The Path to Sustainable Future

F-300 AgFoodTech Accelerator (January - April 2025)
Are you a founder? Strengthen your ability to succeed while reducing the time, cost, and complexity of growing your startup through the F-300 AgFoodTech Accelerator.
What You Get:

• Connections with potential customers

• Introductions to angel or venture capital investors

• Connections with America’s #1 university for ag research, University of Florida

• Introductions to lawyers, accountants, and other service providers

• Workshop on how to create a pitch deck and pitch to investors

• Professional mentorship to help you avoid blind spots

• Workshop on go-to-market strategies

• Weekly peer group meetings

• Access to VentureBlocks

• Workshop on being an effective leader

• Access to IBIS World’s Industry Research Database

• Collaborative workspace

• Access to Pitchtape

• Connections with fellow tech entrepreneurs

• High-speed internet access

• Concierge support to help you get settled

• Info on where to eat and have fun in North Central Florida!

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F-300 AgFoodTech Innovation Park
The Park will be a hub of technologies advancing the agriculture and food industries such as artificial intelligence (AI), automation, robotics, sensing, precision agriculture, advanced energy, industrial efficiency, and data analytics. Newberry has designated 170+ acres to develop this transformative innovation and business park. The City secured $75,000 in total grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Duke Energy Florida to fund an AgFoodTech business incubator feasibility study and business plan.  Consultants concluded the proposed incubator is feasible. The startup Accelerator program will be based at a temporary location in downtown Newberry.
 

Newberry, Florida
The City of Newberry, Florida has a population of 8,500 people and is a fast growing city in the state of Florida. A charming and warm community nestled in the heart of North Central Florida, Newberry has a 100+ year history in agriculture. It is home to the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Extension Alachua County office. Newberry is an easy 15-20 minute drive from Gainesville and hosts the longest running watermelon festival in America.

University of Florida (UF)
UF was ranked the #1 public university in America by the Wall Street Journal in 2023. The National Science Foundation ranked UF the #1 university in the nation for agricultural research with its $300 million in 2022-2023 expenditures. UF has one of the fastest AI supercomputers in higher education with a $70 million partnership with NVIDIA and has hired many faculty to develop AI applications in agriculture.