2025 Innovate for Impact Challenge

Schedule

Wed Oct 22 2025 at 05:00 pm to 06:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Iowa Events Center | Des Moines, IA

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Witness three of the top agtech companies in the world compete for $50,000 in the final, high energy round of this pitch competition!
About this Event

Unveiled at the 2024 Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue, the invites forward-thinking entrepreneurs from around the globe to present breakthrough technologies aimed at revolutionizing agriculture. This initiative aligns with the World Food Prize Foundation’s mission to elevate innovations and inspire action toward alleviating global hunger.The three finalists will give their final pitches live for the Borlaug Dialogue audience and a panel of judges. These judges will determine who will be awarded first place with a $50,000 prize, second with a $10,000 prize and third with a $5,000 prize.

Top 3 Finalists

| Argentina | RNA technology
APOLO Biotech addresses the pressing challenges of climate change impact on agriculture and the need to reduce reliance on synthetic pesticides.

| India | Microbiome-based agri-biotech for chemical-free farming
Capsber Agriscience is revolutionizing agriculture through a next-generation microbiome platform that eliminates the need for chemical fertilizers by harnessing nature’s own biological intelligence.

| Nigeria | Animal care
Vet Konect is a digital animal health platform reimagining animal care across Africa by leveraging mobile connectivity and artificial intelligence to provide animal health coverage and social protection for livestock farmers regardless of the barriers of distance.

Judges

Chris Abbott, Chief Executive Oficer, Pivot Bio

Han Chen, Renowned business leader and expert in sustainable innovation and technology, ZeaKal

Kay Kuenker, Board Chair, AgriTec Venture Corporation (RiceTec)

Lazarus Lynch, Chef, author and advocate for inclusive solutions to food security challenges

Chris Nelson, President & CEO, Kemin Industries

Jorge Fernández Vidal, Managing Director and Head Agriculture & Food, Liechtenstein Group

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Iowa Events Center, 730 3rd Street, Des Moines, United States

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