Agri-tech SME lunch and network: Boost your business

Schedule

Wed Apr 29 2026 at 11:45 am to 02:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Midlands Agri-Tech Innovation Hub | Newport, EN

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Join us at the Midlands Hub to network, explore tailored business support and discover opportunities to accelerate your commercial journey.
About this Event

Join us at the Midlands Agri-Tech Innovation Hub, located on Harper Adams University campus – the UK’s leading agri-food institute.

This event is designed to help you make new connections, understand how the UK Agri-Tech Centre can support your businesses’ commercial journey and explore the challenges holding your organisation back.


Throughout the event you will:

  • Get an introduction to the UK Agri-Tech Centre, our new strategy to connect high potential agri-tech businesses to commercial success and our business support programmes
  • Network with fellow agri-tech businesses based at the Midlands Hub and across the local area
  • Take part in a workshop designed to support agri-tech businesses raising capital at different stages of their fundraising journey


Fundraising workshop

As part of this event, we’re offering a practical fundraising workshop to help agri-tech businesses prepare for investment. This workshop will cover key proof points for Seed and Series A, typical timelines and how to ensure you have the best chance of raising quickly and effectively. The session will wrap up with a Q&A.

If you are an SME interested in this workshop, please select this option in the registration form and we will confirm acceptance.


Business support

The UK Agri-Tech Centre helps agri-tech businesses become market-ready, scale effectively and achieve real-world adoption. We have a range of business support available, including business support programmes that deliver specialist, expert support to tackle business growth challenges and move your innovation closer to market, quickly.

Use this event to find more about our programmes on offer:

  • Global Growth Accelerator: International pilot projects to validate UK-developed agri-tech solutions with local end users
  • FASTA: Accelerator for agri-tech solutions enabling Net Zero agriculture
  • Agri-Tech Solution Sprints: Fast-paced innovation sprints to progress agri-tech solutions forwards commercialisation
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Where is it happening?

Midlands Agri-Tech Innovation Hub, Poultry Drive, Newport, United Kingdom

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