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Acreage Farms Wins at Launch Your Venture
April 4, 2023
Acreage Farms is thrilled to announce that the team won second place at our first pitch competition, Launch Your Venture. The competition was held at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s MicaPlex Research Park on March 31, 2023. During the competition, Collin Topolski (CEO) and Andy Zamora (COO) presented our Mobile Monitoring System to a panelist of judges who were experts in entrepreneurship and technology.
The presentation included the first demonstration of our prototype model collecting sensor data at various plant sites in real-time. The team was also able to show how that data could potentially be utilized for plant health and microclimate monitoring.
We are beyond proud of the work the entire team put in to make this event a success! The funding we received from Launch Your Venture will be used to develop a minimal viable product of our Mobile Monitoring System. Everyone at Acreage Farm is looking forward to fully creating the baseline functionality of our technology!
We would also like to send a big thank you to all the judges and supporters who were able to attend the event and make it such an amazing experience!
We are proud to share that Acreage Farm was accepted into Nvidia’s Inception Program. Acceptance into this program allows us to join an elite group of startups that are leading change across industries around the globe. The Inception Program will enable us to work with Nvidia to develop our Mobile Monitoring System using their industry leading hardware and software solutions. This exciting opportunity will help jumpstart and accelerate our growth within the AgTech and Data Science fields. As a member of the Inception Program, we are able to receive engineering guidance and technical training as well as participate in opportunities for customer introductions and co-marketing. The team at Acreage Farm is ready to begin utilizing this connection to help grow the company and develop our technology. We are excited to have the opportunity to participate in this exciting program and incorporate Nvidia’s cutting edge technology into our Mobile Monitoring System!
The team at Acreage Farm had the privilege of participating in an opportunity to pitch at ESHIP TECH TALK. This event was hosted by The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship within the O’Maley College of Business at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. We were one of just six startups selected to pitch their technologies to a panelist that contained experts from a variety of industries. Collin Topolski, CEO, presented our Mobile Monitoring System and its ability to capture data relevant to plant health. Presenting at the ESHIP TECH TALK provided invaluable connections that take us one step closer to reaching our goal of lowering monitoring costs for vertical farms and establishing a standardized method of capturing environmental data in these types of growing spaces. It was great to get to interact with so many different individuals working towards developing innovations of the future!
This week, Collin Topolski (CEO) and Andy Zamora (COO) completed StarterStudio’s Test Flight Bootcamp. The Test Flight Bootcamp was a four week long course that focused on teaching participants how to conduct customer discovery, present their problem-solution in a pitch format, and methods to begin growing their companies. Participating in this program helped Acreage Farms learn how to present our technology solutions to potential customers and other parties interested in learning more. Both Collin and Andy enjoyed receiving guidance from the StarterStudio team and gained invaluable feedback on the vision and goals of the company. The team looks forward to using what they learned in preparation for submitting an application for Embry-Riddle’s 2023 Launch Your Venture.
Acreage Farms is proud to announce it was awarded first prize in the Global Products and Services Award category at the 2022 TREP Expo hosted by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The award was received for our Mobile Monitoring System (MMS) designed to increase plant productivity in vertical farming. The TREP Expo allowed Acreage Farms to showcase current developments to the public and receive valuable feedback from many experienced judges and other attendees. The award was accepted on behalf of Acreage Farms by CEO Collin Topolski. At Acreage Farms, we are focusing on optimizing growth environments in the emerging AgTech space and increasing stable and consistent food production across the globe by starting right at home in Daytona Beach, Florida. Our MMS is designed to optimize current vertical farming sensor solutions for cheaper upfront capital cost and provide more robust information across larger portions of the grow space. The MMS is in the prototyping phase of development with more updates to follow in 2023.