Western Growers uye S2G Ventures vave kugamuchira zvikumbiro zve2021 AgSharks Competition, chiitiko apo makambani ekutanga anoisa hunyanzvi hwawo pamberi pevateereri vapenyu vevagadziri vezvirimwa vakanyanya hunyanzvi pasirese kuhwina $250,000 shoma yekudyara.
Vanamuzvinabhizinesi vanofambiswa nemaitiro uye vanotanga kugadzira matekinoroji anosimudzira chikafu chine hutano uye chakasimba uye hurongwa hwekurima vanogona kunyorera AgSharks Makwikwi pa2021agsharks.splashthat.com. Zvikumbiro zvinovharwa neMuvhuro, Gumiguru. 11, 2021.
"Makwikwi edu eAgSharks chiitiko chinonakidza uye chine simba icho chakatopa mabhenefiti epasi kunhengo dzedu," Mutungamiriri weWestern Growers (WG) uye CEO Dave Puglia. akadaro mupepanhau. “Kunyangwe paine zvakawanda zvatiri kuita kumhanyisa matekinoroji kuindasitiri yedu, AgSharks inogadzira mukana wakasarudzika weagtech mabhizinesi kuhwina mwoyo nepfungwa dzevarimi padanho repamusoro. Tiri kutarisira makwikwi egore rino.”
Vashanu vekutanga vachasarudzwa kuti vaise zvigadzirwa zvavo kune boka revarimi, vatakuri, processors uye venture capitalists pamberi pevanopfuura mazana matatu evatsva varimi vezvirimwa uye vatungamiriri vemaindasitiri panguva yeWG Annual Meeting muSan Diego, California, muna Mbudzi 300, 9. Pamusoro pemari yekudyara, anokunda (va) anogashira kuzivikanwa pasi rese, kudzidziswa kubva kuS2021G neWG, mukana wekuwana nzvimbo yepurazi kuti vaedze matekinoroji avo uye kuwana kunetiweki yeWG yekuwedzera makambani anotungamira ezvigadzirwa.
"AgSharks inotungamira semakwikwi ega ega anopa agtech kutanga vateereri nemakambani makuru ekurima pasirese," akadaro Audre Kapacinskas, Mutevedzeri weMutungamiri paS2G Ventures. "Kusanganiswa kwekuwanikwa kwemazana evatungamiriri vemaindasitiri pamwe nekudyara mari mukukura kwemafuta zvinhu zviviri zvakakosha pakubudirira kwekutanga muindasitiri iyi."
AgSharks yakatanga kuitwa muna 2017, uye kuburikidza nemakwikwi, makambani matatu ekutanga akawana mari yembeu yekusimudza mabhizinesi avo kusvika padanho rinotevera. Muchokwadi, vakahwina vakapfuura Hazel Technologies naBurro, yaimbozivikanwa seAugean Robotics, vabva vaunza zvigadzirwa zvavo kubva kubudiriro kuenda kumusika. Hazel Technologies nguva pfupi yadarika yakavhara Series C mari yekutenderera uye yave kufambisira mberi indasitiri nemasacheti anowedzera hupenyu hwesherufu yezvigadzirwa zvitsva kanokwana katatu. Burro iri kubatsira kugadzirisa matambudziko evashandi vevarimi nekuwedzera kwezvikepe zvaro zvemarobhoti anozvimiririra kumapurazi kumadokero.