Startup · $5.6m raised
Canberra, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Agscent raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Government | Grant | - |
| Chris Hoppe | undisclosed | - |
| Federal Government | Grant | - |
| Nick Burton Taylor | undisclosed | - |
| Nick Burton-Taylor | undisclosed | - |
| Scale Investors | undisclosed | - |
| Tundra Capital | undisclosed | - |
| Viv Oldfield | undisclosed | - |
Investors whose own portfolio pages list Agscent, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| Flying Fox Ventures | its portfolio page ↗ |
| Mandalay VC | its portfolio page ↗ |
Companies Agscent 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Dr Bronwyn Darlington | CEO · Founder | SmartCompany, Business News Australia, Dealroom, Startup Daily (Mon 27 Jul 2026), Startup Daily (Tue 26 Aug 2025), Beef Central / Grain Central |
| Topaz Conway | Non-Executive Director | Startup Daily |
Stories naming Agscent. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Roundup of eight Australian and New Zealand startups whose late-July funding totals $102 million across space capsules, medical devices, livestock breath analysis, sports analytics and AI crop forecasting.
Agscent, a NSW agtech venture that reads cattle breath for pregnancy, illness and methane, has secured $5 million from Scale Investors and Tundra Capital, valuing it at $26.9 million.
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.
Australia's Accelerating Commercialisation grants include A$1 million for seaweed startup Sea Forest, with Agscent, Phyllome and Monsoon Aquatics also funded; the article recalls CSIRO and partners pooling A$13 million to launch FutureFeed.
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