Closing ceremony of the #QuestTour19 challenge

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The closing ceremony of the #QuestTour19 was held yesterday at Station F

A look back at the 3rd edition of the InVivo Quest challenge!

The challenge of the InVivo Quest challenge, created in 2017, is to build an international ecosystem of Agri-Food innovation. Building on this momentum, InVivo Quest has continued its quest in 2019 by launching the #QuestTour19. 

For this third edition, a particular focus is placed on sourcing Tech & Digital projects across the entire Agri-Food value chain, making stops this year in France, Brazil, California and Portugal.

The winners of the #QuestTour19 :

Quest Brazil Winner: The startup TBIT Tecnologia, represented by its CEO Igor Chalfoun

TBIT Tecnologia is a grain and seed quality control solution.

"We provide technologies that automate the sorting of grains and seeds and simplify the work of the producer," explains Igor Chalfoun. TBIT already exports its solution to the United States, Chile, Argentina and South Africa and is currently working on exporting to Europe. 

Quest California Winner: The startup eHarvest Hub, represented by its CEO & founder Alvaro Ramirez

eHarvestHub enables more than 480 million small farmers to use blockchain to ensure food transparency, track the quality of their products, deliver and sell them directly to supermarkets, thereby increasing their margins.

Quest France Winner: The startup Kapsera, represented by its president Antoine Drevelle. 

Kapsera develops and markets an exclusive microfluidic encapsulation technology for formulating biofertilisers and biopesticides in order to make them effective and stable. Its ambition is to offer agriculture a new standard in the formulation of microorganisms, allowing the development of a new generation of agricultural inputs to be accelerated: sustainable and effective.

Quest Iberia Winner: The startup Aerobotics, represented by its founder Bernardo Costa. 

Aerobotics is an aerial solution combined with a food intelligence algorithm for early detection of diseases. 

Jury's favourite: The startup Motorleaf, represented by its co-founder Scotte Dickson Dagondon

Motorleaf is a solution for controlling and forecasting greenhouse yields. 


The winners will receive :

  • Business connections with InVivo's various businesses.
  • A pass to CES Las Vegas 2020 for the winner of each destination.
  • Privileged access to apply for the Microsoft for Startups programme.