The Yield Lab

Our platform is a market place for farmers and pilots with drones, creating connections based geographic location, availability and technical capacity. Our platform offers a fully automated drone service delivery for biological agents, fertilisers and chemical products. VOA was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Dover, Delaware.

Hydrosat turns space imagery into vital products for agriculture and related industries. Our data analytics will drive better insights, more efficient operations, and higher profits to customers everywhere

ChefHero is an online mobile and web application that allows businesses to order wholesale restaurant supplies from a network of dedicated regional suppliers. The ChefHero team brings this vision to life every day, leaving chefs with more time to do what they love: make incredible food.

Our platform is a market place for farmers and pilots with drones, creating connections based geographic location, availability and technical capacity. Our platform offers a fully automated drone service delivery for biological agents, fertilisers and chemical products. VOA was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Dover, Delaware.

Solasta Bio develops environment-friendly products that meet a global need for new and effective crop protection.

Foodshed.io is a marketing and distribution platform that connects small-scale farmers within 250 miles of NYC to chefs and supermarkets.

Biotic provides an end to end, fully bio-based, fully biodegradable polymer manufacturing process. Enabling optimal transition from fossil-fuel-plastics, with a scalable, fully biological, environmentally friendly process, eliminating recycling needs, contributing towards reducing greenhouse gases emission, with a zero waste and circular economy approach. Our polymer is applicable for the vast majority of today’s plastic demand including packaging, disposables, and single-use products.

MicroSynbiotiX engages in the development of a technology solution that eliminates the excessive use of antibiotics in farmed fish. With MicroSynbiotiX's advances in algal genomics and molecular biology, microalgae can be engineered to express inexpensive therapeutic proteins and vaccines of economic value. By using microalgae as an oral delivery vehicle, MicroSynbiotiX substantially cuts the labor and post-processing production costs, allowing the production of effective vaccines that are much more affordable and user-friendly. The technology can eliminate the use of antibiotics, reduce fish mortality rates in aquaculture farms, prevent bacterial and viral diseases from wiping out entire fish stocks, and improve global food security. MicroSynbiotiX was founded on 2016 and is headquartered in Cork City, Ireland.

Umami Meats develops cultured seafood based on a proprietary, low-cost, and sustainable formulation of growth factors.

CoverCress is a biotechnology company that focuses on research and development of renewable fuel and livestock feed. It specializes in producing an oilseed crop for food, bioenergy, and cattle feed. It specializes in the fields of agriculture, biotechnology, plants, genetics, cover crop, and precision agriculture. CoverCress was founded in 2013 by Jerry Steiner and Dr. Tim Ulmasov and is headquartered in St. Louis Missouri.

Fasal an agri-tech platform, developed by Wolkus Technology Solutions, is an AI-powered platform for Agriculture ecosystem that records a variety of growing conditions on the farm. It then uses artificial intelligence and data science to make on-farm predictions, before delivering the insights anywhere on any device including (iOS, Android, Tablet, and web). FASAL helps in, * Irrigation management, pest and disease management, fertilizer, fungicide and pesticide application management. * Getting real-time alerts about crop, soil and weather conditions to make adjustments to reach optimal growth conditions. * Planning specific strategies and predicting disease and virus outbreak. *Weather forecast at field level

TerViva Bioenergy, Inc. develops new crops on underproductive agriculture land. It primarily focuses on the production and commercialization of varieties of pongamia. The company’s trees yield pongamia seed oil that is suited for conversion to biofuel or chemicals; high-protein de-oiled pongamia seed cake suitable for animal feed; and pongamia pods composed of biomass suitable for bio-power production. In addition, it develops molecular markers for pongamia breeding. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Oakland, California.

microTERRA creates sustainable protein for farmers in LATAM. Protein is the largest cost to farmers, representing 70% of their total spend. By combining hardware and biotech, microTERRA develops microalgae systems that transform wastewater into a sustainable protein and clean water. Our first customers are fish farms. We transform their wastewater into fish feed, onsite, lowering their production costs, producing protein sustainably and cleaning the water.

Fasal an agri-tech platform, developed by Wolkus Technology Solutions, is an AI-powered platform for Agriculture ecosystem that records a variety of growing conditions on the farm. It then uses artificial intelligence and data science to make on-farm predictions, before delivering the insights anywhere on any device including (iOS, Android, Tablet, and web). FASAL helps in, * Irrigation management, pest and disease management, fertilizer, fungicide and pesticide application management. * Getting real-time alerts about crop, soil and weather conditions to make adjustments to reach optimal growth conditions. * Planning specific strategies and predicting disease and virus outbreak. *Weather forecast at field level

CoverCress is a biotechnology company that focuses on research and development of renewable fuel and livestock feed. It specializes in producing an oilseed crop for food, bioenergy, and cattle feed. It specializes in the fields of agriculture, biotechnology, plants, genetics, cover crop, and precision agriculture. CoverCress was founded in 2013 by Jerry Steiner and Dr. Tim Ulmasov and is headquartered in St. Louis Missouri.

Aptimmune is a biotechnology company that focuses on developing a muscoal vaccine against viral diseases swine. It focuses on swine vaccines and the prevention of two major diseases, Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus (PRRSV) and influenza. It utilizes novel technologies to create effective nasal delivery vaccines against PRRSV such as the proprietary pig alveolar macrophage cell line ZMAC. The company was founded in 2010 and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Sundew ApS develops biology-based technology platforms that enable the development products targeted at aquatic pests and diseases. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

AgVoice is a hands-free enabled, voice-interactive mobile technology for food and agriculture professionals to capture insights on the go. Users can improve productivity and workflow management, increase documentation accuracy, and gain valuable insights to optimize the use of resources in crop and animal production for a sustainability and environmental impact, by using proprietary analytics and processing of raw voice files including captured time stamps and location data. AgVoice is designed for use across the food and agriculture ecosystem, including livestock and crop production, agronomy, animal health and wellness, and machinery repair.

Auravant offers fertilization services that facilitates yield on agricultural land using satellite and drone imagery. It caters to agricultural producers. Auravant was founded in 2014 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

ucrop.it operates as a blockchain farming and crops traceability platform that delivers certainty across crop cycles. It connects medium-sized growers with corporate stakeholders from the agro value chain to agree on farming objectives for sustainable crop production, competitive financing, quality crops sourcing, amongst value drivers to achieve improved gross margins for them all. The company was founded in 2018 by Diego Hoter, Matias O’Keefe and Marcos Botta.

Impetus Agriculture focuses on developing multiple topical or transgenic insect control products. Products that are safe, effective, and sustainable. Products that are not subject to the same insect resistance that has developed in current commercial products.

Plastomics is a biotechnology startup that focuses in developing the next generation of crops by using chloroplast genetic engineering. Its technology platform is applicable to different crops and traits. Plastomics provides solutions for the many current industry challenges. The company was founded in 2016 and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Natural disruptive intelligent science, for the first time available for the fruticulture industry. PolyNatural is engaged in cutting-edge research, innovation, and development. We use the potential of completely natural components to make unique products in the market that benefit the quality of food for people all around the world. “Inspired by the food grown for centuries in South America, we have developed products with 100% natural components that have revolutionized agribusiness and have taken food to the next level. We aim to improve people’s quality of life with a strong commitment to environmental sustainability.” Shel-Life is a 100% natural emulsion (plant-based) manufactured with natural extracts, lipids and plant polymers that forms a covering on the fruit which allows to reduce the Food Waste, by means of dehydration and the growth of microorganisms. Shel-Life is a product for agribusiness that differs from its competitors since the coatings used by the vast majority of fruit exporting companies in the market consist of synthetic waxes that are made up of components derived from petroleum.

CIRCULAR develops an application for order and documentation management. Its application is used to manage the travel history; monitor the status of the fleet in real time; reduce and plan the waiting times in ports; monitor the flow of trucks to the port; solve incidents by communicating individually/in groups with truckers; and simplify cargo dispatch procedure. The company serves truckers, transport coordinates, ports/plants, and agricultural producers. Its application is available on Google Play. CIRCULAR is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Biotech is a chemical company that specializes in manufacturing hydrogen-based products used for agriculture, fuel cell, and energy. Biotech builds a hydrogen generator with a low carbon footprint. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Micron AgriTech develops a portable testing kit called Tástáil, that enables farmers or vets to detect parasitic infections in cattle instantly. It allows for the reduction of animal dosing which will reduce the risk posed by antimicrobial resistance to the global population. Samples are analyzed via the Tástáil app through a revolutionary machine learning process. This saves time and reduces spending on medication.

Auravant offers fertilization services that facilitates yield on agricultural land using satellite and drone imagery. It caters to agricultural producers. Auravant was founded in 2014 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Solasta Bio develops environment-friendly products that meet a global need for new and effective crop protection.

DIMUTO Pte. Ltd. trading as DIMUTO, digitizes agrifood supply chains using blockchain technology and artificial intelligence. The company digitizes the agrifood supply chain through its Track and Trace platform. Its proprietary device tags each fruit and carton with QR labels, which are then uploaded onto its trade platform to improve visibility and trade transparency. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Auravant offers fertilization services that facilitates yield on agricultural land using satellite and drone imagery. It caters to agricultural producers. Auravant was founded in 2014 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

S4 is a technology service company that provides risk management solutions to ensure food production. It also develops index-based coverage to transfer the agriculture industry's volatilities to the financial markets, through OTC-derivatives contracts. The company offers products and services are used by a broad range of customers including large growers, crop protection and seeds suppliers, crop insurance providers, banking, and commodity exchanges. S4 integrates the harvest information with a planting plan, seed density, and soil analysis. They had developed a decision-making geo-referenced platform for the agricultural producer. They seek to improve the decision-making process in complex environments to collaborate in the global challenge of generating quality food for humanity. S4 was founded on 2011 and is headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Ecto develops technology at the intersection of data and biology to enable a more efficient and sustainable aquaculture industry. We collaborate with farmers to streamline production and health management by leveraging advanced molecular tools and digital technologies. To date, our solutions have enabled farmers to create 51,510,714 additional healthy servings of protein. Ecto has offices in Boston, Atlanta, and Stavanger (Norway) and serves customers all over the world. The company was founded at Harvard Innovation Labs in 2013 by Dmitry Kozachenok, MBA and James Webb, Ph.D. The company has received competitive research grants from the US National Science Foundation, US Department of Agriculture, and Innovation Norway.

Agribody Technologies is a agricultural biotechnology company with patented technology that pinpoints and knocks down the gene that causes quick decay in perishable crops, resulting in 3X - 4X longer shelf life, more tolerance to stress, and up to 40% higher yields. CRISPR genome editing is the technical breakthrough enabling our precise novel plant trait development at low cost and high scalability, providing solutions for agricultural crop loss and food waste. We license and co-develop our technology.

TerraMagna is a fintech company that focuses on risk mitigation for agribusinesses. It leverages technology and alternative data sources to transform a risky and volatile process into a simple and safe experience. TerraMagna enables retailers, industries, and farmers to have access to fair credit and investors have high-yield, market-uncorrelated and high-volume assets to invest in. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in São José Dos Campos.

Plastomics is a biotechnology startup that focuses in developing the next generation of crops by using chloroplast genetic engineering. Its technology platform is applicable to different crops and traits. Plastomics provides solutions for the many current industry challenges. The company was founded in 2016 and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

RootWave develops and distributes machinery that kills weeds in the agricultural lands. It offers hand weeders for growers, gardeners, and groundskeepers to spot weed and treat invasive species; and solutions for automating weeding in agriculture using visual recognition and to target weeds in arable crops. The company sells its products through distributors in France, Australasia, Ireland, and South Korea. RootWave was founded in 2012 and is based in Kineton, United Kingdom.

ApisProtect develops an agricultural technology designed for the management and care of bees. The company uses an in-hive sensor network with long-range, cellular, and satellite-powered communication to monitor bee colonies and help beekeepers prevent losses and improve productivity. It combines the sensor data on hive conditions, health, and activity levels with its proprietary big data and machine learning techniques. ApisProtect was founded on 2017 and is headquartered in Cork, Ireland.

Aptimmune is a biotechnology company that focuses on developing a muscoal vaccine against viral diseases swine. It focuses on swine vaccines and the prevention of two major diseases, Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus (PRRSV) and influenza. It utilizes novel technologies to create effective nasal delivery vaccines against PRRSV such as the proprietary pig alveolar macrophage cell line ZMAC. The company was founded in 2010 and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

ImpactVision, Inc. manufactures hyperspectral imaging cameras. The product is assisted by a software that can be used by food producers to check the quality of their products. The product can be installed in production lines to take the images of the products and the software simultaneously runs its algorithms and check for the quality of the products. Its software packages in FoDCam which can be used to detect foreign objects; AvoCam which can be used to identify avocado dry matter; and fishcam. ImpactVision, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Digirodeo S.A. manufactures digital syringe to vaccinate livestock. Its device capture's information that’s stored in its mobile application software which helps user to manage contacts and keep track of all the treatments performed. Its platform also provides generate digital reports and minutes of animal treatment. The company sells its products through its Internet based platform. The company is based in Vicente López, Argentina.

Nanoguard Technologies is developing cold plasma technology for the treatment of grains. Its cold plasma technology facilitates food sanitation technology which is designed to preserve the freshness and wholesomeness of food while improving its safety from food borne illness, providing food growers with a safe, cost efficient, and environmentally friendly tool to manage and reduce mycotoxins. Nanoguard Technologies was founded on 2014 and is headquartered Saint Louis, Missouri.

Aggio is an information technology company that provides a cloud-based platform to provides solutions in marketing and sales on the agriculture industry. Its platform offers a marketing and sales analytics to help its clients in data-driven decision making by providing data harmonization and visualization. The company was founded in 2016 and headquartered in St. Louis Missouri.

CowPots manufactures high quality, biodegradable, plantable pots made from cow manure, that produces superior plants and root structures for transplant. The pot itself is buried at transplant and all but eliminates plant transplant shock. The pot disintigrates in the soil before the end of the growing season. Also, it has an expanding line of cow manure based custom packaging materials that are truely recycled quickly by composting or placing directly in soil.

Botanical Solutions is a startup company that manufactures plant-based active ingredients and products from advanced botanicals. The company is the producer of biopesticide intended to assist in sustainable agriculture. The company's biopesticide assists in protecting crops against Botrytis effectively with no residues while taking care of field workers' safety, enabling growers to implement integrated pest management programs and meeting final customer's demands for quality and healthy food. It was established in Vitacura, Region Metropolitana in 2010 by Gustavo Libano.

Biomass Controls provides transformative solutions in response to water and sanitation challenges around the world. Biomass Controls' decentralized technologies deliver improvements in health, the environment, and quality of life while promoting gender equality. Biomass Controls' advanced controls and software infrastructure provides data for the emerging Smart Sanitation Economy, allowing remote real-time monitoring and evaluation of their solutions. The company brings the vision of the Circular Sanitation Economy into reality with human-centered innovations that harness the potential of waste streams by generating energy, clean water, and biochar products.

EIO Diagnostics Inc. develops and provides FirstLook Mastitis detection system for dairy farmers to stop mastitis infections in animals. Its detection system uses a multispectral sensor installed at the entrance of the milk parlor to capture an image of the udder as the animal enters and to identify early indicators of infection. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Duncan, Canada.

Innovative food company focused on transforming the nutritional and sensory value of gluten free foods. We are introducing new, provisionally-patented flours that exponentially increase protein, fiber, vitamins & minerals in baked and natural packaged foods. Our mission at Think.Eat.Live. is to revolutionize the way people eat by providing foods they love, made with natural superfoods, to make them healthier and happier.

Somax Bioenergy uses organic waste as a resource for sustainable development and resilient waste management. It has developed a multi-faceted organic waste transformation system called the Carbon Reduction Platform. The CRP features innovations at all levels. Its focus is on the establishment of industrial symbiosis and a circular economic model within the agricultural, manufacturing, and sanitation industries. Somax was founded by Dan Spracklin and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Holganix, Inc. produces and supplies plant-based bio-stimulant soil supplements to landscape and lawn care companies. It offers tree and shrub products, golf products, agriculture products, flower programs, and granular products. The company also offers Holganix Bio 800+ that provides an ecosystem, containing species of beneficial microorganisms, microbe food, and nutrient enhancers. It sells its products through distributors in the United States, as well as online. Holganix, Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania.

Hexafly develops material sources from farming of insects for aqua feed, chitin, and plant nutrition industries. Its products include insect oil for the aquaculture fish feed market; protein that is used as a fish feed additive; Frass, a plant nutrition compound; and Chitin, a bio-polymer that is used in medicines and cosmetics, as well as a food additive. The company sells its products online. Hexafly was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Kells, Ireland.

RNAgri designs an innovative technology that produces ribonucleic acid. The company's technology addresses some of the challenges to the mass production of exogenous RNAi-based products using a large scale fermentation process, enabling farmers to protect and improve their crops and cattle. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in St Louis, Missouri.

Why: When the alternative meat consumption grows from the current 2% to a projected 23%, where will the industry get proteins? Isolation, fermentation, cultured… all of them require it’s own ingredients for proteins. They might be not so readily available in the food system on the Earth… What: PLANETARIANS developed a new platform to make alternative meats from animal feed (Sunflower, Corn DDGS, Pulses). Skipping protein isolation it uses just 0.5:1 water (no chemicals). Product prototypes have umami taste, improved protein quality and lower costs than meats made from isolates and concentrates. How: Solid-state fermentation converts carbs in the ingredients into extra protein in addition to inherent one and improves PDCAAS. Wet extrusion works as a kill step and creates a meat-like texture.

Sencrop is an ag-tech startup that offers an in-field data-based platform to empower farmers to make better decisions in their daily agricultural activities. Sencrop designs and sells connected weather forecast solutions for farmers to measure rain, hygrometry, and wind speed. The sensors are cheap, robust, movable, and easy to use, making more efficient and sustainable farming possible

MicroGen Biotech uses Nature's microbes to reduce toxins in crops while increasing crop yields and reducing pollutants in arable soil. Our vision is to feed the world with safe foods produced sustainably.

AGERpoint, Inc. provides information management solutions to growers of tree and vine based crops, insurers, investors, and others. It offers technologies that redefine data acquisition, analysis, and translation; and GroveTracker, which provides growers with critical data that gives them an understanding of their crop holdings, including statistical and photographic inventory of their groves, orchards, and vineyards. AGERpoint, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Lean Media, Inc. offers cookieless digital advertising services to agribusiness and rural community advertisers. Its solutions focus on geo-targeting individuals at consumer level by comparing IP addresses with consumer databases. The company also provides business targeting, by customizing campaigns for a workplace or mindset. In addition, it offers consumer targeting solutions by focusing on individual and household level demographics, psychographic, and behavioral insights. Lean Media, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Chesterfield, Missouri.

Kaffe Bueno uses green chemistry and biotechnology to upcycles coffee's post-consumption by-product into ingredients for cosmetics, nutraceuticals, and functional foods. The company is driven by a mission to unlock coffee's health potential where harmful emissions are minimized and coffee’s by-product usability is maximized. Kafe Bueno is dedicated to transforming the way people perceive coffee; from looking at it as a tool to make it until the end of the day, to look at it as a magical bean with the potential of improving human health by using what lies inside it. Kafe Bueno was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Soborg, Denmark.

Nanoguard Technologies is developing cold plasma technology for the treatment of grains. Its cold plasma technology facilitates food sanitation technology which is designed to preserve the freshness and wholesomeness of food while improving its safety from food borne illness, providing food growers with a safe, cost efficient, and environmentally friendly tool to manage and reduce mycotoxins. Nanoguard Technologies was founded on 2014 and is headquartered Saint Louis, Missouri.

RootWave develops and distributes machinery that kills weeds in the agricultural lands. It offers hand weeders for growers, gardeners, and groundskeepers to spot weed and treat invasive species; and solutions for automating weeding in agriculture using visual recognition and to target weeds in arable crops. The company sells its products through distributors in France, Australasia, Ireland, and South Korea. RootWave was founded in 2012 and is based in Kineton, United Kingdom.

S4 is a technology service company that provides risk management solutions to ensure food production. It also develops index-based coverage to transfer the agriculture industry's volatilities to the financial markets, through OTC-derivatives contracts. The company offers products and services are used by a broad range of customers including large growers, crop protection and seeds suppliers, crop insurance providers, banking, and commodity exchanges. S4 integrates the harvest information with a planting plan, seed density, and soil analysis. They had developed a decision-making geo-referenced platform for the agricultural producer. They seek to improve the decision-making process in complex environments to collaborate in the global challenge of generating quality food for humanity. S4 was founded on 2011 and is headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Kilimo is a Big Data solution for water management in agriculture.. It features climate monitoring by using satellite and site data to provides prescription for each crop and increase water use efficiency. The company was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Cordoba, Argentina.

Till Mobile uses automated calls and text messages to connect brands to small farms and facilities. It's free for suppliers and helps improve financial, operational, and safety performance.

Groguru Inc. provides software as a service based irrigation monitoring and management solutions for farmers. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in LA Jolla, California.

Lean Media, Inc. offers cookieless digital advertising services to agribusiness and rural community advertisers. Its solutions focus on geo-targeting individuals at consumer level by comparing IP addresses with consumer databases. The company also provides business targeting, by customizing campaigns for a workplace or mindset. In addition, it offers consumer targeting solutions by focusing on individual and household level demographics, psychographic, and behavioral insights. Lean Media, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Chesterfield, Missouri.