Farm491 and Ashfords Innovation to Investment Programme
Access legal skills and expert content worth over £4k for just £750 plus the opportunity to pitch your business to leading investors in the AgriTech, FoodTech and ClimateTech spaces ...
Serial, multi-sector entrepreneur supports agrifood tech start-ups
Agrifood technology start-ups involved in the Farm491 incubation hub are beginning to think very differently about the products and service models for the future of agriculture as a result of ...
Green Asparagus Harvesting Robot Successfully Demonstrated in the UK by Muddy Machines
(18th October 2021) Today Muddy Machines, a UK agri-tech startup, announced that they have successfully developed a prototype robotic harvester for green asparagus, which they’ve named “Sprout”. Working closely with ...
The UK Agricultural Landscape, Current and Future Challenges and Opportunities – A webinar series
Join Farm491 and Royal Agricultural University academics as we explore the current policy landscape, consider market trends and challenges within UK Agriculture. Over a number of weeks, leading academics will ...
Founder of Graze joins Farm491 as one of three new start-up mentors
Three diverse and highly accomplished entrepreneurs have joined Farm491 as business advisors to the incubation hub’s start-up companies. The trio are, serial entrepreneur, Ben Jones, co-founder of the snack-maker, Graze ...
Local Bristol company’s app helps support biggest butterfly count project in the world
Bristol based software development company, Natural Apptitude (a Farm491 member) are, for the second year running, supporting Butterfly Conservation’s ‘Big Butterfly Count’ through the development of an app and website ...
LettUs Grow, GrowStack, Digital Farming & Farm Urban collaborating to deliver four social-impact projects
8th July 2021 Four major UK vertical farming companies, LettUs Grow, Digital Farming, Farm Urban and GrowStack, are collaborating to bring the benefits of controlled environment agriculture (CEA) to Welsh ...
Farm491 launches new Investor-Ready Pitch Deck Programme!
Farm491 is inviting applications from Farm491 members to join an exclusive new programme to help improve their pitch to potential investors. Pitch decks are an important way for companies to ...
Farm491 plays a key part in the RAU’s Knowledge Exchange Framework ranking
The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has ranked in the top 20% in its Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) cluster for Public Engagement. This is a fantastic achievement and highlights the positive ...
How Farm491 helped young AgriTech start-up achieve growth
James Bolesworth, CEO and Founder of CRM AgriCommodities Company Size: 6 Year Founded: 2014 Website: https://crmagri.com Summary James Bolesworth started CRM AgriCommodities from his dining room in Cambridge in 2014. ...