Founder, Observant
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Founder | Observant | globalventuring.com, globalaginvesting.com, Dynamic Business, evokeag.com |
| General Partner (former) · Founder | Tenacious Ventures | Startup Daily, Tenacious Ventures (21 Feb 2024), Tenacious Ventures (23 Nov 2023), SmartCompany, LaunchVic, AgFunderNews (21 Oct 2022), Tenacious Ventures (5 Sep 2022), AgFunderNews (6 Dec 2021), Tenacious Ventures (17 Nov 2021), globalventuring.com, globalaginvesting.com, Dynamic Business, evokeag.com |
| Member of the Investment Committee | Hugh Victor McKay Fund | SmartCompany, LaunchVic |
Stories naming Matthew Pryor. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Agtech investor Tenacious Ventures reached an $18 million first close on its second fund, which has a $50 million target; backers include Trawalla Group, Wollemi Capital Group and Macdoch Ventures.
Also Forbes Australia
Tenacious Ventures podcast discussion in which Matthew Pryor, Azaneo's chief executive and a weed scientist weigh herbicide-free weed control, from resistance and regulatory pressure to electric and robotic tools.
Tenacious Ventures discusses the shutdown of its portfolio company Nowadays, a plant-based whole-cut meat manufacturer, in a podcast conversation with founder Max Elder and general partners Matthew Pryor and Sarah Nolet.
LaunchVic and Agriculture Victoria introduced a $1 million fund backing early-stage agtech startups, and revealed seven companies as recipients of $50,000 equity-free grants.
Tenacious Ventures opens its raise for a second agri-food tech fund targeting $70 million, and looks back at the hard, oversubscribed close of its first fund.
Tenacious Ventures led a A$2.5 million seed round in Jupiter Ionics, a Monash University spin-out making green ammonia electrochemically. Funds go to R&D and commercialization; Tenacious also recently closed its $27 million maiden fund.
Tenacious Ventures' co-founders reflect on three years running Australia's first agrifood tech VC, describing their oversubscribed $35 million first fund, sector-focused thesis, and lessons about backing founders.
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.
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