Accelerating the Cultivation of Canadian Agtech
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Economic Development Regina, Cultivator + Emmertech to Launch Saskatchewan s First Agtech Accelerator
REGINA, SK, June 17, 2021 /CNW/ - Economic Development Regina (EDR), Cultivator powered by Conexus (Cultivator) and soon-to-be-launched venture capital fund, Emmertech, are excited to announce we re teaming up to launch an Agtech Accelerator. Through this partnership, we re solidifying Saskatchewan as a global hub for agtech investment, commercialization, and job creation by providing world-leading agtech and foodtech companies with the mentorship, resources, programming and funding needed to help them take their startup to the next level.
The Agtech Accelerator will be open to agtech and foodtech companies from across Canada that focus on (but not limited to):
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Founded in Saskatoon in 2017 by Co-Founders Alex Cruder and Brent Gudelot, the service aims to return time to the shoppers, who, in common car shopping experiences, often have to visit multiple dealerships, haggle with finance departments, or deal with sometimes unreliable back-and-forth conversations with sellers on private marketplace sites.
“The experience felt archaic,” says Curbie CEO Alex Cruder of the traditional method of car shopping. “We’ve seen so many industries disrupted for the better by removing the salesperson and empowering the customer to shop in their own way, on their own time. It makes sense vehicles are the next frontier.”