Ledger. Australian venture funding, tracked

Startup · $31.6m raised

Farmbot

Farmland remote water and asset monitoring platform for livestock farms

Fort Worth, OS

Coverage

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

Funding announcement

This Week in Australian Startups #174, 16th August 2026

Australian startups raised funds including Alloy Robotics, Farmbot and Atmo Biosciences. Firmus Technologies acquired Benmax while Tabcorp bought BetMakers. SafetyCulture rebranded to Mitti.

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Eight ANZ startups that raised $67.4 million this week

Eight Australian and New Zealand startups secured a combined $67.4 million in funding across various sectors including agtech, medtech, robotics, and fintech.

8 deals

The Week in AgriFoodTech: THIS bags $25m & Tender scoops up $11m for meat alternatives, Farmbot scores $4.6m

Weekly agri-foodtech roundup: raises at THIS, Tender, Ever After Foods, Farmbot and Beta Bugs; two acquisitions; Proterra's rural fund raise; grants; and AgriFORCE appointing Jolie Kahn CEO.

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Eight Aussie startups that raised $36 million this week

Weekly roundup detailing new funding for eight local startups: home lending, document verification, farm water monitoring, alcoholic drinks, freight software, leaf protein, artist content sales and organic bedding, totalling over $36 million.

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The Week in AgriFoodTech: EvodiaBio scores $7.5m, Microcaps raises $10m, Aleph Farm lays off 30% of staff

Roundup of agrifoodtech news: raises across Europe, Singapore and Australia, Collaborative Fund wraps a $125m vehicle, Neutral Foods merges with Zeal Creamery, SCiFi Foods shuts down, and Aleph Farms cuts staff.

Also LaunchVic·Forbes Australia

Funding announcement

10 promising climate change startups in the new EnergyLab accelerator program

EnergyLab's 2022 Climate Solutions Accelerator has taken ten Australian climate tech startups into its six-month program, backed by $750,000 in total pre-seed funding from angel investors, half again more than the prior year.

Funding announcement

The 10 startups EngergyLab selected for its Climate Solutions Accelerator

EnergyLab has picked ten Australian climate startups for its 2022 Climate Solutions Accelerator, a six-month program, with the group sharing $750,000 from angel investors.

Unnamed stage $1m

2017: the year agtech hit the mainstream

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

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