Partner, M8 Ventures
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Partner | M8 Ventures | Startup Daily (9 Apr 2025), Startup Daily (20 Jul 2024), Startup Daily (4 Jun 2024), Startup Daily (19 Mar 2024), Startup Daily (23 May 2022) |
| interim-CEO (former) | Fishburners | SmartCompany |
Stories naming Alan Jones. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Woolworths, via its Healthylife arm, led telehealth firm Hola Health's $6m Series A at a $70m valuation, with M8 Ventures and FundWA backing; the Perth company raised $4.5m a year earlier.
SeenCulture, a workplace platform, has secured $1 million in a pre-seed round from Alice Anderson Fund, M8 Ventures, InterValley Ventures and Torus, having earlier joined Techstars' first Sydney cohort with Cut Through Angels backing.
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Psylo, a Sydney maker of psychedelic therapies, has landed a US$8 million seed round led by Tenmile while moving to the US; earlier raises in 2022 and 2021 are recalled.
Hola Health, a Perth-based on-demand telehealth and pharmacy delivery provider, has banked $4.5 million at pre-Series A with M8 Ventures heading the round, FundWA and angels also in; Emily Rich joins the board.
Startup hub Fishburners has appointed Martin Karafilis as chief executive after an interim period, with plans to support regional founders and expand beyond Sydney.
Weekly tech wrap: cloud-market trends, Tiger Global's cheques into Stake, Shippit and Carma, new VC funds, several acquisitions, grocery delivery startups Send and Quicko collapsing, and Elaine Stead joining M8 Ventures.
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