# Top 15 Agriculture (agtech) Angel Investors in Oceania in June 2026

## Damian George
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, AgTech, E-Commerce

Damian George

## Antonio Palanca
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, AgTech, E-Commerce

Antonio has previously co-founded successful e-commerce and supply chain companies both here and in Asia with China Direct Partners. He is also an experienced commercial executive having held senior management roles in IBM, Sun, and Optus communications. He holds a bachelors degree in Economics and a degree in Psychology and is a member of ESA, APS& GKHS.

## Didier Elzinga
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Music

Didier previously co-founded technical academy award winning Rising Sun Research and is non-executive director at Tourism Australia, the Atlassian Foundation and Slingsby Theatre. If you want a short meeting, don't ask about philosophy (you were warned!).

## Peter Beck
- Type: Angel
- Location: Huntington Beach, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, AgTech, Hardware

Peter Beck is the founder and chief executive of Rocket Lab, a space systems company and the world’s leading dedicated small satellite launch provider. Rocket Lab provides end-to-end mission services, including complete satellite build and launch solutions, that provide rapid, frequent and reliable access to space. Rocket Lab has been launchingsince May 2017, delivering satellites to orbit for commercial and government customers, including DARPA, NASA, the NRO, the United States Air Force and more. Since founding the business in 2006, Peter has grown Rocket Lab to become a globally recognized industry leader in space and a billion-dollar company employing hundreds of world-class engineers. In addition to creating Electron, the world’s first fully carbon-fibre orbital launch vehicle, Peter also oversaw the development of the world’s first and only private orbital launch range, located on New Zealand's Māhia Peninsula. He played a crucial role in establishing international treaties and legislation to enable orbital launch capability from New Zealand.

## Steven Adams
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Organic, Agriculture

Steven Adams

## Robert Costa
- Type: Angel
- Location: Geelong, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B
- Focus: Water, Farming, Software

Robert Costa is the Chairman and Co-founder of Costa Asset Management. He Previously worked at Semper Capital as a Chairman.

## John Murray
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Livestock

John Murray - Managing Director,Founder @ Perennial Partners

## Alireza TayebNama
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: AgTech, FinTech, Blockchain

Entrepreneur with unique background across tech and ag/food. Worked as BDM lead for large corporations building complex tech solutions across multiple industries and also worked in the ag/food sectors from on-farms to developing industry transformation roadmaps.

## David Harris
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cleburne, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: AgTech, Software, Risk Management

David Harris is the Founder and Owner of Harris Farm Markets.

## Simon Griffiths
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: AgTech, Funerals, Marketing

Simon Griffiths is the co-founder and CEO of Who Gives a Crap.

## David Paradice
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: AgTech, Software, Lifestyle

David Paradice - Managing Director @ Paradice Investment Management

## Peter Knoblanche
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: AgTech, Software, Risk Management

Peter Knoblanche is an non executive director at GrainCorp.

## Greta Bradman
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, AgTech, Software

Greta Bradman

## Robyn Denholm
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: AgTech, Software, Risk Management

Robyn Denholm has been executive vice president and chief financial & operations officer at Juniper Networks Inc. since August 2007. In these roles she has helped Juniper achieve record revenues while delivering breakthrough innovations to customers.In 2011, Robyn was a Bay Area CFO of the Year finalist and she was recently named on SiliconValley Business Journal's Women of Influence List. She joined Juniper from Sun Microsystems, where she served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategic Planning.Robyn began her career in Australia, serving in various finance assignments for Toyota Motor Corporation and Arthur Andersen and Company. She holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Sydney and a master's degree in commerce from the University of New South Wales.

## Artesian Investment
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

Artesian Investment