The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Agerris: $15.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
Overview
Australian agricultural field-robotics company spun out of the University of Sydney's Australian Centre for Field Robotics. Founded by Professor Salah Sukkarieh, Agerris develops autonomous robotic platforms and AI systems for Smart farming, including tractor-sized field robots for crop monitoring, weed management, and precision agriculture. The company raised .5M in funding from Uniseed, Carthona Capital, and BridgeLane Group.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
HQ
Founded
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Origin
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Status
CEO
Total fundingsee investors →
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Agerris on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Salah Sukkarieh CEOreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Salah Sukkariehcofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Agerris.
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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Agerris in third-party press
Financial state
- Total funding
- $15.0M
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- wound_down
- Counterparty risk class
- high
- Going concern
- flaggedWOUND DOWN: Australian ag-robotics startup (University of Sydney ACFR spinout) raised AUD 6.5M in 2019 (Uniseed, BridgeLane, Carthona Capital) but CEASED OPERATIONS around late 2021-2022 with no further activity; IP/robot design carried into successor efforts. Treat as wound down.
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Funding rounds (3)
Agerris’s 3 disclosed rounds, $15M in total, oldest to newest.
- Seed
$5M(reported)
Investors: Uniseed, Carthona Capital, BridgeLane Group
- Seed
$5M(reported)
Investors: Uniseed, Carthona Capital, BridgeLane Group
- Seed
$5M(reported)
Investors: Uniseed, Carthona Capital, BridgeLane Group
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 27, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for Agerris.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Agerris from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Agerris closed, but its autonomous field robot gets a new start - Future Farming
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Agerris weeding robot fleet growing rapidly - Future Farming
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Robotics revolution rolling out across Australia - Farm Online
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How agtech robotics venture Agerris is using AI to automate farming - Startup Daily
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Agerris farm robots getting ready for commercialisation - Future Farming
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Australian farm robots to assist aging workforce - Future Farming
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$6.5 million investment for robotics startup - The University of Sydney
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Agerris Raises $6.5M for its Ag Tech Robotics and AI Platform - The Spoon.tech
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Agerris raises $6.5m for smart farming robots - AFR
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Agtech Agerris raises $6.5 million in seed funding to set robots to work on Australia’s farms - SmartCompany
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Autonomous field robotics start-up secures .5m in funding
Agerris raised .5M from Uniseed, Carthona Capital, and BridgeLane Group for its autonomous agricultural field robots.
Agerris raises .5m for smart farming robots
AFR covers Agerris' .5M raise for tractor-sized intelligent farming robots spun out of University of Sydney.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/agerris.md
- RSS feed: /companies/agerris/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/1406e6c0-4e01-4d39-9c47-66299101bcc3
- Revision history: /companies/agerris/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
With the Digital Farmhand individual weeds and crops are precisely targeted with intelligent mechanical tools, reducing the need for chemicals.
We are a field robotics company working closely with farmers and the agricultural community in building the next generation on-farm ag robots and AI tools. Our
Agerris designed the Digital Farmhand to work on all farm sizes and configurations - at any time of the day.
Check out weeding the Digital Farmhand way! No chemicals used, weeds targeted with surgical precision, and minimal soil disturbance.
The Digital Farmhand now has a fully customisable online dashboard that reports on real time crop intelligence data. Using machine learning, it enables farmers
Salah Sukkarieh, CEO of Agerris, presenting at AdvanceAg2020. Visit www.pir.sa.gov.au/primary_industry/agtech for information on the next AdvanceAg showcase and
Reality vs attention
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Analysis
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Last computed: Aug 29, 2026