Startup · $1.2m raised
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round IIF raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| AgFunder | Unnamed stage · Accelerator · Seed | $100,000 |
| GROW | Accelerator | $100,000 |
| Investible | Unnamed stage · Seed | - |
| Verdex Capital | Unnamed stage | - |
Companies IIF 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nathan MacPhee | Founder and CEO | Dealroom, AgFunderNews, SmartCompany, Startup Daily |
Stories naming IIF. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Weekly roundup: Constantinople raises $62.5m; Blackbird wraps fund six above $1b; Guardhouse buys Mobohubb; SCX.ai debuts on the ASX; plus seed rounds, exits and executive changes across the ecosystem.
Roundup of agrifood industry news: funding for Farmbot, Nbryo, Oceanloop and others, Homestead Capital's fund close, two acquisitions, executive appointments, and other sector developments.
Farm-investment platform IIF has raised a fresh round with Verdex Capital leading and AgFunder and Investible also taking part, as it prepares to launch in Canada.
Also AgFunderNews
Interview with IIF founder Nathan MacPhee on his cooperative platform letting ordinary people fund crops and livestock, giving farmers earlier payment and shifting seasonal risk; New Zealand's Agnition Ventures has backed the company.
AgFunder's GROW accelerator picked ten companies for its fourth cohort; the three profiled — AgriFi, Invest Inya Farmer and DHF Platforms — connect farmers in Asia Pacific with new sources of finance.
GROW and AgFunder have named the ten agrifoodtech startups joining their 2023 impact accelerator, chosen from a record 600 applicants, with each participating company receiving a $100,000 investment from AgFunder.
A weekly funding roundup covering Mindset Health's Series A, grants for two lunar rover consortiums, Pivot's raise, and Invest Inya Farmer's seed round.
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup reporting multiple funding rounds including Oatly and Cocoon Bioscience, two acquisitions, a shutdown, and SWEN Capital Partners closing its Blue Ocean Fund above target.
Australian pharmaceutical developer Hatchtech appoints Tim Waugh, a former Roche divisional vice president, as chief executive officer to lead development and commercialisation of its head lice treatment DeOvo and establish a United States presence.