INDOOR AGTECH
Searching the world for innovative solutions and technologies to improve, automate and streamline agriculture in greenhouses and indoor growing environments



OCTOBER - DECEMBER
2020

In collaboration with:
We are looking for innovative startups that are disrupting the indoor agriculture world. From October - December 2020, we will work with 8-10 startups to evaluate their technology strengths, business scale-up potential and investment potential.
Of these, we will choose at least three companies to pilot their technologies in a state-of-the-art growing facility and nominate for investment.
Our vision is to build a "growing as a service" platform that delivers consistent, predictable, high-quality, and profitable harvests.
2020 Program Participants
Technology areas include:

Lighting Tech

Automation

Computer Vision

Operations Software

Fertigation Tech

Plant Data Technologies

Pest Control

Workflow Management
The program activities include:
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An intense set of activities to analyze and evaluate your business that will help your company attract serious investors and customers (100% online)
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A virtual industry conference on December 8-9 that connects startups with customers and the venture capital community
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Coaching on your product and technology and how it can be used in different agricultural and horticultural applications
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Opportunities outside your home geography (e.g., North America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East)
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A tight network of complementary technology companies that, together, can be more powerful than they can individually
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A committed ecosystem of indoor agriculture technology companies, agtech investors, and multi-state cultivation operators that are ready to pilot groundbreaking technologies
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For chosen early-stage startups, opportunity for investment of $75k-$300k and access to investor network for later-stage investments
Program Agenda
Oct 26: Virtual kickoff event with all startups & partners
Oct 27- Nov 20 (4-week "sprint"):
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Sente's proprietary due-diligence process, where startups collaborate with the Sente team on weekly deliverables to fully explore their market, business model, pricing, unit economics, scale-up economics and fundraising requirements
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Technical due-diligence with the GrowRay and NOBO teams to explore opportunities for pilot projects in grow facilities
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Mentor meetings with entrepreneurs and investors
Nov 30 - Dec 11 (2-week "sprint"):
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Finalization of due-diligence deliverables/process
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Preparation and participation in virtual industry conference on Dec 9-10, "Yield Summit" (including panels, virtual tradeshow booths, pitches and networking with industry, media, investors and startups)
Jan 11-14 (Selection Week):
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Minimum of 3 startups selected for investments and/or pilot projects with the indoor agriculture ecosystem
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Phase 2 begins - which includes another 10 months of coaching, monitoring and connections