Startup
Melbourne, VIC
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Digital Agriculture Services (DAS) raised.
Companies Digital Agriculture Services (DAS) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony Willmott | CEO | AgFunderNews |
| Jonathon Clark | Chief Commercial Officer | AgFunderNews |
| Rob Mellor | Chief Technology Officer | AgFunderNews |
Stories naming Digital Agriculture Services (DAS). Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Victorian Governor's awards name DAS top startup and Acusensus top scaleup; HEX's Jeanette Cheah is Ecosystem Hero, with Tractor's Jodie Imam and Giant Leap's Rachel Yang sharing Investor of the Year.
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Blackbird's year-end review covers its fourth fund announcement, investments in companies including See-Mode, Morse Micro and SafetyCulture, Startmate's climate cohort intakes, Mike Cannon-Brookes joining its board, and numerous team hires.
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Two WA startups, Gridcognition and Cass Materials, join other Australian companies pitching at Startmate's first remote demo day; the piece also recalls the founders' earlier sale of Greensense and Shell's takeover of ERM Power.
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation's Innovation Fund pledges $300,000 towards Startmate's climate accelerator cohorts, while Gridcognition, Digital Agriculture Services and Cass Materials join the program's latest intake ahead of demo day.
Startmate reveals the startups joining its latest Melbourne cohort and its first New Zealand group, while discussing remote operations and new leadership appointments.
Farm analytics firm DAS raised an undisclosed sum from IAG's venture arm Firemark Ventures, pairing it with a rural insurance partnership; the piece also recalls CSIRO's early backing and Ruralco's sale to Nutrien.