Top 10 WA startup stories for last quarter and year
Startup News recaps its most-read WA startup stories for the June quarter and the 2021-22 financial year, listing funding raises, acquisitions and other headlines that drew readers.
Company
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Agworld raised.
Companies Agworld acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Simon Foley | GM | Startup News (WA) |
| Doug Fitch | CEO · Founder | Startup News (WA), Tenacious Ventures |
Stories naming Agworld. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Startup News recaps its most-read WA startup stories for the June quarter and the 2021-22 financial year, listing funding raises, acquisitions and other headlines that drew readers.
AgriStart has announced the seven businesses joining the 2022 HARVEST agtech accelerator, a five-month program that opened with a bootcamp and this year focuses on innovations serving the grains industry.
A Startup West interview in which Agworld's chief executive recounts building the agricultural software company and its nine-figure acquisition by Canada-based Semios earlier in the year.
A year-end reflection on Australian agtech's 2017 rise, covering FluroSat's investment round, several startups' funding totals, SproutX's first accelerator cohort, Observant's acquisition, and the author's hopes for 2018.
Also Tenacious Ventures portfolio·Cotton Research and Development Corporation
Profile of Agworld, a farm management platform founded in 2009, covering its agronomist-focused go-to-market, data rules of engagement, investor relationships, and its recalled $1.5 million Series A led by Yuuwa Capital.