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The GATE is an initiative of the NSW Department of Primary Industries designed to cultivate and develop Australian and global ag-tech ideas. The GATE is accessible to any individual, company and research organisation wishing to explore the viability of an ag- tech idea.

The GATE, in partnership with SparkLabs Culitv8, offers mentoring, incubation, and acceleration

programs; and access to investment services. Our headquarters are in Orange, central New South Wales (NSW) Australia.

The GATE provides a unique opportunity for ag-tech developers to access DPI R&D expertise or bring their own, and to collaborate with technology providers, business services and investors to create commercialised products for the agricultural sector.

“Australian agriculture is on the brink of an upgrade. The transition from analogue business and production models to digital is creating challenges and opportunities across all industry sectors, domestically and internationally. Agriculture is not immune. Economic modelling has shown that digital

agriculture could increase the gross value of Australian agricultural production by $20.3 billion (25% increase on 2014-15 levels).”

Accelerating Precision Agriculture to Decision Agriculture, Cotton Research and Development Corporation, 2017

GLOBAL AG-TECH ECOSYSTEM (GATE)

POTENTIAL OF AUSTRALIAN AG-TECH

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DPI is the premier Australian primary industries research and development provider with more than 500 active research and development projects with a total value of $500 million. We know that for every dollar spent on R&D there is more than ten times return on the value of that investment.

The GATE links with our deep reserves of ingenuity, innovation and drive that have defined the history of primary industries in Australia.

NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES

KEY SITES

DPI has been bench marked in the top 1% of research organisations in agriculture, plant and animal sciences globally

13,000 ha of trial sites

Largest rural research provider

in Australia

650 scientific and technical staff

Portfolio of $500M of research and development

projects

Tamworth

SYDNEY

Orange

Yanco

Leeton

Tocal

CowraGrafton

Trangie

Port Stephens

Jindabyne

Ebor

Narrandera

Dareton

Narrabri

Condobolin

Griffith

Wagga Wagga

Menangle (EMAI)

WollongbarAlstonville

Ourimbah

Armidale Glen Innes

Livestock

Cropping Horticulture

Fisheries

NSW,Australia

SparkLabs Cultiv8 is our corporate partner. SparkLabs is a world leader in developing and accelerating cutting edge start-ups. Sparklabs’ head company is based in Korea and is the largest accelerator provider in Asia. This gives the GATE great access into Asian markets and investment opportunities. SparkLabs Cultiv8 will be located at the GATE will be the global headquarters for ag-tech for Sparklabs worldwide.

Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited (Hort Innovation) is a not-for-profit, grower-owned Research and Development (R&D) and marketing company for Australia’s $9 billion horticulture Industry. Hort Innovation invests more than $100 million in R&D and marketing programs annually.

The Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) is a statutory research authority investing in research, development and extension (RD&E) for a more profitable, sustainable and dynamic cotton industry, valued at $2 billion. In 2017-18, Australia’s 1,250 cotton growers and the Australian Government will co-invest $22.4 million through CRDC into research and innovation.

The UK Department of Trade is the GATE’s global government partner. This relationship will foster and enable the exchange of UK and Australian ag-tech research and businesses for the mutual benefit of both Australian and UK producers and agricultural markets.

CISCO is the worldwide leader in IT and networking. DPI has ag-tech partnerships and projects with CISCO innovation division in Australia and is trialling new technologies at the GATE.

As Australia’s leading telecommunications and technology company, Telstra offers a full range of communications services and competes in all telecommunications markets.

The Canberra Innovation Network (CBRIN) is the GATEs Incubation Service provider. CBRIN is a collaboration between Canberra’s world class education and research institutions, including Australian National University, Canberra Institute of Technology, CSIRO, Data 61, UNSW Canberra and the University of Canberra.

DPI has long term affiliations with NSW and Australian universities, that bring complementary scientific excellence and insights to ag-tech projects.

ASSOCIATIONS

OUR PARTNERS

The GATE offers five key services:

• Lean Start up and Mentoring services to expand capabilities of innovators;

• Incubator services and support to assist proof of concept stages;

• Accelerator services and support for prototype scale up and production reliability;

• Commercialisation and business support including advising on business structures and planning, Intellectual Property management, market appetite testing and commercialisation paths;

• Investor Showcases. The GATE will enable investment via partner and affiliate networks and host Investor Showcases for GATE projects.

Every year the GATE hosts up to 20 GATE projects plus selected innovators for lean start up support and business mentoring.

The GATE sources projects from the DPI research portfolio, from our GATE partners, and through direct approaches and a public call process. Projects are streamed into the ecosystem depending on their development stage.

The environment of the GATE is designed for collaboration and innovation. GATE projects can take on additional partners and contract services as they develop.

Applications for the GATE can be made via the GATE website.

www.thegate.org.au

INSIDE THE GATE

PROJECT APPLICATION AND GATE OFFERINGS

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INVESTOR SHOWCASE

INNOVATOR STREAM

Lean start up short courses & mentoring

PERSON

Individual | R&D output with commercial potential

| Start up or small company

PRODUCT STAGE

Idea | Prototype | Development | Validation | Ready | Early traction |

Scaling | Growth

INCUBATION STREAM

3 month program

BUSINESS SUPPORT

Specialist services to

participants in all streams

ACCELERATOR STREAM

6 month program

APPLICATION

GATE SERVICES AND COLLABORATION ECOSYSTEM

FOR MORE INFORMATION

CONTACT THE GATE: thegate@dpi.nsw.gov.au www.thegate.org.au

1447 Forest Road, Orange NSW Australia

FOLLOW THE GATE: www.thegate.org.au