Venture capital fund · 6 deals
Every published round AgriZero took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Role | Alongside | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nybro | Seed | 19 Aug 2026 | $20m | Participant | Startup Daily, datapile.co | |
| Nbryo | Seed | 11 Aug 2026 | $10m | Lead | nbryo.com, AgFunderNews, Startup Daily, Mandalay Venture Partners portfolio, Tenacious Ventures portfolio | |
| Rumin8 | Unnamed stage | 26 Mar 2026 | $4.3m | Participant | Startup Daily (27 Mar 2026), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (26 Mar 2026), AgFunderNews | |
| Ruminant Biotech | Series A | Nov 2025 | $14.8m | Participant | Startup Daily, SmartCompany | |
| Nbryo | Seed | Nov 2025 | $10m | Lead | nbryo.com (13 Aug 2026), nbryo.com (16 Mar 2026), Startup Daily, SmartCompany (7 Nov 2025), Beef Central / Grain Central, SmartCompany (5 Nov 2025) | |
| Bovotica | Seed | 12 May 2025 | $3.4m | Lead | SmartCompany, Startup Daily |
Companies AgriZero has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bovotica | QUT spinout developing pre- and probiotic feed supplements and oral drenches to reduce me… | 12 May 2025, Seed | 1 | 1 |
| Nbryo | Queensland agtech startup focused on advanced reproductive technologies | Nov 2025, Seed | 2 | 2 |
| Nybro | Queensland beef genetics biotech | 19 Aug 2026, Seed | 1 | 0 |
| Rumin8 | Western Australian startup | 26 Mar 2026 | 1 | 0 |
| Ruminant Biotech | Agritech company tackling methane emissions from cattle | Nov 2025, Series A | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for AgriZero, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies AgriZero has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal AgriZero did.
Stories naming AgriZero. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Weekly roundup: Constantinople raises $62.5m; Blackbird wraps fund six above $1b; Guardhouse buys Mobohubb; SCX.ai debuts on the ASX; plus seed rounds, exits and executive changes across the ecosystem.
Roundup of seven raises across the Tasman spanning fintech, marine tech, agtech, defence and AI, plus a first close for an ACT venture fund.
Roundup of agrifood industry news: funding for Farmbot, Nbryo, Oceanloop and others, Homestead Capital's fund close, two acquisitions, executive appointments, and other sector developments.
A Queensland livestock-reproduction startup has grown its seed round to $20 million, drawing $2 million from a newly launched state government fund whose manager had already backed the company.
Queensland's agriculture minister toured Nbryo's Brisbane lab, with a state-backed fund committing $2 million to the cattle-genetics company; the page also recalls earlier $10 million and $8 million closes.
Weekly roundup detailing eight trans-Tasman raises totalling A$373.3 million, headlined by Halter's Series E, spanning quantum computing, biomanufacturing, robotics, adtech and agtech, plus a recalled $2 billion founder exit.
Also Startup Daily
Funding roundup covering four raises: Pay.com.au's $25 million round plus a $28 million secondary, Ruminant Biotech's Series A, Australis Scientific's Rohto-backed funding, and Paperly's $3 million round led by Tribe Global Ventures.
Roundup of eight funding deals: Synchron's Series D, plus raises by Lumonus AI, Hullbot, Nbryo, Cytophenix, Giftbee, Understanding Zoe and Zeligate, spanning medtech, robotics, agtech and AI.
Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily
Cattle genetics startup Nbryo has landed $10 million co-led by Tenacious Ventures and AgriZeroNZ, plus an $18 million research grant, to commercialise its embryo technology.
Also Beef Central / Grain Central·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·nbryo.com·nbryo.com
Queensland cattle-breeding biotech Nbryo has secured $10m in seed backing co-led by Tenacious Ventures and AgriZeroNZ, alongside an $18m research grant from the Gates Foundation and Meat and Livestock Australia.
Also SmartCompany·Beef Central / Grain Central·AgFunderNews·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·nbryo.com
Nbryo closed a A$10 million round co-led by Tenacious Ventures with AgriZeroNZ, QIC, the Murdoch family and Mandalay, and has drawn over $18 million in grants from Gates Foundation and Meat and Livestock Australia.
Weekly roundup tallying three Australian raises: legal tech firm Plexus ($6m), cattle-probiotics startup Bovotica ($3.4m seed), and beauty group York St Brands ($2m Series C plus a $4m NAB credit line).