Best Crop Tech Companies in Melbourne, Australia
The 36 best Crop Tech companies in Melbourne, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Digital Agriculture Services.
Our analysis of 100 Crop Tech companies
$8.2b in tracked funding; 87% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Crop Tech companies in Melbourne
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Digital Agriculture Services SaaS-based data-driven precision agricultural solutions for farmers 53Global top 33%Talent top 38%AI top 45%Funding top 49% All 7 signals ▾Globaltop 33% Talenttop 38% AItop 45% Fundingtop 49% Marketbottom 47% Techbottom 40% Newsbottom 22% Global: Serving 60+ countries worldwide · Investors from 1 country beyond Australia Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $12M | 42 mo ago | Series A | Jonathon Clark Co-Founder | 2017 | PHPApache HTTP ServerAmazon Web Services+14 | — |
| 2 | Bio-Gene Developer of bio-insecticides for crop protection, grain storage, and public health 32Moat top 32%Funding top 34%Patents top 34%Innovation top 38% All 8 signals ▾Moattop 32% Fundingtop 34% Patentstop 34% Innovationtop 38% Talenttop 45% Globalbottom 40% Marketbottom 37% Techbottom 15% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 5/10 · IP moat: 48 patents Funding: Raised $4.0M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 10 yrs (0.8/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $4M | 16 mo ago | Public | Tim Grogan CEO & Managing Director | 1995 | — | — |
| 3 | AgriChain Software solution for agriculture supply chain | $4M | 79 mo ago | Series A | Drew Ditterich Co-Founder & COO | 2013 | SentryNode.jsChart.js+24 | 3 launchs · 2 partnerships |
| 4 | Smart Paddock Livestock health management solutions provider | $2M | 87 mo ago | Seed | — | 2017 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+19 | — |
| 5 | Agtuary Online platform for farmers and lenders to manage agribusiness and financial data | $75K | 59 mo ago | Seed | — | 2020 | — | — |
| 6 | SenseAg Cloud based software for farm data and analytics | $50K | 120 mo ago | Deadpooled | Anthony Marsh Co-Founder | 2016 | — | — |
| 7 | Applant Vertical aeroponic farming system with real-time monitoring and controlling provisions | $40K | 110 mo ago | Deadpooled | Caleb Ha Founder & CEO | 2016 | — | — |
| 8 | Accumulatos Accumulators develops connected solutions for remote asset monitoring applications | — | — | Deadpooled | Matthew Adams Founder & Director | 2017 | — | — |
Top 7 Crop Tech companies in Melbourne
#1
Public · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 1995$4Mraised▾
Developer of bio-insecticides for crop protection, grain storage, and public health. The company focuses on creating pest management solutions derived from nature. These products address insecticide resistance with minimal impact on human health and the environment. The company's products have applications across crop protection, grain storage, public health and consumer uses.
- May 2025Grant (prize money)$542K
- May 2025Post IPO$2.1M
- Jan 2025Grant (prize money)$1.9M
- Nov 2023Post IPO$1.3M
#2
Series A · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2017 · 40 employees$12Mraised▾
SaaS-based data-driven precision agricultural solutions for farmers. It leverages its data models and an AI-powered rural intelligence platform that integrates rural data from public sources and real-time agricultural insights from CSIRO to provide insights on location intelligence, farm performance, valuations, and productivity levels.
- Mar 2023Series A$3M
- May 2020Seed—
#3
Series A · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2013 · 22 employees$4Mraised▾
AgriChain is a software solution for the agriculture supply chain. It enables various stakeholders of the supply chain to connect and transfer information. Its features include stock management, contracting, supply chain tracking, logistic automation, broker integration, traceability, and more. It also uses blockchain technology for storing information. Its app is available on Android and iOS platforms.
- Feb 2020Series A$4M
#4
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2017 · 7 employees$1.8Mraised▾
Smart Paddock provides livestock health management solutions. It offers a multisensor ear tag to track the heart rate, temperature, location, and movement of animals. The data collected will be analyzed to generate insights of animal health and location. The user can access the data through its web and mobile applications.
- 2019Seed$1.7M
- Aug 2017Seed$75K
#5
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2020 · 12 employees$75Kraised▾
Online platform for farmers and lenders to manage agribusiness and financial data. It allows users to maintain up-to-date financial records and business documents while applying for new loans or insurance. It also allows lenders to provide zero friction communication and open access to farm finance by aggregating business, financial & agronomic data in one place. It also provides insights by using tools and analytics.
- Oct 2021Seed$75K
#6
Deadpooled · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2016$50Kraised▾
SenseAg is a precision agriculture company focusing on intelligent insights derived from farm data collection and analytics. The company's offering includes a cloud-based platform which can work with a companion on-field wireless sensor network (IoT) to capture essential farm parameters including soil moisture, temperature, wind direction, and intensity, etc. The company uses proprietary machine learning algorithms to crunch the data and derive actionable insights presented to the farmer through multi-platform companion web app. The startup won the top prize in Global IBM Data Competition in NYC in Sep, 2016.,
- Sep 2016Grant (prize money)$50K
#7
Deadpooled · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2016$40Kraised▾
Applant is developing a vertical aeroponic farming system with real-time monitoring and controlling provisions for growing fresh fruits, vegetables, and herbs in homes. Its vertical farming system is marketed as aTree, which uses Aeroponics technology (gravity fed irrigation) to grow plants by misting their roots. The company claims that its product will be able to grow the fruits and vegetables allyear round.
- Jul 2017Seed$40K
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What Melbourne researches in precision agriculture
- University of Melbourne10
- The University of Melbourne4
- Melbourne School of Theology1
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