Radar · Food and Agriculture in South Australia
Best Food and Agriculture Companies in South Australia, Australia
The 94 best Food and Agriculture companies in South Australia, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Viterra.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
94companies tracked
$8.1Bdisclosed funding
0unicorns
2have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FOOD AND AGRICULTURE × SOUTH AUSTRALIA
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
108kcombined LinkedIn audience
59%of audience held by top 3
4companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Food and Agriculture companies in South Australia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viterra Procures and supplies grains and oil-seeds 50Funding top 35%Product top 41%News top 43%Market top 45% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 35% Producttop 41% Newstop 43% Markettop 45% Innovationbottom 48% Techbottom 48% Growthbottom 45% Talentbottom 45% Partnersbottom 40% Globalbottom 36% Funding: Raised $8.1B · 1 rounds over 21 yrs (0.0/yr) Product: 0 product launch events in 12 mo, 1 the year before · 12 distinct product lines rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $8.1B | 252 mo ago | Late Stage | Chris Mahoney CEO | 1839 | VarnishGSAPVue.js+13 | — |
| 2 | Australian Vintage Processor of wines 22Partners top 15%Product top 35%Talent top 38%News top 42% All 10 signals ▾Partnerstop 15% Producttop 35% Talenttop 38% Newstop 42% Marketbottom 44% Fundingbottom 43% Globalbottom 36% Growthbottom 35% Techbottom 29% Fin. healthbottom 25% Partners: 4 contract events in 12 mo · Named contractor/client in 4 deals Product: 0 product launch events in 12 mo · Company stage: Public rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100 | $16M | 109 mo ago | Public | Brian Guigan Founder | 1992 | — | 2 launchs · 3 awards |
| 3 | Gurra Downs Supplier of dates | $414K | 52 mo ago | Funding Raised | Dave Reilly Managing Director | 1990 | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+14 | — |
| 4 | RDO Equipment Designs and manufacture construction, mining and forestry equipment | — | 66 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1968 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+35 | — |
| 5 | 78˚ Brand of wine | — | — | Acquired | Sacha Forgia Founder | 2015 | WordPress Block EditorCart FunctionalityWooCommerce+25 | — |
| 6 | 919 Wines Brand of wines | — | — | Unfunded | — | 1999 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyApple iCloud Mail+24 | — |
| 7 | Accolade Wines Distributor of wine | — | — | Acquired | — | 2004 | — | — |
| 8 | Adelaide Hills Foods Chain of restaurant serving bakery products | — | — | Acquired | Simon Horwood Co-Founder | 1997 | — | — |
Top 4 Food and Agriculture companies in South Australia
#1
Funding Raised · Renmark, South Australia · founded 1990$414Kraised▾
Funding Raised · Renmark, South Australia · founded 1990
Supplier of dates
Funding rounds
- Feb 2022Grant (prize money)$414K
Founders & team
Investors
Woolworths
Tech stack
BootstrapGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle WorkspaceGsapHsts
#2
Late Stage · Adelaide, South Australia · founded 1839 · 424 employees$8.1Braised▾
Late Stage · Adelaide, South Australia · founded 1839 · 424 employees
Grain Storage & Handling, Grain Export Viterra provides a storage and handling network, spanning the key growing regions in South Australia and western Victoria. This well established upcountry and port terminal network has been servicing customers for more than 50 years. Viterra has extensive operations across Australia, servicing growers and both domestic and international grain markets. Our operations also include container packing and processing facilities located in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 50how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 35%Product
top 41%News
top 43%Market
top 45%Innovation
bottom 48%Tech
bottom 48%Funding: Raised $8.1B · 1 rounds over 21 yrs (0.0/yr) · Last round round (Jun 2005)
Product: 0 product launch events in 12 mo, 1 the year before · 12 distinct product lines · 1 published app (7.5k installs)
News: 7 BI events in 12 mo (of 152 tracked, 11 types) · -88% YoY · 7 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Founders & team
Investors
Terra Firma
Tech stack
CloudflareCore-JsFacebook PixelFlickityGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag Manager
#3
Public · Adelaide, South Australia · founded 1992 · 455 employees$16.5Mraised▾
Public · Adelaide, South Australia · founded 1992 · 455 employees
Processor of wines
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 22how this company ranks against its industry peers
Partners
top 15%Product
top 35%Talent
top 38%News
top 42%Market
bottom 44%Funding
bottom 43%Partners: 4 contract events in 12 mo · Named contractor/client in 4 deals · Marquee-customer mentions: top 30% of tracked companies
Product: 0 product launch events in 12 mo · Company stage: Public
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 13k LinkedIn followers — 11.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches · 3 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- May 2017Post IPO$16.5M
Founders & team
Investors
Yesmywine
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpGoogle MapsVimeoRankmath Seo
#4
Funding Raised · Adelaide, South Australia · founded 1968 · 303 employees—raised▾
Funding Raised · Adelaide, South Australia · founded 1968 · 303 employees
Designs and manufacture construction, mining and forestry equipment
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 11k LinkedIn followers — 10.5% of this cohort's audience
Investors
ImageSoft
Tech stack
Alpine.JsAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAzure Edge NetworkBootstrapCart Functionality
Funding & investor landscape
$8.1Btotal disclosed funding
3companies funded
2disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Dave Reilly
Managing Director · Gurra Downs
Chris Mahoney
CEO · Viterra
Brian Guigan
Founder · Australian Vintage
Neil Mcguigan
CEO · Australian Vintage
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 breakthrough research is newly emerging, with robot and agricultural engineering sub-topics each gaining 4 papers as field-share rises 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 papers more than doubled (3→7) even as overall advancement field-share cooled from 50% to 37%.
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 papers intensified from 10→13 as concern field-share contracted 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
Brisbane17 · +0.37
Melbourne15 · +0.32
Canberra7 · +0.00
Perth7 · +0.01
Adelaide6 · +0.38
Common questions
How many Food and Agriculture companies are there in South Australia, Australia?
Radar tracks 94 indexable Food and Agriculture companies headquartered in South Australia, Australia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Food and Agriculture companies in South Australia, Australia?
The Food and Agriculture companies in South Australia, Australia on this list have raised a combined $8.1B in disclosed equity funding across 3 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Food and Agriculture company in South Australia, Australia?
Viterra is the highest-funded Food and Agriculture company in South Australia, Australia, with $8.1B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Food and Agriculture companies in South Australia, Australia are funded?
3 of the 94 Food and Agriculture companies in South Australia, Australia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Food and Agriculture unicorns are there in South Australia, Australia?
None of the Food and Agriculture companies in South Australia, Australia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in South Australia, Australia Food and Agriculture companies?
The most active investors in South Australia, Australia Food and Agriculture companies on this list include AgFood, Artesian, ImageSoft, Marl Accelerator, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.