Aimer Farming Raises $3M to Launch AI Beef Pasture Tool

The funding will also go toward further development of its dairy offering, wider adoption of its AIMER Satellite pasture measurement tool, and expansion into selected overseas markets through strategic partnerships.

The round was co-led by Cultivate Ventures, the Erbacher Food Family, Pacific Channel and Agnition. Other investors include Australia’s Antipodean Capital and New Zealand groups Flying Kiwi Angels, Enterprise Angels and Angel HQ.

Aimer Farming launched its AI-powered pasture management platform, AIMER, in 2023. The platform combines smartphone-based measurement, satellite measurement and predictive modelling to help farmers assess how much pasture is available, forecast growth and make grazing and feed decisions.

The company says its customer base has passed 800 dairy farms across New Zealand, Chile and the UK, where it launched in June. Farmers in those countries have completed more than half a million pasture scans using the AIMER Vision smartphone tool, it says. Many dairy farmers are also choosing to add AIMER Satellite, which allows remote pasture monitoring, to their subscription.

Move Into Beef

Founder and Chief Technology Officer Dr Jeremy Bryant says the company is adapting AIMER for beef farmers, with a focus on animal growth and farm profitability.

“Knowing how much grass is available, and what’s coming, helps beef farmers plan how many cattle they can carry and when to finish them,” he says.

“We see an opportunity to help them get cattle away at target weights, rather than having feed shortages dictate when they sell. Better feed planning can also help farmers target processor specifications and supply windows where premiums are available.”

Bryant says the company’s technology is aimed at a basic challenge in pasture-based farming.

“We’ve spent years building technology that tackles one of the most fundamental challenges in pasture-based farming: knowing how much grass you’ve got, how quickly it’s growing and what decisions to make next,” he says.

He says farmers report that AIMER helps them make better use of the grass they grow, plan ahead and reduce reliance on supplementary feed, and that it gives everyone on a farm the same information and grazing plan.

“We’ve proven there’s real demand for a better way to manage pasture, and this investment gives us the ability to build on that, both here in New Zealand and internationally,” he says.

Investor Backing

Cultivate Ventures has increased its stake in the company through the latest round.

Cultivate Director Marcus Henderson says Aimer Farming stands out for combining technical expertise with an understanding of pasture-based farming.

“Its growing farmer customer base shows AIMER is addressing a real need. We’re pleased to back Jeremy and his team as they turn that farmer demand into a sustainable business,” he says.

Funding History and Leadership

The raise follows a Cultivate Ventures investment in November 2025. Between November 2024 and June 2025, the company secured funding from Sprout Agritech, Pacific Channel, NZVC, Agnition Ventures and the Erbacher family. Together, the rounds bring the total raised since November 2024 to about NZ$5.15 million.

Over the past year, the company has appointed Casey Molloy as Chief Operating Officer, Shane Nolan as Chief Revenue Officer and Nitika Shah as Head of Growth and Product Marketing. It has also added staff in its growth, product and customer success teams.