BioScout builds an AI-powered early warning platform that captures and analyzes airborne crop pathogens before visible field damage occurs. Its automated hardware uses an active wind vane to trap airborne particles onto an internal adhesive tape, which is then positioned beneath a high-resolution robotic microscope for imaging. Proprietary machine learning models analyze the physical morphology of over 40 distinct agricultural threats, including Alternaria and Downy Mildew. The company currently operates a global automated sensor network of about 250 units and plans to scale to 1,000 active deployments by 2029. BioScout intends to expand commercially across Europe and enter the Brazilian soybean market. The company is led by founder and CEO Dr. Lewis Collins and recently raised A$6.75m (US$4.8m) in Seed funding.

Total raised

$7M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Aug 2026