Nigeria
Zebra CropBank is building Africa’s post harvest services platform for farmers to store, manage and monetise their produce.
United Kingdom
Sustainable Planet‘s green initiative is focused on growing water lentils (45% protein) scaled at industrial level, an opportunity for the African and middle eastern regions to secure food.
United States
Organicin Scientific is focused on minimizing the reliance on chemical antibiotics in farming, which is known to contribute to environmental pollution, antimicrobial resistance, and disrupt biodiversity. Instead, they leverage bacteriocins, naturally occurring antimicrobial proteins, as a sustainable alternative.
India
Stellapps is a dairy-led deep tech solutions company that helps significantly improve productivity, quality, and traceability in the dairy value chain. This increases farmers' profitability and reduces their carbon footprint. We leverage deep-Tech such as IoT, Cloud, and AI/ML while working with Indian rural farmers, livestock and milk.
Must be a privately-funded startup company working on innovations in Better Production, Better Nutrition, Better Environment and Better Life.
See official rulesFinalists and Winners will be selected based on the Judges’ assessment of the following equally-weighted criteria: Tech for good/responsible innovation for a radically better world, product/market fit, product innovation and team. For full details see the link below.
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January 31, 2023
No purchase necessary to enter or win. Void where prohibited. The Extreme Tech Challenge Competition (“Competition”) is organized and operated by Extreme Tech Challenge, a California non-profit corporation with 501(c)(3) approval (“XTC”).
Startup applications across 120+ countries, covering a wide spectrum of tech vertical and funding stages
Venture Capital Funding Raised by XTC Startup Finalists (2015-2023)
VCs and CVCs on the XTC Evaluation Committee, Global Partners
Female Founded finalists
CEO / Community Member
Ignite Alliance / ACTAI Global
Head of Impact & Sustainability
Pitango Venture Capital
Director of Corporate Programs
SVG Ventures
Partner
Finistere Ventures
Vice President
IT-Farm
SME - Ecosystems & Alumni Relations
XTC
Investment Manager
BASF
Managing Director - Climate, Environmental & Natural Resources
Chemonics International
Angel Investor
Kinetik
Partner
Walden Catalyst Ventures
Deputy Director-General
United Nations FAO
Chief Scalability, Knowledge and Impact
IDB Lab
Chief Economist
FAO
Executive Managing Director
Extreme Tech Challenge
Entrepreneur in Residence (EiR)
Storm Ventures
Programme & Project Manager
FAO
Special Advisor
Emerging ag Inc.
Investor
Insignia Ventures Partners
Executive Vice President
Pasudeco
Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
The C-fit Group
Technical Coorperation Manager, Agribusiness
EBRD
Series A Program Manager
Y Combinator
Partner
Kilburn & Strode
Advisor
Silicon Cataylst
Principal Investigator
Asian Development Bank Institute
Head, Environmental, Social & Governance
Quest Ventures
Environmental Impact Manager
Nestlé
Executive Manager, Company Creation
CSIRO
Agri & Climate Tech Venture Builder Expert
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Co-Founder
Investors for Climate
SME - Ecosystems & Alumni Relations
XTC
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