Startup · $1.6m raised
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Azaneo raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| AgFunder | Pre-seed | - |
| Industry Growth Program | Grant | - |
| IP Group Australia | Pre-seed | - |
| Tenacious Ventures | Pre-seed | - |
| the federal government | Grant | - |
Companies Azaneo 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jason Chaffey | Head of Commercial Operations | AgFunderNews, Tenacious Ventures |
| Liam Hescock | Founder and CEO | Tenacious Ventures (Thu 6 Feb 2025), Tenacious Ventures (Wed 21 Feb 2024), AgFunderNews, Tenacious Ventures (Mon 11 Sep 2023) |
Stories naming Azaneo. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Weekly roundup: CEA Technologies lands a $272m radar contract, five startups receive federal grants, Victorian factory insolvencies climb, and GFG Alliance's Whyalla Steelworks hunts new financing.
Five companies including battery maker Allegro Energy share $2.51 million in the latest federal Industry Growth Program grants; Allegro receives $1.85 million for its redox flow battery technology.
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Tenacious Ventures' podcast episode interviews Azaneo founder and CEO Liam Hescock about the startup's electrical weed-killing technology for farms.
Investible reflects on five takeaways from the evokeAG 2024 conference in Perth, covering tighter capital, carbon credit debates, regenerative farming, and AI's growing role in agriculture.
Tenacious Ventures podcast discussion in which Matthew Pryor, Azaneo's chief executive and a weed scientist weigh herbicide-free weed control, from resistance and regulatory pressure to electric and robotic tools.
Tenacious Ventures explains why it led a pre-seed round for weed-control startup Azaneo, with Agfunder and IP Group investing, and describes the company's chemical-free pulsed electric field technology.
Also AgFunderNews