Building strong partnerships in the agritech industry
In partnership with industry, the New Zealand (NZ) government supports the growth of the NZ Agritech Sector. This has evolved into the Agritech Activator, whose purpose is to create more global agritech companies, and increase the uptake of innovation in the NZ agricultural sector.
Why Agritech?
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Grows New Zealand exports
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Large financial benefit for agriculture
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Increases long-term investment
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Builds strong global partnerships
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Solves crucial agricultural challenges
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Activation delivers high impact
Our Aspiration
Our aspiration is for New Zealand (NZ) to be considered the global Agritech leader in terms of industry growth; number of exporting agritech companies; attraction of capital; and the strength of the NZ Agritech ecosystem of growers, investors, corporates and researchers.
Therefore we want to grow the number, size and revenue of globally successful, scaling NZ Agritech companies and the overall sector size.
We also want NZ to continue to be a global agriculture leader with increased productivity, sustainability and quality through the use of world leading Agritech solutions.
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Grow sector revenue and exports
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A more smarter and connected ecosystem
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More high-paying and high value jobs
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A deeper investment landscape
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Increased Māori participation
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A greater international focus
Empowering Customers
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Capital and CapabilityAccess funding and know-how that can power your future success
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Explore and ExpandInvestigate new local and international opportunities for product-market fit to take your business to the next level
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Connect and CollaborateSurround yourself with the people, organizations and partners that can help your business thrive
The Agritech Activator in 2023
Key partners
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Europe
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Americas
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Australasia
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New Zealand
Agritech Activator Team
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Simon Yarrow
Agritech Activator Group Manager
Connect with Simon on LinkedIn20+ years private sector experience with an international focus combined with 10 years driving the growth of the agritech sector at Callaghan Innovation.
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Sophie Rebbeck
Project Lead - Viticulture, Investment & Science, Commercialisation
Geographical Focus: AUNZ
Connect with Sophie on LinkedInA product and business development career spanning decades, including technical, marketing and senior leadership roles in the Agritech industry.
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Clara Arribas
Project Lead - Digital Solutions & Analysis
Geographical Focus: LATAM
Connect with Clara on LinkedIn10 years of engineering experience in the international and local Energy sector combined with extensive consultancy in the CleanTech and Agritech industries
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Shane Dooley
Project Lead - Agriculture | Global Signals
Geographical Focus: EU & UK
Connect with Shane on LinkedInOver 20 years private sector experience including commercialisation and product development leadership roles along with 7 years at Callaghan Innovation
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Andrew Cameron
Project Lead - Horticulture | Trial Networks
Geographical Focus: USA
Connect with Andrew on LinkedInExtensive international based business experience in the healthcare sector. Now leading agritech and health commercialization projects for multiple organisation in NZ
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Kerrie Mayo
Events Manager
Connect with Kerrie on LinkedInSkilled Events and Marketing Manager with 4+ years of experience in planning and executing successful events in New Zealand and abroad