Agriculture, forestry and fishing

AdamVirgo Trading is a holding company that develops innovative new ideas and solutions mainly using technologies to build them into profitable subsidiaries to sell them off to potential investors and corporate businesses.

We are a tech-centered business working alongside partners to build a vibrant, robust innovation ecosystem in support of tech-driven businesses, a B2B2C business offering innovative solutions for businesses and social economics. 

We are a biotech company that works in the aquaculture healthcare sector, where we use biotechnology and proteomics to provide the industry with more granular biological insight into the health of farmed fish, allowing farming practices and nutrition to be optimized for improved animal welfare.

Raizcorp support and scales entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial ecosystem as well as accelerate the success of entrepreneurs. 

Offerings: 

• Pre-incubation programmes
• Incubation programmes
• Acceleration programmes
• Equity partnerships

Entrepreneurial Benefits:

• Training
• Guiding (mentoring)
• Market access
• Access to finance
• Access to infrastructure
• Entrepreneurial essentials
• Equity investment

The Vuligqondo Smart and Organic Farming Model is a private company with a focus on smart and organic farming technologies. We specialize in hydroponics farming, organic farming, poultry production, egg incubator (chicks production) and solar farming system (renewable energy). We are currently working on developing high-tech irrigation system as an experimental setup for both smart and organic farming systems. 

GREENTECH INNOVATORS (Pty) LTD., a well-established water, environmental management, and scientific services consultancy based in South Africa, is a dedicated and innovative company. We provide Environmental Management Consulting Services in the areas of planning, environmental legal compliance, risk assessments, environmental impact assessments, project management, monitoring, auditing, mining permits, specialist studies (visual, wetlands delineation), social impact assessments, water-related services, conservation, rehabilitation, research, and science workshops. It is run by committed young

Microtraction is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in African startups at the pre-seed stage.

Microtraction is sector agnostic and heavily biased towards smart, relentlessly resourceful founders who are building high growth, technology driven businesses in billion dollar markets.

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The eKasiLabs is a micro innovation hub facility spread across the 5 economic corridors in Gauteng where we foster and cultivate a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in townships. The facilities are located in Mohlakeng, Sebokeng, Garankuwa, Soweto, Tembisa, Alexandra, Mamelodi, Kagiso, Kathorus and Mabopane.

Offerings: 

• Business Development support
• Mentoring (both technical and non-technical)
• Commercialisation and market development support
• Value Added service such Intellectual property and other legal service advisory
• Co-creation facilities that include hotdesking, training

Agri Seed Capital is a Micro Finance Institution (MFI) that exists to address the problem of financial inclusion affecting subsistence and small-scale farmers.

The Agri Seed Capital three-year incubation programme aims to establish a pipeline of future finance-ready farmers. Our support services include:

• Access to markets
• Bookkeeping services
• Business Plans
• Credit facilities
• Risk mitigation strategies 
• Technical advisory

Criteria

• Farming on a full-time basis
• Have access to land
• Minimum 2-years of production history
• Youth farmers are encouraged to apply