# Top 50 Agriculture (agtech) Startup Investors in Australia in June 2026 ## Artesian VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 16 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Artesian Capital Management is an alternative investments management company, which was spun out of ANZ Banking Group's capital markets business in 2004, with backing from ANZ Private Equity. Artesian's founding partners, purchased ANZ's stake in 2005. The company has subsequently been fully owned by partners and staff. Since 2004,Artesian has managed specialised funds focused on credit arbitrage and relative-value strategies across global financial markets. In 2008, while continuing to manage credit relative value investment strategies from its New York, London and Singapore offices, Artesian began to make principal investments in seed/early-stage ventures from its offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Shanghai. In 2011, Artesian launched the first of its early stage venture capital funds and now manages AUD +255m. Artesian's VC strategy is to partner with best of breed accelerators, incubators, angel groups and university programs. In 2017, Artesian launched its China VC Fund with a USD 50m cornerstone investment industry super fund Hostplus. Artesian will soon launch a Southeast Asia VC Fund. ## Damian George - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed - Focus: B2B, AgTech, E-Commerce Damian George ## Main Sequence Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing We work with inventors who are building something hard from their unique expertise in science. These inventors are building the industries that will thrive for the decades to come. We have a unique working model to accelerate a company's pathway to scale. ## Uniseed - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing Uniseed was established in October 2000 as a $20 million joint venture between the University of Melbourne (UM) and the University of Queensland (UQ). This proof of concept fund (Fund-1) operated with significant input and support from the commercialization offices of the two universities (UniQuest and Melbourne Ventures Limited), with staff ofthese organizations making up the majority of the Investment Committee and leading due diligence and management of most investment opportunities. Over 20 investments, typically of $250,000 - $500,000 were made from this fund.A new $40 million venture fund (Fund-2) ran from 2005-15, with the addition of a third leading university, the University of New South Wales, and a major private institutional investor, the Westscheme superannuation fund. The founding universities (UQ & UM) also committed further funds. Australian Super took over Westscheme's essets and commitments in July 2011.With the start of Fund-2, an independent management team was established, consisting of the CEO and three Investment Managers; one at each university catchment. The Investment Committee was restructured, with dedicated committees established for biotechnology or other technologies. The nominal investment limit was increased to $2.5 million to allow participation in follow-on funding rounds so as to preserve Uniseed's equity position.On 1 November 2015, Uniseed started its third and largest fund (Fund-3) with the addition of the University of Sydney and the CSIRO to the Universities of Queensland, Melbourne and NSW. This followed three high profile exits in the preceding 14 months (Fibrotech; Spinifex & Hatchtech). Each of the five partners committed $10 million over 10 years to the new fund (total fund $50 million).Uniseed’s partner research organisations spent nearly $4 billion on research, making up over 40% of the total research spend at 67 research organisations in Australia. Together, these organisations accounted for nearly 500 invention disclosures (34% of total) and 500 new registered IP rights filed (45% of total) over the same period(2013 National Survey of Research Commercialisation). Unlike private venture capital funds, Uniseed is dedicated to the needs of its research partners, and committed to servicing them consistently over the long term, irrespective of the short term conditions in external capital markets. It works in very close partnership with the research partner commercialisation companies and staff, providing a valuable adjunct to the capabilities these companies and staff provide. They in turn provide a best-practice commercialisation service tailored to their respective organisations. These companies are able to leverage to great effect the scale of operation and expertise of the Uniseed network.The fund is run with commercial discipline, ensuring independence and financial rigor in its investment decision-making processes. Success is measured by a balance of return on investment (including the flow of funds for research to further the commercialisation of intellectual property generated within the research partner catchments), the establishment of viable start-up companies, the generation of research income for research partners and the improvement of partner commercialisation processes. ## 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. ## Uniseed Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing Uniseed was established in October 2000 as a $20 million joint venture between the University of Melbourne (UM) and the University of Queensland (UQ). This proof of concept fund (Fund-1) operated with significant input and support from the commercialization offices of the two universities (UniQuest and Melbourne Ventures Limited), with staff ofthese organizations making up the majority of the Investment Committee and leading due diligence and management of most investment opportunities. Over 20 investments, typically of $250,000 - $500,000 were made from this fund.A new $40 million venture fund (Fund-2) ran from 2005-15, with the addition of a third leading university, the University of New South Wales, and a major private institutional investor, the Westscheme superannuation fund. The founding universities (UQ & UM) also committed further funds. Australian Super took over Westscheme's essets and commitments in July 2011.With the start of Fund-2, an independent management team was established, consisting of the CEO and three Investment Managers; one at each university catchment. The Investment Committee was restructured, with dedicated committees established for biotechnology or other technologies. The nominal investment limit was increased to $2.5 million to allow participation in follow-on funding rounds so as to preserve Uniseed's equity position.On 1 November 2015, Uniseed started its third and largest fund (Fund-3) with the addition of the University of Sydney and the CSIRO to the Universities of Queensland, Melbourne and NSW. This followed three high profile exits in the preceding 14 months (Fibrotech; Spinifex & Hatchtech). Each of the five partners committed $10 million over 10 years to the new fund (total fund $50 million).Uniseed’s partner research organisations spent nearly $4 billion on research, making up over 40% of the total research spend at 67 research organisations in Australia. Together, these organisations accounted for nearly 500 invention disclosures (34% of total) and 500 new registered IP rights filed (45% of total) over the same period(2013 National Survey of Research Commercialisation). Unlike private venture capital funds, Uniseed is dedicated to the needs of its research partners, and committed to servicing them consistently over the long term, irrespective of the short term conditions in external capital markets. It works in very close partnership with the research partner commercialisation companies and staff, providing a valuable adjunct to the capabilities these companies and staff provide. They in turn provide a best-practice commercialisation service tailored to their respective organisations. These companies are able to leverage to great effect the scale of operation and expertise of the Uniseed network.The fund is run with commercial discipline, ensuring independence and financial rigor in its investment decision-making processes. Success is measured by a balance of return on investment (including the flow of funds for research to further the commercialisation of intellectual property generated within the research partner catchments), the establishment of viable start-up companies, the generation of research income for research partners and the improvement of partner commercialisation processes. ## EVP - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology EVP is an early stage venture capital firm based in Sydney Australia with c. $300M FUM across four fund vintages.Our most recent fund was launched in December 2022 and is a $100M fund. The fund targets early Series-A investments initially with cheque sizes in the range of $0.5 – $5.0 million. Our funds invest in software, are sector agnosticand have a focus on Australian based B2B SaaS companies.Over the years, we’ve backed brilliant founders building global software companies like SiteMinder, Deputy, Ignition and Shippit. We make high conviction investments, underpinned by ambition, pragmatism and a deep understanding of the software journey. ## Aussie Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, B2B, Gift A platform for investors to launch & lead syndicated investments into startups. Apply to join syndicates and invest on a deal-by-deal basis. ## Breakthrough Victoria - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology The Breakthrough Victoria Fund is a $2 billion investment by the Victorian Government to drive investment in research and innovation. ## Tidal Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology We are a highly experienced Australian-US venture capital firm ready to back seed phase startups with brilliant ideas & global potential. ## Stoic VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Medical, Health Care Stoic VC is an early-stage venture fund backing founders at the forefront of University Innovation. We partner with Uniseed to accelerate the commercialisation of university research across the ANZ. ## Pollenizer - Type: VC Fund - Location: Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: B2B, E-Commerce, Marketplace Pollenizer is a co-founder of start-up web businesses in Australia. They partner with strong founders and take equity stakes at a concept stage on consumer and SaaS businesses. The skill sets cover technology, marketing and capital raising. They also occasionally make seed investments. Their businesses include;* * ** * * * * * * * * * Their team includes;* Phil Morle, ex-CTO of Kazaa, Omnidrive.* Mick Liubinskas, ex-CMO of Kazaa, Tangler, ZaprThey are also investors and partners with ## Yuuwa Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Biotechnology, Software, Analytics Yuuwa Capital is a $40M early-stage venture capital firm based in Perth, Western Australia. They are actively seeking outstanding investment opportunities where Yuuwa can provide both capital and expertise to help founders, management and early investors to turn good ideas into great companies. ## Flying Fox Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Flying Fox Ventures is an early stage investment firm that invests across industry and across the micro-stages of pre-seed and seed. ## BridgeLane Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Real Estate, Financial Services The BridgeLane Group is a privately-owned asset management firm specialising in the agricultural, real estate and innovation sectors. A significant global player in agriculture with a multi-decade record in large scale farming, the Group has a proud history in residential property development, comme ## SVG Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Los Gatos, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: AgTech, Agriculture, Farming We are a Venture & Innovation Platform Advancing the Food & Agriculture Industries We work with leading corporations, startups, universities, and growers to solve the biggest challenges facing the food and agriculture industries. ## Bosch - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Corporate Round - Focus: Software, Automotive, Manufacturing Moving stories and inspiring interviews. Experience the meaning of "invented for life" by Bosch completely new. Visit our international website. ## Tenacious Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Agriculture, AgTech, Software Tenacious Ventures - Australia's first and only dedicated agrifood tech VC firm. ## Giant Leap Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Software Giant Leap is Australia's first venture capital fund to be 100% dedicated to investing in exceptional, rapidly scalable impact businesses. ## Yamaha Motor Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care Yamaha Motor Ventures is investing in early stage startups that are changing the world of Mobility, AgTech, and HealthTech. ## Carthona Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Carthona Capital is a hands-on, proactive, and thematic venture capital investor based in Sydney, Australia that invests globally. ## Clinton Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care Clinton Capital Partners is a VC advisory business that specialises in raising capital and growing shareholder returns, for early stage technology companies and their investors. In addition, we invest our own funds to align company, investor and advisor. We have completed >70 successful transactions, and crystallised 14 liquidity events.Clinton Capital Partners has a long and established track record of growing companies, raising capital, conducting mergers, and creating liquidity events. When raising capital, we feel early-stage companies underestimate the time involved, the distraction to the underlying business, and the importance of identifying the “right culturally aligned” investors for their journey. ## Investible - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology Investible is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the visionaries advancing humanity through technology in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and globally. ## Grosvenor Food & AgTech - Type: VC Fund - Location: Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series C, Series B - Focus: Food and Beverage, Agriculture, Biotechnology We are an active investor in companies that are reshaping food and agriculture around the world for the better.We identify entrepreneurs and businesses rethinking how food is produced, distributed, and consumed, supporting their growth as lead investors and highly engaged board members.We actively manage a portfolio of over 25 companies,helping them lead positive change in a way that enhances human health and the natural environment, enabling the economic sustainability of farming and food production. ## Grok Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Renewable Energy, Software, Biotechnology Backing a better tomorrow ## Sydney Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Health Care Sydney Angels is a not-for-profit angel investment membership organisation. Since our establishment in 2008, they have stayed true to our mission of supporting the early-stage ecosystem by running processes and events that connect our investing members with promising early-stage companiesThey believe that encouraging smart investment in startupcompanies will benefit both our members’ portfolios and Australia’s emergent innovation economy.They see this as the ultimate win-win situation. Sydney Angels is led by an elected committee of ten volunteers who meet weekly. It is supported by an operations manager and alliance partners. ## Day One Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Day One Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs customer-obsessed companies and spearheads their communications. This enables the Day One team to become actively involved in its portfolio companies and plays a real, tangible role in helping them grow. The firm invests across industries from pre-seed to seed - and occasionally series A, andinvests between $100k and $5 million.Day One Ventures was founded by Masha Drokova, who is an angel investor, entrepreneur, communications executive, and Forbes 30 Under 30 Honoree. ## 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!). ## AgFunder - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Agriculture, AgTech, Biotechnology AgFunder is a global venture capital firm backing deeptech platforms across AI, biotech, robotics, manufacturing, climate, and materials. ## Borderless Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial, Software, Other The Borderless VC Fund is the flagship venture capital fund that invests in category-leading businesses leveraging Algorand technology or creating economic value in the borderless economy. The Borderless VC Fund approach eliminates the speculation of blockchain investment, targeting category-leading projects with proven business models, steadyrevenue, and a strong network effect. The Borderless VC Fund also invests in projects leveraging all the new features of Algorand 2.0, including Algorand Standard Assets (ASA) issued on Algorand Layer 1 protocol and infrastructure projects supporting Algorand. ## Possible Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology Possible Ventures backs ambitious teams building frontier technology to positively impact society. We invest globally in the early stages, actively supporting founders via our collective of global entrepreneurs. ## Algorand Foundation - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency Fulfilling the global promise of blockchain technology by leveraging the Algorand protocol and open source software for an inclusive ecosystem. ## Stellar Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Aerospace, Software, Manufacturing Stellar Ventures is a women led venture capital firm. ## Dolby Family Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics Investing in early-stage companies solving the biggest science and engineering challenges since 2014. ## FB10x adVentures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Online Portals, Farming, Insurance Made with Softr, the easiest way to turn your data into internal tools and client portals. No coding required. ## Aura Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Financial Services, Software Aura Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm backing the creators of category defining technology companies ## Black Nova Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Championing the next generation of B2B technology startups. ## Paspalis - Type: VC Fund - Location: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Aerospace, Manufacturing, Space Travel Paspalis is a leading venture capital investor in Northern Australia. We invest in innovative companies, both locally and globally, looking to do business in the Northern Territory. ## Skalata - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Education, Apps Giving Australian founders access to the education, capital and networks needed to build significant, sustainable, global businesses of the future. ## Grantham Foundation - Type: VC Fund - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Energy, Environmental Consulting Grantham Foundation seeks to protect and improve the health of global environmental issues and supports individuals and organizations. It also supports communication and collaboration in environmental protection, with an emphasis on climate change.The foundation focuses on communications to enable the general public to understand that climatechange represents the world’s primary environmental threat today and that mitigating and adapting to a changing climate will lead to a more sustainable and prosperous future.Grantham Foundation was founded in 1997 by Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham and is based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. ## GrainInnovate - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: AgTech, Farming, Agriculture AgTech Venture Capital Fund - GRDC & Artesian delivering innovation for the Australian grians industry ## Artesian/GRDC GrainInnovate Fund - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Agriculture, Information Technology Artesian/GRDC GrainInnovate Fund invests in startups to help drive the future profitability and sustainability of Australia’s grain growers. ## Scalare Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology Scalare Partners is more than a technology investment fund. We provide critical funding and resourcing ## CSIRO - Type: VC Fund - Location: Campbell, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Software, Agriculture, Health Care As Australia's national science agency and innovation catalyst, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. ## KPMG US - Type: VC Fund - Location: Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: IT, Internet, Professional Services KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax & Advisory services. ## 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. ## Telstra - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Hardware, Data and Analytics Telstra is an Australia-based telecommunications and information services company offering a full range of communications services. The company has built a fully integrated IP network and a reliable mobile network for its clients. Through its strategic investments over the years and the recent acquisition of Pacnet in Asia, it now has the largestprivately owned subsea cable network in Asia Pacific, have licenses throughout Asia, Europe, and the Americas and it facilitates access to more than 2,000 PoPs in 230 countries and territories.Telstra’s international operations are headquartered in Hong Kong, where it provides wholesale and enterprise customers with a full breadth of holistic and end-to-end solutions across data, voice, satellite, and managed network services. The company was founded in 1975 and is locally headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. ## Bell Potter - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Post-IPO Equity, Series A, Seed - Focus: Legal, Health Care, Information Services Bell Potter is one of Australia's largest full-service financial advisory firms. Visit us online to learn more about our stock market advisory services. ## Aerolab Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: CRM, SaaS, Retail We help startups design, develop and expand their products on an equity for services model. ## Cameron Adams - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Farming, Software, Recycling Prior to Fluent, Cameron spent almost 4 years at Google, first working as lead designer on Wave and then creating future concepts for browsing social content. Prior to that he ran his own successful design consultancy, has authored four books on web design and regularly speaks at conferences around the world.