Radar Companies Food and Agriculture · Brisbane
Radar · Food and Agriculture in Brisbane

Best Food and Agriculture Companies in Brisbane, Australia

The 57 best Food and Agriculture companies in Brisbane, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: East Forged.

57companies tracked
$1Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
1have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FOOD AND AGRICULTURE × BRISBANE

Our analysis of 50 Food and Agriculture companies

$11.4b in tracked funding; 92% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.

50companies analysed
92%cloud-native stacks
2024funding peak (by rounds)
1unicorns
2014median founding year
577kcombined LinkedIn audience
89%of audience held by top 3
5companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Food and Agriculture companies in Brisbane

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1East Forged
Internet first brand of tea
40Growth top 28%Talent top 38%Funding bottom 49%Tech bottom 45%
All 7 signals ▾
Growthtop 28%
Talenttop 38%
Fundingbottom 49%
Techbottom 45%
Globalbottom 32%
Marketbottom 22%
Newsbottom 18%
Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100
$1M21 mo agoSeedTania Stacey
Co-Founder
2017Cart FunctionalityShopifyZoho+23
2Fertoz
Canadian Phosphate: Mining rock phosphate for fertilizer and battery industries
119 mo agoLate Stage2010
3Agreecommodities
Provider of agricultural commodity trade, investment, and advisory services
Unfunded2014
4Alchemy Cordial
Cold-pressed juice brand
UnfundedMichael Bishop
Founder
1995ShopifyVimeoBootstrap+271 launch
5Aloha Health
Multi-category beverages brand
DeadpooledJocelyn Carter
Founder
2016
6ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture
The ARC CoE for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture will make significant advances in the emerging fields…
2020WordPressPleskMySQL+25
7Aromas
Supplier of tea and coffee
Acquired1981Cart FunctionalityBigCommercePHP+18
8australian agricultural company
AACo is a world-leading provider of beef and agricultural products.
Public1824WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+171 job opening

Top 2 Food and Agriculture companies in Brisbane

#1
Seed · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2017
$1Mraised

Internet first brand of tea

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 40how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 28%
Talent
top 38%
Funding
bottom 49%
Tech
bottom 45%
Global
bottom 32%
Market
bottom 22%
Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $1.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Seed (Sep 2024)
Audience (LinkedIn): 531 LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2024Seed$1M
  • Feb 2022Grant (prize money)$84.9K
Founders & team
Tania StaceyCo-FounderKym CooperCo-Founder
Investors
business.gov.au
Tech stack
American ExpressApple PayBabelCart FunctionalityCloudflareCore-Js
#2
Late Stage · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2010 · 4 employees
raised

Canadian Phosphate: Mining rock phosphate for fertilizer and battery industries. The company focuses on advancing sedimentary rock phosphate projects in British Columbia, Canada. It aims to be a key supplier of rock phosphate to fertilizer manufacturers and the evolving Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) battery industry in North America. The company holds mineral rights to mining projects strategically located near agricultural regions with access to rail and road infrastructure. It strives for sustainable and environmentally responsible mining practices, integrating advanced extraction methods and innovative waste management solutions. The company is committed to environmental stewardship and economic resilience, supporting food security and a greener future.

Investors
Boston Capital

Funding & investor landscape

$1Mtotal disclosed funding
1companies funded
2disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Boston Capital1 rounds
EnergyLab1 rounds
M.H. Carnegie & Co1 rounds
Point King Capital1 rounds
Slingshot1 rounds
Startupbootcamp Australia1 rounds
Vitae Capital1 rounds
W231 rounds
business.gov.au1 rounds
Prism market signals · Australia · country-scoped Prism corpus, 284,600 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Food and Agriculture coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Australia

How research on Agritech is moving in Australia

A read on the academic research around Agritech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 130 Australia-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201720232025
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and steady — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 46% → 48% across 2017–2025.
top research entities
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation16
  • Agriculture and Food13
  • Queensland University of Technology9
  • Australian Centre for Robotic Vision8
  • Murdoch University7
leading researchers
Chris McCool · Ben Upcroft · Ali Raza · Alvin Chandra · Henry Neufeldt · J. R. Beddington · Fabrice DeClerck · David Ball
Breakthroughs24 · 18%
▲ 20%→23% share
▲1.1× share momentum11 median citations75% since 2021mostly methods-led
Agriculture breakthroughs are newly emerging — brand-new segment claims 7 papers as field-share rises from 20% to 23%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agriculture7
  • Robot4
  • Agricultural engineering4
  • Wireless sensor network3
  • Computer vision3
Newly emergingAgriculture 0→7
Landmark An efficient LoRa-based smart agriculture management and monitoring system using wireless sensor networks · 211 cites
Advancements48 · 37%
▼ 50%→37% share
▼0.7× share momentum2 median citations60% since 2021mostly methods-led
Food security advancement research is intensifying — papers doubled from 3 to 7 as Agriculture surged from 6 to 25.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agriculture6→25
  • Food security3→7
Landmark Vision‐based Obstacle Detection and Navigation for an Agricultural Robot · 151 cites
Concerns38 · 29%
▼ 30%→24% share
▼0.8× share momentum7 median citations50% since 2021mostly empirical
Agriculture concern research is rising — papers grew from 10 to 13 despite overall concern field-share cooling from 30% to 24%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agriculture10→13
Landmark Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Smart Agriculture: Applications, Requirements, and Challenges · 577 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Australia

Where agritech is researched across Australia

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Sydney17 · +0.29
Hot · AgricultureOpportunity · Precision agriculture
Brisbane17 · +0.37
Hot · RobotAdvancing · RoboticsConcern · Agriculture
Melbourne15 · +0.32
Hot · AgricultureOpportunity · Internet of Things
Canberra7 · +0.00
Hot · AgricultureOpportunity · Endogeneity
Perth7 · +0.01
Hot · Agriculture
Adelaide6 · +0.38
Hot · Agriculture

Common questions

How many Food and Agriculture companies are there in Brisbane, Australia?
Radar tracks 57 indexable Food and Agriculture companies headquartered in Brisbane, Australia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Food and Agriculture companies in Brisbane, Australia?
The Food and Agriculture companies in Brisbane, Australia on this list have raised a combined $1M in disclosed equity funding across 1 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Food and Agriculture company in Brisbane, Australia?
East Forged is the highest-funded Food and Agriculture company in Brisbane, Australia, with $1M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Food and Agriculture companies in Brisbane, Australia are funded?
1 of the 57 Food and Agriculture companies in Brisbane, Australia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Food and Agriculture unicorns are there in Brisbane, Australia?
None of the Food and Agriculture companies in Brisbane, Australia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Brisbane, Australia Food and Agriculture companies?
The most active investors in Brisbane, Australia Food and Agriculture companies on this list include Boston Capital, EnergyLab, M.H. Carnegie & Co, Point King Capital, Slingshot.
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