Accelerator
Melbourne, VIC
Every published round SproutX 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 SproutX has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
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| No portfolio companies recorded yet. | ||||
Fund closes reported for SproutX, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies SproutX has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal SproutX did.
Stories naming SproutX. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Profile of Provenir, which slaughters cattle on-farm with a mobile unit and sells meat direct to consumers; recaps its evolution, pricing, rules and expansion plans, recalling backing from SproutX and Meat and Livestock Australia.
An annual analysis of Victoria's startup funding landscape, reporting 2024 venture investment of $748 million over 130 deals, sector trends, gender milestones, and LaunchVic's ecosystem support.
Breakthrough Victoria's agrifood director reflects on Victoria's food-system challenges and how portfolio companies Smart Paddock, Jupiter Ionics and Eden Brew could help build a more sustainable food future.
Square Peg's investment note explains its A$5.5m Series A backing of AgriDigital, a grain supply-chain platform, citing its blockchain first and a founding team with deep agriculture experience.
Also Techboard
Agtech firm Laconik has closed another $250,000 round via GrainInnovate and SproutX, plus a $19,000 WA entrepreneurship grant, while trialling its fertiliser recommendation technology across WA farms with a Curtin PhD graduate interning.
Profile of engineer Jock Lawrence, who built livestock management startup Mobble after struggling to digitise records on his family's Victorian sheep and cattle property, with a note on its accelerator acceptance.
Artesian Venture Partners and the Grains Research and Development Corporation have launched GrainInnovate, an agtech fund, with a $25 million GRDC cornerstone commitment toward a $50 million pool backing startups serving Australian grain growers.
An agtech firm wins a $1.1 million government grant for a soil project alongside university and consultant partners, and its co-founder shares lessons on partnerships, networking and accepting failure.
Also AgFunderNews
A year-end reflection on Australian agtech's 2017 rise, covering FluroSat's investment round, several startups' funding totals, SproutX's first accelerator cohort, Observant's acquisition, and the author's hopes for 2018.
Also Tenacious Ventures portfolio·Cotton Research and Development Corporation·SmartCompany·AgFunderNews
A review of global agtech investment trends and Australia's growing ecosystem, recalling 2016 sector figures plus recent local milestones: an accelerator and venture fund launch, an acquisition, and a large raise.
Also Virescent Ventures·AgFunderNews·SmartCompany·AgFunderNews·evokeag.com·AgFunderNews