Last month, I had the opportunity to visit eight cities and meet over 500 people during our 2018 roadshow. Many thanks to all our hosts, members and readers who attended the events, it was an awesome three weeks! During the roadshow, I was able to provide insight on key initiatives that Agritech New Zealand is … Continue reading "Agritech – November Newsletter"

It’s great to be on the road again taking the Agritech New Zealand story throughout the country. Yesterday, we held our first roadshow event in Palmerston North.  Many thanks to our hosts, BCC and the Sprout Accelerator for helping us kick off this exciting series of regional events. The roadshow provides a valuable opportunity to … Continue reading "Sharing our Agritech story"

Following the signing of two major strategic partnerships with Farm2050 and Western Growers, Agritech New Zealand is working on a number of exciting new initiatives.  The partnerships provide an opportunity to rapidly scale all aspects of New Zealand’s AgriTech ecosystem including research, industry, government and investment. To provide a better understanding of these opportunities, Agritech New Zealand is hosting … Continue reading "Agritech – October Newsletter"

Earlier this week, I returned from the 2018 Silicon Valley AgTech Immersion Program where I was joined by more than 30 other kiwi agritech innovators, researchers and investors.

Last week, I attended the Mixing Bowl IT Food conference and the Forbes AgTech Summit in the San Francisco Bay area.  These annual events showcase some of the best startup and early stage agritech companies emerging from the USA.  They also provide a platform to benchmark the performance of New Zealand’s agritech sector against our … Continue reading "The Agritech New Zealand July Newsletter – Thinking Global"

Last month, Agritech New Zealand jointly hosted the largest ever delegation of international venture capitalists and agritech thought leaders to visit New Zealand. They joined 120 other guests for the formal launch of Agritech New Zealand at Mills Reef Winery. This followed Techweek18’s headline ’10 Billion Mouths’ conference which was held in Tauranga. Photos from … Continue reading "The Agritech New Zealand June Newsletter – Strengthening Our Primary Sector"