Tag: australia

EXCLUSIVE: AgTalent, the “LinkedIn for regenerative ag,” clinches seed funding

August 15, 2019

AgTalent, a digital marketplace for training, recruitment and expert services in the sustainable and regenerative agriculture sector, raised A$150,000from ASX-listed Wide Open Agriculture.

FluroSat Scores $3.2m Seed Funding Co-Led by Microsoft’s M12

July 22, 2019

Focused on cotton and grain production, FluroSat’s flagship product FluroSense uses hyperspectral imaging to predict disease and support better crop health decision making.

Agronomic data analytics company FluroSat has raised $3.2 million in funding led by Microsoft’s venture fund, M12, which focuses on investments in big data, hardware, and software.

How to Overcome the Many Challenges Associated with Agricultural Data

February 14, 2019

Flurosense, Agworld, PCT Agcloud, CSIRO, and AgLink Australia recently won a grant to build an interoperable agronomic analytics engine to resolve many of the inherent challenges surrounding agricultural data. Anastasia Volkova tells us more.

Provenir is Bringing Butchering to the Farm and Improving Meat Traceability

October 29, 2018

For Provenir CEO and farmer Chris Balazs, bringing an Uber-like service for meat processing to the Australian beef industry would solve many different pain points across the supply chain. It’s also something that’s near and dear to his own struggles.

Report: Going Dutch Could Drive the Future of Australia’s AgriFood Sector

August 30, 2018

The culture of collaboration that has propelled the Netherlands to become the global champion of food exports should serve as inspiration for Australia’s agrifood sector, according to a new report from KPMG and AgFunder.

Q&A: Blockchain Traceability Startup CEO On Selling Blockchain to the Food System

April 2, 2018

We caught up with Emma Weston, cofounder and CEO of AgriDigital, on the sidelines of the recent World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit to discuss how she sells blockchain technology to different rungs in the supply chain with various levels of fluency, and where new traceability technologies should ultimately be headed.

SparkLabs’ Agtech Accelerator Cultiv8 Draws International First Cohort Seeking Second Growing Season in Australia

February 14, 2018

After receiving an international set of applicants, Asian accelerator group SparkLabs Group' Cultiv8 accelerator has chosen its first cohort of nine agtech startups.

Agtech Can Lead the Way To More Sustainable Farming, Aussie Report Says

December 22, 2017

Tech-enabled farming is taking hold in rural Australia, creating an opening for more sustainable farming, according to a recent study by the National Australia Bank

Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Startup FluroSat Raises A$1m Seed Round

December 18, 2017

FluroSat uses various remote sensing methods, including satellites, drones, and some aerial imagery, to capture and analyze hyperspectral images of cotton and grain fields to predict disease and help growers make decisions related to crop health.

Why Are Agtech Startups Listing on the Australian Stock Exchange?

November 7, 2017

In the last year at least three agrifood tech startups have listed on the ASX, suggesting that this may be the start of a funding trend.

What You See Is What You Get With Agtech Entrepreneurs as Silicon Valley Moves Away from Hype – SparkLabs CoFounder

November 6, 2017

Agtech entrepreneurs may not have the sharpest, most polished pitches, but you can be sure that they're not over-hyping their businesses, according to Frank Meehan, cofounder and partner of SparkLabs Global Ventures and Asia's leading startup accelerator program.