Capital flows in for ‘the next Halter’

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What's a stake: Agritech compay Bovonic is about to close a $1.2m funding round to help launch its mastitis testing sensor into the UK and Ireland later this year.
Background: Mastitis is one of the costliest diseases in dairy cattle globally and Bovonic has developed a solution it claims is cheaper, more robust, easier to install, and more accurate than existing methods.
Key players: Bovonic, Liam Kampshof, Agritech New Zealand, Brendan O'Connell, Callaghan Innovation.

Mastitis is one of the costliest diseases in dairy cattle worldwide, costing Kiwi farmers at least $200 million a year.

Tauranga-based entrepreneur Liam Kampshof has developed Quadsense, an affordable, easy-to-use, and more accurate mastitis detector, to tackle the problem.

His company, Bovonic, has

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Fiona Rotherham Mon, 07 Jul 2025

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