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Fund close $450m

Cochlear chair Alison Deans joins CSIRO VC Main Sequence as venture partner

Main Sequence, CSIRO's deep tech venture fund, adds Cochlear chair Alison Deans as a venture partner, extending her investment committee service since 2017; its third fund brought in $450 million in July.

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Main Sequence surpasses $1 billion funds under management for deep tech as it launches new Fund

Deep tech venture firm Main Sequence has reached an initial A$450 million close on its third fund, pushing money under management past A$1 billion; Hostplus, Temasek and CSIRO are among the backers.

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The founders raking in millions to secure Australia's food future

Profile of four agtech founders tackling food security: Invertigro's modular vertical farms, Regrow Ag's satellite soil-carbon measurement, Lleaf's light-altering greenhouse film, and Sea Forest's methane-reducing seaweed cattle supplement.

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Agriculture carbon reduction startup Regrow Ag plants $50 million Series B

Agtech carbon platform Regrow Ag, founded by Dr Anastasia Volkova, has closed a Series B led by Galvanize Climate Solutions with prior backers returning, to expand regenerative agriculture programs for food companies.

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Exit / M&A

Making it to the top: supporting start-up innovation

CRDC profile celebrates FluroSat founder Anastasia Volkova topping The Australian's 100 Innovators list, recalling its startup workshop support since 2017 and FluroSat's acquisition of Dagan's soil modelling capability to form Regrow Ag.

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Series A $23.5m

Carbon software agtech Regrow raises $23.5 million series A

Regrow secured a US$17 million Series A led by Ajax Strategies, Tenacious Ventures and Cargill to scale its carbon measurement platform for agri-food supply chains, having earlier acquired soil analysis firm Dagan.

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Series A $17m

EXCLUSIVE: Cargill, Microsoft join $17m round for carbon verification platform Regrow

Carbon MRV platform Regrow has closed a $17 million Series A, with Cargill, Ajax Strategies and Tenacious Ventures joining returning backers such as M12 and Main Sequence. Regrow was formed via the FluroSat-Dagan merger.

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Series A US$17m

Investment Notes: Regrow

Tenacious Ventures' investment note explains its backing of Regrow's US$17 million Series A alongside Cargill, covering Regrow's agricultural MRV technology, its FluroSense platform, and its formation from the FluroSat-Dagan merger.

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