Agri-tech accelerator announces up to $7M in new funding

Smarter production is the goal of the HARVEST agri-tech accelerator that’s investing in cleantech and agriculture companies. Nine start-ups from coast to coast will each receive up to $750,000 as well as critical business mentorship from Ontario Genomics, Genome Alberta and Genome Prairie to bring their products and production methods to industrial commercial scale, as soon as possible.

Thanks to funding through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s ACT Accelerator of up to $7 million, HARVEST is sustainably diversifying Canada’s economy by helping these innovative companies get their game-changing solutions to market here and overseas:

• ABAzyne Bioscience (Saskatoon, SK) is modernizing cold-weather crop protection with a bio-spray for grapes and other tender fruit.