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PlasmaLeap Technologies has raised nearly $30 million in a Series A round backed by GrainCorp Ventures, the Gates Foundation, Yara Growth Ventures, Investible and other investors, to fund on-farm fertiliser hubs.
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GrainCorp's venture arm has joined a Series A backing PlasmaLeap Technologies, an Australian maker of modular on-farm fertiliser systems, which will use the funds for its first hubs in NSW and Tasmania.
GrainCorp's investment arm recalls its 2023 backing of grain-quality tech firm ZoomAgri, whose devices now test barley at GrainCorp ports and have won an industry standards endorsement.
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GrainCorp Ventures announces backing for Levur, a Sydney startup engineering yeast to brew palm-oil substitutes — its third venture investment this year, after Calice and BioScout.
GrainCorp Ventures' investment arm announces a backing of BioScout, whose in-field devices detect airborne fungal crop diseases in real time, helping Australian growers cut spray cycles and manage disease threats faster.
GrainCorp co-leads a nine million dollar Series A in ZoomAgri with GrainInnovate, with SP Ventures also participating, funding AI grain quality testing.
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GrainCorp received a $2.93 million federal grant through the MERiL program's third round to run large-scale dairy and beef trials of low-emission feed supplements, working with FutureFeed, CSIRO, University of Queensland and Agriculture Victoria Services.
GrainCorp Ventures and Telstra co-led a $12 million Series A into Zetifi, a Wagga Wagga company extending Wi-Fi connectivity for regional farmers, with plans to expand teams and enter the US market.
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GrainCorp has launched GrainCorp Ventures, a corporate venture fund set up with Artesian Venture Partners, intending to back early-stage agtech, animal nutrition and food innovation startups, building on prior investments including Hone and FutureFeed.
GrainCorp's blog profiles Hone, a Newcastle AgTech startup building a portable light-based sample testing device, recalling GrainCorp's 2021 investment and ongoing lab support for product development.
GrainCorp announces a government-funded 4.4 million dollar plant-protein research partnership with CSIRO and v2food, aiming to build local processing of canola, soy, fava bean and chickpea proteins, with the project due to finish in 2023.
GrainCorp has received a half-million-dollar government grant to test a seaweed feed additive that cuts livestock methane, working alongside Agriculture Victoria and the FutureFeed partnership.
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Companies named in GrainCorp Ventures's articles, most-covered first.
| Company | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Calice | Startup using AI and data modelling to benefit growers | 1 |
| Competitive Foods | 1 | |
| Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) | 1 | |
| Levur | Sydney startup using engineered yeast to produce oils as a palm oil alternative | 1 |
| Macquarie University | 1 | |
| Main Sequence Ventures | 1 | |
| University of Queensland | Research university where Cortisonic's underlying phononic computing research originated | 1 |
| Zetifi | Farm communications startup | 1 |
| Agriculture Victoria | 2 | |
| BioScout | 2 | |
| Hone | 2 | |
| PlasmaLeap Technologies | Developer of zero-emissions chemical reactors for green fertiliser and fuel production | 2 |
| v2food | 2 | |
| ZoomAgri | Computer vision software for grain inspection and grading | 2 |
| Future Feed | CSIRO-invented seaweed-based technology aimed at producing carbon-neutral beef. | 3 |
| Artesian VC | Alternative asset management for debt and venture capital | 4 |
| CSIRO | Australia's national science research agency, from which Terria spun out | 4 |
Investors named in GrainCorp Ventures's articles, most-covered first.
| Investor | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| GrainCorp | 12 | |
| GrainCorp Ventures | Venture capital arm investing in agtech start-ups | 7 |
| GrainInnovate | 3 | |
| Australian Government | 2 | |
| Gates Foundation | 2 | |
| GRDC | 2 | |
| Hort Innovation | 2 | |
| Investible | 2 | |
| Twynam | 2 | |
| UniSuper/Uniseed | 2 | |
| Yara Growth Ventures | 2 | |
| Federal Government | 1 | |
| SP Ventures | 1 | |
| Telstra | Telecommunications company | 1 |