The Queensland government has pulled the trigger on a new farming sector innovation fund, deploying $30 million through the state’s sovereign wealth manager with the aim of sparking an...
Australia’s agricultural innovation pipeline must be overhauled to meet government and industry growth ambitions, with research more closely tied to real-world adoption. That’s according to Mick Veitch, the chair...
As with many of the best startups, the origin of Van Diemens Land Creamery’s fortified ice cream can be traced back to a simple question. It came from a...
Brisbane-based biotech company Eclipse Ingredients has launched with $7.2 million in funding after navigating a long and often grueling path from CSIRO research project to commercial spinout, an experience...
A fundamental disconnect between venture capital firms and AgTech startups, in part due to long development cycles, is damaging Australia’s prospects of leading the global charge for change in...
The second round of a federal government AgTech connectivity rebate program launched Tuesday, offering to match Australian farmers up to $30,000 to invest in equipment like sensors, antennas, cameras...
A new BioTech hub located at La Trobe University’s Melbourne campus has launched, offering world-class wet lab facilities to early-stage companies looking to commercialise their research. The $8 million...
Sydney-based company v2food has won the InnovationAus 2023 Award for Excellence in the Food and Agritech category for its cutting-edge protein-based meat 2.0. The InnovationAus 2023 Awards for Excellence...
Using cutting-edge technology and Australia’s best researchers, V2food has created what it has dubbed Version 2 of meat. The Australian company spun out of CSIRO now supplies its meat-free,...