# Queensland Business Development Fund

> Queensland Business Development Fund is a VC fund backing AgTech, Travel and Cooking. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Oct 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Queensland Business Development Fund is a VC fund focused on AgTech and Travel. Queensland Business Development Fund

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 1 | 25% |
| Travel | 1 | 25% |
| Cooking | 1 | 25% |
| Farming | 1 | 25% |
| Finance | 1 | 25% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 2 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 3 | 75% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SwarmFarm Robotics | Global crop protection specialists ADAMA and Australian ag-tech company. | $3M |  | Oct 08, 2020 |  |
| Gathar | Gathar is a dinner party marketplace that matches hosts with caterers. Gathar offers a range of set menus priced at between $38 and $150 a head, and even a $750 five-course lobster, steak and truffle meal for two. | $600K | Seed | Jun 09, 2020 |  |
| Kira Biotech | Kira Biotech is an emerging Australian biotechnology company developing novel immunomodulatory compounds for the treatment of immune system disorders. Its lead candidate, KB312, is a first-in-class, selective, immune-cell depleting monoclonal antibody which targets activated immune cells and aims to restore homeostasis through induction of immunetolerance. Kira Biotech has attracted venture capital funding and is progressing KB312 through preclinical development and phase 1 clinical trials with a team of drug development experts led by well-known US-based rheumatologist and immunologist, Dr Dan Baker. | $20M | Series A | Oct 28, 2019 |  |
| Starts at 60 | Starts at Sixty is a news, blog and information website and online community for seniors and over 60s in Australia and New Zealand. They cover travel, living, romance, grey nomads, health, money matters, retirement, retirement lifestyles, hobbies, humour and life after retirement. Their readers are lively, active and technologically savvy,accessing their site through Facebook and Twitter as well as online at www.startsatsixty.com and via email. They have lots of fun on their site, with daily jokes, flashbacks and voyeuristic travel stories that make everyone enjoy themselves. See your world through the eyes of other seniors and over 60s Australia-wide.Founded in 2012, by Rebecca Wilson, it is run by the Stretch team, an experienced team of writers based in Brisbane; and written for by expert and community contributers all over the nation.An interactive site, it is designed to offer all the information, insights and ideas that those in the over-60 age-group are looking for. They accept submissions of content from topical experts and over 60 community members. At Starts at Sixty nothing is off-limits. They cover topics from travel and style to entertainment, relationship and hobbies and everything in between. Got a topic you would like covered? or if you would like to write an article for the over 60s… follow these links. And if you would like you advertise; make an enquiry! | $2.7M |  | Mar 25, 2019 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ACAC Innovation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acac-innovation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Artesian VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artesian-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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- [IP Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ip-group-plc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [OneVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/one-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Queensland Business Development Fund invest in?

Queensland Business Development Fund invests primarily in AgTech, Travel and Cooking startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed 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.

### When did Queensland Business Development Fund last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Queensland Business Development Fund closed in Oct 2020. Shizune tracks 4 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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