# Francisco Caffarena

> Francisco Caffarena is a seed investor at Tank Stream Ventures backing Agriculture and Apps. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Tank Stream Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tank-stream-ventures)
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Apr 2019
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francisco-caffarena-07134a16/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/francaffa

Francisco Caffarena is a seed investor at Tank Stream Ventures in Sydney focused on Agriculture and Apps. Francisco Caffarena - Investment Manager @ BridgeLane Capital

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agriculture | 2 | 33% |
| Apps | 1 | 17% |
| Video | 1 | 17% |
| AgTech | 1 | 17% |
| Mobile | 1 | 17% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Agerris | Agerris is a field robotics and AI start-up for the agriculture industry, based on technology created at the Australian Centre for Field Robotics, the University of Sydney, where they have been developing air and ground robotic solutions for the agriculture industry since 2005. | $4.2M | Seed | Apr 08, 2019 |  |
| Sprout Stack | Sprout Stack is revolutionizing how fresh produce is grown and distributed, without compromising the environment. Sprout Stack's indoor farms are helping communities to live fresher, by improving access to locally grown and sustainably farmed fresh produce – all year round. | $1.3M | Seed | Sep 01, 2018 |  |
| Sprout Stack | Sprout Stack is revolutionizing how fresh produce is grown and distributed, without compromising the environment. Sprout Stack's indoor farms are helping communities to live fresher, by improving access to locally grown and sustainably farmed fresh produce – all year round. | $673K | Pre-Seed | Apr 01, 2016 |  |
| Biteable | Biteable is an online, web-based, video builder. Regardless of budget and skills, Biteable helps you create professional videos in minutes. Our easy to use software empowers millions of businesses, schools, organizations, professionals, and individuals across the globe. Biteable's mission is to help anyone put their message in motion. If youcan make a Powerpoint presentation, you can make a Biteable. | $800K | Seed | Nov 26, 2015 |  |
| Airtasker | Airtasker is an online and mobile marketplace that connects people and businesses with local community members that can help around the home and office.Airtasker is a trusted community marketplace for people and businesses to outsource tasks, find local services, or hire flexible staff in minutes - online or via mobile.Whether it’s handymanwork, office admin, photography or anything else, you simply post a task for FREE and then choose from rated, verified, and reviewed people ready to work straight away. | $2M | Seed | Nov 25, 2013 |  |
| Airtasker | Airtasker is an online and mobile marketplace that connects people and businesses with local community members that can help around the home and office.Airtasker is a trusted community marketplace for people and businesses to outsource tasks, find local services, or hire flexible staff in minutes - online or via mobile.Whether it’s handymanwork, office admin, photography or anything else, you simply post a task for FREE and then choose from rated, verified, and reviewed people ready to work straight away. | $1.4M | Seed | Apr 01, 2012 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Carthona Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carthona-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Exto Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/exto-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Stoic VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stoic-vc-269b) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Uniseed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uniseed-pty) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Uniseed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uniseed-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Tank Stream Ventures

VC Fund · Sydney, Australia

Tank Stream Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm that invests in strong teams solving core human problems!. We support founders with an almost obsessive vision to disrupt existing industries, create new ones and improve lives through technology.We like Founders with a problem solving vision as opposed to a solution driven one. We seetechnology as an enabler rather than an end in itself.We like to get involved as early as we can and are flexible in terms of geography – we’ve made investments from Hobart to Stockholm, with a strong concentration in Australia and the US.Through Tank Stream Labs, Australia's leading entrepreneurial community and co-working space, we are surrounded by entrepreneurs, thought leaders and ingenious opportunities every single day.

3 contacts available at Tank Stream Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Francisco Caffarena | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francisco-caffarena |
| Markus Kahlbetzer | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/markus-kahlbetzer |
| Nathan Gooley | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nathan-gooley |

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## FAQ

### What does Francisco Caffarena invest in?

Francisco Caffarena invests primarily in Agriculture, Apps and Video startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Francisco Caffarena last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Francisco Caffarena closed in Apr 2019. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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