Nathan MacPhee

IIF (Invest Inya Farmer) raises new funding from Verdex to expand into Canada

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.

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Australia’s IIF wants to build a farm on everyone’s smartphone and de-risk agriculture in the process

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.

3 agtech startups bringing financial inclusion to farmers in Asia Pacific

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.

Rovers, hypnotherapy and pocket farms: Five Aussie startups that scored $20 million this week

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.