Founders Live Returns in partnership with Agri-techE!
Join us for an incredible evening…
Founders Live is an unforgettable happy hour competition sweeping the globe.
5 founders
99-second pitches
4 minutes of audience Q&A
YOUR VOTES decide the winner!
So bring your friends and coworkers, grab some food and drink, get to know your local entrepreneurs, and vote for what you think will be the next big thing… built in the UK.
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Starring
TC Group’s Dave Hailey as the City Leader
Mills & Reeve's Zickie Lim
Competing Founders and Startups
Manash Chatterjee, Co-Founder at Viridian Seeds:
Viridian Seeds develops and commercialises climate smart crop varieties (Super-Crops) for sustainable transitions of agriculture and food systems using a proprietary genomics-AI assisted gene discovery platform for accelerated product development.
Stuart Dixon, Co-Founder at Viridys Bio:
Viridys Bio is developing biological sensors - bacteria programmed to visually report the presence of specific molecules – to identify crop pests and disease. Our technology enables early, low-cost detection of crop pests and pathogens, helping producers avoid losses, cut chemical use, and meet tightening sustainability standards across global supply chains.
Dr Samsurin Welch, Co-Founder, CEO and Director of Research HyveGeo:
HyveGeo greens the desert to remove CO2 from the air while boosting food security in arid regions. They turn biogenic waste into their biochar-based formulation specifically engineered to turn desert sand into green fertile grounds, improving soil fertility, water retention, while locking away carbon.
Klaus McDonald-Maier, CEO and Co-Founder of Versatile RobotX:
Versatile RobotX (VRX), UKRI AI and Robotics 2025 award-winning AgriTech University spin-out, is developing intelligent, field-ready farm robots. VRX's vision is to transform how ‘food is produced' and 'how people work in such environments'
Ilan Adler | LinkedIn, CEO and Co-Founder of EcoNomad Solutions:
EcoNomad Solutions is an award winning agritech start-up and 2021 FoodTech 500 finalist. They are part of Shake Climate Change program of Rothamsted Research, as well as EIT Food Accelerator Network of the European Union. Their ambition is to reduce environmental impact of livestock smallholdings through animal waste-to-energy conversion on small scale and locally.
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Winners
The Founders Live winners package includes:
The Professional Boost membership with over $1,000,000 in cash savings on 100+ essential apps and services for startups
An appearance in the Founders Live Prime Time regional qualifiers with a chance to advance to our Prime Time global event in the fall
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