Farmers2Founders wants to de-risk agtech adoption for investors
Australia’s agtech funding is held up by long validation timelines. Farmers2Founders is using real-world deployments to produce clearer traction signals.
Australia’s agtech sector is stuck in a funding catch-22: investors want proof of traction before writing cheques, but startups often need capital first to run the multi-season farm trials that create it.
"Capital in agritech is not leading, it's following based on some clear signals once a company has got traction," Skye Raward, co-founder of agtech accelerator Farmers2Founders, told Capital Brief.
Agriculture is being pushed to adapt quickly to a changing climate, but it is an asset-heavy industry with long cycles and capital that moves slowly.
Unlike software, agtech solutions require on-farm validation — a process that can take multiple growing seasons and significant upfront investment.
