The company is set to grow Ontario’s bioeconomy by bringing its potent sugar substitute from lab to market.
Biofect Innovations, maker of a potential sugar substitute, is the $10,000 grand prize winner of the inaugural Agri-Tech Pitch Competition held through the University of Guelph.
Event attendees selected Food Security Structures Canada as the People’s Choice winner to receive $2,500.
Psigryph, an innovative company built on University of Guelph research into naturally derived nanoparticles to deliver nutrition and medicine into cells, has been named one of Canada’s most investable cleantech firms by cleantech accelerator Foresight Canada.
Psigryph‘s success is growing internationally thanks in part to several funding and entrepreneurship programs, including support from the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance, a collaboration between the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and U of G.
Pump technology developed by a University of Guelph researcher may help save almost half of the energy used for irrigation by Canada’s growing number of indoor farms, including greenhouses, vertical farms and hydroponics facilities.
Chris Grainger is living a DNA dream. He’s channelling his passion for integrating genetic technology with practical applications to create innovative products for Canada’s agri-food industry.
After more than 20 years in varied roles at the University of Guelph, Grainger co-founded Harvest Genomics in 2019. The new ag-tech start-up based in Guelph develops and deploys genomic technology for food development and food safety.