Startup · $795.1m raised
Makes a cattle collar and app for virtual fencing to run more productive, sustainable farms.
Auckland, OS
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Halter raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Bessemer | Series D+ | - |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | Series D+ · Series C | - |
| Blackbird Ventures | Series D+ · Series D+ · Series C · Series B | - |
| Bond | Series D+ · Series D+ | - |
| DCVC | Series D+ · Series D+ | - |
| Founders Fund | Series D+ · Series D+ | - |
| Icehouse Ventures | Series D+ · Series D+ | - |
| NewView | Series D+ · Series D+ | - |
| Promus | Series D+ · Series D+ | - |
| Ubiquity | Series D+ | - |
Companies Halter 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aryan Lobie | Data Scientist (former) | Startup Daily |
| Craig Piggott | CEO · Founder | BusinessDesk NZ, Startup Daily (27 Mar 2026), SmartCompany (27 Mar 2026), AgFunderNews, Blackbird Ventures portfolio, Startup Daily (12 Sep 2025), SmartCompany (12 Sep 2025), Business News Australia, SmartCompany (27 Jun 2025), Blackbird Ventures |
| Robbie Paul | Observer | BusinessDesk NZ |
Stories naming Halter. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Blackbird has locked in a second billion-dollar fund — its sixth, slightly bigger than the last — bringing in new institutional backers, and the article recalls portfolio wins, writedowns and failures.
Blackbird announces its new early-stage and growth funds have brought in A$1.05 billion, reflecting on early cheques, portfolio outcomes like Eucalyptus's sale, and new international backers.
Also Dealroom·Dealroom·AFR Technology·Startup Daily·Business News Australia·Forbes Australia·Forbes Australia
Robotics AI startup Alloy has banked an $8m seed at an $80m valuation, led by Square Peg with Blackbird, Airtree and Skip Capital back again; funds earmarked for engineering hires and growth in the US.
Australia's AgriWebb, a livestock management software maker, is being bought by cattle genetics company URUS. Cofounder Justin Webb discusses the deal and a wider move toward integrated, data-driven farm systems.
Weekly roundup detailing eight trans-Tasman raises totalling A$373.3 million, headlined by Halter's Series E, spanning quantum computing, biomanufacturing, robotics, adtech and agtech, plus a recalled $2 billion founder exit.
Also Startup Daily
Halter, a New Zealand cattle-collar startup, has raised $220m in a Founders Fund-led Series E at a doubled $2bn valuation; the piece argues its ambitions reach beyond agtech.
Also AgFunderNews
Blackbird's investment note explains why it backed Halter's US$220 million Series E at a US$2 billion valuation, recounting the farm-collar company's growth since the firm led its Series B in 2021.
Also SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·BusinessDesk NZ
Leaked details from Blackbird's investor day showcase Airwallex and Canva as standout performers, record valuation cuts for Culture Amp and SafetyCulture, and detail Kiki's New York shutdown and settlement.
Blackbird's investment note announces it led Alloy Technologies' $4.5 million pre-seed round, profiling founder Joe Harris and describing the startup's software for robotics companies deploying artificial intelligence.
Also Forbes Australia·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily
Weekly roundup covering 19 Australian and New Zealand raises, headlined by Andromeda Robotics' $23m Series A, plus Freckle, Marloo, X-Hemp, Harvest B, Wable, Starboard and Techstars Sydney's 12-startup cohort.
Also SmartCompany
Blackbird's investment note announces it joined Halter's US$100 million Series D, a round Bond led with NewView also coming aboard, praising Halter's growth and market position across three countries.
Blackbird's New Zealand chief Samantha Wong is heading home to Australia, with partner Phoebe Harrop taking over the Kiwi business in May, backed by the existing team plus a new associate.
Blackbird partner Samantha Wong is handing leadership of the firm's New Zealand arm to Phoebe Harrop and reflects on building Blackbird Aotearoa, its fundraising, portfolio and lessons from Kiwi founders.
A year-end countdown of 2023's twenty largest agtech funding rounds, from biofuels and carbon marketplaces to farm robotics, with EcoCeres' $400 million raise at the top.
Also AgFunderNews
Blackbird led a $2 million pre-seed raise for MagicBrief, a Sydney martech startup building an advertising creative workflow platform, with Archangel Ventures and several founder-angels also taking part.
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup reporting numerous startup funding rounds, fund closes by S2G Ventures and Bidra Innovation Ventures, and collapses including Upward Farms, Boxed, Kalera and Australia's CoLab.
New Zealand agritech startup Croptide raised a $1 million pre-seed round led by Icehouse Ventures, with K1W1 and Masfen Group, to advance plant water-sensing trials with wine and kiwifruit growers.
New Zealand data startup Segna has received US$125,000 from Y Combinator before starting its accelerator program, taking total funds raised to NZ$880,000 with backing from three venture funds.