2024 Winners

2024 Grow-NY $1,000,000 Winner

Unibaio

Unibaio

New York City, NY
Unibaio offers naturally derived particles that trap the active ingredients of pesticides, fertilizers, and phytosanitary, enabling them to penetrate plants more efficiently.

2024 Grow-NY $500,000 Winners

UdderWays

UdderWays

Albion, NY
UdderWays uses a unique, brushless technology to gently stimulate cows and ensure clean and dry teats. With the startup’s patented vortex-style application, farmers can achieve consistent stimulation and effortlessly promote milk letdown.

PureNanoTech

PureNanoTech

Parsippany, NJ, USA
PureNanoTech develops membrane nanobubble technology solutions to maximize irrigation performance and optimize energy usage in the agriculture, pond and lake restoration, wastewater treatment, and disinfection industries.

2024 Grow-NY $250,000 Winners

Clean Crop Technolgoies

Clean Crop

Holyoke, MA, USA
Clean Crop’s technology combines electricity and food-grade gases to remove pathogens from seeds before they are planted, increasing yields, reducing waste, and improving food safety without preservatives.

For Bitter or Worse

For Bitter For Worse

Portland, OR, USA
For Bitter For Worse is a distillery using certified organic, locally farmed ingredients to create a healthier, more inclusive culture with their non-alcoholic cocktails.

Zordi

Zordi

Oakfield, NY
Zordi builds autonomous greenhouses with robots and AI to make delicious, high-quality produce available anywhere.

ClearLeaf

ClearLeaf

San José, Costa Rica
ClearLeaf’s line of safe fungicides and bactericides protects soil and crops from a wide range of pre- and post-harvest pathogens, without harming the environment or your health.

The 2024 Grow-NY Finalists

These 20 food and ag startups hail from across the globe and pitched their business plans at the Grow-NY Summit on Nov. 6-7, 2024, as they competed for $3 million in prize money.

  • Afterlife Ag
    Afterlife Ag
    2024, Finalist
  • Benchmark Labs, Inc.
    Benchmark Labs, Inc.
    2024, Finalist
  • Bialtec
    Bialtec
    2024, Finalist
  • Bon AppéSweet
    Bon AppéSweet
    2024, Finalist
  • Cajou Creamery
    Cajou Creamery
    2024, Finalist
  • ChopLocal
    ChopLocal
    2024, Finalist
  • Clean Crop
    Clean Crop
    2024, Finalist
  • ClearLeaf
    ClearLeaf
    2024, Finalist
  • EarthSense, Inc.
    EarthSense, Inc.
    2024, Finalist
  • Farmer Lifeline Technologies Ltd
    Farmer Lifeline Technologies Ltd
    2024, Finalist
  • For Bitter For Worse
    For Bitter For Worse
    2024, Finalist
  • Grape.ag
    Grape.ag
    2024, Finalist
  • Holmes Mouthwatering
    Holmes Mouthwatering
    2024, Finalist
  • Meala Foodtech
    Meala Foodtech
    2024, Finalist
  • PureNanoTech
    PureNanoTech
    2024, Finalist
  • SkyAcres
    SkyAcres
    2024, Finalist
  • Terra Bioindustries
    Terra Bioindustries
    2024, Finalist
  • UdderWays
    UdderWays
    2024, Finalist
  • Unibaio
    Unibaio
    2024, Finalist
  • Zordi
    Zordi
    2024, Finalist
Afterlife Ag
Afterlife Ag
Afterlife Ag

New York City, NY, USA
Afterlife Ag upcycles food establishment scraps into fresh, local, and sustainable mushrooms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions generated from food waste.


Afterlife Ag website

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2024, Finalist
Benchmark Labs
Benchmark Labs
Benchmark Labs, Inc.

Rochester, NY, USA
Benchmark Labs provides AI-based weather forecasts, recommendations, and alerts to help farmers increase production and yield, improve management activities, and protect against extreme weather events such as frost, heat spikes, or powdery mildew.


Benchmark Labs website

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2024, Finalist
Bialtec
Bialtec
Bialtec

Delft, The Netherlands
Bialtec designs microencapsulated feed additives tailored to specific breeds, ensuring optimal nutrient delivery and improved livestock health outcomes while promoting environmentally friendly and economically viable farming practices.


Bialtec website

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2024, Finalist
Bon AppéSweet
Bon AppéSweet
Bon AppéSweet

Leonardtown, MD, USA
Bon AppéSweet uses simple, ethically sourced ingredients to make date-sweetened chocolate products. Free of sugar and artificial sweeteners, the company’s chocolate bars, trail mix, chocolate-covered almonds, raisins, and espresso beans are all organic, vegan, and non-GMO.


Bon AppéSweet website

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2024, Finalist
Cajou Creamery
Cajou Creamery
Cajou Creamery

Baltimore, MD, USA
Cajou Creamery is handcrafting cashew-based frozen desserts with whole superfoods for ice cream you can feel good about.


Cajou Creamery website

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2024, Finalist
ChopLocal
ChopLocal
ChopLocal

Wayland, IA, USA
ChopLocal’s online farmers’ market makes buying and selling regionally farmed, high-quality meat easier for home consumers.


ChopLocal website

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2024, Finalist
Clean-Crop-Technologies
Clean-Crop-Technologies
Clean Crop

Holyoke, MA, USA
Clean Crop’s technology combines electricity and food-grade gases to remove pathogens from seeds before they are planted, increasing yields, reducing waste, and improving food safety without preservatives.


Clean Crop website

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2024, Finalist
ClearLeaf
ClearLeaf
ClearLeaf

San José, Costa Rica
ClearLeaf’s line of safe fungicides and bactericides protects soil and crops from a wide range of pre- and post-harvest pathogens, without harming the environment or your health.


ClearLeaf website

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2024, Finalist
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EarthSense, Inc.

Champaign, IL, USA
EarthSense’s autonomous, AI-powered robots accurately sense plant health and productivity of a diversity of crops, minimize chemical use with targeted precision applications, and make regenerative practices like cover cropping far more effective and economical.


EarthSense website

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2024, Finalist
Farmer Lifeline Technologies
Farmer Lifeline Technologies
Farmer Lifeline Technologies Ltd

Nairobi, Kenya
Farmer Lifeline Technologies produces solar-powered, AI-equipped crop monitoring devices for real-time detection of pests and diseases.


Farmer Lifeline Technologies website

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2024, Finalist
For Bitter or Worse
For Bitter or Worse
For Bitter For Worse

Portland, OR, USA
For Bitter For Worse is a distillery using certified organic, locally farmed ingredients to create a healthier, more inclusive culture with their non-alcoholic cocktails.


For Bitter or Worse website

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2024, Finalist
Grape.Ag
Grape.Ag
Grape.ag

Cupertino, CA, USA
Grape.ag’s sensors and communication devices allow for the unique care of each plant in a vineyard, providing valuable atmospheric and soil information that enables vintners to visualize hyper-local conditions, find trends, and make better decisions.


Grape.ag website

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2024, Finalist
Holmes-Mouthwatering
Holmes-Mouthwatering
Holmes Mouthwatering

Cleveland, OH, USA
Holmes Mouthwatering is an all-natural, elevated applesauce brand delivering homemade-inspired products made with real fruit.


Holmes Mouthwatering website

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2024, Finalist
Meala
Meala
Meala Foodtech

Haifa, Israel
Meala’s next-generation, naturally derived texturizing proteins can create gelling, binding, and emulsion, helping food manufacturers maintain a clean ingredient list without compromising texture, juiciness, and nutritional value.


Meala Foodtech website

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2024, Finalist
PureNanoTech
PureNanoTech
PureNanoTech

Parsippany, NJ, USA
PureNanoTech develops membrane nanobubble technology solutions to maximize irrigation performance and optimize energy usage in the agriculture, pond and lake restoration, wastewater treatment, and disinfection industries.


PureNanoTech website

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2024, Finalist
SkyAcres
SkyAcres
SkyAcres

Surrey, Canada
SkyAcres’ energy-efficient vertical farming system and AI-powered marketplace allow anyone with under-utilized space to grow and sell produce, creating the Airbnb of indoor farms.


SkyAcres website

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2024, Finalist
Terra
Terra
Terra Bioindustries

Toronto, Canada
Terra Bioindustries upcycles agrifood waste into sustainable, value-added products with broad market appeal, starting by converting Brewers Spent Grain into a sugar for fermentation and food applications.


Terra Bioindustries website

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2024, Finalist
UdderWays
UdderWays
UdderWays

Albion, NY
UdderWays uses a unique, brushless technology to gently stimulate cows and ensure clean and dry teats. With the startup’s patented vortex-style application, farmers can achieve consistent stimulation and effortlessly promote milk letdown.


UdderWays website

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2024, Finalist
Unibaio
Unibaio
Unibaio

New York City, NY
Unibaio offers naturally derived particles that trap the active ingredients of pesticides, fertilizers, and phytosanitary, enabling them to penetrate plants more efficiently.


Unibaio website

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2024, Finalist
Zordi
Zordi
Zordi

Oakfield, NY
Zordi builds autonomous greenhouses with robots and AI to make delicious, high-quality produce available anywhere.


Zordi website

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2024, Finalist