Aussie agri-fintech DAS set for global expansion after TELUS joins $3 million raise
Born in 2017 out of a partnership with Australia’s national science and research agency CSIRO, DAS is a fintech company that is focused on agriculture, operating at the intersection of digital transformation, nature-based peril and global food security.
Startup founder, sheep farmer, university researcher and government advisor Penny Schulz says, when it comes to agtech, SA is “where it’s at”
“I think agtech is a really exciting space and a great culture is building around agtech in SA,” says Coorong farmer Penny Schulz.
Aquacultureman: Take a peek inside the land-based fish farm breeding 80% of Australia’s barramundi
Paul Harrison has a dream. He wants to feed the world with sustainably produced fish. And that’s just what he’s doing with MainStream Aquaculture.
“A blunt instrument”: Meet the startup bringing insecticides into the sustainable food conversation
Precise insecticide deployment agtech RapidAIM is making a perhaps unexpected play in the future of sustainable agriculture.
Urgent action is needed to ensure Australian agriculture survives, let alone thrives
Federal and state governments, in partnership with industry bodies, need to prioritise the future of Australian agriculture.
“No human should be in there”: $12.6 million for Kiwi startup sending robots to do dairy farmers’ dirty work
New Zealand startup Invert Robotics has raised $12.6 million to expand the scope of its climbing robot technology helping keep dairy farmers safe.
Agtech bags $1 million to disrupt food distribution and change how we view leafy veggies
Agtech startup Vertical Farming Systems has raised $1 million for its technology that does exactly what it says on the tin.
“Almost on vogue”: The startup founder using robotic maggot farms to turn organic waste into animal feed
Agtech startup Goterra has a million maggots working to keep food waste out of landfill, while helping Aussie farmers weather the effects of climate change.
Silos of information: Farms create valuable data, but there’s little control over how it is used
Agricultural data collected by governments, agribusinesses and banks is regulated in a piecemeal fashion, and ends up beyond the reach of farmers.
Farming must change its image and embrace technology, city life and millennials
So why do we need to encourage young people into agriculture and farming? It’s simple: not enough people are taking up careers in agriculture.
Agtech Agerris raises $6.5 million in seed funding to set robots to work on Australia’s farms
Field robotics startup Agerris has launched onto the agtech scene, securing $6.5 million in seed funding to commercialise its automated farm equipment.
Toowoomba agtech taps into public concern for Aussie farmers, smashing $400,000 equity crowdfunding target
Toowoomba startup DIT is getting city folk on board with its agtech solution to make farmers’ lives easier, smashing its crowdfunding target of $400,000.
