Join the Studio’s 12 week Drought Resilience Lab Program (Australia)

Beanstalk’s Drought Venture Studio is dedicated to tackling Australia’s most urgent drought and climate challenges in agriculture.

The Studio’s intensive 12 week Drought Resilience Lab equips ag innovators with the resources, specialised support, and networks to turn their technologies into impactful ventures.

Benefits

• Tailored 1:1 Coaching
  • Dedicated weekly sessions to help you identify and prioritise key risks, refine your business model, validate assumptions, troubleshoot challenges, and set clear milestones throughout the program.
• Expert Masterclasses
  • Targeted workshops on commercial viability, IP strategies, market analysis, and other critical early-stage topics.
• Weekly Cohort Meetups
  • Collaborative sessions to share progress, exchange insights, and build a strong peer network.
• Dedicated Pitch Practice
  • Structured coaching and rehearsals with real-time feedback to sharpen your narrative and delivery for a commercial audience.
• Specialist Support
  • Access to financial modelling, competitor research, visual design, and other specialist services.
• Curated Connections
  • Explore curated opportunities to connect with industry experts, investors, and potential partners, with guidance on how to engage them at the right stage of your venture.
• Entrepreneurial Capabilities
  • Skills, knowledge, and confidence in early-stage venture building, enabling you to tackle growth challenges and effectively lead your innovation.
• Venture Playbook
  • A pitch deck and commercialisation plan for communicating your opportunity for impact and the pathways for the next stages of growth.
• Expanded Network
  • A strengthened network of peers, potential team members, advisors and investors for supporting the growth and success of your venture.
• Industry Exposure
  • Visibility of your venture among a curated audience of investors, agribusiness leaders, and industry experts.
• Non-Dilutive Participation
  • Access all program elements at no cost and retain full ownership of your venture, ensuring you can focus on growth without sacrificing equity.
• Showcase and Beyond
  • Opportunity for top ventures to present at a final showcase and the possibility of becoming a Venture-in-Residence with the Studio for a further 12 months.

Eligibility Criteria

• A team can participate in the program, however, they do require that a single person be nominated as the primary innovator. This person will be expected to attend all of the sessions and is typically the project lead or startup CEO. The primary innovator should be the program applicant, and the application should list all core team members.
• You must be an Australian citizen, permanent resident, or have your IP (technology/innovation) housed in an incorporated company entity to be eligible to apply. Please note that this requires at least an ACN (not just an ABN). You will need to do your own research to clarify the difference. There is a narrow exemption to these eligibility in some cases where the main criteria are not satisfied and there is an international innovator or innovation with novel IP and evidence of intent to bring the innovation to Australian farmers.
• They welcome entrepreneurial researchers, early-stage founders, and industry disruptors who want to transform validated prototypes into impactful ventures that contribute to drought-resilience.

For more information, visit Beanstalk Ventures.