An agriculture startup launchpad program for aspiring entrepreneurs who are looking to use their tech, agriculture, and business skills to build the climate resilient agriculture ventures
About Dak Dam Innovators for Resilient Agriculture
Dak Dam Innovators for Resilient Agriculture was a startup program for young aspiring entrepreneurs who want to improve Cambodia’s agriculture industry using innovative ideas and climate-resilient agriculture practices. The program kicked off with a 3-day hackathon challenge where teams of university students created and pitched innovative business ideas focused on climate-resilient agriculture. The top 5 teams received $500 in seed funding and joined a full incubation program with training, mentorship, and site visits.
Meet the inspiring changemakers
Bansam
Bansam
Bansam is an agriculture modern nursery: a place where plants are grown for transplanting, for use as stock for budding and grafting. They supply seedling to farmers to grow.
CamboGreens
CamboGreens
CamboGreens is a dynamic supplement company dedicated to transforming your health journey.
Chiv Cheat
Chiv Cheat
Chiv Cheat is an agri-tech company for cashew farmers in Cambodia. Their Telegram chatbot detects disease from the image, voice or text input in Khmer and provide them with suggestions.
HerAgri
HerAgri
HerAgri is an agricultural start-up, producing cabbage bait from cabbage waste recycle for insect pests prevention on brassicaceae family.
ZeroCarbon
ZeroCarbon
ZeroCarbon is an agri-tech start up whose soil sensor technology and consultancy services help recover soil health from low quality to high quality in order to ensure sustainable soil in the future.
Program Journey
01. Outreach
The DakDam program aimed to introduce young people to entrepreneurship and agriculture — and help those with an existing passion find their way. We conducted mini interactive workshops at universities to introduce concepts of social entrepreneurship to hundreds of students and encourage them to apply for the program.
02. Hackathon
What better way to find the next best idea than a hackathon? We brought together 50 young people with diverse skills in business, agriculture, technology, and communications over an intensive (and super fun!) three days. They collaborated in teams to create and pitch an innovative business idea focused on climate-resilient agriculture, supported by mini-workshops and mentorship.
03. Incubation
The top 5 teams selected at the end of the Hackathon underwent a three-month support program. Through training workshops, mentoring, and field visits to meet local successful entrepreneurs, the teams learned the fundamentals of launching a start-up and refined their prototypes.
04. Post-Program Support
We showcased the innovative ideas at a Demo Day, where judges selected the finalists to receive additional seed funding and three more months of post-program support from Impact Hub Phnom Penh. It was a runway to help them take off with their new startup!
Experience the Hackathon
What happens when you bring dozens of brilliant, creative young people together? A flow of ideas on how to build the climate resilience of Cambodia’s agriculture sector.
Check out our recap video of the DakDam Hackathon, held in early 2024 in Phnom Penh, to re-live some of the magic.
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