2025 Finalists

Brooklyn, NY, USA
Brekland is rethinking crop protection with biodegradable spray-on foams. The first product is an insulating foam to prevent multi-billion spring frost losses in perennial crops. The second product, adjuvants, turns foam into a smart carrier to add functionality and unlock new ag chemistries.

Brekland website

Rosario, Argentina
DeepAgro is an AI AgTech company with the mission to make Agriculture more profitable and sustainable. SprAI technology detects weeds in real time and applies only where it is needed, reducing costs and environmental impact for soybean, corn, cotton and peanuts farmers worldwide.

Deepagro website

Sunchales, Argentina
ERGO Bioscience develops plant cell technologies that help food, agriculture, and biotech companies create sustainable ingredients, proteins, and improved crops faster. Combining AI, biotechnology, and scalable manufacturing to accelerate innovation from lab to market.

Ergo website

Bloomfield, NY, USA
Finger Foods Farm is a vertically-integrated company, producing a line of convenient frozen meals made with ingredients sourced from New York farms. Founded by farmers, we combine exceptional local ingredients with heat-and-go convenience to make healthy, flavorful meals that fit modern life.

Finger Foods Farm website

Juneau, AK, USA
Frost Methane turns waste methane into stable, recurring revenue for livestock farmers, while taking action on one of the strongest levers against climate change.

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
Operating at the intersection of sustainability, technology, and social impact, Knead Technologies addresses two urgent global challenges: food waste and food insecurity.

Knead Technologies website

Berthoud, CO, USA
Living Ink transforms waste biomass (algae, yeast, bacteria) into a safe, renewable, carbon negative black pigment. This pigment is used in inks, cosmetics, plastics, paints and many other applications.

Living Ink Technologies website

Tel Aviv, Israel
Medium Well develops BioResin – cost effective protein purification solution for precision fermentation, plant based proteins and recovery of proteins from food waste streams like acid whey, soy, pea and more. BioResin is produced from plant byproducts like apple pomace and can also remain in the final product as protein enriched fiber.

Medium Well website

New York, NY, USA
Mothership Materials converts agricultural waste into cost-competitive feedstocks for biomanufacturing via modular on-site processing. The technology enables sustainable materials, textiles, and precision fermentation at cost parity with conventional products.

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 is a women-led agritech company using AI-powered Smart Hives and precision pollination to improve crop yields, protect pollinators, and strengthen climate resilience. They empower farmers and beekeepers with digital tools that boost productivity, biodiversity, and sustainable livelihoods.

Pollen Patrollers website

Canandaigua, NY, USA
Renewal Mill transforms nutritious food manufacturing byproducts into high-quality upcycled ingredients and pantry staples. By creating value from overlooked resources, they help food companies reduce waste, improve margins, and build a more sustainable food system.

Renewal Mill website

Alameda, CA, USA
Roca turns wastewater into fertilizer. The membrane-free electrochemical platform recovers ammonium from dairy and municipal waste streams and refines it into fertilizer-grade nitrogen products, cutting treatment costs for operators while creating a domestic, low-carbon fertilizer supply.

Roca Water website

Ithaca, NY, USA
Seen Nutrition is a bone health nutrition startup that innovated the first dietary calcium chew made entirely from real foods.

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 patented radiative cooling panels provide effective, energy-efficient heat-stress relief for livestock and people. Our technology improves animal health and productivity while reducing reliance on costly, energy-intensive cooling systems.

ThermoShade website

Syracuse, NY, USA
Trebe Biotech is a biotechnology company developing a scalable and cost-efficient platform for the production of recombinant products using insect larvae as biofactories. The company focuses on animal health and biopharmaceutical applications, enabling rapid and flexible manufacturing of vaccines, therapeutic proteins, and diagnostic reagents.

Trebe Biotech website

New York, NY, USA
Whipnotic is the first swirled whipped cream that utilizes its patented technology to dispense an all-natural color and fruit-infused swirl with the press of the nozzle.

Whipnotic website

Renton, WA, USA
ZILA BioWorks develops high-performance bio-epoxy resins made from renewable agricultural oils. The patented platform transforms renewable agricultural carbon into advanced materials for composites, coatings, adhesives, and electronics—reducing reliance on petroleum while strengthening domestic manufacturing.

ZILA BioWorks website