Startup · IoT
Agricultural tech company making a reusable, battery-free smart ear tag for livestock monitoring
Programs: muru-D (muru-D accelerator program)
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Smart Paddock raised.
Companies Smart Paddock 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Darren Wolchyn | CEO · Founder | Skalata Ventures, Breakthrough Victoria |
| Jon Young Flores | Board Member | Skalata Ventures, Breakthrough Victoria |
Stories naming Smart Paddock. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Victorian agtech firm Smart Paddock has raised a $1.7m seed round co-led by Breakthrough Victoria and Telstra's muru-D, with Skalata, Twynam and Little Group also investing; Telstra executive Jon Young Flores joins the board.
Victoria has folded LaunchVic and its Breakthrough Victoria investment fund into a new body, Innovation Victoria, naming its chair, deputy chair and leader, while recapping agrifood startups the fund has backed.
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.
Breakthrough Victoria's chief executive reviews the investment firm's first operating year, recalling backing for several startups, a university pre-seed fund platform, a quantum technology facility, and a new environmental challenge program.