Companies

Agrosight detects plant diseases early using hyper-spectral signals, dramatically reducing the cost of food production. Our technology detects diseases before they cause serious damage to crops. We do this by detecting minute changes in the light spectrum profile of a plant, signalling that a plant is affected days before any physical manifestation of damage is shown. This significantly reduces crop loss for farmers.

Mayke De Freitas Santos has been working as a policy advisor and project manager for several NGOs to minimise the impact that agriculture causes to biodiversity globally. He holds degrees from the Universities of London and Cambridge in International Environmental Law and Conservation Policy.

Adolfo Posadas Durand has a PhD in Physical Science and more than 25 years of experience in applied physics, mathematical modelling and complex systems applied to agriculture, soil physics, ecology, and environmental science.

BioFeyn is improving what farmed fish eat.

They are optimizing ingredients so fish can get more of what they naturally get in the ocean. Biofeyn’s ingredients are added to fish feed just like any others. But beneath the surface is a powerful technology- one that has been derived from nature, but enhanced with human biomedicine, where there have been decades of science and billions of dollars spent improving the way that nutrients and medicines are delivered.

Biofeyn have developed a specialized method that protects marine ingredients and amplifies their effect. This translates to more and healthier fish for farmers, more demand for sustainable ingredients, and more nutrition for a growing global population.

Bioponics is replacing chemical fertilizer plants with a sustainable, bacteria-based solution. Currently, 1% of global energy usage is deployed into chemical fertilizer production, which is both time and resource intensive. Bioponics has developed a photosynthetic bacteria that releases ammonium as an ethically, and naturally sourced fertilizer using atmospheric nitrogen. Compared to traditional methods, we use 12x less energy and don’t release any toxins as a by-product of our production methods. At scale our biotech facility will increase profit margins by 20% comparatively.

Hubert Tse has vast experience in capital markets having helped launch several successful energy trading ventures over the last decade. He’s a serial entrepreneur and has been involved in over 20 ventures from fundraising to launching products – concept to commercialization.

Dr Akhilesh Chaurasia is a Senior Research Professor at Samsung SKKU overlooking their PhD students. He has 17 years of cutting edge genetic engineering experience and has published 22 research papers in world renowned journals. Akhilesh’s work on genetically modified organisms has garnered him a reputation as a leader in the field.

ETBio provides air filtration solutions of tomorrow by harnessing the power of microorganisms. Indoor CO2 accumulation is a problem in many office buildings. Clinical studies have shown the detrimental effects of chronic CO2 exposure on human cognitive function. As buildings become more insulated and offices more crowded, CO2 accumulates to unhealthy levels on a daily basis. Many offices search for a solution to deal with the CO2 buildup, but there is currently no good solution on the market.

ETBio has that solution. Our product, the Terraformer-1, is a microalgae-based air purifier that harnesses the properties of microalgae to remove CO2 and other air pollutants, while producing fresh air.

Blaz Bakalar is a passionate scientist with a deep understanding of microalgae biology, acquired during his MSc studies. He obtained his PhD in biochemistry from NTU Singapore and has extensive experience engineering bioreactors for high yield growth of microorganisms, a core skill required for product design and deployment.

Norrapat Shih is a fan of crazy ideas. As a biology PhD graduate from NUS, he has made glowing fish, engineered blood perfusion systems and developed anti-clotting drugs from snake venom. He has experience working with an early stage biotech startup (Vasinfuse) and building a biotech startup from his own PhD work.

Kubesee are a British based Limited company founded by PhDs combining expertise in Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Data Science, Remote Sensing, Planetary Science and Space Engineering. They are backed by the world’s leading talent investor and have been developing their deep technology for over three years. Their flagship product is Predictive Crop Yield Index insurance available for multiple crops at Rayon and Oblast level for all Rayons and Oblasts in Ukraine. Contact them to request a two-part report for more information including pay-out accuracy and insurance pricing information.

Dr Steven R Tsitas has a PhD in Planetary Science from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), a Masters in Astronautics and Space Engineering from Cranfield University, plus three other degrees in Physics and Planetary Science. He was the first to publish a peer reviewed journal paper on the system design of a 6U CubeSat capable of pushbroom imaging to a similar standard as an existing commercial satellite. His innovative 6U CubeSat work has received extensive media coverage.

Mavrx uses a network of planes and UAVs to collect high resolution imagery, and use image analysis to generate insights to maximise crop yields. We’re active in vineyards across North America and Africa.

Max Bruner holds an M.Phil. in Technology Policy & Economics from the University of Cambridge and formerly served as a policy advisor to the U.S Department of Energy.

Yuan Gao holds MEng. from the University of Oxford and is co-founder of Universal Air Ltd – which led the development of mechatronics for education and research.

Plantik is shaping the future of plant breeding, starting with cannabis. Today, it takes years to create a novel, stable and commercializable plant variety. Through advanced genetic breeding technology, Plantik Biosciences will accelerate the traditional breeding process of new plant varieties manyfold. Tomorrow, we will be engineering plants like we engineer cars today: with precision, efficiency and elegance. Plantik Biosciences is starting its mission with cannabis. Previously prohibited for over 80 years, cannabis is showing great potential for applications in spaces such as pharmaceuticals, nutrition and cosmetics. Next generation producers are yearning for new cannabis varieties – a revolution has yet to come so that we can engineer the right plant
for the right purpose.

Ying Shao graduated from HEC Paris School of Management, and worked in
companies like L’Oréal, LVMH and French Tech star Devialet. She has
5 years of startup experience in both company building and scale-up
phases, leading business development, strategy and marketing.

Aditya Nayak holds an Industrial PhD from the French Alternative and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). He is a structural and molecular biologist by training, specialized in plant sciences and gene editing. He is also the
inventor of a patent, which focuses on an intelligent way of developing
climate resilient plants through gene editing. In 2018, he received a
Raman-Charpak award for his scientific work.

80% of seafood consumed globally is produced in Southeast Asia and China and climate change affects both of these regions disproportionately. This results in outsized energy and higher feed consumption, while suffering from lower production yields. Poseidon-AI builds hardware to monitor water composition, and leverages algorithm parameters to optimise feed consumption and aquaculture yield; and we can reduce up to 20% of farms’ operational costs.

Dr. Amaj Rahimi Midani is an aquaculture specialist. He has conducted multiple projects around the world and has extensive experience working for various UN entities such as IAEA, FAO & UNIDO.

QZense is building an end-to-end IoT solution for fresh food management. The solution gives an accurate assessment of ripeness, spoilage, and shelf life by employing patented tech combining spectral and olfactory sensors to capture the internal quality of food and proprietary machine learning models. By giving key insights on optimal time and price to sell the produce, it enables retailers to reduce losses and capture optimal margins from the same produce.

QZense is a part of JioGenNext: a startup program by Reliance Industries. Qzense is working with Reliance Retail offering the solution for Apples & Mangoes. They are also in discussion with Zomato Hyperpure, Amazon Fresh & Udaan for deploying the solution.

They were awarded the Agriculture startup of the year by Shri. Ravi Shankar Prasad at Meity-NASSCOM Startup Women Entrepreneur Awards 2019. They have received an investment from HAX, in addition to EF.

Fish fraud is a $23B USD problem. This stems from an inability to accurately identify fish species in a fast and accurate manner. Spidfier solves this using the latest in nanopore DNA sequencing, providing a comprehensive lab-in-a-box identification solution for all manner of users, from custom officials and regulators to wholesalers and seafood purchasers.

Beyond identification, Spidfier also detects origin and other metrics that allow users to better access the value of their products, increasing their transparency, reducing their costs and improving their products.

Harold Duncan Mollison is an accomplished businessman and marketer, Harold left his successful agency startup in capable hands to tackle the ongoing epidemic of unsustainability and ecological destruction of the world’s seafood trade.

Dr Syed Shakeel Ahmend is a Post Doctorate in Microbiology from Hong Kong University, Dr. Ahmed spent the last 8 years working on bat viruses; including Coronaviruses, with over 12 publications and 200 citations. He now brings his wealth of knowledge in DNA to create the next big leap in sequencing technology