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Precision Driven Health (PDH) is a seven-year NZ$38m research partnership aimed at improving health outcomes through data science. The partnership centres around the international movement towards precision medicine, the growing body of international research that is identifying and enabling the capture and analysis of the big data that will facilitate healthcare to be tailored to … Continue reading "Precision Driven Health Finalist in NZ Innovation Awards"
13 September 2017
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Kiwi firm Allbirds raises almost $40 million
Allbirds, a New Zealand merino footwear label has raised another $24 million in funding after raising almost $10 million last year.
13 September 2017
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Tech Futures Lab partners with The FoodBowl
Tech Futures Lab and The FoodBowl have partnered up to provide access to practical knowledge and expertise on food technology and innovation through the Master of Applied Practice – Technological Futures. This new partnership complements the recent partnership between Tech Futures Lab and Lincoln Hub to provide an optional agritech focus to candidates enrolled in … Continue reading "Tech Futures Lab partners with The FoodBowl"
13 September 2017
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Leaf-Recognition Technology: Agriculture Digs Into Artificial Intelligence
On Midwestern fields and in research greenhouses, agricultural giants like Monsanto Co. and BASF SA are teaching machines how to farm.
13 September 2017
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A New Zealand agritech startup helping US potato farmers just listed on the ASX
A tech company that helps farmers improve crop yields will list on the Australian Securities Exchange on Tuesday.
12 September 2017
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$20m fund for the future of farming
A National Government will partner with farmers and growers to develop new farming technology and practices that lift productivity and further reduce farming’s environmental footprint, Primary Industries spokesperson Nathan Guy says.
12 September 2017
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NZ potato-tech company CropLogic drops 23pc on ASX debut
Kiwi agtech play CropLogic’s ASX debut disappointed investors, finishing its first day down 23 per cent from its IPO price at 15.5c.
12 September 2017
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BioScience Managers invests in REX Bionics
Australian life sciences investment firm BioScience Managers has chosen a robotic exercise assist device (REX) as its first investment for the Biomedical Translation Fund.
12 September 2017
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Tru-Test names Simon Mander as new chief executive
Tru-Test Corp has hired Simon Mander to lead the agritech company as it looks to build earnings after a hard round of cost-cutting in response to last year’s dairy downturn.
11 September 2017