Ke ʻae nei ʻo Western Growers a me S2G Ventures i nā noi no ka 2021 AgSharks Competition, kahi hanana kahi e hoʻokumu ai nā ʻoihana hoʻomaka i kā lākou mau mea hou i mua o ka lehulehu o nā mea kanu mea kanu kūikawā nui loa o ka honua e lanakila i kahi kālā haʻahaʻa $250,000.
Hiki i nā poʻe ʻoihana a me nā mea hoʻomaka i ka hopena ke hoʻomohala i nā ʻenehana e hāpai ana i kahi meaʻai olakino a hoʻomau a hoʻomau i ka ʻōnaehana mahiʻai hiki ke noi no ka AgSharks Competition ma 2021agsharks.splashthat.com. Pau nā noi ma ka Pōʻakahi, ʻOkakopa 11, 2021.
"ʻO kā mākou AgSharks Competition he hanana hoihoi a koʻikoʻi i hāʻawi mua i nā pōmaikaʻi o lalo no kā mākou mau lālā," ʻo Western Growers (WG) Pelekikena a me CEO Dave Puglia. i ʻōlelo ʻia ma kahi nūhou. "ʻOiai he nui nā mea a mākou e hana nei no ka wikiwiki ʻana i nā ʻenehana hou i kā mākou ʻoihana, hana ʻo AgSharks i kahi manawa kūikawā no nā ʻoihana agtech e lanakila i nā puʻuwai a me nā manaʻo o nā mea ulu ma kahi kūlana kiʻekiʻe loa. Ke kakali nei mākou i ka hoʻokūkū o kēia makahiki.
E koho ʻia ʻelima mau mea hoʻomaka e hoʻokumu i kā lākou mea hana i kahi papa o nā mea ulu, nā mea hoʻouna, nā mea hana a me nā ʻoihana ʻoihana i mua o 300 mau mea mahiʻai hou a me nā alakaʻi ʻoihana i ka WG Annual Meeting ma San Diego, Kaleponi, ma Nowemapa 9, 2021. Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻopukapuka kālā, e loaʻa i ka mea lanakila ka ʻike honua, ke aʻo ʻana mai S2G a me WG, hiki ke loaʻa i nā ʻeka mahiʻai e hoʻokele i kā lākou ʻenehana a me ke komo ʻana i ka ʻoihana ākea o WG o nā hui huahana hou.
"Ke alakaʻi nei ʻo AgSharks ma ke ʻano he hoʻokūkū pitch wale nō e hāʻawi ana i nā mea hoʻomaka agtech i ka lehulehu me nā ʻoihana mahiʻai nui loa ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa," wahi a Audre Kapacinskas, Hope Pelekikena ma S2G Ventures. "ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o ke komo kūʻokoʻa i nā haneli o nā alakaʻi o ka ʻoihana a me ke kālā hoʻopukapuka e hoʻoulu i ka ulu ʻana he ʻelua mau mea koʻikoʻi no ka kūleʻa o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kēia ʻoihana."
Ua mālama mua ʻia ʻo AgSharks ma 2017, a ma o ka hoʻokūkū, ua loaʻa i ʻekolu mau ʻoihana mua i ke kālā hua e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i kā lākou ʻoihana i ka pae aʻe. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo nā mea lanakila i hala ʻo Hazel Technologies a me Burro, i kapa ʻia ʻo Augean Robotics, ua lawe mai i kā lākou huahana mai ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mākeke. Ua pani koke ʻo Hazel Technologies i kahi pōʻai kālā Series C a ke holomua nei i ka ʻoihana me nā ʻeke e hoʻolōʻihi i ke ola o nā huahana hou e like me ʻekolu manawa. Ke kōkua nei ʻo Burro i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pilikia o ka poʻe mahiʻai me ka hoʻonui ʻana i kāna mau ʻauwaʻa robots autonomous i nā mahiʻai ma ke komohana.