Sprout is an investment company who’s breaking new ground for agtech and foodtech entrepreneurs th
Location: New Zealand, Manawatu-Wanganui Region, Palmerston North
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2015
Investment Type: Venture Capital; Accelerator
Portfolio 4
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 22.07.2023 | Sapro-Tech | sapro-tech.com | - | New Zealan... |
| 20.05.2023 | Aimer Farm... | aimer-farming.com | $581.3K | New Zealan... |
| 17.06.2022 | Scentian B... | scentianbio.com | $2.1M | New Zealan... |
| - | ProTag | protag.co.nz | - | New Zealan... |
Persons 1
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | |||
| - | Chelsea | Hirst | - | - | c******h@s... |
Mentions in press and media 19
| Date | Title | Description |
| 21.08.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Cheetos Goes Vegan, Plant-Based Lurpak & Sorghum Meat | 5 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Lurpak’s plant-based butter, Cheetos’ limited-edition vegan r... |
| 08.08.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: VSParticle raises funds for green hydrogen, Veganz secures raise for 2D-printed alt milk | Between August holidays and a challenging fundraising environment, new rounds were few and far between this week. A notable raise came from Netherlands-based VSParticle, which aims to accelerate green hydrogen production. Elsewhere, restaur... |
| 01.05.2024 | Jooules Secures NZ$1M to Transform CO2 into Complete Protein Ingredients | Jooules, a New Zealand startup that turns greenhouse gas emissions into protein ingredients, has secured NZ$1 million in a pre-seed round led by early-stage investor Sprout Agritech LP. David McLellan, a participant in the Sprout Accelerato... |
| 03.06.2021 | Going global with Sprout: Meet 5 startups that graduated from the Kiwi accelerator | New Zealand’s Sprout will kick off its latest accelerator program next month, and any entrepreneurs or startups interested in participating have just one more day to submit their applications. So if you’re at the last hurdle, wondering whet... |
| 31.05.2021 | Sprout’s new CEO on what drew him to New Zealand – and why startups should follow him there | Holstein Friesian dairy cattle grazing in New Zealand. Image credit: pelooyen / iStock When Israeli venture investor Gil Meron told colleagues that he was considering a career move to New Zealand, people thought he was mad. “They said: ‘It’... |
| 10.05.2021 | Shining a light on regional tech innovation | By most standards, New Zealand is a small country, but when it comes to technology and innovation, we sure know how to pack a mega punch. These days, technology is our third largest export – with Kiwi-founded tech companies thriving on the ... |
| 09.04.2021 | Sprout Agritech’s first-ever venture investment was 400 million years (plus 19) in the making | Andrew Králíček spent 19 years at New Zealand R&D institute Plant & Food Research (PFR), on an idea to use the olfactory receptors of insects to make a biosensor that can smell and taste, before he and his team took the plunge and l... |
| 09.04.2021 | Sprout Agritech’s first-ever venture investment was 400m years (+19) in the making | Andrew Králíček spent 19 years at New Zealand R&D institute Plant & Food Research (PFR), on an idea to use the olfactory receptors of insects to make a biosensor that can smell and taste, before he and his team took the plunge and l... |
| 19.02.2021 | Kōrerorero #1 | ........................................................... |
| 17.11.2020 | Israel’s most active venture investor partners New Zealand’s Sprout on agrifoodtech | New Zealand’s Sprout Accelerator and Israel-based venture investing platform OurCrowd were selected last year by Kiwi government agency Callaghan Innovation to run a new agrifoodtech acceleration program in the Land of the Long White Cloud.... |
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