Producer-Led
Innovation Challenge
Indiana’s agriculture
industry is entering a new chapter of growth and innovation. Driven by a need to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic with a more resilient food supply chain, the industry is ripe for disruption.
Indiana is presented with a unique opportunity to bring leaders in production agriculture and pioneers in technology together to fuel producer-focused innovations that improve net farm income and further solidify the state as a platform for agriculture innovation.
Gener8tor’s
gBETA Indy
Accelerator partnership
with AgriNovus, Ag Alumni Seed, Beck’s Hybrids and the Indiana Economic Development Corporation will bring the second gBETA Agbioscience cohort. It is a free, seven-week accelerator for early-stage agriculture, biotechnology and life science companies with Indiana roots.
Ag-Celerator
Fund
AgriNovus partners
with the Purdue Foundry and Purdue Ventures to support their Ag-Celerator fund, a $2 million plant sciences innovation fund designed to provide critical start-up support for Purdue innovators who wish to commercialize patented intellectual property or Purdue “know-how” technologies. Purdue students, faculty and alumni can receive up to $100,000 in funding. Investments are made each semester on a competitive basis.