# GrainCorp Ventures

> GrainCorp Ventures is a VC fund in Sydney backing Agriculture and AgTech. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 36%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/38948/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/GrainCorp
- Website: http://www.graincorp.com.au/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrainCorpLimited/

GrainCorp Ventures is a VC fund in Sydney focused on Agriculture and AgTech. GrainCorp is an Australian agribusiness with assets spanning the grain and oilseed supply chain. It offers grain storage, handling, marketing and malt, and oilseeds processing operations to its customers in over 30 countries.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $442k–$4.7M |
| Series A | $6.1M–$21M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agriculture | 5 | 45% |
| AgTech | 4 | 36% |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 27% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 27% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 18% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 36% |
| Seed | 2 | 18% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 9% |
| Series B | 1 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 6 | 55% |
| Spain | 1 | 9% |
| Argentina | 1 | 9% |
| Singapore | 1 | 9% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jesse Scott | Chief Innovation and Growth Officer | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jesse-scott-5a00 |
| Robert Spurway | Managing Director and CEO | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-spurway-992b |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BioScout | BioScout utilises state-of-the-art technology to detect and prevent airborne diseases allowing for proactive disease management on farms worldwide! | $4.7M | Seed | Aug 07, 2026 |  |
| Plasmaleap | Plasmaleap is a plasma technology company that manufactures and sells zero-emissions chemical reactors designed for industrial and energy applications. The company develops reactor systems that use plasma processes to enable chemical production and transformation without relying on conventional combustion methods. Its technology supports sectorssuch as clean fuels, chemical manufacturing, and materials processing by offering electrified reactor solutions that can be integrated into existing industrial workflows. Plasmaleap designs modular systems that allow operators to deploy plasma reactors for on-site production and conversion of feedstocks using electricity as the primary energy input. The company also provides engineering support and technical integration services to help customers incorporate its reactor technology into commercial operations. Through its plasma-based approach, Plasmaleap focuses on enabling chemical processes that align with decarbonization and emissions reduction objectives across multiple industries. | $21.3M | Series A | Mar 02, 2026 |  |
| Levur | Levur is a Biotechnology Research oriented firm that manufactures cosmetic oil substitutes for their customers. | $780.5K | Pre-Seed | May 06, 2025 |  |
| Calice | ounded in 2022, Calice is at the forefront of agricultural innovation. We specialize in computationally modeling biological and agronomic data of crops to predict and enhance their yield, quality, and adaptability across diverse environmental scenarios.Our flagship software, NODES™, leverages advanced artificial intelligence, data science, andbioinformatics to transform vast amounts of crop data into actionable insights. This enables agricultural companies to optimize their R&D programs, reducing costs, enhancing efficiency, and minimizing environmental impact.At Calice, we believe that the future of agriculture lies in harnessing the power of science and technology to create sustainable and resilient farming practices. Our mission is to contribute to a more sustainable world by helping our clients develop better crops and products, ensuring that natural and productive resources are universally accessible.Join us as we lead the next revolution in agriculture, fostering growth and resilience for a more prosperous and environmentally conscious future. | $441.7K | Seed | May 03, 2025 |  |
| Calice | ounded in 2022, Calice is at the forefront of agricultural innovation. We specialize in computationally modeling biological and agronomic data of crops to predict and enhance their yield, quality, and adaptability across diverse environmental scenarios.Our flagship software, NODES™, leverages advanced artificial intelligence, data science, andbioinformatics to transform vast amounts of crop data into actionable insights. This enables agricultural companies to optimize their R&D programs, reducing costs, enhancing efficiency, and minimizing environmental impact.At Calice, we believe that the future of agriculture lies in harnessing the power of science and technology to create sustainable and resilient farming practices. Our mission is to contribute to a more sustainable world by helping our clients develop better crops and products, ensuring that natural and productive resources are universally accessible.Join us as we lead the next revolution in agriculture, fostering growth and resilience for a more prosperous and environmentally conscious future. | $1.5M | Seed | Sep 01, 2024 |  |
| Peptobiotics | Peptobiotics is a synbio startup that develops livestock disease prevention biotechnology for sustainable Agri productivity. The company makes agriculture more productive, humane, and sustainable by promoting growth and protecting against pathogens using a new type of antibiotic alternative that does not cause resistance. | $6.2M | Series A | Apr 09, 2024 |  |
| ZoomAgri | ZOOMAGRI provides an assessment of agricultural commodities to all participants of Agri supply chain via AI, computer vision and IoT. | $6.1M | Series A | Jul 18, 2023 |  |
| Loam Bio | Loam Bio is a developer of microbial carbon sequestration technology for soil carbon restoration. Crops can be inoculated with symbiotic microorganisms that live in a mutualistic relationship with crops and build organic carbon in the soil, allowing farmers to improve the host plant's fertility and disease resistance while also assisting thesoil around the plant's roots to store carbon more effectively, resulting in proper quality soil for future planting. Loam Bio was established in 2019 by Guy Hudson. | $77.1M | Series B | Feb 13, 2023 |  |
| Zetifi | Zetifi has developed wireless network technology that provides mobile broadband coverage extension for farms, vehicles and machinery. | $8.1M | Series A | Dec 07, 2022 |  |
| Zetifi | Zetifi has developed wireless network technology that provides mobile broadband coverage extension for farms, vehicles and machinery. | $8.1M | Series A | Dec 07, 2022 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Artesian VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artesian-capital-management) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Cultiv8 Funds Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cultiv8-funds-management) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [GrainInnovate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/graininnovate) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [AIR Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/air-capital-45d4) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Astanor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/astanor-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Draper Cygnus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-cygnus) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does GrainCorp Ventures invest in?

GrainCorp Ventures invests primarily in Agriculture, AgTech and Biotechnology startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is GrainCorp Ventures's check size?

GrainCorp Ventures typically joins rounds of $442k–$4.7M at Seed and $6.1M–$21M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds GrainCorp Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact GrainCorp Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at GrainCorp Ventures?

The team at GrainCorp Ventures includes Jesse Scott (Chief Innovation and Growth Officer) and Robert Spurway (Managing Director and CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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