| Date | Title | Description |
| 21.03.2024 | Revolutionizing Precision Fermentation: Cauldron Ferm's $6.25M Series A Funding | Cauldron Ferm, an Australian hyper-fermentation company, has secured $6.25M in Series A funding to scale its continuous fermentation technology and build a large-scale facility for manufacturing high-value ingredients. Led by Horizons Ventu... |
| 19.03.2024 | Investors Back Cauldron’s Plans for Global Network of Precision Fermentation Facilities to Tune of $6.25M | Precision fermentation company Cauldron Ferm announces it has secured AUD 9.5 million ($6.25M) in a series A round led by Horizons Ventures. SOSV, In-Q-Tel, and previous investor Main Sequence also participated in the round, bringing Cauldr... |
| 18.03.2024 | Cauldron raises $6.25m series A to scale continuous fermentation tech | Australian startup Cauldron has raised AUD9.5 million ($6.25 million) in a series A round led by Horizons Ventures to scale a manufacturing platform enabling its partners to produce high-value ingredients via precision fermentation more eff... |
| 22.11.2023 | Australian investors say capital limitations push founders to ‘new heights of creativity’ | This is part of a survey of investors focused on Australia and New Zealand. The following responses are from the Australian investors. You can find the New Zealand responses here and the full writeup here.
We spoke with:
Gabrielle Munzer, p... |
| 19.10.2023 | Eden Brew aims to hit the market with animal-free ‘milk’ in 2025: ‘We’re wedded to a B2C strategy’ | Barely a month goes by without a new player entering the ‘animal-free’ dairy category, with a flurry of startups now producing whey and casein proteins via genetically engineered microbes or plants. But what will distinguish the winners fro... |
| 05.10.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Umiami raises $34.7m for plant-based whole cuts, Bonsai Robotics bags $13.5m, Blue Apron to sell for$103m | This week, French plant-based meat startup Umiami snagged €32.5m ($34.7m) to take its whole cuts platform to the US; Australian precision fermentation startup Eden Brew raised A$24.4m ($15.3m) to scale up animal-free casein production; and ... |
| 28.07.2023 | Main Sequence Holds First Close of Third Fund, at AU$450M | Main Sequence, the Australian deep tech investment fund founded by Australia’s national science agency CSIRO, held the first close of its third fund, raising $AU450m, surpassing the milestone of $AU1 billion in total funds under management.... |
| 25.07.2023 | Main Sequence hits first close of $450M AUD for its third deep tech fund | Main Sequence, an Australian venture capital firm, said Wednesday it has raised the $450 million AUD (approximately $303 million) first close of its third fund.
The venture capital firm, founded by Australia’s national science agency CSIRO ... |
| 15.06.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: HUNGRY bags $10m, USDA greenlights cultivated chicken labels, making leather from beer | Funding rounds continue to be slow and on the low side. Catering tech startup HUNGRY raised new capital, as did alt-meat startup Higher Steaks, which rebranded as Uncommon. In agtech, agribusiness platform Unnati Agri and alt-leather startu... |
| 13.06.2023 | BREAKING: Number 8 Bio raises $1.2m for novel enteric methane reduction technology | Australian synthetic biology startup Number 8 Bio has raised A$1.8 million ($1.2 million) in a pre-seed round to fund a novel approach to cutting methane emissions from animal agriculture using yeast.
The funding—from Main Sequence, Possibl... |
| 08.06.2023 | From infinite recycling to bat-like vision for blind people: Cicada Innovations announces the Tech23 startups | SYDNEY, June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Australia's flagship deep tech incubator Cicada Innovations has announced its first cohort of deep tech founders chosen to showcase their world-changing innovations at Australia's longest-running annual ... |
| 30.03.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Local Bounti lands $145m, Momofuku Goods bags $17.5m, Vow’s ‘mammoth’ meatball | This week, indoor farming startup Local Bounti raised additional funding, as did the Momofuku restaurant group’s spinoff company, Momofuku Goods. Indoor mushroom startup Smallhold expanded thanks to a retail partnership, and cultivated meat... |
| 29.03.2023 | Cauldron raises $7m to expand precision fermentation platform using ‘smaller, smarter, cheaper’ continuous process | Australian startup Cauldron has raised A$10.5 million ($7 million) in a seed round led by Main Sequence and Horizons Ventures to scale a manufacturing platform enabling its partners to produce high-value ingredients via precision fermentati... |
| 13.02.2023 | Exclusive: Loam Bio raises $73m Series B from Lowercarbon, Acre, others to boost soil carbon | Carbon farming startup Loam Bio has raised A$105 million ($73 million) in a Series B round co-led by Chris Sacca fund Lowercarbon Capital and Wollemi Capital. The company has also commercially launched its CarbonBuilder seed inoculum and Se... |
| 20.10.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: new investments in alternative fat, Kroger buying Albertsons, Beyond Meat cuts 200 jobs | This week saw two new investments in startups making alternative fat products: Australia’s Nourish Ingredients and UK-based Hoxton Farms. Kroger announced plans to buy fellow grocery giant Albertsons and precision spraying startup Smart Ass... |
| 02.06.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Synthesis Capital closes $300m foodtech fund, e-grocer Astro bags $60m | Though many “instant” grocery delivery startups are in the midst of layoffs, one company in Indonesia bagged a healthy Series B round this week.
Elsewhere, US ag robotics specialist FarmWise teased a new weeding implement along with its lat... |
| 24.05.2022 | BREAKING: Regrow raises $38m Series B funding to expand reach of its regen ag tech platform | Regrow, a US-based startup using technology to enable regenerative agriculture practices, has raised $38 million in funding.
The Series B round was led by Galvanize Climate Solutions, the VC firm launched by former US presidential candidate... |
| 11.05.2022 | GRDC’s new Tekfarm program seeks global agtech solutions for Australia’s grains sector | Grain is a thriving industry in Australia. It’s the country’s second-largest agricultural subsector by value, accounting for 27% of total gross value of ag production. In 2020-2021, there were 22,500 Australian grains farmers, who propelled... |
| 24.03.2022 | Samsara Eco wants to help end global plastic crisis with enzyme-based technology | Global plastic use is expected to double by 2040, with most plastic sent to landfills and only 13% recycled. According to CIEL (Center for International Environmental Law), plastic production and incineration could produce 2.8 gigatons of c... |
| 12.11.2021 | Weekly Wrap #74: Deals galore & Dead or alive: the IPO rollercoaster | Welcome to our Weekly Wrap, where we cut through the noise to bring you our favourite insights from the technology and startup world.
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| 28.10.2021 | Soil Carbon Co is now Loam Bio, raises $30m Series A funding | Australian startup Soil Carbon Co has rebranded and raised A$40 million ($30 million) in Series A funding, it announced today.
Now named Loam Bio, the Orange, New South Wales-based company inoculates crops with symbiotic microbial fungi tha... |
| 26.10.2021 | Australian QuintessenceLabs grabs $25M to scale quantum-safe cybersecurity solutions | As computing power increases exponentially, the ability to secure our data against brute force and other types of attacks gets more complicated, with the scale and sophistication of cyberattacks continuing to challenge companies’ ability to... |
| 21.09.2021 | Woolworths : plots path to no new plastic with Australian innovators | Tuesday, 21 September 2021: Woolworths Group is backing a new Australian plastic recycling startup using cutting-edge science to reduce the need for new plastic to be produced.
Created in partnership with researchers at Australian National ... |
| 26.08.2021 | “The time is now”: VCs have the power to shape Australia’s economic future | Mike Zimmerman (front row, centre) and the Main Sequence Ventures team. Source: supplied.
Australia’s economy is at an inflection point after weathering what has hopefully been the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the private and public s... |
| 17.08.2021 | EXCLUSIVE: Cargill, Microsoft join $17m round for carbon verification platform Regrow | Ag software startup Regrow has raised $17 million in Series A funding as it proceeds with the US rollout of its monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) tool for carbon sequestration and monetization.
New investors participating in the... |
| 17.08.2021 | EXCLUSIVE: Cargill, Microsoft join $17m raise for carbon verification platform Regrow | Ag software startup Regrow has raised $17 million in Series A funding as it proceeds with the US rollout of its monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) tool for carbon sequestration and monetization.
New investors participating in the... |
| 06.08.2021 | Belgium’s Astanor Ventures drops €45 million into plant-based protein company v2food | Hailing from Sydney, Australia, v2food has received a €45 million investment from Brussels-based Astanor Ventures. This raise brings v2food’s Series-B round to a healthy €92 million, and with it, the company plans an aggressive expansion in... |
| 05.08.2021 | Impact investors, Chinese tech giant join V2food’s $53m Series B extension | Alt-protein startup V2food has secured €45 million ($53.3 million) funding in a “Series B-plus” round led by Belgian impact investor Astanor Ventures.
V2food, which claims to be the Asia-Pacific region’s “most funded alternative protein com... |
| 05.08.2021 | BREAKING: Impact investors, Chinese tech giant join V2food’s $53m Series B extension | Alt-protein startup V2food has secured €45 million ($53.3 million) funding in a “Series B-plus” round led by Belgian impact investor Astanor Ventures.
V2food, which claims to be the Asia-Pacific region’s “most funded alternative protein com... |
| 01.07.2021 | Venture Science: Unlocking the Mysteries of Fats as Key to a Sustainable Food System | Recent research published by Credit Suisse concluded that consumers are unlikely to make a full conversion to a vegan diet because processed foods are simply too tasty. Phil Morle, Partner at Main Sequence, the VC founded by CSIRO, the Aust... |
| 30.04.2021 | Weekly Wrap #46: Cowgorithms, Cloud Cash Cows and Crypto Crimes | Welcome to our Weekly Wrap, where we cut through the noise to bring you our favourite insights from the technology and startup world.
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| 26.04.2021 | Founded by Australia’s national science agency, Main Sequence launches $250M AUD deep tech fund | Main Sequence’s team (top row from left to right) Virginia Crawter, Bill Bartee, Mike Nicholls, Phil Morle; (bottom row from left to right) Stella Xu, Mike Zimmerman and Jen Baxter. Image Credits: Main Sequence
Main Sequence, the venture fi... |
| 11.03.2021 | EXCLUSIVE: Australia’s RapidAIM gets funding to scale real-time pest management | RapidAIM, an Australian agtech startup that’s developing a cost-effective monitoring system for crop pests, has raised funding from Melbourne-based VC firm Tenacious Ventures. Further financial details of the funding were not disclosed, tho... |
| 06.11.2020 | Weekly Wrap #27: Satellites, Spaceships, SaaS² and Soccer | Welcome to our Weekly Wrap, where we cut through the noise to bring you our favourite insights from the technology and startup world.
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| 21.10.2020 | Plant-based protein maker v2food raises $55m: ‘We consider ourselves part of the meat industry’ | Australian plant-based meat maker v2food has raised A$77 million (US$55 million) in its Series B round, taking its total funding to date to A$113 million ($80 million) and setting the stage for its expansion into Asia.
Taking part in the Se... |
| 19.04.2018 | Telehealth startup Coviu raises $1 million from Main Sequence to embed itself as a “solid competitor” in healthcare | Coviu chief executive Silvia Pfeiffer. Source: Supplied.
Coviu, a startup developing advanced video telehealth platforms for healthcare professionals, has raised $1 million from Main Sequence Ventures.
The business sprung from CSIRO’s Data6... |
| 18.12.2017 | Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Startup FluroSat Raises A$1m Seed Round | FluroSat, an Australian crop health software startup, has raised an A$1 million ($770k) seed round for its decision support platform for cotton and grain growers.
FluroSat uses various remote sensing methods, including satellites, drones, a... |
| 04.09.2017 | Why Australian Research Commercialisation is Broken and How it’s Being Fixed | Editor’s Note: J. Matthew Pryor was cofounder of Observant, an Australian agtech pioneer acquired by Jain Irrigation in February 2017. He now serves as CEO/CTO of Jain Agriculture Services Australia. He also sits on the board of Rocket Seed... |
| - | Belgium’s Astanor Ventures drops €45 million into plant-based protein company v2food | Hailing from Sydney, Australia, v2food has received a €45 million investment from Brussels-based Astanor Ventures. This raise brings v2food’s Series-B round to a healthy €92 million, and with it, the company plans an aggressive expansion in... |
