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Best Food and Agriculture Companies in Perth, Australia

The 47 best Food and Agriculture companies in Perth, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Gage Roads Brewing Co.

47companies tracked
$18.1Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
3have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FOOD AND AGRICULTURE × PERTH

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

Ranked: Best Food and Agriculture companies in Perth

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Gage Roads Brewing Co
Crafted beer brand and company
45Product top 14%Innovation top 20%Growth top 45%Funding top 48%
All 9 signals ▾
Producttop 14%
Innovationtop 20%
Growthtop 45%
Fundingtop 48%
Techbottom 49%
Talentbottom 49%
Newsbottom 32%
Marketbottom 28%
Globalbottom 25%
Product: 4 distinct product lines · Company stage: Public
Innovation: 4 product lines
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100
$16M88 mo agoPublicJohn Hoedemake
CEO
2002WordPress Block EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+19
2SPINIFEX
Brand of beer
$2M58 mo agoSeed2020Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+173 job openings · 1 partnership
3The Natural Food Emporium
Internet first brand offering baking mix
$285K54 mo agoFunding RaisedKym Hawkins
Founder
2017
4WesCEF
Network of businesses providing chemicals, energy, and fertiliser products and services
27 mo agoFunding RaisedRob Scott
CEO
1976WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+221 partnership · 1 award
5Latitude 28
Povider of livestock investment services
86 mo agoSeed2016
6Chicken Treat
Chain of limited service restaurant offering burgers
232 mo agoAcquired1976ContentfulApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+26
7180 Cakes
Gluten free baking mixes brand
DeadpooledKara Payne
Founder & CEO
2017
8Agrimaster
Provider of farm financial management software
UnfundedJohn A
Owner
2001Webflow EcommerceWebflowStripe+17

Top 6 Food and Agriculture companies in Perth

#1
Public · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2002
$15.8Mraised

Gage Roads manufactures and sells beer. It owns multiple brands such as Little Dove, Sleeping Giant, Single Fin, Narrow Neck, Break Water and Atomic.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 45how this company ranks against its industry peers
Product
top 14%
Innovation
top 20%
Growth
top 45%
Funding
top 48%
Tech
bottom 49%
Talent
bottom 49%
Product: 4 distinct product lines · Company stage: Public
Innovation: 4 product lines
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2019Post IPO$5.7M
  • Jun 2018Post IPO$10.1M
Founders & team
John HoedemakeCEO
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCivicthemeCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-JsFacebook Pixel
#2
Seed · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2020 · 78 employees
$2Mraised

Brand of beer

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers — 3.9% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 3 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +3 · hiring: Lieff Manager, Lieffment Manager
Activity: 1 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Beshtalk AgTech) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2021Seed$2M
Tech stack
Cart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiHttp/3
#3
Funding Raised · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2017
$285.2Kraised

Internet first brand offering baking mix. The product catalog includes cookie mix, muffin mix, flour, etc. The company claims that the products are gluten-free. The platform offers multiple baking recipes.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2022Grant (prize money)$285.2K
Founders & team
Kym HawkinsFounder
Investors
business.gov.au
#4
Funding Raised · Perth, Western Australia · founded 1976 · 1378 employees
raised

Network of businesses providing chemicals, energy, and fertiliser products and services. The organisation’s portfolio includes fertilisers for crop enrichment and natural gas for residential use. It also supplies products that support existing and emerging industries. The businesses operate in domestic and international markets. They produce and distribute essential products for the agricultural, mining, construction, and manufacturing industries.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 17k LinkedIn followers — 47.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Faculty of Western Australia's Paul Papalia CSC MLA) announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Rob ScottCEOIan HansenCEO & MD
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerAzureBootstrapChoicesCore-JsDocusign
#5
Seed · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2016 · 4 employees
raised

Operator of a beef brand intended to de-commoditize the trade of Australian Produce. The company offers a consumer-focused digital approach with Blockchain and data analytics, empowering Asian consumers with product authentication and supply chain transparency, enabling customers to overcome the complexities of overseas demands.

Investors
XNode, AgriStart
#6
Acquired · Perth, Western Australia · founded 1976 · 142 employees
raised

Chain of limited service restaurant offering burgers

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 6.5% of this cohort's audience · 33 engagements/post (1.5× cohort median)
Activity: 2 expansions announced in 12 mo
Investors
Quadrant Private Equity
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAppsflyerBunny

Funding & investor landscape

$18.1Mtotal disclosed funding
3companies funded
4disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
AgriStart4 rounds
Banksia Capital2 rounds
Blockchain Founders Fund1 rounds
Bridgeport Capital1 rounds
CHAMP Ventures1 rounds
Caason Group1 rounds
Envest1 rounds
Quadrant Private Equity1 rounds
XNode1 rounds
business.gov.au1 rounds

Notable founders

John Hoedemake
CEO · Gage Roads Brewing Co
Kym Hawkins
Founder · The Natural Food Emporium
Rob Scott
CEO · WesCEF
Ian Hansen
CEO & MD · WesCEF
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
Breakthroughs are rising (20%→23% of field), led by Agriculture.
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
Advancements are cooling (50%→37% of field), led by Agriculture.
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
Concerns are cooling (30%→24% of field), led by Agriculture.
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 Perth, Australia?
Radar tracks 47 indexable Food and Agriculture companies headquartered in Perth, Australia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Food and Agriculture companies in Perth, Australia?
The Food and Agriculture companies in Perth, Australia on this list have raised a combined $18.1M in disclosed equity funding across 3 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Food and Agriculture company in Perth, Australia?
Gage Roads Brewing Co is the highest-funded Food and Agriculture company in Perth, Australia, with $15.8M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Food and Agriculture companies in Perth, Australia are funded?
3 of the 47 Food and Agriculture companies in Perth, Australia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Food and Agriculture unicorns are there in Perth, Australia?
None of the Food and Agriculture companies in Perth, Australia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Perth, Australia Food and Agriculture companies?
The most active investors in Perth, Australia Food and Agriculture companies on this list include AgriStart, Banksia Capital, Blockchain Founders Fund, Bridgeport Capital, CHAMP Ventures.
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