# GrainInnovate

> GrainInnovate is a VC fund in Sydney backing Agriculture, AgTech and Farming. See 27 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 27
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/graininnovate
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/GrainInnov8
- Website: https://www.graininnovate.com/

GrainInnovate is an agtech VC fund that invests in early-stage start-ups. It is established by the Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC) and managed by Artesian Venture Partners.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $900k–$4.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $109k–$896k |
| Series A | $3.5M–$17M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agriculture | 15 | 56% |
| AgTech | 9 | 33% |
| Farming | 5 | 19% |
| Biotechnology | 4 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 15% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 41% |
| Series A | 6 | 22% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 11% |
| Series B | 2 | 7% |
| Series C | 1 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 12 | 44% |
| United States | 3 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 7% |
| Spain | 1 | 4% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## 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 |  |
| MoA Technology | MoA Technology Limited is a plant genetics company spun out from the University of Oxford. Professor Liam Dolan, FRS, has developed an innovative approach for the discovery of agricultural technologies that will enable farmers to produce healthy food from sustainable crop systems. | $29.7M | Series C | Jul 23, 2026 |  |
| SwarmFarm Robotics | Global crop protection specialists ADAMA and Australian ag-tech company. | $19.8M | Series B | Oct 01, 2025 |  |
| Messium | Messium's technology makes use of proprietary machine learning models and hyperspectral satellite constellations. | $4.5M | Seed | Sep 09, 2025 |  |
| PES Technologies | PES Technologies has created technology that powers a game-changing soil health analysis tool, allowing farmers and agronomists to make the best decisions for their farms as quickly as possible. | $1.7M | Seed | May 13, 2025 |  |
| Azaneo | Azaneo develops lightning-fast electric weeding technology. Using only electrons - herbicide free. | $895.5K | Pre-Seed | Sep 10, 2023 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Whole | Whole manufacturers obtain low-cost, nutritious, and high-performance plant-based ingredients. | $992.2K | Seed | Apr 28, 2023 |  |
| Yarta | Yarta provides tools for farmers and merchants to purchase, sell, hedge, and finance agricultural commodities. Yarta is headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales and was founded in 2022. | $2M | Seed | Apr 01, 2023 |  |
| SwarmFarm Robotics | Global crop protection specialists ADAMA and Australian ag-tech company. | $8.4M | Series A | Feb 14, 2023 |  |

10 of 27 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Artesian VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artesian-capital-management) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
- [SP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sp-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [GrainCorp Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grain-corp) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Tenacious Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tenacious-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [GLOCAL LatAm](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/glocal-agtech) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Grains Research and Development Corp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grains-research-and-development-corporation) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does GrainInnovate invest in?

GrainInnovate invests primarily in Agriculture, AgTech and Farming startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 27 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is GrainInnovate's check size?

GrainInnovate typically joins rounds of $900k–$4.5M at Seed, $109k–$896k at Pre-Seed and $3.5M–$17M 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 GrainInnovate participates in.

### When did GrainInnovate last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for GrainInnovate closed in Aug 2026. Shizune tracks 27 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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