Tokai Ventures, Venture Capital fund based in Uruguay, led by Gabriel Rozman and Pablo Garfinkel is developing together with NXTP Labs, the largest regional accelerator in Latam, with more than 160 startups in its portfolio and based in Buenos Aires, the first Acceleration Program of technology and innovation in Agro: AgroTech 2016, Rio de la Plata.
Integrating projects that develop innovative technologies to agricultural processes, such as biotech, bigdata, drones, ecommerce, risk management and decision making among others, the best technological projects of this industry will be selected, which will participate in the innovation program. The call was launched in May.
The program will be held in parallel in Argentina and Uruguay, highlighting the fact that the selected startups in both countries will travel to Buenos Aires and Montevideo, co-participate in events and seminars and exchange knowledge and experience.
The program will favor the connection of entrepreneurs with academia, regional businessmen, public and private institutions, as well as with the regional ecosystem, to strengthen their business vision and their strategic contacts, as well as to strengthen ties that lead them to do business quickly and efficiently.
The program will last 6 weeks. It concludes with a main event or Stage Summit, which in the case of Uruguay will be held at LATU on August 9th. It will have an outstanding regional audience and will be attended by renowned international speakers, panels where the topics of interest and current affairs of the intersection of the worlds of technology, innovation and agriculture will be discussed, and where the selected and accelerated startups will present (Pitch) and compete.
Events like this one, but in other industries, have already been held by NXTP in Mexico, Colombia and Argentina. However, for the first time it will be held in parallel in the Rio de la Plata.
Our main objectives are the following:
- To broaden the knowledge about startups in the Agro business field.
- Generate investment opportunities and eventually accompany them.
- Dynamize the ecosystem, with the participation of the State, Academia, Companies, Institutions and the Entrepreneurial Community.
- To identify the needs of companies linked to the agricultural sector and promote the solution of real problems through the application of technology and innovation.
Program information and registration form
About NXTP Labs
With operations in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay, NXTP Labs is the most active technology investment fund in the region. In just four years of operations, the firm has partnered with teams from more than 15 countries, investing in 170 innovative companies in the region. Seventy percent of the companies invested have achieved successive rounds of investment averaging around $750,000.
NXTP Labs adds value to its portfolio of startups through acceleration programs that generate a fertile micro-ecosystem and networking for technology innovation, business formats and commercial relationships for entrepreneurs, investors and mentors. This entrepreneurial ecosystem spans industries and verticals such as Advertising, Agribusiness, Bitcoin, Big Data, Social Commerce, ECommerce, Education, Finance, Internet of Things, Gaming, Mobile, Security, Social Media, Cloud Technology and Video.
About Tokai Ventures
Tokai Ventures is the most active investment network in Uruguay. It is an angel network, with an unstructured fund. Tokai Ventures is a Venture Partner of NXTP Labs and its representative in Uruguay. Its partners, led by Gabriel Rozman and Pablo Garfinkel, have more than fifteen years of experience as angel investors in different industries in Uruguay and the region. Their team believes in the value of a strong ecosystem, which empowers and creates cross fertilization. It bets on creating opportunities and cohesion. He acts as an active member, juror and speaker in different institutions and national and international events in Latin America and the US. His portfolio consists of 15 investments, including 4 exits and 2 write offs. They have invested in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Israel and USA.
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