# SparkLabs Cultiv8

> SparkLabs Cultiv8 is a VC fund in Orange backing Agriculture and AgTech. See 54 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Orange, Australia
- Total investments: 54
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 39%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sparklabs-cultiv8/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/scultiv8
- Website: https://www.sparklabscultiv8.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SparklabsCultiv8/

SparkLabs Cultiv8 is a unique world class accelerator and research facility co-founded by the SparkLabs Group, Asia's leading tech accelerator group, and the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI), together with a number of leading farms and large corporate partners.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agriculture | 18 | 33% |
| AgTech | 13 | 24% |
| Food and Beverage | 7 | 13% |
| Biotechnology | 6 | 11% |
| Manufacturing | 6 | 11% |

57 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 15 | 28% |
| Pre-Seed | 11 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 9 | 17% |
| Non-equity Assistance | 9 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 5 | 9% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 25 | 46% |
| United States | 8 | 15% |
| Israel | 4 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 6% |
| Singapore | 2 | 4% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Frank Meehan | Co-Founder & Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frank-meehan |
| Jimmy Kim | Co-Founder & Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jimmy-kim-2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Levur | Levur is a Biotechnology Research oriented firm that manufactures cosmetic oil substitutes for their customers. | $780.5K | Pre-Seed | May 06, 2025 |  |
| Nitronic | Nitronic Company's technology development is to create nitrogen fertilizers in a way that is carbon neutral by producing them without the use of fossil fuels or hydrogen production. It mostly caters to the agricultural industry. ​ |  | Pre-Seed | May 21, 2024 |  |
| Unibaio | UNIBAIO does a biodegradable ingredient that optimize the delivery of agrochemicals to lower their application doses and toxicity levels. UNIBAIO's particles can be used by pesticides companies to modify their formulations to: 1) be approved by the strictest environmental regulations without replacing the chemicals being used by farmers, 2)reduce manual operation, lowering farmer's application costs, 3) improve yield & competitiveness. Our particles can be used in any kind of pesticide and fertilizers, from the traditional chemical ones to the bio/organic ones. Our nanocarriers are made of natural compounds like shrimp waste & clay using a circular model. |  | Pre-Seed | May 21, 2024 |  |
| Levur | Levur is a Biotechnology Research oriented firm that manufactures cosmetic oil substitutes for their customers. |  | Pre-Seed | May 21, 2024 |  |
| Bovotica | Bovotica is creating modern technology that precisely alters the bovine rumen microbiota, reducing methane emissions for the environment and accelerating production efficiency. |  | Pre-Seed | May 20, 2024 |  |
| Pyx Global | Pyx Global uses decentralization and contemporary open standards (VCs and DIDs) to safeguard independence and foster confidence while providing transparency and security for regional trading groups. Pyx Global produces high-integrity product data that makes it impossible for immoral, unsustainable, or badly managed supply chain operations to hide. |  | Pre-Seed | May 20, 2024 |  |
| Carbon Friendly | Carbon Friendly is to give farmers the credit and rewards they merit for improving their sustainability practices and to enable them to contribute to the fight against climate change. |  | Pre-Seed | May 20, 2024 |  |
| NonTox | NonTox, ESG businesses, farmers, and Australian councils that look after the country. It is imperative to remove obstacles to the adoption of new technologies in order to safeguard the fundamental fabric of existence. |  | Pre-Seed | May 20, 2024 |  |
| Carbonaught | Carbonaught builds engineered soil systems that replace synthetic fertiliser, increase productivity, and permanently remove CO₂.The company deploys enhanced rock weathering across farmland under long-term contracts, generating proprietary geochemical and operational data that improves returns per hectare over time.This forms the foundation of anew infrastructure layer for food production. |  |  | May 29, 2023 |  |
| Ten Carbon Chemistry | Developed in Australia and based on over a decade of research, Ten Carbon Chemistry's proprietary technology represents the next generation of antimicrobial, antiviral and antifungal sanitisation solutions that are safe for you and our environment. Our novel science is grounded in utilising plant-based active ingredients that are found incommon foodstuffs, like coconut oil and goats milk, but which have exceptional broad spectrum antipathogenic properties. Our technology has demonstrated activity against common pathogens like COVID-19, E.coli, Salmonella and MRSA, along with less common but potentially more lethal pathogens like Ebola, C. auris and Anthrax. This combination of an outstanding safety profile with exceptional broad spectrum antipathogenic activity allows us to develop products with innumerable applications ranging from cleaning and sanitisation in food production to biowarfare protection. |  | Non-equity Assistance | May 29, 2023 |  |

10 of 54 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sp-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bread and Butter Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-syndicate-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [18.ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/18-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alliance VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alliance-venture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ArcTern Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arctern-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Argonautic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/argonautic-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does SparkLabs Cultiv8 invest in?

SparkLabs Cultiv8 invests primarily in Agriculture, AgTech and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 54 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 SparkLabs Cultiv8?

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### Who are the partners at SparkLabs Cultiv8?

The team at SparkLabs Cultiv8 includes Frank Meehan (Co-Founder & Partner) and Jimmy Kim (Co-Founder & Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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