Startup · $730k raised · Drones

Drone-Hand

autonomous livestock management platform

Investors

Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Drone-Hand raised.

Investor	Rounds	Invested
Airwallex	Grant	-
Radius Capital	Pre-seed	-

What Drone-Hand bought

Companies Drone-Hand acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.

Company	Kind	Announced	Price	Sources
Drone-Hand is not recorded as having acquired anything.

Name	Role	Sources
Edward Barraclough	Founder	Startup Daily (14 Mar 2025), Australian FinTech, Startup Daily (20 Dec 2024)

Coverage

Stories naming Drone-Hand. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

13 deals

Cheque-in: 8 startups gobbled up $572.12 million in funding this week

Weekly roundup of eight raises totalling $572.12 million, led by Firmus's $500 million round; RAGE Biotech, SunDrive, Number 8 Bio, Fabra, Keeyu, MyGig and Drone-Hand also funded, plus two RAGE Biotech executive appointments.

Startup Daily 14 Nov 2025 Drone-Hand Fabra Keeyu MyGig Number 8 Bio RAGE Biotech SunDrive Archangel Ventures Atlassian Canva CDC Data Centres Clean Energy Finance Corporation Eucalyptus Firmus Technologies Marketplacer Nvidia Tesla UNSW Artesian VC Aussie Angels Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)Blackbird Ventures Breakthrough Victoria Concept Ventures Co Ventures CSIRO Empress Capital Exhort Ventures government-backed Australian Renewable Energy Agency Hostplus Icehouse Ventures IP Group Australia January Capital Li & Fung Main Sequence Ventures Monash Ventures One Innovators Radius Capital Rampersand Side Stage Ventures Southern Angels Startmate Sydney Angels The March Group Alexey Mitko Jason Wyatt Luigi Iacullo Paul Greenberg Dr Alex Carpenter Angus Vidor Cameron Adams David Hu Dr Edwin Tucker Gloria Yu Luke Grana Malcolm Turnbull Mike Cannon-Brookes Nick Manks Oliver Curtis Robyn Denholm Dr Siro Perez Tim Rosenfeld Dr Tom Williams Vince Allen

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Pre-seed $720k

Livestock monitoring agtech Drone-Hand lands $720,000 in pre-Seed

Drone-Hand, a Victorian startup whose drones and cameras monitor farm animals, has secured $720,000 in pre-seed backing led by US venture firm Radius Capital to fund hiring and commercial rollout across Australia.

Startup Daily 13 Nov 2025 Drone-Hand Farmers2Founders JBS Australia Radius Capital

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2 deals

Cars, and cash for startups: Airwallex gets into the F1 spirit

Airwallex tied its McLaren F1 campaign in Melbourne to grants for startups: Drone-Hand and Chocolate on Purpose each received $10,000, and Antler's Leila Oliviera a $5,000 career award, alongside an artist-painted supercar unveiling.

Startup Daily 14 Mar 2025 Chocolate on Purpose Drone-Hand Antler Australia McLaren Airwallex Edward Barraclough Fiona Harrison Jon Stona Leila Oliviera Oscar Piastri

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Funding announcement

The world's first Drought Venture Studio is on the hunt for agtech ideas to future proof farmers

Beanstalk Ventures' Drought Venture Studio, supported by the national Future Drought Fund, has showcased eight agtech startups from its first cohort and moved four into a longer second phase; a second cohort is underway.

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