Startup · $19.7m raised

The Yield

Sydney, NSW

Investors

Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round The Yield raised.

Investor	Rounds	Invested
AgFunder	Series A	-
Bosch	Unnamed stage · Series A	-
KPMG	Series A	-
Yamaha Motor Ventures	Unnamed stage	-

What The Yield bought

Companies The Yield acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.

Company	Kind	Announced	Price	Sources
The Yield is not recorded as having acquired anything.

People

Name	Role	Sources
Ros Harvey	Managing Director · Founder	SmartCompany (Fri 16 Dec 2022), SmartCompany (Fri 29 May 2020), Women's Agenda, @AuManufacturing, AgFunderNews

Coverage

Stories naming The Yield. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

21 deals

Christmas comes early for 14 Aussie startups that raised $260 million this week

Weekly roundup covering 14 startup raises totalling over $260 million, headlined by Synchron's $110 million round, plus Roller's shareholder liquidity payout, Partly's record New Zealand Series A, and several government grants.

SmartCompany Fri 16 Dec 2022 Avarni BiomeBank FairSupply GeoMoby Hysata Neighbourlytics Partly Pathzero Roller SiteHive Synchron The Yield Willow Zetifi Zipline.io 7-Eleven Aconex Artesian VC Coles Commonsense Ventures LaunchVic Lendlease Microsoft New South Wales state government TechnologyOne Tidal Ventures Treasury Wine Estates Vulpes Walmart Yamaha Motor Co Zambrero Acadian Software Agreement Hub AirTree Ventures Aliavia Ventures Alice Anderson Fund Antler Australia Arch Venture Partners Bezos Expeditions Birchal Blackbird Ventures Carthona Capital Clyde Bank Holdings Ellerston Capital EVP Gates Frontier Khosla Ventures King River Capital Main Sequence Ventures METS Ignited Minderoo Foundation NSW Physical Sciences Fund Octopus Ventures Partners for Growth Previously existing shareholders QIC Ventures SecondQuarter Ventures South Australian Venture Capital Fund Square Peg Capital Sypkes Family Office The Hospital Research Foundation unnamed investors based in Europe VentureCrowd Adrian Di Marco Leigh Jasper Rob Phillpot Anuj Paudel Dr Arne Geschke Carl Prins Charbel Ayoub Jessica Christiansen-Franks Kimberly Randle Levi Fawcett Lucinda Hartley Luke Finn Mark Finn Misha Cajic Dr Rob Bryant Ros Harvey Samantha Wong Dr Sam Costello Stuart Cook Tony Yammine

Also GrainCorp Ventures·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·@AuManufacturing·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Techboard·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·@AuManufacturing·Startup News (WA)·Startup News (WA)

Unnamed stage $11m

Aussie agtech could be a “cornerstone” of the post-COVID-19 economy… but only if we invest in it

Analysis of Australian agtech's post-COVID prospects, citing The Yield's recent $11 million raise led by Yamaha Motor Ventures, and founders' views on transparency trends and capital barriers.

SmartCompany Fri 29 May 2020 The Yield Ag Frontier AgriWebb Bosch Yamaha Motor Ventures Kevin Baum Ros Harvey Sonya Comiskey

Also Startup Daily·AgFunderNews·@AuManufacturing·Women's Agenda

3 deals

5 things you should know about tech today

Yamaha's venture arm leads an $11m raise for agtech startup The Yield, while Sydney home-loan fintech Verteva lands a $33m Series A; plus Twitter's Covid warning labels and Sidewalk Labs dropping its Toronto project.

Startup Daily Tue 12 May 2020 Loop+The Yield Verteva Alphabet Bosch Hall Chadwick Tank Stream Labs Twitter Westpac Bolton Equities Yamaha Motor Ventures Bradley Delamare Chris Dineen David Kenney Nick Pickles Nolan Paul Yoel Roth

Also SmartCompany·SmartCompany·@AuManufacturing·Women's Agenda·AgFunderNews

3 deals

The Yield bags $7.13m from Yamaha, others in ongoing round; Bosch converts notes

AgFunderNews Mon 11 May 2020 The Yield AgFunder Bosch KPMG Yamaha Motor Ventures Gavin Smith Nolan Paul Ros Harvey

Unnamed stage $1m

2017: the year agtech hit the mainstream

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

2 deals

Global AgTech and Opportunities for Australia

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.

Tenacious Ventures portfolio Mon 19 Jun 2017 SproutX The Yield Cotton Research and Development Corporation Jain Irrigation Observant Rabobank AgFunder Bosch KPMG

Also Virescent Ventures·AgFunderNews·SmartCompany·AgFunderNews·evokeag.com·AgFunderNews

Something wrong? Tell us