Board Member, Smart Paddock
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Board Member | Smart Paddock | Skalata Ventures, Breakthrough Victoria |
| Industry Executive for Agribusiness, Supply Chain and Retail (former) | Telstra | Skalata Ventures, Breakthrough Victoria, Startup Daily, Beef Central / Grain Central |
Stories naming Jon Young Flores. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Victorian agtech firm Smart Paddock has raised a $1.7m seed round co-led by Breakthrough Victoria and Telstra's muru-D, with Skalata, Twynam and Little Group also investing; Telstra executive Jon Young Flores joins the board.
Water monitoring company Farmbot Monitoring Solutions raised $2.7 million, with Telstra contributing $1 million alongside Macdoch Ventures, Follow the Seed and three customers, and plans US expansion and a future Series B.