I-SVG Ventures-Thrive, inkundla yokusungulwa kwe-agrifood yomhlaba wonke kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali ezinze e-Silicon Valley, imemezele uFebhuwari 18 ukungena kwayo emakethe yase-Australia ngenhloso yokusungula ikomkhulu nesikhungo se-SVG-Thrive eMelbourne kanye nenhloso yayo yokuhlonza iziqalo zase-Australia ezithembisayo. , tshala kuzo futhi usheshise ukukhula kwazo kwezobuchwepheshe nebhizinisi.
I-SVG Ventures-Thrive Global Corporate Partners ekhona emhlabeni wonke ihlanganisa izinhlangano ezihamba phambili zezolimo nezobuchwepheshe ezifana ne-Corteva, amajikijolo e-Driscoll, i-Kubota, i-Trimble, i-Taylor Farms, i-Valmont, i-Yamaha ne-Forbes egxile ekutholeni izisombululo namathuba okutshala izimali angaba khona. I-SVG izogxila ekuhlonzeni izixazululo zobuchwepheshe obusafufusa ezizoxazulula ezinye zezinselele ezibalulekile ezibhekene nemboni yezoLimo kanye nochungechunge lokuhlinzekwa kwempahla.
Ukuthuthukiswa kobudlelwano bomhlaba ne-Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) kanye neSifundazwe sase-Victoria ngokubambisana ne-Ecosystem ekhona ye-Thrive kuzodala ithuba lokubonisa nokusheshisa okuphambili kokuqanjwa kabusha kwe-AgTech neFoodTech yase-Australia emhlabeni jikelele. I-Thrive Australia iyingxenye yohlelo lwamasu lwesikhathi eside lwe-SVG Ventures lokudala ibhuloho nabatshalizimali base-Silicon Valley, abaqalayo, nabalingani bezinkampani ukuze kuqiniswe ukuqamba nokuthuthuka emkhakheni we-AgTech yase-Australia.
“Izimboni zethu zezolimo zibhekene nezinselelo ezinkulu, kanti isayensi nobuchwepheshe busenza sikwazi ukushayela ukukhiqiza emapulazini futhi sakhe ikusasa elisimeme elibhekana nalezi zinselelo zamanje nezesikhathi esizayo. I-CSIRO ijabule kakhulu ngokubambisana ne-SVG Ventures-Thrive ukuze isekele ama-startups ase-Australia asebenzela ukuthuthukisa izixazululo zabalimi ezikhuphula umkhiqizo wabo nokusebenza kahle,” kusho u-Nick Pagett, umqondisi we-CSIRO yomhlaba.
Ukuze kwethulwe lobu budlelwano obubalulekile, i-SVG Ventures, ngokubambisana ne-CSIRO kanye neSifundazwe SaseVictoria, isingathe i-Thrive Australia Challenge, umcimbi obukhoma wokuqalwa kwe-AgTech namaphrojekthi ocwaningo. "UVictoria ungumholi womhlaba kwezolimo nokukhiqizwa kokudla - hlanganisa lokhu ngokusekela kwethu kokuqala kanye nokugxila okukhulayo kwezobuchwepheshe bokudla kwezolimo, futhi uthole indawo efanelekile yokusingatha i-Thrive Australia Challenge," kusho uNgqongqoshe we-Victorian u-Jaclyn Symes EzoLimo kanye noNgqongqoshe Wokuthuthukiswa Kwesifunda.
Abafinyelele kowamanqamu abayisishiyagalolunye babeke izixazululo zabo zobuchwepheshe esiteji: I-HiveKeepers, Zondi, Blakthumb, DiagamiRS, IPlaftfarm, I-SOS Bio, Khulisa Logic, Mobble futhi Umsele. Ucwaningo olumangalisayo, izindawo ezihlaba umxhwele, nezisombululo ze-agtech ezibabazekayo kwakuyimibandela ebalulekile yamajaji. Abawinile ekugcineni banqunyelwe izisombululo zabo ezintsha namandla okukhula.
“I-Thrive Australia Challenge iyisibonelo sokugxila kwethu kosomabhizinisi bomhlaba kanye nokuzibophezela okuqhubekayo ekuxazululeni izinselele ezibalulekile ezibhekene nomkhakha we-agrifood futhi idala ithuba lokuthi abasafufusa base-Australia base-AgTech bathole ingxenye yabo efanelekile yokutshalwa kwezimali kwezimali zomhlaba wonke.” kusho uJohn Hartnett, oyi-CEO kanye noMsunguli. U-SVG-THRIVE ophinde wagqama engqungqutheleni ye-Agtech eMelbourne ngoFeb. 18.
Abawine i-Thrive Australia Challenge I-HiveKeepers, DiagamiRs, kanye I-Platfarm njengabawine i-THRIVE Australia Challenge. Ngaphezu kokuthola utshalomali olungafika ku-$250k owinile ngamunye uzolandelelwa ngokushesha kuHlelo Lokusheshisa i-VI i-Thrive VI, okuzofinyelela umvuthwandaba ngalo msindo kwabadumile. Forbes Agtech Summit ngo-Juni 2020.
I-SVG Ventures-Thrive iwuhlelo lokusungula izinto ezintsha lwe-AgriFood, oluhlanganisa ezolimo ezihamba phambili, izinkampani zokudla nobuchwepheshe, amanyuvesi kanye nabatshalizimali. Ngomphakathi wabaqalayo abangaphezu kuka-2,500 abavela emazweni angama-90, inkundla ye-Thrive itshala imali, isheshisa futhi idale ukufinyelela okungenakuqhathaniswa kosomabhizinisi ukuze bafinyelele umhlaba wonke ukuxazulula izinselele ezinkulu ezibhekene nezimboni zokudla nezolimo. Uhlelo lokusungula lwebhizinisi lwe-Thrive lugxile ekuxhumaniseni ozakwethu bezinkampani nobuchwepheshe obusafufusa kanye neziqalo ezizokwenza umthelela obaluleke kakhulu ezinhlanganweni zabo.
I-AgFunder ibona i-SVG Ventures-Thrive “Njengeplathifomu Ye-AgriFood Ebaluleke Kakhulu Emhlabeni.” Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe, vakashela www.thriveagrifood.com.