Company
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Farmers2Founders raised.
Companies Farmers2Founders 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Skye Raward | Executive Director | LaunchVic |
Stories naming Farmers2Founders. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
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.
Also Startup Daily
Breakthrough Victoria's agrifood director reflects on Victoria's food-system challenges and how portfolio companies Smart Paddock, Jupiter Ionics and Eden Brew could help build a more sustainable food future.
Case study of farm-safety software firm AirAgri, built by brothers Paul and James Diamond, recalling a $50,000 government grant and pre-accelerator support that funded its wearable-device R&D.
Australian startups Diraq, Marqo, and Hatch secured funding rounds. Ansarada was acquired by Datasite. Bupa launched a new venture fund, and the Queensland government backed several VCs and accelerators.
Queensland's QVCDF, managed by QIC, will fund five accelerator programs to ready over 160 local startups for venture capital investment across two years.
Profile of Cairns agtech startup Rainstick, which mimics lightning with electricity-based seed treatment to lift crop yields; its co-founders are closing a pre-seed round and have built early partners in Singapore.
Profile of AirAgri, a Victorian agtech startup whose tracking device and app alert others when farmers working alone get into trouble, recalling a government grant and accelerator programs that supported its development.
An Australian agrifood-tech venture firm completed the close of its debut fund at an oversubscribed A$35 million, after an initial 2020 close above $20 million backed by CEFC and the Cannon-Brookes family vehicle.
Also farmingahead.com.au·Dynamic Business·agriinvestor.com·globalaginvesting.com·globalventuring.com
Podcast episode with farmers Fee Turner and Lee Coleman on juggling farming and their agtech ventures; both were selected for the Farmers2Founders Bootcamp accelerator.
Podcast episode with two Australian farmer founders whose agtech ventures joined the Farmers2Founders Bootcamp accelerator, discussing their businesses and how farming compares with building a startup.