Grow-NY Winner Stories

Grow-NY is an unprecedented food and agriculture startup competition that identifies, supports, and funds the top food, beverage, and agriculture innovations from across the globe to create opportunity in Upstate NY. The competition includes a $1 million top prize, two $500 thousand prizes and four $250 thousand prizes. In addition to the contributions made by Grow-NY winners, the competition itself has directed the attention of over 1,000 startups to the innovation ecosystem in New York.

Since 2019, Grow-NY Winners Have:

Created 289 new jobs in the region

Raised over $100M in follow-on funding

Created new markets for farmers and food producers

Launched innovations that address climate and labor constraints impacting our food system

ProAgni wins the $1 million top prize at the Grow-NY Food and Agriculture Competition

Increasing performance and decreasing environmental impact for dairy farms

ProAgni, an Australian startup and 2022 Grow-NY grand prize winner, produces antibiotic-free supplements to improve animal performance and decrease the negative environmental impact of agriculture. In October 2023, ProAgni was invited to participate in a three-year, $3.2 million project as a part of the Greener Cattle Initiative, a consortium of research and industry leaders within the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research.

ProAgni has set up an office in Ithaca, a part of the Grow-NY region, and is partnering with local dairy farms to expand research and local business development. This year, ProAgni will add to their NY-based team to support paid product trials with New York dairy farmers.

Boosting productivity for egg producers world-wide

Soos Technology, an Israeli-based company and the 2020 Grow-NY grand prize winner, created an incubation platform that mimics nature, increasing productivity for egg producers globally, improving nutritional security, and saving the lives of billions of male chicks in the process.

The company opened a lab in Cayuga County in partnership with Syracuse University to launch the New York Poultry Research Hub that created high-quality research and engineering jobs in the region. Soos Technology closed a $6 million Series A round in 2022 that they will use to further develop their technology both at their home base and here in the U.S.

Baby chicks cluster together in an outdoor fenced area
Hempitecture pitches at the Grow-NY Food and Agriculture Competition

Creating sustainable, plastic-free insulation

Hempitecture, a sustainable building material company that provides plant-based insulation solutions derived from carbon capture, agricultural industrial hemp, and non-toxic renewable feedstock, won $500,000 in round four of the Grow-NY competition. The startup recently announced its newest consumer product, FiberPad, is on the market. It is a thin material sold as a roll-good that replaces synthetic, unhealthy underlayment for carpets in residential homes.

The amount of support and infrastructure around this ecosystem has been pretty transformational. We’ve spent hours and hours with our Grow-NY mentor, and I think we are in a really strong position to contribute back to the region. - Sam Jactel, Hypercell Technologies – Grow-NY 2023 $1 million winner

Using innovative technology to solve pressing issues in food & ag

AvantGuard

Eliminating pathogens & safeguarding lives

AvantGuard, a $250,000 winner during the 2020 Grow-NY competition, develops antimicrobial coating products that make most any surface into an antimicrobial surface that can protect against pathogens for as long as thirty days. Their innovations provide continuous, long-lasting surface protection capable of eliminating pathogens, safeguarding lives, and transforming industries.

In 2023, AvantGuard was chosen as a Hello Tomorrow Deep Tech Pioneer and CEO Ted Eveleth was recognized as the most influential chemical manufacturing CEO in the country. The startup raised a $2.85 million seed round and won a $1 million Phase III award from USDA.

Zetifi

Connecting rural and remote areas

Zetifi, a $500,000 winner during the 2020 Grow-NY competition, designs and manufactures ruggedized wireless network devices that solve connectivity problems in rural and remote areas.

Zetifi recently raised $12M in a Series A round to ready on-farm and remote area connectivity solutions for mass-market launch. The company is finalizing their next generation ZetiRover which will begin field trials in early 2024.

Vivid Machines

Managing growth, predicting yield, and diagnosing threats

Vivid Machines‘ X-Vision system captures the visible and chemical details of every plant across an entire crop from bud to harvest to manage growth and predict yield, and provide means for early diagnosis of pests, diseases, and nutrient deficiencies.

After winning a $250,000 prize at the 2022 Grow-NY Competition, Vivid Machines Inc. closed a $5.8 million funding round to further develop the technology and expand into additional fruit crops. CEO Jenny Lemieux, spoke on the “Digital AG Tech on Small and Mid-Sized Farms” panel with experts at the 2024 Grow-NY Summit.

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Protecting crops without toxins

Ascribe Bioscience, a $500,000 winner in the 2021 Grow-NY competition, uses naturally occurring signaling molecules from the soil microbiome to produce a novel class of broad-spectrum, non-toxic biopesticides that prime the plants’ immune systems to enhance resistance to pathogens and increase crop yields.

Ascribe Biosciences has entered into a joint development and supply agreement with Loveland Products, Inc. who will commercialize two new crop protection products with Ascribe’s biofungicide.

Expanding the Grow-NY region’s top-notch food and beverage industry

Craft Cannery Contract Manufacturing

Growing jobs, facilities, and services

Craft Cannery takes 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.

After winning the $500,000 Grow-NY prize in 2022, Craft Cannery has created four new jobs in the Grow-NY region and is expanding their Apple Tree Acres facility by 4,0000 square feet to accommodate more packaging and canning services.

SoFresh

Extending shelf life, minimizing food waste

SoFresh, a $500,000 winner during the 2020 Grow-NY competition, manufactures packaging materials that extend the shelf life of fresh foods such as bread, berries, and cheese. Their innovative packaging products allow food producers, wholesalers, and retailers to naturally extend the shelf life of fresh foods and extend the consumable life for their consumers.

SoFresh was named a Packaging Innovation Awards Platinum Winner and endorsed by Oprah Winfrey for Equii Foods, a company that relies on SoFresh packaging to keep their baked goods fresh longer.

Sweet Pea

Harnessing the power of plant-based nutrition

Sweet Pea, a $250,000 winner during the 2022 Grow-NY competition, 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. Sweet Pea launched a packaged bar that was served at the 2023 Grow-NY Summit and is available for purchase in select Upstate NY grocery stores.

We can't overstate the importance of the Grow-NY effect. We secured $1 million in the competition and raised another $1 million within two months. The impact and the reputation that Cornell, the state of New York, carries is nothing short of profound for companies like ours. - Lachlan Campbell, ProAgni – Grow-NY 2022 $1 million winner

All Grow-NY Finalists

  • Afterlife Ag
    Afterlife Ag
    2024, Finalist
  • Agri-trak
    Agri-trak
    2021, Agtech, Audience Choice, Finalist, Investment-ready, New York, United States, Woman-owned
  • Agriwater
    Agriwater
    2023, Finalist
  • AgTrace
    AgTrace
    2020, Agtech, Finalist, International, Investment-ready
  • AgVoice
    AgVoice
    2019, Agtech, Finalist, United States
  • ARPAC
    ARPAC
    2020, Agtech, Finalist, International
  • Asarasi
    Asarasi
    2021, Finalist, Food/Beverage, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, New York, United States
  • Ascribe Bioscience
    Ascribe Bioscience
    $500K, 2021, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, New York, United States
  • AvantGuard
    AvantGuard
    $250K, 2020, Finalist, Foodtech, New York
  • Beemmunity
    Beemmunity
    2021, Finalist
  • Benchmark Labs, Inc.
    Benchmark Labs, Inc.
    2024, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, New York, United States
  • Bialtec
    Bialtec
    2024, Agtech, Audience Choice, Finalist, Foodtech, International
  • Big Yield Growers
    Big Yield Growers
    2023, Audience Choice, Finalist, Food/Beverage, New York
  • Blue Cove Fish, LLC
    Blue Cove Fish, LLC
    2023, Finalist
  • Bon AppéSweet
    Bon AppéSweet
    2024, Finalist
  • Botaniline
    Botaniline
    2022, Finalist
  • Brekland
    Brekland
    $1 million, 2025, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, New York, United States
  • Brytlife Foods
    Brytlife Foods
    2020, Finalist, New York
  • Cajou Creamery
    Cajou Creamery
    2024, Finalist
  • Candidus
    Candidus
    $250K, 2020, Agtech, Finalist, United States
  • Capro-X
    Capro-X
    $250K, 2019, Agtech, Finalist, New York
  • Cattle Scan
    Cattle Scan
    $250K, 2023, Agtech, Finalist, International
  • ChopLocal
    ChopLocal
    2024, Finalist
  • Clean Crop
    Clean Crop
    $250K, 2024, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, United States
  • Clean Label Solution, LLC
    Clean Label Solution, LLC
    $250K, 2023, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, New York, United States
  • ClearLeaf
    ClearLeaf
    $250K, 2024, Agtech, Finalist, International, Investment-ready
  • Combplex
    Combplex
    $250K, 2019, Agtech, Finalist, New York
  • Craft Cannery
    Craft Cannery
    $500K, 2022, Finalist, Food/Beverage, Investment-ready, New York, United States
  • Crover
    Crover
    $500K, 2023, Agtech, Finalist, International, Investment-ready
  • Crystal Creek Organics
    Crystal Creek Organics
    2021, Finalist
  • Deepagro
    Deepagro
    2025, Agtech, Finalist, International, Investment-ready
  • Dropcopter
    Dropcopter
    $500K, 2019, Agtech, Finalist, New York, United States
  • Dynamic Air Cooling (DAC)
    Dynamic Air Cooling (DAC)
    2022, Finalist, Foodtech, International, Investment-ready
  • EarthSense, Inc.
    EarthSense, Inc.
    2024, Finalist
  • Edenesque
    Edenesque
    2022, Finalist, Food/Beverage, Minority-owned, New York, United States, Woman-owned
  • EmGenisys
    EmGenisys
    $250K, 2021, Agtech, Finalist, United States
  • Ergo
    Ergo
    2025, Agtech, Finalist, Food/Beverage, Foodtech, International, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, Woman-owned
  • Every Body Eat
    Every Body Eat
    $1 million, 2021, Finalist, Food/Beverage, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, United States, Woman-owned
  • Farmer Lifeline Technologies Ltd
    Farmer Lifeline Technologies Ltd
    2024, Finalist
  • FaunaTech
    FaunaTech
    2023, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, Woman-owned
  • Finger Foods Farm
    Finger Foods Farm
    2025, Audience Choice, Finalist, Food/Beverage, Investment-ready, New York, United States, Woman-owned
  • FoodNerd
    FoodNerd
    2023, Finalist
  • For Bitter For Worse
    For Bitter For Worse
    $250K, 2024, Finalist, Food/Beverage, United States
  • Forte Protein
    Forte Protein
    2022, Finalist
  • FreshSource
    FreshSource
    2020, Finalist, International
  • Frost Methane
    Frost Methane
    2025, 2026, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, United States, Woman-owned
  • Full of Beans
    Full of Beans
    2025, Finalist, Minority-owned, New York, Woman-owned
  • GR8PE by Stil-Bène
    GR8PE by Stil-Bène
    2023, Finalist
  • Grape.ag
    Grape.ag
    2023, 2024, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, United States, Woman-owned
  • Hago Energetics
    Hago Energetics
    2022, Finalist
  • Heat Inverse
    Heat Inverse
    2021, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, New York, United States, Woman-owned
  • Hempitecture
    Hempitecture
    $500K, 2022, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, United States
  • HempWood
    HempWood
    2023, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready
  • Holmes Mouthwatering
    Holmes Mouthwatering
    2024, Finalist
  • Humatico
    Humatico
    2022, Finalist
  • Hypercell Technologies
    Hypercell Technologies
    $1 million, 2023, Finalist, Foodtech, Investment-ready, New York, United States
  • Independent Barley & Malt
    Independent Barley & Malt
    2019, Finalist, United States
  • InnerPlant
    InnerPlant
    2020, Finalist, United States
  • Joyn Foods (Mush Foods)
    Joyn Foods (Mush Foods)
    $250K, 2023, Agtech, Finalist, Food/Beverage, Foodtech, Investment-ready, New York, United States
  • KEHO
    KEHO
    2023, Finalist
  • Knead Technologies
    Knead Technologies
    2025, Finalist, Foodtech, International, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, Woman-owned
  • Kyomei
    Kyomei
    2021, Finalist
  • Labby
    Labby
    $250K, 2022, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, United States, Woman-owned
  • LeafSpec, LLC
    LeafSpec, LLC
    2023, Finalist
  • Lean Sensory Systems (DraughtLab)
    Lean Sensory Systems (DraughtLab)
    $250K, 2021, Finalist, Foodtech, New York, United States
  • Leep Foods
    Leep Foods
    $250K, 2020, Finalist, Foodtech, New York
  • Livestock Water Recycling
    Livestock Water Recycling
    2019, Agtech, Finalist, Foodtech, International, Investment-ready, Woman-owned
  • Living Ink Technologies
    Living Ink Technologies
    $250K, 2025, Agtech, Finalist, Food/Beverage, Investment-ready, United States
  • Lupii
    Lupii
    2021, Finalist
  • Meala Foodtech
    Meala Foodtech
    2024, Finalist, Foodtech, International, Investment-ready, Woman-owned
  • Medium Well
    Medium Well
    2025, Finalist, Foodtech, Investment-ready, Woman-owned
  • Mi Terro
    Mi Terro
    2022, Finalist
  • Mothership Materials
    Mothership Materials
    $500K, 2025, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, New York, United States, Woman-owned
  • MycoLogic
    MycoLogic
    $250K, 2023, Agtech, Finalist, United States
  • Neupeak Robotics
    Neupeak Robotics
    $500K, 2021, Agtech, Finalist, International
  • Nordetect
    Nordetect
    $250K, 2021, Agtech, Finalist, International
  • Norwhey Brewing
    Norwhey Brewing
    2020, 2022, Finalist
  • Nuravine
    Nuravine
    2019, 2026, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, New York, United States
  • Nutreat
    Nutreat
    2021, Finalist
  • Paragon Pure
    Paragon Pure
    2019, Finalist, United States
  • Persistent BioControl
    Persistent BioControl
    2021, Finalist
  • Pheronym
    Pheronym
    2021, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready
  • Picketa Systems
    Picketa Systems
    2025, Finalist
  • PittMoss
    PittMoss
    2020, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, United States
  • Pollen Patrollers
    Pollen Patrollers
    2025, Agtech, Finalist, International, Investment-ready, Woman-owned
  • ProAgni
    ProAgni
    $1 million, 2022, Agtech, Finalist, International
  • PureNanoTech
    PureNanoTech
    $500K, 2024, Agtech, Finalist, Foodtech, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, United States, Woman-owned
  • PureSpace
    PureSpace
    $250K, 2020, Finalist, Foodtech, International
  • Radical Plastics
    Radical Plastics
    2019, Finalist, United States
  • Re-Nuble
    Re-Nuble
    2020, Agtech, Audience Choice, Finalist, New York
  • RealEats America
    RealEats America
    $1 million, 2019, Finalist, Foodtech, New York
  • Renewal Mill
    Renewal Mill
    2025, Finalist, Food/Beverage, New York, United States, Woman-owned
  • Ripe.io
    Ripe.io
    2020, Finalist, New York
  • Roca Water
    Roca Water
    2025, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, United States, Woman-owned
  • Seen Nutrition
    Seen Nutrition
    $500K, 2025, Finalist, Food/Beverage, Investment-ready, New York, United States, Woman-owned
  • Seneca Farms Biochar
    Seneca Farms Biochar
    2022, Agtech, Audience Choice, Finalist, Investment-ready, New York, United States
  • Shire’s Naturals
    Shire’s Naturals
    2025, Finalist
  • Simply Good Jars
    Simply Good Jars
    2020, Finalist, United States
  • SkyAcres
    SkyAcres
    2024, Agtech, Finalist, International, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, Woman-owned
  • Slate Milk
    Slate Milk
    2019, Finalist, Food/Beverage, Investment-ready, United States
  • SoFresh
    SoFresh
    $500K, 2020, Finalist, Foodtech, United States
  • SomaDetect, Inc.
    SomaDetect, Inc.
    $500K, 2023, Agtech, Finalist, International
  • Soos Technology
    Soos Technology
    $1 million, 2020, Agtech, Finalist, International
  • Sweet Pea Plant-Based Kitchen
    Sweet Pea Plant-Based Kitchen
    $250K, 2022, Finalist, Food/Beverage, New York
  • TAINR
    TAINR
    2023, Finalist
  • Terra Bioindustries
    Terra Bioindustries
    2024, Agtech, Finalist, International, Investment-ready
  • The Perfect Granola
    The Perfect Granola
    $250K, 2019, Finalist, Food/Beverage, New York
  • ThermoShade
    ThermoShade
    2025, 2026, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, United States, Woman-owned
  • Tiliter
    Tiliter
    $500K, 2019, Finalist, Foodtech, International, Investment-ready
  • Tomgrow
    Tomgrow
    2022, Agtech, Finalist, International, Investment-ready
  • Trebe Biotech
    Trebe Biotech
    $250K, 2025, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, New York, United States
  • Tropos Technologies
    Tropos Technologies
    2021, Finalist
  • UdderWays
    UdderWays
    $500K, 2024, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, New York, United States
  • Unibaio
    Unibaio
    $1 million, 2024, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, New York, United States, Woman-owned
  • Unnico Food
    Unnico Food
    2022, Finalist
  • Vivid Machines
    Vivid Machines
    $250K, 2022, Agtech, Finalist, International, Investment-ready, Woman-owned
  • We Are The New Farmers
    We Are The New Farmers
    2023, Finalist
  • WeRadiate
    WeRadiate
    $250K, 2021, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, New York, United States, Woman-owned
  • Whipnotic
    Whipnotic
    $250K, 2025, Finalist, Food/Beverage, Investment-ready, New York, United States, Woman-owned
  • Whole Healthy Food
    Whole Healthy Food
    $250K, 2019, Finalist, Food/Beverage, New York
  • Wisely, Inc.
    Wisely, Inc.
    2023, Finalist, United States
  • Zalliant
    Zalliant
    $250K, 2022, Agtech, Finalist, New York
  • Zetifi
    Zetifi
    $500K, 2020, Agtech, Finalist, International
  • ZILA BioWorks
    ZILA BioWorks
    $250K, 2025, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, United States, Woman-owned
  • Zordi
    Zordi
    $250K, 2024, Agtech, Finalist, New York
Afterlife Ag
Afterlife Ag
Afterlife Ag

New York City, NY, USA
Afterlife Ag upcycles food establishment scraps into fresh, local, and sustainable mushrooms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions generated from food waste.


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2024, Finalist
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Agri-Trak
Agri-Trak
Agri-trak

Pultneyville, NY
Agri-Trak helps specialty crop farms solve one of agriculture’s greatest challenges: managing increasingly complex labor, food safety, and chemical compliance requirements while remaining profitable.


Agri-Trak website

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2021, Agtech, Audience Choice, Finalist, Investment-ready, New York, United States, Woman-owned
AgriWater
AgriWater
Agriwater

Champaign, IL, USA
Agriwater uses electrolysis to precipitate contaminants from on-farm manure liquid, resulting in the elimination of odor, toxins, and GHGs from wastewater, maintaining environmental compliance, creating an additional water source, and providing recurring revenue streams from the sale of carbon credits.


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2023, Finalist
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AgTrace
AgTrace
AgTrace

Florianópolis, Brazil
AgTrace is the traceability infrastructure for agricultural supply chains. Connecting every link — from farm to retail — with verifiable provenance data, giving companies full visibility to cut audit costs, manage risk, and access premium markets through trusted, transparent sourcing.


AgTrace website

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2020, Agtech, Finalist, International, Investment-ready
AGVoice
AGVoice
AgVoice

Norcross, GA
AgVoice enables food and ag workers to use management tools on-the-go. This software is the world’s first voice-driven, hands-free, workflow management and analytics platform for mobile workers in the food and agriculture industry.


@AgVoiceGlobal

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2019, Agtech, Finalist, United States
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ARPAC
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ARPAC

Porte Alegre, Brazil
Arpac creates and integrates heavy-lifting drones that apply pesticides in a fast and localized manner, with uniformity and precision.


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2020, Agtech, Finalist, International
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Asarasi
Asarasi
Asarasi

Katonah, NY
Asarasi The Tree Water Company & Nekter Pop harnesses pure, renewable water sustainably harvested from maple trees to create premium, USDA-certified organic beverages.


Asarasi website

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2021, Finalist, Food/Beverage, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, New York, United States
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Ascribe Bioscience

Ithaca, NY
Ascribe Bioscience is an Ithaca, NY-based agricultural technology company developing natural crop protection solutions. Ascribe’s biofungicide, harnesses small molecules from the soil microbiome to create effective, environmentally friendly disease control solutions that help farmers grow more resilient crops and harvest higher yields.


Ascribe Bioscience website

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$500K, 2021, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, New York, United States
AvantGuard
AvantGuard
AvantGuard

Ithaca, NY
AvantGuard develops antimicrobial coating products that make most any surface into an antimicrobial surface that can protect against pathogens for as long as thirty days.


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$250K, 2020, Finalist, Foodtech, New York
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Beemmunity
Beemmunity
Beemmunity

New York City, NY
Beemmunity uses microparticle detoxification to provide solutions that protect and preserve pollinator species, changing the impacts of agrochemicals, preserving pollinator species for future generations.

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2021, Finalist
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Benchmark Labs
Benchmark Labs
Benchmark Labs, Inc.

Rochester, NY, USA
Benchmark Labs provides point specific weather forecasting for growers to understand the weather at their field. With 15 day hourly forecasts tailored to any weather station hardware – this technology allows farmers to understand when extreme weather is coming and react.


Benchmark Labs website

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2024, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, New York, United States
Bialtec
Bialtec
Bialtec

Delft, The Netherlands
BIALTEC is a biotechnology company developing microencapsulated precision probiotics for animal nutrition. The solutions improve feed efficiency, animal health and sustainability by optimizing the gut microbiome, reducing environmental impact and replacing antibiotic growth promoters.


Bialtec website

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2024, Agtech, Audience Choice, Finalist, Foodtech, International
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Big Yield Growers

Endicott, NY
Big Yield Growers is a soil-based vertical farm operation that works with local communities to establish long-term livelihood and organic farming practices while providing the local area with fresh, high quality produce.


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2023, Audience Choice, Finalist, Food/Beverage, New York
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Blue Cove Fish, LLC

New York, NY, USA
Blue Cove Fish is a low-volume craft seafood cannery that partners with local and sustainable suppliers of seafood, therefore contributing to the development of local aquaculture and food systems, while manufacturing canned seafood products with artisanal techniques and climate-smart packaging.


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2023, Finalist
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Bon AppéSweet
Bon AppéSweet
Bon AppéSweet

Leonardtown, MD, USA
Bon AppéSweet uses simple, ethically sourced ingredients to make date-sweetened chocolate products. Free of sugar and artificial sweeteners, the company’s chocolate bars, trail mix, chocolate-covered almonds, raisins, and espresso beans are all organic, vegan, and non-GMO.


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2024, Finalist
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Botaniline
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.


Botaniline website

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2022, Finalist
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Brekland
Brekland
Brekland

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

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$1 million, 2025, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, New York, United States
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Brytlife Foods

Kerhonkson, NY
Brytlife foods crafts sustainably sourced, vegan artisanal cheese and yogurt with next level nutrition from 100% plants.


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2020, Finalist, New York
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Cajou Creamery
Cajou Creamery
Cajou Creamery

Baltimore, MD, USA
Cajou Creamery is handcrafting cashew-based frozen desserts with whole superfoods for ice cream you can feel good about.


Cajou Creamery website

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2024, Finalist
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Candidus
Candidus
Candidus

Hull, Georgia
Candidus develops cost-effective supplemental lighting strategies and control systems for commercial greenhouse operations.


Candidus website

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$250K, 2020, Agtech, Finalist, United States
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Capro-X
Capro-X
Capro-X

Ithaca, NY
Capro-X has created a sustainable fermentation technology to upcycle dairy wastewater into valuable biofuels and bioplastics.


Capro-X website

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$250K, 2019, Agtech, Finalist, New York
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Cattle-Scan
Cattle-Scan
Cattle Scan

Toronto, Canada
Cattle Scan’s cattle monitoring bolus allows dairy farmers to facilitate real-time monitoring of individual cattle, improving overall herd health, increasing production efficiency, and helping advance business sustainability and operational excellence.


Cattle Scan website

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$250K, 2023, Agtech, Finalist, International
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ChopLocal
ChopLocal
ChopLocal

Wayland, IA, USA
ChopLocal’s online farmers’ market makes buying and selling regionally farmed, high-quality meat easier for home consumers.


ChopLocal website

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2024, Finalist
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Clean Crop

Holyoke, MA, USA
Clean Crop Technologies is a next generation regenerative seed and ingredient company, using its proprietary processing technologies to deliver cleaner product at competitive prices.


Clean Crop website

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$250K, 2024, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, United States
Clean-Label-Solution
Clean-Label-Solution
Clean Label Solution, LLC

Ithaca, NY, USA
Clean Label Solution engineers proprietary fermentation technologies that transform soybeans into high-value feed for dairy cattle and convert agricultural waste into premium larvae-based feed for poultry and aquaculture. Its platform improves protein digestibility, reduces feed costs, lowers greenhouse gas emissions, and advances sustainable agriculture.


Clean Label Solution website

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$250K, 2023, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, New York, United States
ClearLeaf
ClearLeaf
ClearLeaf

Cartago, Costa Rica
ClearLeaf offers GotaBlanca, a safe fungicide and bactericide for agricultural use. GotaBlanca utilizes patented technology to provide farmers with an affordable and effective broad-spectrum solution to address the urgent need for sustainable alternatives to toxic agrochemicals.


ClearLeaf website

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$250K, 2024, Agtech, Finalist, International, Investment-ready
Combplex
Combplex
Combplex

Ithaca, NY
Combplex solves the primary problem driving honey bee population decline by eliminating the invasive Varroa mite that threatens the health of honeybee hives.


Combplex website

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$250K, 2019, Agtech, Finalist, New York
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Craft-Cannery
Craft-Cannery
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.


Craft Cannery website

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$500K, 2022, Finalist, Food/Beverage, Investment-ready, New York, United States
Crover
Crover
Crover

Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Crover is the company pioneering a new category of unmanned systems: that of devices capable of moving through bulk solids and powders – it has developed the world’s first and only technology for robotic grain storage monitoring and sampling.


Crover website

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$500K, 2023, Agtech, Finalist, International, Investment-ready
Crystal-Creek-Organics
Crystal-Creek-Organics
Crystal Creek Organics

Rochester, NY
Crystal Creek has a patented process that converts soluble phosphorus in dairy farm manure into by-product that can be sold to generate additional revenue. The remaining, phosphorus-free liquid is left on the farm, dramatically lowering the farm’s spreading costs.


Crystal Creek Organics website

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2021, Finalist
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DeepAgro
DeepAgro
Deepagro

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

Categories :
2025, Agtech, Finalist, International, Investment-ready
Dropcopter
Dropcopter
Dropcopter

Corning, CA, USA
Dropcopter provides pollination services using drone aircraft to help growers achieve a better fruit set and harvest. They also partner with Green Atlas to deliver ground-based scanning services that map orchards, providing precise fruit and flower counts, fruit sizing, color evaluation, and tree characteristics across entire fields.


Dropcopter website

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$500K, 2019, Agtech, Finalist, New York, United States
DAC
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.


DAC website

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2022, Finalist, Foodtech, International, Investment-ready
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thumbnail_ES_Logo_StackedLogomarkWordMark_Standard
EarthSense, Inc.

Champaign, IL, USA
EarthSense’s autonomous, AI-powered robots accurately sense plant health and productivity of a diversity of crops, minimize chemical use with targeted precision applications, and make regenerative practices like cover cropping far more effective and economical.


EarthSense website

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2024, Finalist
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Edenesque
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.


Edenesque website

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2022, Finalist, Food/Beverage, Minority-owned, New York, United States, Woman-owned
EmGenisys
EmGenisys
EmGenisys

Houston, TX
Emgenisys is a state-of-art embryo health assessment platform that provides the most comprehensive embryo evaluation system, improving pregnancy outcomes of assisted reproductive technologies in livestock.


EmGenisys website

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$250K, 2021, Agtech, Finalist, United States
Ergo Bioscience
Ergo Bioscience
Ergo

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

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2025, Agtech, Finalist, Food/Beverage, Foodtech, International, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, Woman-owned
Every Body Eat
Every Body Eat
Every Body Eat

Evanston, IL
Every Body Eat makes delicious, clean, and craveable snacks made everyone can enjoy because they are free from top allergens and contain no seed oils.


Every Body Eat website

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$1 million, 2021, Finalist, Food/Beverage, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, United States, Woman-owned
Farmer Lifeline Technologies
Farmer Lifeline Technologies
Farmer Lifeline Technologies Ltd

Nairobi, Kenya
Farmer Lifeline Technologies produces solar-powered, AI-equipped crop monitoring devices for real-time detection of pests and diseases.


 

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2024, Finalist
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FaunaTech
FaunaTech
FaunaTech

Bangalore, India
FaunaTech has developed the first smartphone-connected, handheld diagnostic platform capable of measuring critical biomarkers in milk, fish, meat, poultry, and grains.


FaunaTech Website

Categories :
2023, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, Woman-owned
Finger Foods Farm
Finger Foods Farm
Finger Foods Farm

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

Categories :
2025, Audience Choice, Finalist, Food/Beverage, Investment-ready, New York, United States, Woman-owned
FoodNerd
FoodNerd
FoodNerd

Buffalo, NY, USA
FoodNerd creates positively processed plant-based food with a purpose. Their sprouting process maintains and increases the nutritional content found naturally in food, rather than degrading it.


FoodNerd website

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2023, Finalist
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For Bitter or Worse
For Bitter or Worse
For Bitter For Worse

Portland, OR, USA
For Bitter For Worse is a distillery using certified organic, locally farmed ingredients to create a healthier, more inclusive culture with their non-alcoholic cocktails.


For Bitter or Worse website

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$250K, 2024, Finalist, Food/Beverage, United States
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Updated Forte-Protein
Updated Forte-Protein
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.


Forte Protein website

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2022, Finalist
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FreshSource
FreshSource
FreshSource

Giza, Egypt
FreshSource empowers smallholder farmers by connecting them to fair, modern, and transparent markets


FreshSource website

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2020, Finalist, International
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Frost Methane Labs
Frost Methane Labs
Frost Methane

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

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2025, 2026, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, United States, Woman-owned
Full of Beans
Full of Beans
Full of Beans

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

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2025, Finalist, Minority-owned, New York, Woman-owned
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Stilbene
Stilbene
GR8PE by Stil-Bène

Geneva, NY, USA
GR8PE by Stil-Bène transforms grape pomace, the skins and seeds left over after pressing grapes, into a powdered dietary supplement designed to improve digestive health.


Stil-Bène website

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2023, Finalist
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Grape.ag
Grape.ag
Grape.ag

Cupertino, CA, USA
Grape.ag is agricultural intelligence for the future. They transform satellite and sensor data into real-time, actionable insights, giving growers the information they need to make smarter decisions from anywhere.


Grape.ag website

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2023, 2024, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, United States, Woman-owned
Hago-Energetics
Hago-Energetics
Hago Energetics

Camarillo, CA
Hago Energetics uses innovative decarbonization technology to convert animal and agricultural waste into green hydrogen and biochar.


Hago Energetics website

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2022, Finalist
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Heat-Inverse
Heat-Inverse
Heat Inverse

Ithaca, NY
Heat Inverse’s CoolFilm is a thin, roll-to-roll manufactured film applied directly to outdoor equipment. It emits thermal radiation through atmospheric windows and is also highly reflective to the solar spectrum, enabling over 10°C cooling (up to 45°F observed at pilot sites) without electricity, refrigerants, or moving parts.


Heat Inverse website

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2021, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, New York, United States, Woman-owned
Hempitecture
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.


Hempitecture website

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$500K, 2022, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, United States
HempWood
HempWood
HempWood

Murray, KY, USA
HempWood’s mission is to use the algorithm of a tree, reverse engineer the natural growth cycle, and utilizing biomimicry to transform hemp fibers and bio-based bonding agents into HempWood to disrupt the $60 + billion wood industry.


HempWood website

Categories :
2023, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready
Holmes-Mouthwatering
Holmes-Mouthwatering
Holmes Mouthwatering

Cleveland, OH, USA
Holmes Mouthwatering is an all-natural, elevated applesauce brand delivering homemade-inspired products made with real fruit.


Holmes Mouthwatering website

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2024, Finalist
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Humati
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.


Humati.co website

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2022, Finalist
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Hypercell-Technologies
Hypercell-Technologies
Hypercell Technologies

Ithaca, NY, USA
Hypercell delivers lab-quality detection of microbial contaminants in under an hour, on-site, with no equipment needed — helping food producers catch contamination early and protect consumers and profitability. Also applicable to hospitals, fermentation, cosmetics, and military.


Hypercell Technologies website

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$1 million, 2023, Finalist, Foodtech, Investment-ready, New York, United States
Independent-Barley-Malt
Independent-Barley-Malt
Independent Barley & Malt

Litchfield, MI
Independent Barley & Malt (IB&M) is growing new supply chains to provide world-class malt for the craft food and beverage market.

Categories :
2019, Finalist, United States
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InnerPlant
InnerPlant
InnerPlant

Davis, CA
InnerPlant genetically transforms plants into living sensors to increase yield and reduce agrochemical wastecodes sensing capabilities into plants’ DNA to turn them into living sensors.


InnerPlant website

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2020, Finalist, United States
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Joyn
Joyn
Joyn Foods (Mush Foods)

New York, NY, USA
JOYN Foods created 50CUT, the only industrial ingredient that blends seamlessly with ground meat, improving nutrition and taste while reducing costs and the carbon footprint. They help the meat industry adapt and grow profitably, without forcing consumers to change behavior.


Joyn Foods website

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$250K, 2023, Agtech, Finalist, Food/Beverage, Foodtech, Investment-ready, New York, United States
KEHO
KEHO
KEHO

New York, NY, USA
KEHO makes complex science deliciously digestible, curating savory snack bars that are keto-friendly and 100% plant based. With no sugars, sweeteners, or artificial flavors or colors, KEHO packs up real food for real lives.


KEHO website

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2023, Finalist
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Knead
Knead
Knead Technologies

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

Categories :
2025, Finalist, Foodtech, International, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, Woman-owned
Kyomei-Proteins
Kyomei-Proteins
Kyomei

Oxford, UK
Kyomei has developed a first-in-class protein production platform using plants as bioreactors to grow animal proteins at scale for the alternative meat industry. Kyomei’s platform is sustainable, carbon negative, and produces proteins identical to those found in meat.


Kyomei website

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2021, Finalist
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Labby
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.


Labby website

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$250K, 2022, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, United States, Woman-owned
LeafSpec
LeafSpec
LeafSpec, LLC

West Lafayette, IN, USA
LeafSpec is an accurate, affordable, and portable hyperspectral crop leaf imager that provides measurements of a plant’s physiological features such as leaf moisture content, chlorophyll content, nitrogen content, pathogen and insect diseases, and stresses from chemical sprays without damage to the plant.


LeafSpec website

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2023, Finalist
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Lean Sensory
Lean Sensory
Lean Sensory Systems (DraughtLab)

Rochester, NY
Lean Sensory helps food and beverage companies make better product decisions through tasting and sensory science. They combine tasting software, consumer research, training, and practical AI tools to help teams understand flavor, improve quality, and create products consumers love.


LeanSensory website

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$250K, 2021, Finalist, Foodtech, New York, United States
Leep-Foods
Leep-Foods
Leep Foods

Rochester, NY
Leep Foods grows premium organic mushrooms using regenerative soil methods on nutrient-enriched American hardwoods for consumers and restaurants.


Leep Foods website

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$250K, 2020, Finalist, Foodtech, New York
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Livestock-Water-Recycling
Livestock-Water-Recycling
Livestock Water Recycling

Calgary, Canada
Livestock Water Recycling (LWR) delivers PLANT systems that separate and treat dairy manure and anaerobic digestate, recovering clean water and nutrients on-farm. Their technology helps dairies reduce manure management costs, lagoon storage, generate methane avoidance credits, and improve environmental performance and herd health.


Livestock Water Recycling website

Categories :
2019, Agtech, Finalist, Foodtech, International, Investment-ready, Woman-owned
Living Ink Technologies
Living Ink Technologies
Living Ink Technologies

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

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$250K, 2025, Agtech, Finalist, Food/Beverage, Investment-ready, United States
Lupii
Lupii
Lupii

Brooklyn, NY
Lupii is unleashing the power of the small‑but‑mighty Lupini bean and disrupting the snack and meal bar category with its first snack-size line of flavors. Lupii Bars, the most unique, vegan protein bars on the block, offers one of the first whole bean based bars on the market.


 

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2021, Finalist
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Meala
Meala
Meala Foodtech

Haifa, Israel
Meala Foodtech enables food manufacturers to create clean-label foods with superior texture and functionality. The IP-protected plant protein platform replaces eggs and hydrocolloids, delivering exceptional binding, foaming, emulsification, and moisture retention across multiple food applications.


Meala Foodtech website

Categories :
2024, Finalist, Foodtech, International, Investment-ready, Woman-owned
Medium-Well
Medium-Well
Medium Well

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

Categories :
2025, Finalist, Foodtech, Investment-ready, Woman-owned
Mi-Terro
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.


Mi Terro website

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2022, Finalist
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Mothership Materials
Mothership Materials
Mothership Materials

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

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$500K, 2025, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, New York, United States, Woman-owned
MycoLogic
MycoLogic
MycoLogic

Kennesaw, GA, USA
MycoLogic is a comprehensive solution for starting or expanding your specialty mushroom cultivation business. They provide hardware and software for semiautonomous cultivation of specialty mushrooms, as well as biological support and consultation.


MycoLogic website

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$250K, 2023, Agtech, Finalist, United States
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Neupeak
Neupeak
Neupeak Robotics

Surrey, Canada
Neupeak’s fully autonomous berry harvesters are designed to work in all weather and lighting conditions, alongside human workers, to save farmers money by charging a fixed rate per pound of berries collected.


Neupeak Robotics website

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$500K, 2021, Agtech, Finalist, International
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Nordetect
Nordetect
Nordetect

Copenhagen, Denmark
Nordetect provides rapid chemical analysis for nutrients in the Agrifood industry. The company’s first product is a lab-on-a-chip test for nutrients found in soil, water, and leaf samples, aimed at optimizing the amount of fertilizer used to cultivate crops.


Nordetect website

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$250K, 2021, Agtech, Finalist, International
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Norwhey
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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2020, 2022, Finalist
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Nuravine
Nuravine
Nuravine

Woodstock, NY, USA
Nuravine is a modular, automated system giving indoor or outdoor facilities of any scale complete control of dosing, irrigation, and environment. We build our own hardware and software, seamlessly integrated in an affordable, rapidly improving package that keeps farmers ahead of the curve.


Nuravine website

Categories :
2019, 2026, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, New York, United States
Nutreat
Nutreat
Nutreat

Geneva, NY
Nutreat is a line of low glycemic, healthy sweet snacks that leverage science-driven innovation, 100% natural, real, whole food ingredients, and a commitment to uncompromising flavor, and can be enjoyed on the go.


Nutreat website

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2021, Finalist
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Paragon-Pure
Paragon-Pure
Paragon Pure

Princeton, NJ
Paragon Pure creates flavors, colors and nutrients protected within whole grain rice flour.


Paragon Pure website

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2019, Finalist, United States
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Persistent-Biocontrol
Persistent-Biocontrol
Persistent BioControl

Austin, TX
Persistent BioControl™ produces biocontrol nematodes that attack, kill, and multiply inside Western Corn Rootworm larvae before they damage crop yield. They are compatible with all CRW management programs, traited corn varieties, soil insecticides, and soil types.


Persistent BioControl website

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2021, Finalist
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Pheronym
Pheronym
Pheronym

Woodland, CA
Using a new kind of pheromone from microscopic roundworms nematodes to control agricultural pests in the soil so farmers can grow more food. Pheronym’s products control agricultural pests effective while nurturing the topsoil with a minimal environmental footprint.


Pheronym website

Categories :
2021, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready
Picketa Systems
Picketa Systems
Picketa Systems

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


Picketa Systems website

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2025, Finalist
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PittMoss
PittMoss
PittMoss

Ambridge, PA
Pittmoss makes sustainable, organic soil and soil amendments from recycled materials and has been recognized as “Best soil in America” by several publications. Growing in Pittmoss leads to bigger, healthier plants using significantly less water and fertilizer and has been third party tested in university trails and by over 200 commercial customers.


PittMoss website

Categories :
2020, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, United States
Pollen Patrollers
Pollen Patrollers
Pollen Patrollers

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

Categories :
2025, Agtech, Finalist, International, Investment-ready, Woman-owned
Pro-Agni
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.


ProAgni website

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$1 million, 2022, Agtech, Finalist, International
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Pure Nanotech
Pure Nanotech
PureNanoTech

Parsippany, NJ, USA
PureNanoTech develops nanobubble technology for controlled environment agriculture and large-scale irrigation. The oxygen nanobubble systems improve crop health and biofilm control while scaling to 1,000+ GPM for full commercial deployment across greenhouses and CEA operations.


PureNanoTech website

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$500K, 2024, Agtech, Finalist, Foodtech, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, United States, Woman-owned
Purespace
Purespace
PureSpace

Busan, South Korea
PureSpace extends shelf-life and improves food safety by decomposing ethylene gas, airborne mold, and viruses effectively and efficiently.


PureSpace website

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$250K, 2020, Finalist, Foodtech, International
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Radical-Plastics
Radical-Plastics
Radical Plastics

Beverly, MA
Radical Plastics developed a patented catalyst technology that renders conventional plastics biodegradable.


Radical Plastics website

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2019, Finalist, United States
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Re-Nuble
Re-Nuble
Re-Nuble

New York, NY
Re-Nuble is an agtech company that transforms food waste into industrial-grade, water soluble, organic hydroponic nutrients for soilless farming.


Re-Nuble website

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2020, Agtech, Audience Choice, Finalist, New York
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RealEats
RealEats
RealEats America

Geneva, NY
RealEats is a mission-driven, innovative food-tech company that delivers fresh, healthy meals, while minimizing food waste.


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$1 million, 2019, Finalist, Foodtech, New York
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Renewal Mill
Renewal Mill
Renewal Mill

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

Categories :
2025, Finalist, Food/Beverage, New York, United States, Woman-owned
Ripe-Technology
Ripe-Technology
Ripe.io

New York, NY
Ripe.io provides a platform to access transparent and reliable information on the origin, journey, and quality of one’s food.


@ripeio

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2020, Finalist, New York
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Roca
Roca
Roca Water

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

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2025, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, United States, Woman-owned
Seen
Seen
Seen Nutrition

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

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$500K, 2025, Finalist, Food/Beverage, Investment-ready, New York, United States, Woman-owned
Seneca-Farms-Biochar
Seneca-Farms-Biochar
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.


Seneca Farms Biochar website

Categories :
2022, Agtech, Audience Choice, Finalist, Investment-ready, New York, United States
Shire’s Naturals
Shire’s Naturals
Shire’s Naturals

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


Shire’s Naturals website

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2025, Finalist
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Simply-Good-Jars
Simply-Good-Jars
Simply Good Jars

Philadelphia, PA
Simply Good Jars produces and distributes chef-crafted meals in convenient ways, expanding access to sustainable, restaurant quality meals in a convenient, pre-packaged format.


SimplyGoodJars

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2020, Finalist, United States
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SkyAcres
SkyAcres
SkyAcres

Vancouver, Canada
SkyAcres builds Drop-In indoor farms for the cold storage rooms, packhouses, and barns farmers already own. A 3-level growing module rolls in on wheels and plugs into a wall outlet. Pest control is beneficial insects, good bugs eating bad, not chemicals. No plumbing, no pumps, no HVAC retrofit.


SkyAcres website

Categories :
2024, Agtech, Finalist, International, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, Woman-owned
Slate
Slate
Slate Milk

Boston, MA
Slate was founded with the goal of creating a healthy chocolate milk they could drink every day. Today, Slate has expanded into new flavors and additional product lines, all of which are packed with protein from ultra-filtered milk, contain 0g added sugar, are lactose free, and are 100% plastic neutral.


Slate Milk website

Categories :
2019, Finalist, Food/Beverage, Investment-ready, United States
SoFresh
SoFresh
SoFresh

Pleasant Prairie, WI
SoFresh manufactures a unique packaging material with an organic vapor to extend the shelf life of fresh bread.


SoFresh website

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$500K, 2020, Finalist, Foodtech, United States
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SomaDetect
SomaDetect
SomaDetect, Inc.

Halifax, NS, Canada
SomaDetect’s cutting-edge sensor and software system provides farmers with the information they need to make the best milk possible, offering dairy producers automatic and reliable milk-based data directly from their milking line to streamline day-to-day operations of dairy farms.


SomaDetect website

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$500K, 2023, Agtech, Finalist, International
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Soos
Soos
Soos Technology

Kidron, Israel
Soos Technology mitigates male-chick culling by transforming male chickens into egg-laying females.


 

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$1 million, 2020, Agtech, Finalist, International
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Sweet-Pea
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.


Sweet Pea website

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$250K, 2022, Finalist, Food/Beverage, New York
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Tainr
Tainr
TAINR

Los Angeles, CA, USA
TAINR modernizes the grocery store’s outdated bulk aisle with a smart refill kiosk that moves inventory efficiently, reduces restocking times, and eliminates product losses and single-use plastic packaging waste.


TAINR website

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2023, Finalist
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Terra Bioindustries
Terra Bioindustries
Terra Bioindustries

Toronto, Canada
Terra Bioindustries uses a novel enzyme based process to create protein, sugar and fiber ingredients from agri-food sidestreams like Brewers Spent Grains (BSG – from breweries). Their products are in trials with some of the biggest F&B manufacturers.


Terra Bioindustries website

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2024, Agtech, Finalist, International, Investment-ready
The-Perfect-Granola
The-Perfect-Granola
The Perfect Granola

Victor, NY
The Perfect Granola produces allergy-free, locally sourced, single-serve granola for NY schools. The company purchases raw ingredients and “seconds” from local farms, providing them with new revenue streams.

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$250K, 2019, Finalist, Food/Beverage, New York
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ThermoShade
ThermoShade
ThermoShade

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

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2025, 2026, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, United States, Woman-owned
Tiliter
Tiliter
Tiliter

Sydney, Australia
Tiliter builds a Vision AI platform that helps businesses turn images into trusted operational decisions. Organisations can create AI-powered image verification workflows for inspections, compliance, inventory and quality assurance, with technology proven at scale across more than 1,000 retail locations.


Tiliter website

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$500K, 2019, Finalist, Foodtech, International, Investment-ready
Tomgrow
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.


Tomgrow website

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2022, Agtech, Finalist, International, Investment-ready
Trebe Biotech
Trebe Biotech
Trebe Biotech

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

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$250K, 2025, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, New York, United States
Tropos-Technologies
Tropos-Technologies
Tropos Technologies

North Tonawanda, NY
Tropos uses patented air control and state-of-the-art environmental controls to offer a superior climate management system, improving sustainability, operations, and food safety standards for greenhouses and indoor farms.

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2021, Finalist
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UdderWays
UdderWays
UdderWays

Albion, NY, USA
UdderWays aims to invest in the long-term viability of agriculture by SMASHING through roadblocks to revolutionize ag solutions for farmers, by farmers, with a commitment of exceptional talent, advanced skills and groundbreaking innovation.


UdderWays website

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$500K, 2024, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, New York, United States
Unibaio
Unibaio
Unibaio

Ithaca, NY, USA
Unibaio develops bioactive delivery technology that makes existing crop protection products significantly more effective. The biodegradable tank-mix additive enhances agrochemical performance, enabling higher yields and reduced chemical use without changing farmer practices, equipment, or supply chains.


Unibaio website

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$1 million, 2024, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, New York, United States, Woman-owned
Unnico
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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2022, Finalist
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Vivid Machines
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.


Vivid Machines website

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$250K, 2022, Agtech, Finalist, International, Investment-ready, Woman-owned
We-Are-The-New-Farmers
We-Are-The-New-Farmers
We Are The New Farmers

Brooklyn, NY, USA
We Are The New Farmers brings the benefits of microalgae straight into smoothies with its fresh, frozen, farm-grown spirulina cubes that are packed with dense micronutrients and loaded with antioxidants.


We Are The New Farmers website

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2023, Finalist
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WeRadiate
WeRadiate
WeRadiate

Rochester, NY
WeRadiate revitalizes land through a systematic and data-driven approach of technology and machine learning enhancing soil-nutrients.


WeRadiate website

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$250K, 2021, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, New York, United States, Woman-owned
Whipnotic
Whipnotic
Whipnotic

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

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$250K, 2025, Finalist, Food/Beverage, Investment-ready, New York, United States, Woman-owned
Whole-Healthy-Food
Whole-Healthy-Food
Whole Healthy Food

Ithaca, NY
Whole Healthy Food creates therapeutic food ingredients and is currently focused on producing a white kidney bean protein that can be added to foods and beverages.

 

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$250K, 2019, Finalist, Food/Beverage, New York
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Wisely
Wisely
Wisely, Inc.

Wilmington, NC, USA
Wisely has developed a smart food storage system that reduces waste by allowing users the ability to track the time and conditions in which their perishables are stored.


Wisely website

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2023, Finalist, United States
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Zalliant
Zalliant
Zalliant

Amsterdam, NY
Zalliant’s IoT and artificial intelligence technologies provide value and efficiency to farmers through improved decision making and management.


Zalliant website

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$250K, 2022, Agtech, Finalist, New York
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Zetifi
Zetifi
Zetifi

Wagga Wagga, Australia
Zetifi is a connected fleet technology company keeping fleets and lone workers connected and safe. Leveraging the power of telematics partners and Microsoft, they provide smart in-vehicle connectivity hardware and Marshal, the lone worker safety solution built to connect and protect your fleet and your team.


Zetifi website

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$500K, 2020, Agtech, Finalist, International
ZILA Bioworks
ZILA Bioworks
ZILA BioWorks

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

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$250K, 2025, Agtech, Finalist, Investment-ready, Minority-owned, United States, Woman-owned
Zordi
Zordi
Zordi

Oakfield, NY
Zordi builds autonomous greenhouses with robots and AI to make delicious, high-quality produce available anywhere.


Zordi website

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$250K, 2024, Agtech, Finalist, New York
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