Melbourne startup TALY has raised $500,000 in pre-Seed funding led by Skalata to transform how companies use personality data to make better decisions. Founder Peter Treloar said that while $4.3 billion is spent annually personality testing, but for the most part it’s poorly utilised. “The secret of enterprise personality testing is that most of it… Read more »
Melbourne startup Viewa has raised a $300,000 pre-seed round from Skalata to bring augmented reality (AR) into the online shopping experience. An extraordinary 80% of Australians shop via their mobile, making it a challenge to create an experience that leads to sales. Viewa uses 3D, AR and generative AI to lift products from the page… Read more »
Robotics startup Nexobot has raised $400,000 in pre-Seed funding to deliver an affordable solution for order fulfilment in smaller warehouses. The round was backed by Skalata and Antler, to help smaller retailers and others compete against the multi million-dollar robotic systems deployed by the likes of Amazon. Nexobot was founded in 2023 by Dom Lindsay and… Read more »
Since announcing the close of their oversubscribed second fund at $77 million and expansion to Brisbane last week, Antler has now unveiled 12 of their latest investments. In line with Antler’s sector-agnostic focus to find the best possible founders in Australia, these 12 new startups span a broad range of industries including retail, sustainability, productivity,… Read more »
Online education comparison platform Enrola has raised $800,000 in pre-Seed funding. The round was led by AfterWork Ventures, with support from Skalata Ventures, the startup’s first investor, Antler, and a strategic angel. Enrola was cofounded in November last year by Jo Thomas and Yvette Quinby and launched in 2024 to streamline the complex process of… Read more »
Sydney legaltech startup Mary Technology has raised $1.35 million to enlist artificial intelligence to transform one of the most laborious and costly parts of case preparations – a chronology draft. The round was led by Empress Capital with support from Sam Nickless, CEO of Gilbert + Tobin, The Fund, Sydney Angels and Mark Kalajzich and… Read more »
Gold Coast startup Heatseeker has raised $1.3 million in an ongoing pre-Seed round, topped up by $200,000 from the state government’s investment fund, Advance Queensland. The Gold Coast startup was cofounded in 2023 by former Silicon Valley entrepreneur Kate O’Keeffe and former Naked Ambition CEO Fiona Triaca. Their AI platform help companies conduct quick, easy,… Read more »
Data analysis startup WhyHive has raised $600,000 in a pre-Seed round. The company’s first raise comes after six years of bootstrapping and was led by Skalata Ventures, with support from Culture Amp’s Jon Williams, Linktree’s Alex Zaccaria and Up Bank’s Dom Pym. The Melbourne startup describes itself as “like Canva, but for data: easy to… Read more »
Australia’s first dedicated pre-seed venture fund, Maxine Minter’s Co Ventures, has closed its first fund after hitting its $5 million target. Co Ventures Fund 1 is the result of nearly two years of work by Minter, who started fundraising in September 2022, before announcing the launch of her fund in April 2023. The support from… Read more »
Sydney spacesuit startup Metakosmos, which is developing the “Kosmosuit” for life in space, has raised $2 million in a pre-Seed round. The round was led Saudi Arabian technology group Alzadhar Al-Sanai and will be used by Metakosmos to accelerate its innovation pipeline, advance spacesuit technology and launch spin-off applications in multiple industries for new markets.… Read more »
Accelerator and early-stage investor Startmate has revealed the 11 startups joining the program for its Winter cohort. They’re an eclectic bunch, spanning problems ranging from ending online abuse to rethinking firefighting, and supporting mothers post-childbirth. They’re also hoping to revolutionise tender processes, fitting rooms, oil extraction, physio-patient journeys, thermal systems, bug-catching software, and global digital… Read more »
A Brisbane biotech startup eliminating the need for animal testing in pharmaceutical drug development has raised $2.2 million in pre-Seed funding. The round for Gelomics was led by Andrea Gardiner’s Sydney VC Jelix Ventures, alongside the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) Enterprise Acceleration Fund and Angelloop. The cash injection is expected create more than 70 highly-skilled… Read more »
ESG credentials startup Klean has raised $725,000 in a pre-Seed round led by Prtnr Ventures, the new VC founded by Wayne Gerard, a former Queensland chief entrepreneur. Klean was founded in late 2022 by Shan Vahora to address the concerns of the 70% of Millennial and Gen Z consumers who say they care about the… Read more »
Victorian startup The Leaf Protein Co has raised $850,000 in a pre-Seed raise as it looks to join the race for palatable meat alternatives. The round was led by the Breakthrough Victoria-backed University of Melbourne Genesis Pre-Seed Fund, Loyal VC and LaunchVic’s recently launched agtech sidecar fund, the Hugh Victor Mckay Fund. Previous investors include… Read more »
Business software subscriptions management platform Subble has raised $1 million in a pre-Seed round as it goes to market. The raise was backed by entrepreneurs Jordan Walsh and Leon Hayes from Haystack Capital to support product refinement and customer expansion. The Melbourne startup gives business execs improved visibility over their SaaS subscriptions for greater control… Read more »
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