Venture capital fund · 2 deals

Conexus Venture Capital

Disclosed deals

Every published round Conexus Venture Capital 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
SwarmFarm	Series A	23 Feb 2023	$12m	Lead	Emmertech Tribe Global Ventures Access Capital Ventures Tenacious Ventures GrainInnovate	SmartCompany (1 Mar 2023), AgFunderNews (23 Feb 2023), SmartCompany (17 Feb 2023), AgFunderNews (16 Feb 2023), AgFunderNews (16 Feb 2023)
SwarmFarm Robotics	Series A	15 Feb 2023	$12m	Lead	Emmertech Tenacious Ventures Tribe Global Ventures Access Capital Ventures GrainInnovate	SmartCompany (3 Oct 2025), SmartCompany (2 Oct 2025), Startup Daily (24 Jun 2024), AgFunderNews, Startup Daily (15 Feb 2023), SmartCompany (15 Feb 2023)

Portfolio

Companies Conexus Venture Capital has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
SwarmFarm	Farming robots for sustainable agriculture	23 Feb 2023, Series A	1	1
SwarmFarm Robotics	Builds small, self-driving farm robots (SwarmBots) with the SwarmConnect platform to help…	15 Feb 2023, Series A	1	1

Funds

Fund closes reported for Conexus Venture Capital, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for Conexus Venture Capital yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies Conexus Venture Capital has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Conexus Venture Capital did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of Conexus Venture Capital is recorded as having been acquired.

Coverage

Stories naming Conexus Venture Capital. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

15 deals

The Week in AgriFoodTech: Pure Salmon nabs $507m, FreshToHome bags $104m, more layoffs for agrifood

Weekly agrifoodtech roundup covering funding rounds for Pure Salmon, FreshToHome, SwarmFarm and others, acquisitions of Delphi and Soylent, layoffs at Impossible Foods and GreenLabs, and plant-based labeling news.

12 deals

The Week in AgriFoodTech: GrainChain raises $29m, Brigad bags $30m, AeroFarms & iFarm head to MENA

Weekly agrifoodtech roundup reporting numerous funding rounds including Loam Bio's Series B and SwarmFarm's Series A, plus partnerships, OrderEZ acquiring FoodRazor, and vertical farming expansion into the Middle East.

Also SmartCompany

Series A $12m

Brief: SwarmFarm lands $8.3m to move autonomous farming beyond driverless tractors

SwarmFarm raised a Series A for its autonomous farming platform, led by Conexus Venture Capital's Emmertech fund, with existing backers also participating, to further develop its hardware-software system.

AgFunderNews 16 Feb 2023 SwarmFarm Bilberry Emmertech Access Capital Ventures Conexus Venture Capital GrainInnovate Tenacious Ventures Tribe Global Ventures Andrew Bate Sarah Nolet

Also AgFunderNews·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·AgFunderNews

3 deals

SwarmFarm raises $12 million to help bridge the gap between farmers and autonomous technology

Queensland robotics startup SwarmFarm closed a $12 million Series A led by Conexus Venture Capital, following an earlier grant and a 2020 raise, to scale its autonomous farming platform.

SmartCompany 15 Feb 2023 SwarmFarm Robotics Fishburners Access Capital Ventures Conexus Venture Capital GrainInnovate Northern Australia Development Program Tenacious Ventures Tribe Global Ventures Andrew Bate

Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·AgFunderNews

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