The top 20 agtech deals of 2023
A year-end countdown of 2023's twenty largest agtech funding rounds, from biofuels and carbon marketplaces to farm robotics, with EcoCeres' $400 million raise at the top.
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Every published round SoftBank Vision Fund 2 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.
Companies SoftBank Vision Fund 2 has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
Fund closes reported for SoftBank Vision Fund 2, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies SoftBank Vision Fund 2 has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal SoftBank Vision Fund 2 did.
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A year-end countdown of 2023's twenty largest agtech funding rounds, from biofuels and carbon marketplaces to farm robotics, with EcoCeres' $400 million raise at the top.
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A Brisbane learning-platform company has banked fresh backing exceeding US$100 million, lifting its worth to US$2 billion, with several venture investors named, alongside two recent acquisitions and a new president.
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Weekly roundup reporting Invoice2go's sale to Bill.com, raises by Go1, Employment Hero, InDebted and others, Rokt's secondary sale, Wildcard Ventures' launch, plus global deals including Zoom-Five9 and Salesforce-Slack.
Manufacturing roundup: AML3D joins a naval shipbuilding research facility with BAE Systems and Flinders University; Cann Group recovers scam losses; Ridley divests its Westbury plant; Skedulo secures $100m from SoftBank's Vision Fund 2.
Skedulo, founded in Brisbane and now San Francisco-headquartered, has raised a Series C led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 to scale its deskless workforce platform and expand internationally.
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Roundup of overseas tech news: Deliveroo's London debut disappoints, Spotify acquires sports-audio firm Betty Labs, Apple posts record quarterly revenue, and Cameo's Series C makes it a unicorn.