Welcome to the FoodTech Tasmania 2023 Demo Day

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Welcome to FoodTech Tasmania Demo Day 2023

Celebrating Tasmanian Food Innovation Ecosystem

FoodTech Tasmania looks toward a better tomorrow by bringing together innovation and passion. Together, we strive to make an active change by reimagining and advancing the sustainable food ecosystem through accelerating outstanding startups from around the world who challenge the status quo and share our mission.

Our cohort of ten trail-blazing startup and scaleup companies will pitch their innovative solutions contributing to a more sustainable food ecosystem. The cohort are extremely diverse, from cutting-edge biotechnology that upcycles agricultural wastes to valuable bioproducts, sustainable bioplastic packaging solutions made from seaweed, AI-powered stock inventory management system to reduce food waste, and food product traceability solution throughout the entire supply chain to ensure that every great product comes with a trusted providence story.

We will be live streaming the event. Join us and our program partners including the Tasmanian Government, Meat & Livestock Australia, Norske Skog, Hort Innovation, ALDI, Du Cane Brewery, Earthy Eats, FermenTasmania, and Launceston Gastronomy as we showcase these amazing companies. We would also like sincerely thank the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry for sponsoring all major events of the program.

This unique event will be held in a hybrid format, both in person at Du Cane Brewery in Launceston, Tasmania, and via live stream virtually by VIPs from across government, investment, business, the food industry, the press, as well as the Australian and international startup communities.

Event Schedule - Starts at 5:00 am UTC

Introduction
Anna Barlow
Food Innovation Partner, Startupbootcamp
Welcome to Country
Nannette Shaw
Keynote Speaker 1
John Perry
Coordinator General, Tasmania
Showcase Part 1
Startup Pitches
Natural Trace
Urban Tiller
Nanobubble Agritech
Kelpy
Argento Labs
Keynote Speaker 2
Sam Trethewey
Co-Founder & Manager of Tasmanian Agricultural Company
Showcase Part 2
Startup Pitches
WINIM
TriBus
Tiiga
Corbiota
Edible Cutlery
Closing Address
Tom Woolley
SBC FoodTech Tasmania, Managing Director
Product Showcase & Networking

Our Startups

Meet the FI23 Cohort

Argento Labs

London, England

From waste to wealth: how Argento Labs converts waste streams into high-value biotech products

Corbiota

Düsseldorf, Germany

Transferring complex microbiota to poultry through patented Corbiota worms at the beginning of the rearing period

Edible Cutlery

Perth, Australia

Edible Cutlery make cutlery that's deliciously edible, plant-based, and nutritious. If not eaten, it can be composted.

Kelpy

Jervis Bay, Australia

Kelpy is an algae biotech company with a seaweed polymer innovation capable of replacing plastic products on standard manufacturing equipment

Nanobubble Agritech

New Plymouth, New Zealand

Build systems that add super high amounts of oxygen to outdoor irrigation water, for improved growth rate, yield and water use efficiency

Natural Trace

Singapore, Singapore

An invisible tamper-proof, food-grade, bio-barcode for agri-food supply chain traceability where and when you need it.

Tiiga

Lincoln, United States

Combines sustainably produced and ethically sourced African superfruit baobab with natural, nutrient-dense ingredients to make healthy functional beverages