhesives.

ZILA BioWorks website