Dean Didato

Innova Memphis Inc (Innova Memphis) is a venture capital subsidiary of Memphis Bioworks Foundation founded in 2007. The firm is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.

Secure Food Solutions, Inc. operates as a food safety diagnostics company. It develops technology solutions to detect dangerous pathogens in the global food supply. The firm’s solutions include special imaging – Aflatoxin and microbiological tests – vibrio vulnificus/parahaemolyticus. The company is headquartered in Martin, TN.

Beta Hatch, Inc. grows insect protein for animal feed. Its products include insect frass and meal worms. The company was founded by Virginia Emery and is headquartered in Seattle, Canada.

Agrisync, Inc. develops a mobile application that connects farmers, advisors, and other partners in agribusiness. Its mobile application and Web dashboard enables users to view, solve, and track agriculture support issues; and provides solutions for time tracking, team collaboration, exporting data to excel, sharing results, branding their dashboard, assigning tickets, and calling through a live video technology. The company was founded by Casey Niemann on July 1, 2014 and is headquartered in Des Moines, IA.

EarthSense, Inc. develops and produces robots for the agricultural industry. It offers TerraSentia, a robot that improves in-field plant trait data collection. The company was founded by Girish Chowdhary and Chinmay Soman in 2016 and is headquartered in Champaign, IL.

Grain Weevil Corp. has developed a grain bin safety and management robot called the Grain Weevil. Grain Weevil is based in the center of grain storage country and is driven by a strong sense of community. The robot engages with the surface of the grain to level, break crusts, conduct inspections, and feed grain into extraction augers. The American company aims to keep farmers safe and improve the quality of stored grain. The company was founded in 2020 by Zane Zents, Chad Johnson, and Benjamin Johnson, with Chad Johnson serving as CEO since then.

HerdDogg, Inc. offers smart ear tags and readers for livestock ID and health monitoring. The company was founded by Melissa Brandao and is headquartered in Ashland, OR.

Global Neighbor, Inc. specializes in Directed Energy (DE) weed control technology, which was developed with support from the US Air Force SBIR Program. The company is based in an undisclosed location and was founded by Jon Jackson. Additionally, the American company is developing agriculture products with support from the USDA SBIR Program.

Synergy Technologies is the recognized leader in the poultry & meat industry, providing innovation solutions to some of the world’s largest protein providers. With multiple product offerings & a keen understanding of the processing environment, Synergy Technologies is well equipped to reduce & eliminate harmful pathogenic bacteria such as Salmonella, E.coli, Camphylobacter and Listeria. They are committed to offering practical, effective & economical antimicrobial programs to ensure the safety of the food supply