Dr Anastasia Volkova

The founders raking in millions to secure Australia's food future

Profile of four agtech founders tackling food security: Invertigro's modular vertical farms, Regrow Ag's satellite soil-carbon measurement, Lleaf's light-altering greenhouse film, and Sea Forest's methane-reducing seaweed cattle supplement.

Australia’s chance to lead in climate tech: Regrow’s CEO on raising $50 million and Australia’s future

Agtech firm Regrow, once Flurosat, has landed a fresh multi-million-dollar raise on top of last year's Series A, while its co-founder urges Australia to move fast to claim climate technology leadership.

Agriculture carbon reduction startup Regrow Ag plants $50 million Series B

Agtech carbon platform Regrow Ag, founded by Dr Anastasia Volkova, has closed a Series B led by Galvanize Climate Solutions with prior backers returning, to expand regenerative agriculture programs for food companies.

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Making it to the top: supporting start-up innovation

CRDC profile celebrates FluroSat founder Anastasia Volkova topping The Australian's 100 Innovators list, recalling its startup workshop support since 2017 and FluroSat's acquisition of Dagan's soil modelling capability to form Regrow Ag.

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Carbon software agtech Regrow raises $23.5 million series A

Regrow secured a US$17 million Series A led by Ajax Strategies, Tenacious Ventures and Cargill to scale its carbon measurement platform for agri-food supply chains, having earlier acquired soil analysis firm Dagan.

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EXCLUSIVE: Cargill, Microsoft join $17m round for carbon verification platform Regrow

Carbon MRV platform Regrow has closed a $17 million Series A, with Cargill, Ajax Strategies and Tenacious Ventures joining returning backers such as M12 and Main Sequence. Regrow was formed via the FluroSat-Dagan merger.

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Investment Notes: Regrow

Tenacious Ventures' investment note explains its backing of Regrow's US$17 million Series A alongside Cargill, covering Regrow's agricultural MRV technology, its FluroSense platform, and its formation from the FluroSat-Dagan merger.

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CICADA TURNS 20: How a rocket scientist's startup, FluroSat, is transforming food production

Marking Cicada Innovations' 20th anniversary, this profile describes agtech FluroSat, founded by Anastasia Volkova, which joined the incubator in 2017 and uses satellite analytics to cut farm fertiliser and water use.

FluroSat scores $3.2m seed funding led by Microsoft's M12

Agritech firm FluroSat raised $3.2 million in a round led by M12; the piece also recalls its 2017 seed round, its purchase of ProductionWise, and a joint research grant.

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Prepare for the grant as if it’s granted: How Agtech startup FluroSat secured a $3 million research grant

FluroSat wins a $3 million CRC-P research grant to build predictive agronomic analytics with sector partners, while founder Anastasia Volkova shares advice on winning collaborative grants and recalls earlier backing.

How to Overcome the Many Challenges Associated with Agricultural Data

FluroSat's chief executive describes a newly awarded collaborative grant project building an interoperable agronomic analytics engine with Australian industry partners to fix fragmented farm data.

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