They are all seeking to solve agricultural pain points for farmers across the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, with solutions from telemedicine to solar powered crop protection and AI-enhanced digital platforms.
Renowned globally for its focus on start-ups, ecosystem building and investment, World Agri-Tech is a vital hub for new agtech entrepreneurs to connect with potential investors and corporate partners among its 300-strong international audience.
Main Stage Pitches
The six hand-picked early-stage businesses below will each have five minutes to pitch their solution live on stage, before fielding questions from investors at Venturesouq and Grover Impact Ventures.
Grow For Me (Ghana) is a web based agricultural crowdfunding platform that funds farmers to scale and grow more crops, using the income received from sponsors.
Salam Kisan (India) offers data-driven decision-making solutions, precision agriculture services, and an integrated mobile app that supports farmers throughout the agricultural cycle - from pre-sowing to post-harvest.
Eco Bristo (Kenya) provides solar-powered crop pest management and agroecology consulting services.
KissanAI (India) is an advanced multilingual AI platform offering personalised, voice-based assistance for all agricultural needs, empowering farmers, agribusinesses, governments, and nonprofit organisations
Pesira (Kenya) supports financial inclusion to farmers and provides innovative solutions to the entire agricultural ecosystem, driven by technology.
Hydrowatt Zero (UAE) supports companies with technology trading, innovative systems integration, and consulting services.
Start-Up Exhibition
Beyond the main stage, the following start-ups will feature at the exhibition with delegates able to meet the founders and development team at their dedicated booths:
Avisomo (Norway) has developed a modular, fully automatable vertical farming system called the Growth Station, addressing challenges related to scalability, crop flexibility and vertical farming costs.
Crop Rover (India) supports large to small-scale farming with AI-driven automation, precision laser weeding, and real-time harvest monitoring.
Map My Crop (India) delivers industry-leading data insights (1m satellite imagery, hyperlocal weather, AI disease forecasting) for future-proof farming with the most precise detection capabilities (disease, boundaries, crops).
Telagri (Georgia) acts as telemedicine for agriculture, allowing farmers access to consult top agronomists online.
Growz (Uzbekistan) is an AI-powered digital platform which empowers farmers, especially smallholder farmers, with data-driven solutions to manage their crops and fields, and to market their products.
Advance Consulting, a specialised international consulting firm focused on driving impact through private sector development in Africa, the Middle East, and South & Southeast Asia, presents three Jordan-based start-ups from its portfolio at the summit.
Dibeen is an online marketplace connecting local producers and farmers with the world, expanding reach and championing locally-sourced food.
ReddAgro specialises in providing precision farming, greenhouse control and automation, and agriculture supply chain management solutions.
OrganicG offers highly efficient sustainable organic fertilisers at a reasonable price, completely relying on waste as the raw material.
Detailed start-up profiles at www.worldagritechdubai.com/startups reveal how much each innovator has raised, and who they are keen to engage with at the summit.
The full programme is available at www.worldagritechdubai.com for the summit taking place December 9-10 at the Conrad Dubai, with its high-profile speaker faculty, exhibition, start-up details and delegate registration.
Organised by Rethink Events, part of William Reed - which is also the publisher of AgTechNavigator and FoodNavigator, the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit series in San Francisco, London, São Paulo, Mexico and Dubai is renowned globally for its focus on start-ups, ecosystem building and investment.