What Agscent does

Agscent is an Australian animal health and agricultural sensing company that develops nano-sensor breath analysis systems for livestock diagnostics and greenhouse gas monitoring. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Carwoola, New South Wales, with a US regional office in Mountain View, California, the company operates two product lines. Agscent Air is a commercially deployed continuous methane and CO2 monitoring system offered as a standalone GHG 2100 unit or integrated with OptiWeigh weighing hardware, targeting individual-animal emissions measurement for productivity, genetic selection, ESG reporting, and carbon credit applications. Agscent Breath is a non-invasive breath collection and analysis system using interchangeable sensor modules within a common device chassis to detect pregnancy from day 18 post-insemination in under 60 seconds and to screen for diseases such as Bovine Respiratory Disease, with commercial rollout planned for early-to-mid 2026 at approximately $10,000 per unit.

The underlying platform combines a domain-specific license to NASA Ames Research Center's e-nose technology with proprietary nanomaterials, a patented AI-driven breath collection system described as 'noise-cancelling headphones for breath,' and machine learning models trained on thousands of samples with ground truth validated against ultrasound, PCR, and blood panel standards. The company serves livestock producers (cattle, dairy, sheep, pigs), research institutions, and dairy industry cooperatives including Dairy Farmers of America across Australia, the United States, Japan, and expanding markets in New Zealand, Brazil, the UK, and Europe.

Agscent generates revenue through hardware sales (Agscent Air systems and forthcoming Agscent Breath units), recurring subscription data analytics for ESG and carbon credit reporting, and proof-of-concept professional services for custom sensing challenges. Go-to-market combines enterprise field sales with technology integration partnerships (OptiWeigh, DFA), distribution through agricultural retailers and veterinary distributors, and active participation in industry events such as Beef Australia. The company is privately held with no disclosed institutional funding amounts, operating with 11–50 employees and a leadership team that includes founder and Managing Director Dr Bronwyn Darlington alongside functional CXOs covering product, technology, commercialization, and operations.

Name

Agscent

Legal name

Agscent Pty Ltd

Website

https://agscent.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Agscent is an Australian agricultural technology company that builds nano-sensor breath analysis systems for livestock diagnostics and greenhouse gas monitoring, serving cattle, dairy, and other livestock producers globally with NASA-licensed sensing technology and AI-driven analytics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Livestock Diagnostics and Agricultural Sensing

NAICS

Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516)

SIC

Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826)

akta.pro primary industry

Livestock Precision Monitoring Software (Herd/Flock Analytics, Health Alerts) (AFAAAFAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Livestock Monitoring & Wearables (Activity, Rumination, Health Sensors) (AFAAAIAG), Environmental Sensors (Temperature/Humidity/Gas/Air Quality) (HDAHALAD)

Keywords

• Livestock breath diagnostics
• Methane emissions monitoring
• Nano-sensor agriculture
• Greenhouse gas sensing
• Animal health diagnostics

Headquarters

HQ city

Queanbeyan

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Agscent Air Hardware Sales: Sale of continuous methane and greenhouse gas monitoring systems including GHG + Optiweigh integrated units and standalone GHG 2100 systems. Hardware is deployed commercially across farms globally.
2. Data Analytics and Reporting Services: Ongoing data collection, analytics, and reporting services delivered through cloud platforms. Data accessible remotely for ESG reporting, supply chain verification, and carbon credit applications.
3. Agscent Breath Diagnostics: Breath collection and analysis systems for pregnancy detection and disease diagnostics in livestock. Coming soon for commercial rollout.
4. Proof of Concept Services: Proof of Concept service for custom sensing challenges where Agscent works with clients to define biological targets, design sampling protocols, deploy sensor configurations, and deliver validated feasibility reports.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Agscent develops and sells nano-sensor breath analysis systems for livestock diagnostics and greenhouse gas monitoring, built on NASA-licensed e-nose technology combined with proprietary nanomaterials, AI/machine learning, and interchangeable sensor modules. Its two main product lines are Agscent Air (continuous methane and CO2 monitoring hardware, sold as standalone GHG 2100 units or integrated with Optiweigh weighing systems) and Agscent Breath (non-invasive pregnancy detection from day 18 post-insemination and disease diagnostics for cattle, with multi-species and human health applications under development).

Product overview

Agscent offers a modular platform combining proprietary nano-sensor technology, AI-powered breath analysis, and interchangeable sensor modules for diagnostics and monitoring. The core product lines are Agscent Air (commercially deployed continuous methane and greenhouse gas monitoring system, available as standalone GHG 2100 or integrated GHG + Optiweigh unit) and Agscent Breath (breath collection and analysis system for pregnancy detection from day 18 and livestock disease detection, with human health applications in development). The platform uses patented breath collection technology and machine learning models validated against clinical standards, with interchangeable sensor modules enabling reconfiguration across applications from cattle pregnancy to human health diagnostics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Agscent Air: Continuous methane and greenhouse gas monitoring system for livestock productivity and emissions measurement.
• Agscent Breath

Products and services

• Agscent Air: GHG 2100 A mobile, standalone, real-time precision methane and carbon dioxide measurement system with flexible mounting options for integration into farm infrastructure. Includes configurable IO readers, additional VOC sensors, a solar power option, and remote data access, and is compatible with robotic dairies and smart feed bins. Targeted at livestock producers, research institutions, and corporate sustainability programs needing laboratory-grade accuracy in field conditions.
• Agscent Air: GHG + Optiweigh Integrated System Integrated methane and liveweight monitoring system that combines Agscent's GHG sensor with Optiweigh's automatic livestock weighing technology. Captures individual animal productivity with weight data paired to methane and CO2 readings automatically, supports solar-powered remote deployment, and suits both grazing operations and intensive feedlot trials. Targeted at commercial livestock operations seeking combined productivity and emissions data.
• Agscent Breath: Pregnancy Detection Non-invasive, portable device that detects early pregnancy in livestock through breath analysis by identifying volatile compounds correlated with reproductive status from day 18 post-insemination in cattle. Field-ready for on-farm use, delivering real-time point-of-care results in under 60 seconds. Targeted at cattle producers and veterinarians needing a non-rectal, non-blood alternative to traditional pregnancy testing.
• Agscent Breath: Livestock Disease Detection Non-invasive diagnostic platform that uses breath analysis to detect diseases in livestock by identifying volatile organic compound biomarkers for disease states, including bovine respiratory disease. Delivers rapid, field-deployable results for early intervention without blood draws or disruptive sampling. Targeted at cattle producers, dairy cooperatives, and veterinarians needing earlier intervention and reduced antibiotic use.
• Agscent Breath: Human Health Applications Extension of proven livestock VOC analysis technology to human health diagnostics. Proof-of-concept stage exploring a non-invasive, breath-based approach to human disease biomarker detection for point-of-care applications, leveraging NASA-licensed e-nose technology originally developed for astronaut health monitoring. Targeted at human-health R&D teams exploring VOC diagnostics.
• Agscent Proof of Concept Service Engagement-based service where Agscent works with client teams to define biological or chemical targets, design sampling protocols, deploy sensor configurations, and deliver validated feasibility reports for custom sensing challenges, including human health applications. Targeted at R&D teams and technology scouts exploring non-invasive VOC diagnostics.

Quantifiable outcome

• Pregnancy detection possible from day 18 post insemination with results in under 60 seconds
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• NASAcoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerNASA has developed e-nose technology to track astronaut health on long-distance missions. Agscent holds a domain-specific license for agricultural applications and a non-exclusive license for proof-of-concept trials in human health and biosecurity. NASA has published research showing detection of COVID-19 signatures in human breath.
• OptiWeighcoreTechnology or IntegrationDeeply integrated hardware and data partnership combining Optiweigh's market-leading livestock weighing technology with Agscent's methane sensing capability. The Agscent x Optiweigh unit enables simultaneous measurement of individual animal weight and methane emissions with automatic data feeds to dashboards.
• Dairy Farmers of AmericacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational cooperative representing 9,500 dairy farmers across the U.S. partnering with Agscent to validate non-invasive solutions for early pregnancy detection and Bovine Respiratory Disease diagnosis, advancing herd health, profitability, and sustainability.
• Macquarie UniversitycoreTechnology or IntegrationSensor development partnership with Professor Noushin Nasiri, a 2024 Eureka Prize winner for nanotechnology. Through commercial licence and active co-development program, her team builds next-generation low-cost, high-sensitivity nanomaterial sensors directly on Agscent's platform with PhD students and postdoctoral researchers.
• MOBIUS (Molecular Biosensing Network)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerARC-funded $25M Molecular Biosensing Network led by La Trobe University with 20+ research and industry partners developing low-cost methane nanosensors for livestock emissions reduction. Agscent is a founding industry partner contributing commercial validation capability and field deployment expertise.
• Australian National University (ANU)coreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership with Professor Lan Fu's group developing next-generation indium phosphide nanowire sensors for ketosis diagnostics using ANFF semiconductor facilities. Collaboration targets sub-parts-per-billion acetone detection for metabolic health monitoring in livestock and companion animals.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Thermo Fisher is the largest supplier of laboratory analytical instruments including breath analysis and gas-detection systems, representing a broader incumbent with the capability to enter agricultural VOC sensing markets where Agscent competes.
• Allflex Livestock Intelligence (MSD Animal Health): Allflex is a dominant livestock identification and monitoring platform within MSD Animal Health, offering sensors, rumination/activity monitoring, and reproductive management tools that overlap with Agscent's broader monitoring and diagnostics roadmap.
• Afimilk: Afimilk is an established dairy cow monitoring and management platform offering activity sensors, milk analysis, and herd management software that broadly overlaps with Agscent's reproductive and health monitoring use cases for dairy producers.
• SCR Dairy (Allflex/MSD): SCR Dairy (now part of Allflex/MSD) provides activity-based heat detection and rumination monitoring for dairy herds, competing in the same reproductive and health monitoring category Agscent is targeting with its Agscent Breath platform.

Direct peers

• C-Lock Inc. C-Lock manufactures the GreenFeed system for real-time methane and carbon emissions measurement in individual cattle, directly competing with Agscent's Agscent Air GHG monitoring platform across the same livestock emissions use case.
• Cainthus: Cainthus (acquired by Cargill) uses computer vision and AI to monitor individual cattle health and behavior, overlapping with Agscent's AI-driven, individual-animal monitoring and diagnostics strategy in commercial dairy and beef operations.
• SmaXtec: SmaXtec provides bolus-based intraruminal sensors for dairy cow health monitoring (including early disease and reproductive insights), competing directly with Agscent's vision of non-invasive, real-time livestock diagnostics.
• Connecterra: Connecterra's Ida platform applies AI to dairy farm sensor data to deliver actionable health, reproductive, and productivity insights, mirroring Agscent's AI-on-sensor-data approach for the dairy and cattle verticals.
• Owlstone Medical: Owlstone Medical is a leading breath biopsy and VOC diagnostics company focused on human disease detection, sharing Agscent's core technology premise of reading volatile organic compounds for diagnostic insight - a capability Agscent aims to extend from livestock into human health.

Emerging players

• Moonsyst: Moonsyst offers bolus-based rumen monitoring for cattle health, methane emissions, and reproductive status, representing an emerging competitor in the livestock sensing and emissions measurement space adjacent to Agscent's platforms.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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