📍 Venue: SISTER – Renold Building, 32a Altrincham Street, Manchester, M1 7JR
What does the future of food production look like in the North? From lab-based breakthroughs to field level technologies, Greater Manchester is home to a growing wave of agricultural biotech and agtech pioneers redefining how we grow, manage and distribute food.
This event brings together 4 companies leading that transformation: Bright Biotech, Gennate, Mushroom+, and SporeSense. These innovators are harnessing biology, data, and engineering in a variety of different ways to tackle challenges around food security, sustainability, and productivity. Through short showcases and discussion, we will explore how cutting-edge science is translated into scalable ventures and how regional partnerships are accelerating progress.
Whether you are a researcher, entrepreneur, grower, agronomist or policymaker, join us to connect with the innovators shaping Northern agricultural biotech and discover how collaboration across the ecosystem can unlock a more resilient, sustainable food future .
In Partnership with Nucleate
Powered by Advanced Research + Invention Agency
Step into a space where every conversation could spark something new. Enjoy music, refreshments, and a lively atmosphere designed to bring people together, whether you’re exchanging ideas, discovering collaborators, or simply sharing a laugh. This is the perfect moment to unwind, connect, and let serendipity guide your evening.
Running a business can be very lonely, and getting advice and support can feel like drawing blood from a stone. The hardest calls, like fundraising, hiring, and go-to-market, all tend to land on one desk.
Silicon Sessions Roundtable is a focused, supportive, problem-solving session where four founders get the opportunity to bring a real, live challenge to an audience of fellow founders, operators, and experts from across the AgTech ecosystem, and receive honest, actionable feedback.
Hosted by Lewis Sayes from Silicon Mingle Manchester, Silicon Sessions proves that, in Manchester, you don’t have to build a business on your own.
Introduction from Venture Café.
Nucleate is a leading activation partner for life sciences and health innovation. Focused on empowering founders and emerging companies, Nucleate provides access to resources, networks and expertise to accelerate early-stage growth. Their platform connects entrepreneurs with investors, corporates, and research institutions, supporting the translation of scientific breakthroughs into impactful solutions across health, longevity, and biotech sectors.
This fast-paced pitch showcase highlights pioneering startups transforming the future of agriculture, food production and biotechnology. From breakthrough innovations in plant science and precision agriculture to sustainable food systems and data-driven farming, presenters will share how they are tackling challenges around food security, productivity and environmental sustainability. Discover how these emerging ventures are translating cutting-edge research into scalable solutions and helping shape a more resilient future for agriculture.
🚜 SporeSense is developing AI biosensors that detect crop diseases early, enabling smarter fungicide timing, reducing inputs and supporting scalable, sustainable precision agriculture.
🍄 mushroom+ is a deep-tech platform transforming mushrooms into high-protein, climate-positive food, boosting protein content and nutritional density without changing the farm or food system.
📍 Venue: SISTER – Renold Building, 32a Altrincham Street, Manchester, M1 7JR
What does the future of food production look like in the North? From lab-based breakthroughs to field level technologies, Greater Manchester is home to a growing wave of agricultural biotech and agtech pioneers redefining how we grow, manage and distribute food.
This event brings together 4 companies leading that transformation: Bright Biotech, Gennate, Mushroom+, and SporeSense. These innovators are harnessing biology, data, and engineering in a variety of different ways to tackle challenges around food security, sustainability, and productivity. Through short showcases and discussion, we will explore how cutting-edge science is translated into scalable ventures and how regional partnerships are accelerating progress.
Whether you are a researcher, entrepreneur, grower, agronomist or policymaker, join us to connect with the innovators shaping Northern agricultural biotech and discover how collaboration across the ecosystem can unlock a more resilient, sustainable food future .
In Partnership with Nucleate
Powered by Advanced Research + Invention Agency
Step into a space where every conversation could spark something new. Enjoy music, refreshments, and a lively atmosphere designed to bring people together, whether you’re exchanging ideas, discovering collaborators, or simply sharing a laugh. This is the perfect moment to unwind, connect, and let serendipity guide your evening.
Running a business can be very lonely, and getting advice and support can feel like drawing blood from a stone. The hardest calls, like fundraising, hiring, and go-to-market, all tend to land on one desk.
Silicon Sessions Roundtable is a focused, supportive, problem-solving session where four founders get the opportunity to bring a real, live challenge to an audience of fellow founders, operators, and experts from across the AgTech ecosystem, and receive honest, actionable feedback.
Hosted by Lewis Sayes from Silicon Mingle Manchester, Silicon Sessions proves that, in Manchester, you don’t have to build a business on your own.
Introduction from Venture Café.
Nucleate is a leading activation partner for life sciences and health innovation. Focused on empowering founders and emerging companies, Nucleate provides access to resources, networks and expertise to accelerate early-stage growth. Their platform connects entrepreneurs with investors, corporates, and research institutions, supporting the translation of scientific breakthroughs into impactful solutions across health, longevity, and biotech sectors.
This fast-paced pitch showcase highlights pioneering startups transforming the future of agriculture, food production and biotechnology. From breakthrough innovations in plant science and precision agriculture to sustainable food systems and data-driven farming, presenters will share how they are tackling challenges around food security, productivity and environmental sustainability. Discover how these emerging ventures are translating cutting-edge research into scalable solutions and helping shape a more resilient future for agriculture.
🚜 SporeSense is developing AI biosensors that detect crop diseases early, enabling smarter fungicide timing, reducing inputs and supporting scalable, sustainable precision agriculture.
🍄 mushroom+ is a deep-tech platform transforming mushrooms into high-protein, climate-positive food, boosting protein content and nutritional density without changing the farm or food system.