CEO and founder Olympia Yarger
Business strategy

‘There’s no such thing as the right investor’: Goterra’s Olympia Yarger on why she turned to crowdfunding for her new raise

- November 11, 2025 3 MIN READ

The hardest lesson I’ve learned about raising capital is that there’s no such thing as the right investor — only the right capital stack. Every time we started raising for Goterra’s next phase, the advice was the same: find your lead investor, fill the round, move fast.  That playbook hasn’t changed much, even as the… Read more »

Goterra maggots
Climate Tech

Goterra’s maggot ‘robots’ launch in Western Sydney, set to revolutionise food waste management

- November 27, 2024 2 MIN READ

Climate startup Goterra’s innovative new food waste management system has launched in Wetherill Park in Sydney’s western suburbs and aims to transform how the city deals with the thousands of tonnes of food waste generated each week.  This represents a significant step towards creating a food waste circular economy. Goterra – winner of Most Innovative… Read more »

Business

Food waste startup Goterra is getting into the hotels business

- August 5, 2024 2 MIN READ

Climate startup Goterra is continuing to kick goals in industry collaborations, with the country’s largest hotel, the 878-room Hyatt Regency Sydney, installing the modular food waste management system onsite. It’s the second version of Goterra’s compact unit, which can also be found at Melbourne Airport, where fly larvae munch through more than two tonnes of… Read more »