Crop Diagnostix

The Crop Diagnostix team had a productive week in North Dakota! We shared our entrepreneurial journey at StartupBREW Fargo, showcased our product at Grand Farm Field Day, and pitched at the Cultivate Conference. We met with many inspiring farmers, agronomists, seed companies, biological companies, and investors who continue to fuel our vision. A huge thank you to the Emerging Prairie and Grand Farm teams for providing a platform to share our work and connect with a vibrant community of partners. Excited to keep pushing the boundaries of agriculture alongside some amazing startups (Pivot Bio, ClearLeaf, Earnest Agriculture, Bactelife Industries, Inc. and many more)!

On Monday, May 6, the MIT Water, Food, and Agricultural Prize held its final pitch night, co-sponsored by J-WAFS. Keynote speaker Florian Schattenmann, CTO of Cargill, opened the event by speaking about the need for collaboration to drive sustainability in agriculture. Five finalist teams then pitched their exciting innovations including water treatment technologies and software to help farmers manage their data. At the end of the night, Crop Diagnostix was awarded first place and received $30K in prize money for their solution that uses gene sequencing and AI to better understand crop health so that farmers can optimize their inputs and maximize yield. Tarragon Systems took home both the $15K second place prize and the $5K audience choice award. The company uses machine learning algorithms to make recommendations for food ordering quantities in order to reduce food waste at restaurants. Congratulations to the winners and all of the finalist teams!

Thank you to the amazing MIT Water, Food, & Agriculture Innovation Prize team, judges, and mentors for an amazing competition and final event last night. Honored to be taking home the grand prize amongst so many stellar teams solving the biggest challenges in climate, food, and agriculture. Special shoutout to Chafik Barbar for being the best mentor throughout the process, and congrats to Tess Harper and Tarragon Systems for taking home not 1, but 2 prizes! We’re incredibly grateful to all the sponsors (including Cargill, PepsiCo, and Google) for accelerating Crop Diagnostix’s mission of helping farmers feed the world sustainably.????

After multiple rounds amongst 262 teams, we’re proud to be taking home the Grand Prize from the 2024 HBS New Venture Competition! Huge thank you to the judges and to everybody who came by to support us as we continue building Crop Diagnostix into a positive force for change. Read more about the competition here: https://lnkd.in/gfETSEQK

We’re looking forward to the New Venture Competition finale at 6pm this Thursday! Come by in person or tune into the livestream to watch CEO Brandon Chi share how Crop Diagnostix is leveraging AI and gene expression technology to transform agriculture. Did we mention there’s a prize for crowd favorite? RSVP at the link below!

Exciting times at the World Agri-Tech Summit last week where Crop Diagnostix was on display as a featured startup! CEO Brandon Chi and CSO Joseph Swift had the opportunity to share our vision of revolutionizing agriculture through the power of gene expression. Stay connected for more updates on our journey! ?? #WorldAgriTech #CropDiagnostix #AgTech

?? The #WorldAgriTech Start-up Arena is packed wall-to-wall with innovative early and late stage companies, eager to showcase their tech and network with potential partners and customers! Meet them all at their dedicated on-site booths, or connect via the summit's 1-1 networking platform, live now: https://lnkd.in/eYv-G2SK Featuring: Ceragen, EX-Fusion Inc., Alora, Farmevo, Anvigen, GROPRO, SILVEC, Cálice, Grape.ag, Ohmic Biosciences (YC S23), Invasive Species Corporation & Invasive Species Research Institute, Compass Regulatory, Agriful Software, NAT4Bio, GRA&GREEN Inc., Quorum Bio, beefutures.io, Root Applied Sciences, Agronnect, Agwa, AKSATA, TRIC Robotics, UpTerra, Crop Diagnostix, SOLASTA Bio, AcquahMeyer Drone Tech , DigiFarm, Genvor Inc., Ultra Crop Care (Ancestral Technologies), GeneNeer

Excited to be featured at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit. Come chat with us at our booth!

The?Harvard Innovation Labs?has selected 30 ventures to join the fourth annual Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle, an incubation program for high-potential ventures working to address climate change. "Since introducing the Climate Entrepreneurs Circle in 2021, the program has supported 95 ventures in developing innovative climate solutions. In this cohort, our team continues to see remarkable impact.” Read more about members of the 2024 Climate Circles cohort and how they plan to drive climate impact, ranging from EV charging solutions to flood-proofing solutions to using data to reduce food waste. https://lnkd.in/gcJ-aWPs #harvardbusinessschool #climatechange #climateaction #innovation #entrepreneurship #business #leadership Harvard Business School Harvard Innovation Labs Harvard Alumni for Climate and the Environment 1Climate Aclaria Partners AgDev Algoma Carbon Counts Charli Charging Crop Diagnostix Ekidos Agrivoltaics Finpublica FlatPeak GoPowerEV GramHeet Henua Technologies Invert Inc. Keystone MicroAvionics, Inc. NetaCarbon Offstream Pacto Medical Prisere RESILIFT Inc Tender Food The Surpluss Trellis Air Corporation

As the country finds itself surging in start-ups, guidance from renowned entrepreneurs like Shark Tank ABC's Kevin O'Leary is more relevant than ever. While judging various pitches at Harvard Business School's "An Evening in the Shark Tank," O'Leary urged aspiring entrepreneurs and investors to learn how to fail, remain stable through inevitable setbacks, and, through it all, never give up. Big CONGRATS to Harvard Alum Brandon Chi (HBS' 24), Co-Founder and CEO of Crop Diagnostix, for winning the competition! https://lnkd.in/gF_ed9zD #harvardalumni #harvardintech #sharktank #entrepreneurship #startups