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<blockquote data-quote="Agriland RSS" data-source="post: 7742792" data-attributes="member: 105608"><p>Written by William Kellett from Agriland</p><p></p><p>Three diverse and highly accomplished entrepreneurs have joined Farm491 as business advisors to the incubation hub’s start-up companies.</p><p></p><p>The trio are, serial entrepreneur, Ben Jones, co-founder of the snack-maker, Graze and Tails, a bespoke, subscription-based dog food supplier – Graze was founded in 2009 and now employs 175 people with a turnover of £54 million.</p><p></p><p>James Waltham is a fresh-produce specialist with a background in farming and board-level management and Christopher Horne is an international entrepreneur with a strong track-record in agritech.</p><p></p><p>Christopher Horne’s global experience is in investment and marketing agritech companies puts him in a strong position to comment on the UK’s position in global agritech, he described the UK as one of the top countries in Europe for creating agritech start-ups and for attracting investment into these embryonic businesses.</p><p></p><p>He said:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>“These young businesses are supported by strong science and adopted by a ready population of very progressive farmers, advisors and agribusinesses.”</p><p></p><p>He added, however, that the agritech space is fragmented.</p><p></p><p>“From my experience globally, Farm491 is unique in that it addresses this fragmentation through community-building of member businesses active in the sector, as well as its incubation support of new start-ups.</p><p></p><p>“The environment is not the pressured and typical hot-house that you see with investor-driven accelerator programmes, but rather a friendly, strongly networked ecosystem.”</p><p></p><h2>Increasing food security</h2><p></p><p>Horne’s insight into the focus for the UK’s agritech ‘scene’ is in increasing food security, more sustainable crop production, water use reduction, novel farming, including vertical systems, meat-alternative protein production and soil health improvement.</p><p></p><p>He said that the three Farm491 start-ups he is mentoring are involved in regenerative agriculture and carbon capture, another in land-based aquaculture – UK-grown prawns and shrimp – and a crop science business.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Looking to the future, Horne described the UK agritech sector as one with “huge potential”.</p><p></p><p>“It’s a long and tricky path to take a start-up to market, and to get the sector to adopt your technology and to plug the gaps between technologies, but the opportunity is huge.”</p><p></p><p>The post <a href="https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-news/farm491-announces-3-news-start-up-mentors/" target="_blank">Farm491 announces 3 news start-up mentors</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.agriland.co.uk" target="_blank">Agriland.co.uk</a>.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-news/farm491-announces-3-news-start-up-mentors/" target="_blank">Continue reading on the Agriland Website...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Agriland RSS, post: 7742792, member: 105608"] Written by William Kellett from Agriland Three diverse and highly accomplished entrepreneurs have joined Farm491 as business advisors to the incubation hub’s start-up companies. The trio are, serial entrepreneur, Ben Jones, co-founder of the snack-maker, Graze and Tails, a bespoke, subscription-based dog food supplier – Graze was founded in 2009 and now employs 175 people with a turnover of £54 million. James Waltham is a fresh-produce specialist with a background in farming and board-level management and Christopher Horne is an international entrepreneur with a strong track-record in agritech. Christopher Horne’s global experience is in investment and marketing agritech companies puts him in a strong position to comment on the UK’s position in global agritech, he described the UK as one of the top countries in Europe for creating agritech start-ups and for attracting investment into these embryonic businesses. He said: “These young businesses are supported by strong science and adopted by a ready population of very progressive farmers, advisors and agribusinesses.” He added, however, that the agritech space is fragmented. “From my experience globally, Farm491 is unique in that it addresses this fragmentation through community-building of member businesses active in the sector, as well as its incubation support of new start-ups. “The environment is not the pressured and typical hot-house that you see with investor-driven accelerator programmes, but rather a friendly, strongly networked ecosystem.” [HEADING=1]Increasing food security[/HEADING] Horne’s insight into the focus for the UK’s agritech ‘scene’ is in increasing food security, more sustainable crop production, water use reduction, novel farming, including vertical systems, meat-alternative protein production and soil health improvement. He said that the three Farm491 start-ups he is mentoring are involved in regenerative agriculture and carbon capture, another in land-based aquaculture – UK-grown prawns and shrimp – and a crop science business. Looking to the future, Horne described the UK agritech sector as one with “huge potential”. “It’s a long and tricky path to take a start-up to market, and to get the sector to adopt your technology and to plug the gaps between technologies, but the opportunity is huge.” The post [URL='https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-news/farm491-announces-3-news-start-up-mentors/']Farm491 announces 3 news start-up mentors[/URL] appeared first on [URL='https://www.agriland.co.uk']Agriland.co.uk[/URL]. [url="https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-news/farm491-announces-3-news-start-up-mentors/"]Continue reading on the Agriland Website...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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