Deadline: 23-Jul-23
Are you a start-up, an innovative small or medium-sized enterprise, a spin-off or a corporate? Then this is the right place for you!
Seed Innovation Challenge, organised by the Agro Innovation Lab together with RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG, aims to obtain a market & technology overview of innovative solutions for seed production to establish partnerships between the applicants and organisers in the interests of the product range of RWA and its brand “Die Saat”. This will support a sustainable and modern expansion of the range and an innovative design of seed production. The companies that want to participate in the “Seed Innovation Challenge” (in short referred to as “Participants”) develop, produce or distribute innovative products in the field of AgTech and seed production and would like to use the expertise and trade network of the Organisers to access the market or establish a partnership.
By participating in the programme, you can draw attention to your seed innovation and enjoy countless potential benefits ranging from follow-up projects to a faster route to market opened up by international seed producers. All made possible by an ecosystem that has been specially created to support the Seed Innovation Challenge.
Categories
- Breeding
- Portfolio management
- Field production/Seed multiplication
- Seed processing
- Distribution/Logistics
- Quality management/Laboratory
- Others
- Excluded:
- Active ingredients and genetic engineering.
Areas of Application
- Arable farming
- Vegetable growing.
Benefits for Seed Innovation Days Participants
- Potential market access to AT & CEE countries
- Networking with European cooperative associations & partners from the seed ecosystem (research, industry, associations etc.)
- Visibility, marketing
- Contacts with breeding institutions
- Possible meeting of the travel costs of participants in the Seed Innovation Days
Further prizes are on offer to the best participants:
- Proof of Concept money / prize money (€ 10.000,-)
- Sales or partnership meetings and exclusive possibility to present your technology to the RWA seeds department
- Field trials with the RWA plot trial equipment in Austria or in neighbour countries (CEE)
- Utilisation of the accredited agricultural RWA laboratory for further development of your product/technology
- Further scientific investigation of your innovation by the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
- Investment talks (RWA Invest)
- For participants from Israel there is the possibility to be suggested to EUREKA
- Including a special invitation to Korneuburg, the presentation of the “Die Saat” network & location, advisory discussions regarding market assessment and talks about possible partnership and distribution.
Target Groups
- Start-ups
- Spin-offs
- Innovative small and medium-sized enterprises
- Corporates.
Participants and Technologies/Products
- Only companies whose technology/product has successfully passed initial tests by 12.06.2023, is available at least as a prototype, has very good prospects of approval in the EU and is applicable in Central and Eastern Europe can participate in the “Seed Innovation Challenge”. It is also a prerequisite that the complete application has been received by 23.07.2023 at the latest.
- Any available results of tests already conducted on the submitted technologies/products and the documentation and proof of these tests must be submitted by the Participants without being requested at the time of application.
- If invited, and unless otherwise agreed with the Organisers, the Participants ensure that they will take part in a personal “online conversation” between 25.08 and 22.09.2023.
- Selected Participants must also be available if invited for the “Seed Innovation Days” from November 16th to 17th 2023 in order to present their technologies/products and engage in other discussions as required. Any resulting expenses will be compensated as agreed.
Requirements
- Use case/application scenarios for European agriculture
- Concept applicable to seed production
- Test results available if possible
- Prototype available
- No geographical restriction on the origin of the solution.
For more information, visit Seed Innovation Challenge Programme.