Prof Shawn Kook and Goran Bozic
Climate Tech

Investible teams up with UNSW to back climate tech uni spin-offs

- December 4, 2024 2 MIN READ

Sydney early-stage VC Investible will partner with UNSW’s Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy (TRaCE) program in a co-investment partnership to back climate tech startups emerging from the university. The Technology Commercialisation Venture Scheme will target Seed and Series A investments into UNSW climate-tech spin-offs and companies supported through TRaCE. The first-of-its-kind for an Australian… Read more »

Alan Hunter NRN
Funding

Investible backs Splend cofounder’s new renewables startup in $1 million pre-Series A bridge round

- June 28, 2024 < 1 MIN READ

A renewable energy company installing home solar and batteries has raised $1 million in pre-Series A bridge funding round. The cofounder of rideshare car subscription service Splend, Alan Hunter, launched National Renewable Network (NRN) in 2021. Last Christmas NRN banked a $3.5 million raise alongside a $10 million funding facility from Catalytic Impact Capital. Investible… Read more »

Agrifutures female farmer
Ag tech

Here’s what evokeAG revealed about the future of Australian agtech

- March 19, 2024 3 MIN READ

 In the East coast bubble, it’s easy to forget that Australia’s economy is in large part powered by heavy industry and of course, agriculture. Recently, the technology and agriculture sectors collided at the evokeAG conference in Perth, organised by Agrifutures Australia. Within a theme of Exceptional Edge, Agrifutures Chair Cathy McGowan highlighted the importance of connecting, building communities… Read more »

Mist's Dave Malcolm with Investible's Jayden Bash and his cofounder John Crutchley and Investible's Nick Ooi
Funding

International students app Mist pockets $1.6 million pre-Seed round

- December 18, 2023 2 MIN READ

An all-in-one finance and lifestyle app for international students has raised $1.6 million in Seed funding. Mist was backed by Investible, Allectus Capital, Archangel Ventures, Seedspace, and The Hunter Angels. It wants to become the go-to app for international students, offering a streamlined solution for relocating to another country to study, especially around banking and… Read more »

Investible CEO Rod Bristow
Venture Capital

Investible doubles down on early-stage climate tech VC with Indonesian partnership

- October 30, 2023 2 MIN READ

Sydney VC fund Investible is gearing up to launch a new global climate tech fund in a partnership with Mandiri Capital Indonesia (MCI). MCI is the VC subsidiary of Indonesia’s largest financial institution, Bank Mandiri. The joint venture Mandiri-Investible Global Climate Tech Fund will support and back climate tech startups in the Southeast Asia and… Read more »

Factory.app cofounders Paul and Michael Lutkajtis
Funding

Investible backs manufacturing software startup Factory.app’s $1 million Seed round

- October 23, 2023 2 MIN READ

Manufacturing process management platform Factory.app has raised $1.05 million in a Seed round led by early-stage VC Investible. The two-year-old Sydney software startup was also backed by TechnologyOne founder Adrian DiMarco, 1in100 Ventures, Beachhead Venture Capital, and Hugo-Hamman Investments. Serial entrepreneur Richard Hugo-Hamman, CEO of the legaltech firm The LEAP Group, along with HotelsCombined cofounder… Read more »

Renewable Metals CEO Luan Atkinson, CTO Mark Urbani, board members Gary Johnson and Peter Beaven, Investible's Ben Lindsay and director Nick Vines.
Funding

Battery recycling startup Renewable Metals charges up on $8 million Seed round

- October 5, 2023 2 MIN READ

Western Australian battery recycling startup, Renewable Metals has raised $8 million in Seed funding to address low levels of lithium battery materials recovery. The round was led the Investible’s Climate Tech Fund, with support from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) through Virescent Ventures, which tipped in $2.5 million, and US VC the Grantham Foundation… Read more »

Singapore
Investing

The CEO of Sydney VC fund Investible explains why Singapore is the place to be for investors

- September 20, 2023 3 MIN READ

It’s been half a decade since Investible launched our inaugural Early-Stage Fund, and first opened the doors of our office in Singapore. Since 2018, we have invested in 15 companies in Southeast Asia and we are now active in markets including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, the Philippines and Vietnam.  Australia claims less than 2% of… Read more »

Bega Valley Eggs
Funding

Invest Inya Farmer, a fintech that lets people put their money where their mouths are, plants $1.1 million Seed round

- March 23, 2023 2 MIN READ

Agriculture fractional investment marketplace Invest Inya Farmer (IIF) has raised $1.1 million in Seed funding to give everyone to back the people who grow what they eat.  The round was led by Investible, alongside  global agtech VC AgFunder and high net worth investors. IIF has built a smartphone app that allows users to browse and… Read more »

Investible, Rod Bristow, Charlie Ill
People

Investible names Charlie Ill as first chief investment officer to ramp up global focus

- February 27, 2023 2 MIN READ

Early-stage venture capital firm Investible has named Asia-Pacific investment expert Charlie Ill as the group’s first Chief Investment Officer as the fund ramps up its global presence. The Sydney-headquartered VC, which also has an office in Singapore, has also promoted Jayden Basha to principal and Ben Lindsay to investment manager. Ill has been charged with… Read more »

Funding

Adtech startup TRENDii raises $2.9 million in Seed round

- October 7, 2022 2 MIN READ

Two-year-old adtech startup TRENDii has raised $2.9 million in a Seed round to help brands and media deliver marketing in a post-cookies online world.  The round was led by Investible and a strategic media partner. The capital is for international expansion; product enhancement and category development; new tech; and building out the partnerships team. TRENDii… Read more »

Olympia Yarger, Goterra
Other tech

VC Investible backs Impact Tech Ventures to take tech scaleups global

- June 15, 2022 2 MIN READ

Late-stage accelerator Impact Tech Ventures and early-stage VC Investible are collaborating to help drive international growth for promising Australian tech scaleups.  The Sydney firms plan to collaborate cross a range of growth programs and engagement initiatives, including the 2022 Australian Technologies  Competition (ATC), now in its 12th year.  Impact Tech Ventures Executive Chair Patrick Mooney… Read more »

Annie Flamsteed
Funding

Athlete mental health startup championed by Grand Slam winning tennis coach Darren Cahill bags $2.5 million seed round

- January 10, 2022 2 MIN READ

A female-founded wellness management platform for youth athletes has closed a $2.5 million seed round as it looks to help athletes with their mental health. Brisbane-based iNSPIRETEK was founded by former competitive gymnast Annie Flamsteed to provide athletes with mental health support and the tools they need when they need them most. The round was led by… Read more »