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Key takeaways
Tenacious Ventures reflects on attending the evokeAG conference in Perth, discussing climate adaptation in farming, weed resistance to AI detection, women in agtech, and its own plans for a second fund.
Startup · $12m raised · Agriculture and food · Robotics
SwarmFarm
Farming robots for sustainable agriculture
Funding history
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Series A : $12,000,000
Investors
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round SwarmFarm raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Access Capital Ventures | Series A | - |
| Conexus Venture Capital | Series A | - |
| Emmertech | Series A | - |
| GrainInnovate | Series A | - |
| Tenacious Ventures | Series A | - |
| Tribe Global Ventures | Series A | - |
On a portfolio page
Investors whose own portfolio pages list SwarmFarm, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| Artesian VC | its portfolio page ↗ |
| Artesian VC | its portfolio page ↗ |
What SwarmFarm bought
Companies SwarmFarm acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
People
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Bate | CEO | SmartCompany, AgFunderNews |
Coverage
Stories naming SwarmFarm. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
15 deals
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Pure Salmon nabs $507m, FreshToHome bags $104m, more layoffs for agrifood
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup covering funding rounds for Pure Salmon, FreshToHome, SwarmFarm and others, acquisitions of Delphi and Soylent, layoffs at Impossible Foods and GreenLabs, and plant-based labeling news.
12 deals
The Week in AgriFoodTech: GrainChain raises $29m, Brigad bags $30m, AeroFarms & iFarm head to MENA
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup reporting numerous funding rounds including Loam Bio's Series B and SwarmFarm's Series A, plus partnerships, OrderEZ acquiring FoodRazor, and vertical farming expansion into the Middle East.
Also SmartCompany
Series A
$12m
Brief: SwarmFarm lands $8.3m to move autonomous farming beyond driverless tractors
SwarmFarm raised a Series A for its autonomous farming platform, led by Conexus Venture Capital's Emmertech fund, with existing backers also participating, to further develop its hardware-software system.
Funding announcement
Australia’s place at the Global Table
Tenacious Ventures' blog post reflects on Australia's agrifood tech strengths after Melbourne's Global Table event, citing FluroSat's fundraise, AgDNA's sale to CNH, Data Farming's accelerator placement, and local capital opportunities.