We are excited to share our investment in ExoFlare, which has built a tech platform to let agricultural and food sector operators monitor and defend against biosecurity threats. Its been great working with Adrian Turner and Chris Aitken, through the SparkLabs Cultiv8 Accelerator and now to follow on via Cultiv8 Funds Management. The other investors in this round include Salus Ventures, W23 Global, IQT (In-Q-Tel) and the Co-Founders of Harris Farm Markets.
AFR: Woolies, Harris Farm, Tesla chair, pile in to back biosecurity start-up
15 July 2024.
Author: Paul Smith, Technology Editor, Australian Financial Review.
“ExoFlare has been operating in stealth mode since 2022, having been co-founded by Silicon Valley veteran and former CEO of the CSIRO’s Data61 Adrian Turner, alongside strategic risk expert Chris Aitken in late 2020. It has built a tech platform to let agricultural and food sector operators monitor and defend against biosecurity threats such as avian flu”.
Read the full article at https://www.afr.com/technology/woolies-harris-farm-tesla-chair-pile-in-to-back-biosecurity-start-up-20240712-p5jtb1 (Subscription required).