Organisations
National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC)
The National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC) is Australia’s sovereign investor in manufacturing capability. The NRFC exists to facilitate increased flows of finance into 7 priority areas of the Australian economy to transform and diversify Australian industry.
The NRFC’s Value-add in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries priority area allows us to invest in businesses and activities that add value to agriculture, forestry and fisheries sector by manufacturing products for use in or in connection with primary industries or processing primary industry outputs into higher value goods.
This includes manufacturing in, but not limited to, the following sectors:
- agricultural equipment
- technologies to manage crop, tree and animal health
- improved storage solutions that extend product life
- manufacturing food, beverages, timber and fibre products that are processed from primary industry output
- biofuels
- bioplastics
- agro-processing technologies
- sustainable aquaculture
- specialised fertilisers and agricultural chemicals
Opportunities
Opportunity
National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC)
NRFC: Diversify and Transform Australian Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (AgFF)
Acceleration
Opportunity for
A broad ecosystem of partners:
- Businesses at all stages of maturity (must be investment ready) – from early-stage VC-backed innovators (e.g. agtech, biotech, digital platforms), to growth-stage scale-ups requiring expansion capital (e.g. aquaculture facilities, engineered wood processing, advanced...
Beef cattle
Dairy
Eggs
Pork
Poultry
Sheep & lamb
Game
Aquaculture
Wild catch fisheries
Honey Bees
Pasture
fodder & feed
Wool
Cereal grains
Cotton
Essential oils
Fruits
Nuts
Oilseeds
Pulse grains
Sugar
Vegetables
Alternative protein
Beverage
Packaged food
Wine
Forestry
Natural capital assets
Cross industry
Other rural industries