Startup · $6.8m raised
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round BioScout raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Artesian VC | Seed | - |
| Astanor | Seed | - |
| Astanor Ventures | Seed | - |
| Demea Sustainable Investment | Seed | - |
| Division Q | Seed | - |
| GrainCorp Ventures | Seed | - |
| GrainInnovate | Seed | - |
| Hort Innovation | Seed | - |
| Hort Innovation Venture Fund | Seed | - |
Investors whose own portfolio pages list BioScout, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
Companies BioScout 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Lewis Collins | CEO · Founder | finsmes.com, agroempresario.com, winssolutions.org, agritechdigest.com, AgFunderNews, GrainCorp Ventures |
| Harry Biggs | Board Member (former) | winssolutions.org |
Stories naming BioScout. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Uniseed announces portfolio company BioScout's A$6.75 million round co-led by Demea Sustainable Investment and Astanor to scale its crop disease sensor network internationally.
Weekly roundup: Firmus completes its $2.85b round; Procore acquires DroneDeploy; Atlassian rebounds while Canva cuts guidance; plus fresh raises for Zabidou, BioScout, Vexev, Enrola, Spacetalk and others.
BioScout, an Australian maker of AI spore-detection sensors for crops, has raised a seed round from Demea Sustainable Investment, Astanor and others to expand its sensor network and European presence.
Also Dealroom·agritechdigest.com·app.fundz.net·This Week in Australian Startups·winssolutions.org·agroempresario.com·finsmes.com·agrospectrumasia.com
Sydney startup Levur has banked $1.2 million in a pre-seed round, with Main Sequence and GrainCorp Ventures leading, to brew palm oil alternatives; its KPMG prize win and 2024 accelerator stint are recalled.
GrainCorp Ventures announces backing for Levur, a Sydney startup engineering yeast to brew palm-oil substitutes — its third venture investment this year, after Calice and BioScout.
GrainCorp Ventures' investment arm announces a backing of BioScout, whose in-field devices detect airborne fungal crop diseases in real time, helping Australian growers cut spray cycles and manage disease threats faster.
Interview with Stoic Venture Capital's Guy Hedley, Craig Swanger and Geoff Waring on backing university science startups, their Uniseed partnership, a planned 2024 All Stars Fund II, and new analyst Safaa Nasrallah.
Techboard's monthly roundup logs June 2022 Australian funding events, including GO1's Series E, Edrolo's Series B, two acquisitions, several new funds reaching closes, and accelerator intake announcements.
Also Techboard