Rocket Seeder accelerates the pace of food and agriculture innovation. We help entrepreneurs right across the food and fibre value chain. We build communities around you and provide the growing conditions so you can start-up fast and grow rapidly.
What we offer
High-performance coaching, designed to help you achieve in 3 months what other start-ups take years to achieve.
We select individuals and teams with interesting and promising ideas at different stages of development.
You’ll work on your start-up in Melbourne – the foodie capital of Australia – for 3 months with access to co-working space, collaboration and meeting space, and world class facilities.
There you’ll work on your business model, develop your minimum viable product, identify and develop customers, and prepare to get funded to scale.
Each week we’ll run a range of activities tailored to your needs, and you’ll be introduced to experts who can help you accelerate your start-up.
Through our growing list of partners, you’ll have access to a range of facilities and expertise that you would normally find difficult and/or expensive to access.
In the final weeks of the program you will work to refine your pitch in preparation for meeting our investor network.
Commitment
The 3 Cs – creativity, collaboration, and collision of ideas – is what it’s all about.
The 4th C – commitment – makes it happen.
The program is run from our Melbourne HQ at the Monash Food Incubator, Monash University, Clayton campus. If selected, you and your team will be expected to work on your start-up full-time for the duration of the program, and join us at least one day a week in the Monash Food Incubator.
Every start-up is different and every founder brings their own experiences. We work with you to tailor the program to your unique stage and requirements, and bring in industry mentors to help you with the specific aspects of your business.
We also run a range of structured activities covering key business building blocks that you’ll need to nail in order to scale.
Value proposition development
Minimum viable product development
Customer validation
Business model development
Customer development
Pitching
Financial modeling
Raising capital
Negotiations
Intellectual property
Take a look at the Autumn Crop 18 Program
Autumn Crop 18 important dates
Who should apply?
