AgroSpheres: Crop Protection That’s Greener, Cleaner and More Effective

AgroSpheres: Crop Protection That’s Greener, Cleaner and More Effective

AgroSpheres: Crop Protection That’s Greener, Cleaner and More Effective

AgroSphere is revolutionizing crop protection through a new, environmentally-friendly delivery platform called AgriCell. The system is designed to provide better protection of active ingredients, more finely tuned controlled release and superior pest targeting. It shields active ingredients from harsh environmental conditions, controls the timing of their release for more sustained and controlled pest control and can be precisely targeted to mitigate off-target exposure.

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RootWave: Using Electricity to Control Weeds

RootWave: Using Electricity to Control Weeds

RootWave: Using Electricity to Control Weeds

The RootWave solution uses electricity to boil weeds from the inside out, from the root upwards, effectively killing the plant in a clean, organic manner without the use of any chemicals. It’s a sustainable, no-till and effective solution that works instantly with no lasting issues in the field related to residues or drift. And it’s affordable too, costing no consumables other than fuel consumption putting it on par with the cost of today’s popular chemical herbicides.

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iSelect Portfolio Overview and Opportunities – August 2019

iSelect Portfolio Overview and Opportunities – August 2019

iSelect Portfolio Overview and Opportunities – August 2019


 
iSelect has to-date made more than 45 investments, supporting innovative companies in industries including agriculture, healthcare, software and more. We focus on the critical issues that are both facing large, global markets and come with a financially attractive business model, and we look for entrepreneurs who are solving the world’s problems and generating tremendous profits doing so.

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Edete: Improving Pollination by Doing it Better Than Bees

Edete: Improving Pollination by Doing it Better Than Bees

Edete Precision Agriculture Technologies is solving the world’s ever-growing pollination challenge by developing and manufacturing an efficient, automated fruit orchard pollination system and providing optimized pollination services to companies and growers. By reducing the dependency on haphazard, insect-based pollination processes, edete’s controlled and manageable mechanical pollination system improves the quantity and quality of fruit orchard yields.

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HiveGenie: A Complete Beehive Monitoring System for Beekeepers

HiveGenie: A Complete Beehive Monitoring System for Beekeepers

HiveGenie: A Complete Beehive Monitoring System for Beekeepers

HiveGenie is bringing the power of technology to help address the worldwide challenges of bee death and colony collapse. Its monitoring system includes real-time census data, vital  signs collection (including temperature, humidity, luminosity and weight changes), GPS location data and 24/7 access to historical information and alerts. HiveGenie is currently the only agriculture data service device on the market that’s capable of monitoring bee hives activities in real-time.

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