As for the latest addition to the Euroseeds congress, the #InnovActionStage showcased 12 ground-breaking technologies developed for a wide range of breeding solutions: mobile cell analysis solutions, machine learning, AI, CRISPR, gene editing, 3D phenotyping and more.
The InnovActor 2024 Award was a major highlight, with Healthycrop crowned the winner for its groundbreaking contributions to plant breeding innovation, with Amphasys and SMARTtray® as notable runners-up. Moderated by Shawn Brook, Director of Seed World Group, the ceremony award started with a speech from Alec Asbridge, Senior Director at EY-Parthenon, who hilighted the importance of innovation and agricultural technologies in the value chain and the farming community. The congress concluded with a panel discussion featuring the winner, the finalists and our panellists, reflecting on the role of innovation in agriculture and its future trajectory.
The competition has been supported by Ernst and Young and Agro Innovation Lab.
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As for the latest addition to the Euroseeds congress, the #InnovActionStage showcased 12 ground-breaking technologies developed for a wide range of breeding solutions: mobile cell analysis solutions, machine learning, AI, CRISPR, gene editing, 3D phenotyping and more.
The InnovActor 2024 Award was a major highlight, with Healthycrop crowned the winner for its groundbreaking contributions to plant breeding innovation, with Amphasys and SMARTtray® as notable runners-up. Moderated by Shawn Brook, Director of Seed World Group, the ceremony award started with a speech from Alec Asbridge, Senior Director at EY-Parthenon, who hilighted the importance of innovation and agricultural technologies in the value chain and the farming community. The congress concluded with a panel discussion featuring the winner, the finalists and our panellists, reflecting on the role of innovation in agriculture and its future trajectory.
The competition has been supported by Ernst and Young and Agro Innovation Lab.
Be the « InnovActor 2025 » and showcase your cutting-edge technologies
Innovation plays a crucial role in driving progress within and around the European seed sector, driving advancements that are pivotal to addressing evolving challenges in agriculture and ensuring sustainable food production. The Euroseeds 2025 Congress launches the « Euroseeds2025 InnovAction Stage », a platform to showcase the latest innovations that have the potential to reshape the future of the seed industry in Europe and beyond.
Start-ups, SMEs and public-private partnerships are offered a unique opportunity to join an international competition and spotlight their latest cutting edge technologies, products, and services and to be selected as »Euroseeds2025 InnovActor ».
At the heart of the InnovAction Stage is the opportunity for selected companies to deliver concise, impactful presentations lasting a maximum of 10 minutes, followed by a short interactive Q&A session of 15 minutes. These sessions will take place on a dedicated stage, seamlessly integrated into the congress’s exhibition and trade area, optimizing visibility and engagement for presenters and attendees alike.
Conditions for participation: Click to view
Selected companies Edition 2024
Announcing the Euroseeds2024 InnovAction Stage top 12 Finalists
Following a meticulous evaluation by an independent jury, Euroseeds is proud to present the 12 leading finalists of the InnovAction Stage competition. These companies have been selected for their cutting-edge contributions to modern plant breeding, crop resilience, quality improvement, and data-driven decision-making in breeding.
The 12 finalists, who did present their pioneering innovations at the Euroseeds Congress 2024 in Copenhagen, are:
Amphasys AG
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Specializes in mobile cell analysis solutions, evolving from a 2012 spin-off
of Axetris AG.
Arable
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Integrates weather, plant, and soil/irrigation data with advanced modeling and machine learning for comprehensive, real-time crop insights in a user-friendly system.
Cibus
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Computomics GmbH
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Healthycrop
Multiplex Spa
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phenoLytics
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Rainbow Crops
RoboTec PTC GmbH
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SMARTtray®
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Solynta – True Potato Seeds
Programme
The Euroseeds2025 InnovAction competition will exclusively focus on
- Breeding research ;
- Breeding technology ;
- Genetics;
- Bio- and breeding informatics ;
- Tissue culture ;
- Phenotyping (incl. metabolomics and proteomics);
- Other technologies and products supporting plant breeding and variety development
- Start-ups
- Spin-off
- Research group
- Individual entrepreneur;
- Micro enterprise;
- SME;
- Other
- Use case/application relevance for European plant breeding agriculture
- Proof of concept
- Test results available if possible
- Prototype available if possible
- For companies selected for the final presentation in Edinburgh
With more than 1300 attendees from all the leading European and international plant breeding, seed and seed related businesses, the Euroseeds Congress provides the ideal fertile ground to present new services and products, engage in conversations with potential partners and customers, and understand what political, regulatory and economic developments will drive the sector in the coming years. This is a great opportunity to meet your potential customers and partners of tomorrow! Click here to discover the Euroseeds Congress 2024
All selected companies will feature prominently on the Euroseeds2025 Congress website with their logos and information as of 01.08.2025 and have access to all relevant Congress information and the entire Congress venue and meetings.
- The Euroseeds2025 InnovActor
An independent jury will assess all presentations and select the winner of the competition and two runner-ups. These companies will be presented and feature prominently in a special closing event of the competition, to be held in the afternoon of Tuesday, 21.10.2025.
In addition, the winner, our Euroseeds2025 InnovActor, will receive a free registration to the Euroseeds2026 Congress, have a special video Interview with SeedWorld Europe, with coverage in magazine and on-line, and will be authorised to use the title of “Euroseeds2025 InnovActor” for communication and marketing purposes.
- If your company is not selected
Well, in English they say « out with the old, in with the new »! And after all, we became aware of your innovation through your application and we will keep you in mind for eventual possibilities at the Euroseeds2026 Congress.