Bovonic secures $1.2m investment to launch QuadSense in UK and Ireland

Bovonic founder and chief executive Liam Kampshof says it moving from a homegrown innovation to a globally scalable solution. (Image: Supplied)

John Anthony

Thu, 06 Nov 2025

New Zealand agri-tech company Bovonic has secured a new investor in a $1.2 million funding round, paving the way for its first major overseas expansion.Cultivate Ventures has joined the company’s investor group to support the first big foreign launch of QuadSense, into Britain and Ireland in November.Mastitis challengeQuadSense is a mastitis screening device designed for conventional milking systems, which account for more than 90% of dairy sheds worldwide, giving farmers real-time visibility of udder health during milking and helping det...

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