Best Crop Tech Companies in Queensland, Australia
The 65 best Crop Tech companies in Queensland, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Stacked Farm.
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 Queensland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stacked Farm Sustainable vertical farming producing ultra-clean, ready-to-eat greens with advanced technology 60Funding top 30%Growth top 30%Moat top 31%Tech top 39% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 30% Growthtop 30% Moattop 31% Techtop 39% AItop 45% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 36% Globalbottom 36% Funding: Raised $98.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $98M | 35 mo ago | Series C | Daniel Tzvetkoff Founder | 2017 | PrismicNode.jsThree.js+23 | — | — |
| 2 | SwarmFarm Robotics Integrated autonomy for efficient, sustainable agriculture through robotics and technology 48Growth top 25%News top 25%Moat top 37%Talent top 38% All 10 signals ▾Growthtop 25% Newstop 25% Moattop 37% Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 39% Patentstop 43% Innovationtop 49% Techbottom 47% Globalbottom 42% Marketbottom 28% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo News: 6 BI events in 12 mo (of 10 tracked, 1 types) · 6 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $12M | 8 mo ago | Series B | Jocie Bate Co-Founder & CFO | 2012 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+31 | 13 patents Autonomous field robots for precision coverage path planning and targeted substance delivery. | 1 launch |
| 3 | Nexgen Plants Provider of platform technology for developing virus-resistant plant varieties | $4M | 94 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2009 | — | 10 patents Intragenic plant transformation vectors and recombinant DNA constructs for crop genetic improvement. | — |
| 4 | mOOvement Provider of GPS enabled ear tags for cattle tracking | $1M | 62 mo ago | Seed | Pieter Vogels Co-Founder & Co-CEO | 2017 | WebflowAmazon ALBReact+16 | — | — |
| 5 | RapidAIM Provider of a precision pest management solutions | $891K | 63 mo ago | Series A | Nancy Schellhorn Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | — | — |
| 6 | DataFarming Provider of AI and satellite imagery-based farm intelligence solutions for farmers | $500K | 43 mo ago | Seed | — | 2017 | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | — | — |
| 7 | Goanna Ag Provider of smart farming solutions | — | 61 mo ago | Seed | Gaurav Jalota CEO | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 8 | AgBiTech Developer of biological insecticides for caterpillar pest control in agriculture | — | 126 mo ago | Acquired | Anthony Hawes Founder & Chief Technology Officer | 2002 | DudaNginxSnowplow Analytics+11 | — | — |
Top 9 Crop Tech companies in Queensland
#1
Series B · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2012 · 17 employees$11.5Mraised▾
Integrated autonomy for efficient, sustainable agriculture through robotics and technology. The company pioneers intelligent robotics for agriculture, offering solutions for efficient and sustainable farming. They develop and deploy sensor-guided autonomous units, providing a universal platform adaptable to various industries. Their robots empower farmers with customized solutions, addressing local farming system challenges. The company focuses on spray, spread, and mow applications, utilizing small machines with big technology to revolutionize farming operations. They offer integrated autonomy through lightweight autonomous platforms and an open ecosystem, enabling farmers to innovate and adapt. The company's approach redefines productivity on the farm, promoting collaborative agriculture and a sustainable future. They are involved in agricultural technology, AI, robotics, agtech, agritech, and autonomous farming.
- Oct 2025Series B$19.8M
- Feb 2023Series A$8.3M
- Mar 2021Series A—
- Oct 2020Series A$3.2M
#2
Series C · Gold Coast, Queensland · founded 2017 · 33 employees$98Mraised▾
Sustainable vertical farming producing ultra-clean, ready-to-eat greens with advanced technology. The company redefines farming by growing flavour-packed greens without chemicals, rinsing, or artificial additives. They utilize controlled environments and innovative automation, including Artificial Intelligence, to monitor light, water, and nutrients with precision. This ensures consistent quality and food safety, backed by HACCP certification. Their produce boasts an extended shelf life and requires no washing, offering convenience and freshness. They are committed to sustainability, using less water, reducing food miles, and employing organic growing mediums. Their "Beyond Organic" standard guarantees no pesticides, herbicides, or chemical sprays, promoting health and environmental responsibility. They are focused on bringing fresh, sustainable produce closer to consumers through strategically located farms, adapting to market needs with a variety of high-quality produce. This is a B2C business model with a focus on social impact through sustainable practices.
- Jun 2023Series C$40M
- Jul 2022Series C$56M
#3
Deadpooled · St Lucia, Queensland · founded 2009 · 2 employees$3.5Mraised▾
Provider of platform technology for developing virus-resistant plant varieties. It is a biotechnology company that has developed a novel platform technology to create virus-resistant plant varieties for major crops. The company's technology enables the development of disease-resistant crop lines, which can help reduce crop losses and improve food security.
- Aug 2018Seed$1.5M
- Aug 2018Grant (prize money)$1.5M
- Sep 2013Seed$2M
- 2012Grant (prize money)$50K
#4
Seed · Toowoomba, Queensland · founded 2017 · 8 employees$500Kraised▾
Provider of AI and satellite imagery-based farm intelligence solutions for farmers. It offers satellite farm maps with NDVI, enables crop monitoring based on images, and provides insights from spatial data and farm maps. It also offers crop type identification, pest, and disease incidence and distribution.
- Nov 2022Seed$500K
- Jan 2021Seed—
- Nov 2018Seed—
#5
Seed · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2017 · 10 employees$1.3Mraised▾
Provider of GPS-enabled ear tags for cattle tracking. It caters to the needs of bull tamers. Its features include it provides information on of best performing bull, geo-fencing, water availability and consumption data, reusable, periodical reports, and an integrable mobile app. Its app is available on Android and iOS platforms.
- Apr 2021Seed$1.3M
#6
Series A · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2018 · 15 employees$890.9Kraised▾
Provider of a precision pest management solutions.
- Mar 2021Series A—
- May 2019Grant (prize money)—
- Oct 2018Seed$890.9K
#7
Seed · Goondiwindi, Queensland · founded 2017 · 12 employees—raised▾
Provider of smart farming solutions. It offers long-range sensors and networks for irrigation scheduling. It provides solutions for irrigation management for farmers, including in-field sensors, weather data, growth stages, and analytics.
- Apr 2021Seed—
#8
Acquired · Toowoomba, Queensland · founded 2002 · 100 employees—raised▾
Developer of biological insecticides for caterpillar pest control in agriculture. The company develops, mass produces, and commercializes a range of biological insecticides based on naturally occurring viruses. These products offer farmers reliable, sustainable tools to prevent crop loss. The insecticides can be as effective as chemicals or used in integrated pest management.
- Dec 2015PE—
#9
Unfunded · Toowoomba, Queensland · founded 2007 · 35 employees$300Mraised▾
Provider of dosing technology to farming sectors. They offer uDOSE AG water systems for horticulture and irrigation. It targets the application of nutrients, increasing the efficiency of fertilizer application and water usage on crops. It also reduces waste and run-off of nitrogen-based fertilizer into oceans and waterways.
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Crop Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
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How research on Precision Agriculture in Queensland is moving
A read on the academic research around Precision Agriculture in Queensland — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 94 papers.
- University of Southern Queensland29
- Queensland University of Technology20
- Central Queensland University19
- The University of Queensland18
- University of Queensland10
- Machine vision5
- Segmentation5
- Convolutional neural network4
- Nutrient4
- Phosphorus4
- Multispectral image1→8
- Agricultural engineering4
- Agronomy3
- Production (economics)3
- Key (lock)3
- Field (mathematics)3
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