Optomni

We've wrapped up an amazing journey with the SVG Ventures | THRIVE APAC Accelerator. Starting in San Francisco back in March, we concluded with an exciting Demo Day at La Trobe University in Melbourne last Friday.

Our heartfelt thanks go to Michael Macolino, Hugo Bieber, John Hartnett, Victoria Ivanova and the entire SVG Ventures | THRIVE team for their incredible support and for giving us this opportunity to be part of the accelerator.

We were proud to share our recent growth since our commercial beta launch 6 weeks ago and our plans for capital raising in the second half of 2023!

Congratulations to all the great companies of the APAC cohort. It's been fantastic getting to know each and every one of you, and we look forward to staying connected in the future.

Steve Wildisen from Xsights Data Pty Ltd

Hamish Munro from Pairtree

Nick Seymour from Farmo

Paul Bevan from Valley

Remo Carbone & Callan Daley from MEQ Probe

Nicole Robinson from LYRO

Nadun Hennayaka from GAIA Project Australia

Joshua Dunford from PostHarvest Technologies

AgriFutures Australia evokeAG

AgriFutures Australia growAG

As we conclude this exciting chapter, we celebrate the connections made and look forward to building on them in the coming weeks and months!

Join us tomorrow at La Trobe University for the SVG Ventures | THRIVE Demo Day! From 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM AEST!

Last minute registrations: https://lnkd.in/euajrum8

We look forward to showcasing Optomni after our recent commercial beta launch of OmniOrder to industry leaders, investors and leading growers.

We're also delighted to share that we were selected as finalists in three categories at the prestigious Australian Agritech Awards this year. It's an honor to be recognised for our work in Best in Horticulture, Best in Early Stage, and Best in Food Tech. We couldn't have achieved this without the incredible support of our team and partners.

We would also like to extend our warmest congratulations to the winners, especially our fellow SVG Ventures | THRIVE cohort company PostHarvest Technologies!

🌱 Best Early Stage: Cibo Labs Pty Ltd

🌾 Best in Horticulture: Green Atlas

🍎 Best Food Tech: PostHarvest Technologies

THRIVE APAC Accelerator Startup Demo Day '23 Join us for the inaugural THRIVE APAC accelerator demo day. Hear from our cohort members and leading figures in Australian Agri-Food Tech

1600 delegates from 16 countries, including farmers, startups, corporates, researchers, government and investors, came along to AgriFutures Australia evokeAG this year. We had an incredible few days of the whole agritech ecosystem collaborating, building new ideas and sharing knowledge.

The panel discussions around agrifood tech supply chains and how the landscape is changing, as well as the insights on the investment predictions for 2023, were absolutely amazing.

As a recap, here are some of the quotes of today: "We still need more angels and investors, but overall the Australian investment ecosystem looks very healthy.” AgFunder

"We have a lot of technologies that are solving on-farm issues, but we also need technologies that are looking to solve problems across the whole value chain”, Tenacious Ventures

Huge thanks to AgriFutures Australia and especially AgriFutures Australia evokeAG team for putting such an amazing conference together!

See you all in Melbourne in 2024 for AgriFutures Australia evokeAG again!

We are very excited to partner with Skalata Ventures on our first seed raise and build out a strong foundation for growth!

This raise will support expansion of the OmniOrder platform to cover more use cases and support a national rollout after successful early access trials.

Our mission at Optomni is to help the fresh and perishables supply chain maximise efficiency, become more sustainable and reduce unnecessary food waste and losses due to supply-demand mismatches.



Skalata Ventures Mandalay Venture Partners SproutX Findex Artesian Venture Partners Aus Agritech AgFunder Innovation Bay Tenacious Ventures Svg Ventures Southern Angels AgriFutures Australia evokeAG Agtech and Logistics Hub Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise Growcom Australia Hort Innovation

Adelaide agtech Optomni raises $200,000 in Seed round to tackle food waste Optomni aims to reduce supply chain losses by 25%, saving 500,000 tonnes of food from landfill annually, worth an estimated value of $400m

Today is Stop Food Waste Day!

45% of root crops, fruit and vegetables produced globally are lost or wasted each year! This horrible waste happens both within the supply chain and at the consumer level.

In Australia, we already have a number of activities to reduce our food waste. These include consumer education, investment in waste treatment infrastructure, waste diversion from the retail and commercial sector, food collection for redistribution, and research into high value uses for food waste.

At Optomni, we focus on reducing waste in the supply chain by connecting and optimising supply and demand. Supply-demand mismatches are a significant contributor to the 18-22% of waste in Australia's supply chain.

Happy International Women’s Day to all amazing women in our community!

“Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow” - is the theme for International Women’s Day, 8 March, 2022 (IWD 2022).

We are proud to see more and more women in Agriculture making an impact, solving challenging problems and helping Australian agriculture thrive! Let’s and celebrate!