Startup · $40m raised
Queensland agtech startup focused on advanced reproductive technologies
Brisbane, QLD
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Nbryo raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Queensland Government | Seed | $2,000,000 |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Seed | - |
| Sowing the Seeds of Farming Innovation Fund | Seed | - |
| Euan Murdoch | Seed | - |
| Meat & Livestock Australia | Grant | - |
| AgriZero | Seed · Seed | - |
| Gates Foundation | Seed · Grant | - |
| Mandalay Venture Partners | Seed · Seed | - |
| Murdoch family | Seed · Seed | - |
| Queensland Investment Corporation | Seed · Seed | - |
| Tenacious Ventures | Seed · Seed | - |
| QIC Ventures | Seed · Seed · Seed | $2,000,000 |
Companies Nbryo acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Nbryo. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
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Queensland's agriculture minister toured Nbryo's Brisbane lab, with a state-backed fund committing $2 million to the cattle-genetics company; the page also recalls earlier $10 million and $8 million closes.
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Cattle genetics startup Nbryo has landed $10 million co-led by Tenacious Ventures and AgriZeroNZ, plus an $18 million research grant, to commercialise its embryo technology.
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Queensland cattle-breeding biotech Nbryo has secured $10m in seed backing co-led by Tenacious Ventures and AgriZeroNZ, alongside an $18m research grant from the Gates Foundation and Meat and Livestock Australia.
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Nbryo closed a A$10 million round co-led by Tenacious Ventures with AgriZeroNZ, QIC, the Murdoch family and Mandalay, and has drawn over $18 million in grants from Gates Foundation and Meat and Livestock Australia.
Podcast episode introduction from Tenacious Ventures featuring Nbryo CEO Gerard Davis on his path to the startup and livestock genetics as climate work.
Grain-grading AI startup Cropify has landed $2 million, anchored by Brisbane agrifood VC Mandalay Venture Partners with Singapore's Hatcher+ — their first joint deal — while Mandalay's own fund has drawn roughly $27 million in commitments.
Roundup of five Australian startups that secured new capital this week: Amber Electric's $29m Series C, ProcurePro's $6.15m, Yume's $2m seed, Alt.Leather's $1.1m seed, plus an undisclosed Tenacious Ventures investment in Nbryo.
Tenacious Ventures' investment note explains its backing of Nbryo, an Australian startup speeding genetic improvement in beef and dairy via embryo technologies, and notes research funding from MLA and the Gates Foundation.