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app-based farm investment platform that lets consumers invest in farms to earn returns from Australian agricultural output
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round IIF raised.
Companies IIF acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
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Weekly roundup: Constantinople raises $62.5m; Blackbird wraps fund six above $1b; Guardhouse buys Mobohubb; SCX.ai debuts on the ASX; plus seed rounds, exits and executive changes across the ecosystem.
IIF has secured fresh backing from Verdex Capital, with existing supporters AgFunder and Investible also taking part, to drive its expansion into Canada after recently winning regulatory approval in New Zealand.
Roundup of agrifood industry news: funding for Farmbot, Nbryo, Oceanloop and others, Homestead Capital's fund close, two acquisitions, executive appointments, and other sector developments.
Interview with IIF founder Nathan MacPhee on his cooperative platform letting ordinary people fund crops and livestock, giving farmers earlier payment and shifting seasonal risk; New Zealand's Agnition Ventures has backed the company.
GROW and AgFunder have named the ten agrifoodtech startups joining their 2023 impact accelerator, chosen from a record 600 applicants, with each participating company receiving a $100,000 investment from AgFunder.
Australian pharmaceutical developer Hatchtech appoints Tim Waugh, a former Roche divisional vice president, as chief executive officer to lead development and commercialisation of its head lice treatment DeOvo and establish a United States presence.