# Grains Research and Development Corp

> Grains Research and Development Corp is a VC fund backing Farming and Internet. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kingston, Australia
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thegrdc/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/theGRDC
- Website: https://grdc.com.au
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theGRDC

Grains Research and Development Corp is a VC fund in Kingston focused on Farming and Internet. Grains Research and Development Corporation is a research statutory corporation

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Farming | 1 | 25% |
| Internet | 1 | 25% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 25% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 25% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Grant | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fernando Felquer | Head of Business Development and Commercialisation | 2 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Messium | Messium's technology makes use of proprietary machine learning models and hyperspectral satellite constellations. | $4.5M | Seed | Sep 09, 2025 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Laconik | Laconik is focussed on developing in-paddock production focused disruptive agricultural technologies | $250K | Grant | Oct 31, 2019 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Artesian VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artesian-capital-management) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [GrainInnovate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/graininnovate) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [SP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sp-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Clear Current Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clear-current-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Expansion Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/expansion-f37b) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GrainCorp Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grain-corp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Grains Research and Development Corp invest in?

Grains Research and Development Corp invests primarily in Farming, Internet and Agriculture startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Grains Research and Development Corp?

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### Who are the partners at Grains Research and Development Corp?

The team at Grains Research and Development Corp includes Fernando Felquer (Head of Business Development and Commercialisation). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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