Lely Industries in Maassluis is bekend van de melkrobots. Het internationaal opererende bedrijf met 2300 medewerkers wil bijdragen aan duurzame landbouw. Daarvoor is het voortdurend op zoek naar innovatieve oplossingen voor de agrarische sector op maar liefst 3 R&D-afdelingen. Het bedrijf bezit 1500 actuele patenten. Daarom heeft het bedrijf een challenge uitgeschreven. Een uitgelezen kans voor de startups en scale ups onder de groene groeiers. Schrijf je in!
Lely Startup Challenge 2024: Shaping the Farm of the Future
Join the Lely Startup Challenge from 5 – 7 November 2024 at Lely’s head office in Maassluis, The Netherlands and help shape the Farm of the Future! Lely is looking for startups with innovative solutions that contribute to the major challenges of the agricultural industry.
Selected nominees will enjoy a fully catered two-day challenge at the Lely headquarters in the Netherlands. Don’t miss the chance to collaborate with Lely and secure a €5,000 pilot fee.
Are you a startup with a groundbreaking innovation in the field of dairy farming, for example cow health, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, automation, or the quality of the feed or soil?
They are on the lookout for ambitious startups from around the world to showcase their solution and explore collaboration with Lely to innovate faster together.
Innovation as catalyst for positive impact
A growing world population means wise choices have to be made for food production. Farmers around the globe are crucial players to feed the world. Innovations are needed to make sure that farmers continue to have their license to operate. Preserving nature, monitoring animal well being and farmer prosperity are key themes to ensure that farmers can continue to feed the world.
Lely invites startups from all over the world to pitch their innovation. From the submissions, they will select about 10 innovators, whom they will invite to explore further collaboration with us at the Lely Campus, the head office in Maassluis, the Netherlands. Ultimately, they will choose at least one startup solution with which they will explore a pilot collaboration and further explore investment and/or strategic partnerships.
What’s in it for you?
Get the chance to tap into the knowledge, experience, network, resources and facilities of Lely, the world market leader in robots for dairy farming in 75 years, potentially securing investment or a strategic partnership.
If you are selected by Lely as a nominee, you will be invited to a fully catered two-day challenge. During these days, you will have the opportunity to meet with Lely farming innovators, and pitch your startup in front of a jury. Lely will cover accomodation expenses for this event. In addition, the winner will be awarded a €5,000 pilot fee from Lely to kickstart future cooperation.
How to enter the Lely Startup Challenge 2024?
Here you can find all the information & requirements needed to enter the challenge. Registration closes on August 17th.
Join us in innovating the future of dairy farming!
https://www.lely.com/about-lely/corporate-venturing/startup-challenge/
