Startup · $5.3m raised
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round ExoFlare raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Cathy Harris | Seed | - |
| Cultiv8 Agriculture and Food Technology fund | Seed | - |
| Cultiv8 Funds Management | Seed | - |
| David Harris | Seed | - |
| In-Q-Tel | Seed | - |
| Peter Knoblanche | Seed | - |
| Precision Group | Seed | - |
| Salus Ventures | Seed | - |
| SparkLabs Cultiv8 | Accelerator | - |
| W23 | Seed | - |
| Wollemi Capital | Seed | - |
Companies ExoFlare 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Aitken | Founder | SmartCompany, Startup Daily |
| Adrian Turner | Founder | SmartCompany, Startup Daily |
Stories naming ExoFlare. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Weekly roundup of four Australian raises: HammerTech $105m led by Riverwood Capital, JigSpace $13m led by Breakthrough Victoria, ExoFlare's $5.3m seed, and Go Locum's $350,000 seed led by Paspalis.
ExoFlare, cofounded by ex-Data61 chief Adrian Turner, has banked $5.3 million in seed funding led by Salus Ventures to help food producers manage biosecurity risks.
Also SmartCompany
SparkLabs Cultiv8 has picked ten cleantech startups for the first intake of its new accelerator, run from Orange with backing from Cultiv8 Funds Management and several agricultural research bodies.