Investor · 1 deal
Every published round Farmers2Founders took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Role | Alongside | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Training Paddock | Accelerator | 4 Dec 2019 | - | Lead | Tenacious Ventures, Startup Daily (Mon 15 Jul 2019), Startup Daily (Thu 16 May 2019) |
Everyone Farmers2Founders has named to a program in published coverage. A place in a program is not a raise: the cheque is the figure recorded with the place, which is the program's standard terms where we hold them, and a blank is one we don't.
Companies Farmers2Founders has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Training Paddock | 4 Dec 2019, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
Fund closes reported for Farmers2Founders, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Farmers2Founders has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Farmers2Founders did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew Pryor | Founder | Virescent Ventures portfolio, evokeag.com |
| Sarah Nolet | Founder | Virescent Ventures portfolio, evokeag.com |
| Skye Raward | Executive Director | LaunchVic |
Stories naming Farmers2Founders. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Drone-Hand, a Victorian startup whose drones and cameras monitor farm animals, has secured $720,000 in pre-seed backing led by US venture firm Radius Capital to fund hiring and commercial rollout across Australia.
Also Startup Daily
Breakthrough Victoria's agrifood director reflects on Victoria's food-system challenges and how portfolio companies Smart Paddock, Jupiter Ionics and Eden Brew could help build a more sustainable food future.
Case study of farm-safety software firm AirAgri, built by brothers Paul and James Diamond, recalling a $50,000 government grant and pre-accelerator support that funded its wearable-device R&D.
Australian startups Diraq, Marqo, and Hatch secured funding rounds. Ansarada was acquired by Datasite. Bupa launched a new venture fund, and the Queensland government backed several VCs and accelerators.
Queensland's QVCDF, managed by QIC, will fund five accelerator programs to ready over 160 local startups for venture capital investment across two years.
Profile of Cairns agtech startup Rainstick, which mimics lightning with electricity-based seed treatment to lift crop yields; its co-founders are closing a pre-seed round and have built early partners in Singapore.
Profile of AirAgri, a Victorian agtech startup whose tracking device and app alert others when farmers working alone get into trouble, recalling a government grant and accelerator programs that supported its development.
Tenacious Ventures closed its debut agrifood tech fund oversubscribed at A$35 million, after a March 2020 first close of just over $20 million backed by the CEFC's Clean Energy Innovation Fund and Grok Ventures.
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Podcast episode with farmers Fee Turner and Lee Coleman on juggling farming and their agtech ventures; both were selected for the Farmers2Founders Bootcamp accelerator.
Podcast episode with two Australian farmer founders whose agtech ventures joined the Farmers2Founders Bootcamp accelerator, discussing their businesses and how farming compares with building a startup.