Benjamin Gofton

Executive Committee Member @ Tasmanian Principals Association | Bachelor of Economics

📍 City of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia🔄 Updated July 2026💼 3 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2019
Angel investor🌍 Australia
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Jun 2019
Our scientific and agronomy roots originated in New Zealand. Stemming from the intellectual property from the New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research, CropLogic was founded in 2010. Leveraging 30 years of plant performance data and analysis, we started the journey to develop a hardware and software solution designed to provide actionable in-field information that is accurate, concise and easy-to-use. We asked ourselves “How can we create an intuitive tool that complements farmers’ on-the-ground knowledge?” With over 600 field trials conducted with farmers across a variety of crop and soil types, CropLogic realTime, a soil-moisture management and decision support tool, was born. Designed to help farmers make performance-enhancing irrigation and agronomic decisions at the click of a button, our realTime GrowerView desktop dashboard and app enables farmers to monitor, track and manage soil moisture, irrigation, rain events and evapotranspiration rate all-in-the-one place.
Investor
Jun 2015
We started a movement in which everyone can win – shoppers, retailers, society and every person on our team. To play fair, trust people and reward them for doing the right thing. We see and feel the impact of our work as more and more people gain financial freedom and retailers grow across the globe. Founded in Sydney, Australia in 2014, Afterpay has millions of active customers globally and is offered at many of the world’s best retailers including Lululemon, Ikea, Expedia, Sephora, Dicks Sporting Goods, Wayfair and many others. Afterpay is on a mission to power an economy in which everyone wins. Afterpay is free for customers who pay on time – helping people manage their spending without incurring interest, fees or revolving debt. Afterpay empowers customers to access the things they want and need, while still allowing them to split payments into installments, for both online and in-store purchases. Afterpay is committed to delivering positive outcomes for customers and supporting our community of sellers. We trust in the next generation and share a vision of a more accessible and sustainable world in which people are rewarded for doing the right thing. *This page represents Afterpay in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. For Afterpay US news and updates, please visit the Cash App LinkedIn page and for Clearpay in the UK, visit the Clearpay LinkedIn Page.
Investor
Jun 2014
Australia’s leading provider of financial services including retail, premium, business and institutional banking, funds management, superannuation, insurance, investment and sharebroking products and services. We are a business with more than 800,000 shareholders and over 52,000 employees. We offer a full range of financial services to help all Australians build and manage their finances. Connect with us, wed like to hear from you: facebook.com/commonwealthbank twitter.com/commbank youtube.com/commbank youtube.com/commbankbusiness instagram.com/commbank Our Community Guidelines can be found at: https://www.commbank.com.au/support/social-networks.html For information on our Privacy Policy visit https://www.commbank.com.au/support/privacy
Experience · 4 entries
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Investments (3)
2019
Investor
Jun 2019
Our scientific and agronomy roots originated in New Zealand. Stemming from the intellectual property from the New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research, CropLogic was founded in 2010. Leveraging 30 years of plant performance data and analysis, we started the journey to develop a hardware and software solution designed to provide actionable in-field information that is accurate, concise and easy-to-use. We asked ourselves “How can we create an intuitive tool that complements farmers’ on-the-ground knowledge?” With over 600 field trials conducted with farmers across a variety of crop and soil types, CropLogic realTime, a soil-moisture management and decision support tool, was born. Designed to help farmers make performance-enhancing irrigation and agronomic decisions at the click of a button, our realTime GrowerView desktop dashboard and app enables farmers to monitor, track and manage soil moisture, irrigation, rain events and evapotranspiration rate all-in-the-one place.
2017
Assistant Principal- Tasmanian eSchool Northern Campus
Jan 2017
The Department for Education, Children and Young People is responsible for Child Safety, Youth Justice, Public Education, Out of Home Care, Libraries and Child and Family Learning Centres. We’re working together with a shared commitment to ensure all children and young people in Tasmania are known, safe, well and learning.
2015
Investor
Jun 2015
We started a movement in which everyone can win – shoppers, retailers, society and every person on our team. To play fair, trust people and reward them for doing the right thing. We see and feel the impact of our work as more and more people gain financial freedom and retailers grow across the globe. Founded in Sydney, Australia in 2014, Afterpay has millions of active customers globally and is offered at many of the world’s best retailers including Lululemon, Ikea, Expedia, Sephora, Dicks Sporting Goods, Wayfair and many others. Afterpay is on a mission to power an economy in which everyone wins. Afterpay is free for customers who pay on time – helping people manage their spending without incurring interest, fees or revolving debt. Afterpay empowers customers to access the things they want and need, while still allowing them to split payments into installments, for both online and in-store purchases. Afterpay is committed to delivering positive outcomes for customers and supporting our community of sellers. We trust in the next generation and share a vision of a more accessible and sustainable world in which people are rewarded for doing the right thing. *This page represents Afterpay in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. For Afterpay US news and updates, please visit the Cash App LinkedIn page and for Clearpay in the UK, visit the Clearpay LinkedIn Page.
2014
Investor
Jun 2014
Australia’s leading provider of financial services including retail, premium, business and institutional banking, funds management, superannuation, insurance, investment and sharebroking products and services. We are a business with more than 800,000 shareholders and over 52,000 employees. We offer a full range of financial services to help all Australians build and manage their finances. Connect with us, wed like to hear from you: facebook.com/commonwealthbank twitter.com/commbank youtube.com/commbank youtube.com/commbankbusiness instagram.com/commbank Our Community Guidelines can be found at: https://www.commbank.com.au/support/social-networks.html For information on our Privacy Policy visit https://www.commbank.com.au/support/privacy
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2014–2019 · 3 investments
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