Startup · $51.9m raised · Robotics
Builds small, self-driving farm robots (SwarmBots) with the SwarmConnect platform to help growers cut input costs and environmental impact.
Emerald, QLD
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round SwarmFarm Robotics raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Tenacious Ventures | Series B · Series A · Unnamed stage | - |
| Artesian VC | Series B · Unnamed stage | - |
| Emmertech | Series B · Series A | - |
| Clean Energy Finance Corporation | Series B | $7,000,000 |
| Edaphon | Series B | - |
| QIC Ventures | Series B | - |
| Access Capital Ventures | Series A | - |
| Conexus Venture Capital | Series A | - |
| GrainInnovate | Series A | - |
| Tribe Global Ventures | Series A | - |
| Northern Australia Development Program | Grant | $856,000 |
| Queensland Business Development Fund | Unnamed stage | - |
Companies SwarmFarm Robotics acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming SwarmFarm Robotics. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Tenacious Ventures explains why it led Agovor's $3 million pre-seed round alongside Hort Innovation, profiling the startup's compact autonomous farm tractors, founders, new chief executive, and grower savings.
Also AgFunderNews
Tenacious Ventures' 2025 impact report notes Fund II's first close is complete, describes environmental outcomes delivered by portfolio companies, and outlines its ecosystem, education and advisory activity.
AgFunderNews' quarterly analysis finds funding for agricultural robotics down 36% quarter-on-quarter, with SwarmFarm, Beewise, 4AG and other weed-fighting startups among 2025's raises, plus a new crop robotics market map from The Mixing Bowl.
Weekly roundup of eight Australian and New Zealand funding rounds totalling about $53.5 million, led by SwarmFarm Robotics' $30 million Series B for its farm robots.
Funding roundup: eight trans-Tasman startups together secured $53.56 million, topped by SwarmFarm Robotics' Series B, with Amber, Javln, Enhance Labs, Indi, Wych, Lift Women and Ambra Spirits also raising capital.
Agtech robotics firm SwarmFarm raised a $30m Series B led by Edaphon, with CEFC, QIC and Artesian taking part, to boost production and push into North America.
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup: several offshore raises, a baby-food company's IPO filing, a new carbon fund for Australia, delivery robots, award winners, and a handful of executive moves.
Queensland agricultural robotics firm SwarmFarm has raised a Series B led by a European backer, with several local investors taking part, to expand robot production and enter the North American market.
Also @AuManufacturing·AgFunderNews·SmartCompany·AgFunderNews
Queensland superannuation fund Brighter Super has unveiled a startup investment mandate to be managed by QIC; the article also recalls QIC's earlier backing of Attekus, SwarmFarm Robotics, Go1, Gilmour Space Technologies and VALD.
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
A data review of 2023's ten largest Australian agrifoodtech raises, topped by Loam Bio's US$73.2 million Series B, showing funding down 33% as capital concentrated in upstream climate-mitigation startups.
Tenacious Ventures' analysis says farm autonomy is entering a more practical second phase, citing Guardian Ag's drone deployment for Wilbur-Ellis and its portfolio company SwarmFarm's self-refilling sprayer feature.
Queensland robotics startup SwarmFarm closed a $12 million Series A led by Conexus Venture Capital, following an earlier grant and a 2020 raise, to scale its autonomous farming platform.
Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·AgFunderNews
SmartCompany profiles five Australian regional startups to watch in 2023, recalling recent funding rounds for OceanFarmr, Zetifi, Sea Forest and Subpod, and noting SwarmFarm Robotics' farmland reach.
Also Startup Daily
A Tenacious Ventures blog post reflects on staying confident while raising Fund II after visiting portfolio company SwarmFarm Robotics, and shares tactics for maintaining morale during fundraising.
Podcast episode where SwarmFarm Robotics co-founder and CEO Andrew Bate outlines three emerging categories of agricultural autonomy; the publisher discloses it is an investor in the company.
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.
Also farmingahead.com.au·Dynamic Business·agriinvestor.com·globalaginvesting.com·globalventuring.com
Cut Through Venture's debut quarterly newsletter rounds up Q1 2021 raises across Australian and New Zealand startups, highlighting crowdfunding, fintech dominance, active investors, and two newly launched startups currently seeking backers.
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Tenacious Ventures' investment memo on SwarmFarm Robotics, the agricultural robotics startup it co-backed with a A$4.5 million round, covering the SwarmBot platform, founders Andrew and Jocie Bate, and traction on Australian farms.
Also Cut Through Venture