AgriTech New Zealand is pleased to share the announcement of the inaugural Land x Launch™ New Zealand cohort—a powerful collaboration between Farmers2Founders, Agrifood Futures, and Agnition Ventures (the corporate innovation arm of Ravensdown).
This global market-entry program is bringing five international startups to New Zealand to validate, localise and scale cutting-edge technologies that directly address some of our most pressing agricultural challenges: soil health, biologics, and climate-resilient farming.
Selected from a highly competitive international pool, these innovators will work alongside New Zealand farmers, agronomists and industry partners to test their solutions under real-world conditions and accelerate adoption through tailored support, including on-farm trials, strategic introductions, and market guidance.
🧪 Meet the Cohort:
- Cooling Crops (Israel): Sprayable solution that mimics nature’s own defence against thermal stress by restoring the soil’s protective crust.
- Margins (Germany): Combining geospatial and crowdsourced data with top human agronomists and AI to audit, monitor and expand current and future sourcing regions.
- M4Life (Argentina): A biological insurance for crops, developed through a patented “bio-training” process that supercharges the microbes already used in biological inputs.
- Solena Ag (USA): AI-powered platform turning soil biology into predictable profit by delivering data-driven prescriptions and integrated finance.
- TierraSpec (Israel): A soil intelligence platform that combines remote sensing, machine learning and minimal sampling to deliver high-resolution, cost-effective and rapid soil property mapping and carbon insights.
Through integration with F2F’s TEKFARM® platform and support from Ravensdown’s pilot farms, these companies will validate their technologies with early adopter farmers and key industry partners across dairy, arable, and horticulture sectors.
“Each startup in this cohort is addressing a critical pain point for New Zealand agriculture—from rising climate risk to data gaps in soil management,” said Christine Pitt, Co-founder of Farmers2Founders and Agrifood Futures. “With the right partnerships, these solutions can drive real, on-farm outcomes—both here in NZ and globally.”
“We’re proud to support this initiative that positions New Zealand as a launchpad for the world’s best technologies to land, learn and thrive in our unique agricultural ecosystem,” added Wilson Huang, Senior Associate of Agnition Ventures.
Why it matters for New Zealand:
As we look toward regenerative, sustainable, and climate-aligned production systems, global collaboration and technology validation are essential. Programs like Land x Launch™ ensure New Zealand remains at the cutting edge of agritech adoption—while supporting farmer profitability, resilience, and environmental stewardship.
👉 Want to connect with the cohort or learn more?
If you would like to get in touch with any of the founders, please reach out to us by submitting this form here or contacting Skye Raward at sraward@foodfutures.com.au