Government · 29 deals
Every published round Alice Anderson Fund took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
Companies Alice Anderson Fund has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alt. Leather | Bio-based leather alternatives for fashion and automotive | 29 Jan 2024, Seed | 1 | 0 |
| Andisor | 14 Dec 2023, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Circle In | Platform for creating safe, inclusive and caring workplaces | Apr 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Deeligence | AI-powered legal due diligence automation | 10 May 2024, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 |
| Elita | Pet health startup | 2025, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 |
| Factor House | Builds developer tools for managing real-time data streaming, including Kpow and Flex pla… | 2024, undisclosed | 2 | 0 |
| Flowing Bee | Behavioural intelligence company helping organisations solve complex customer and growth … | 5 Mar 2025, Pre-seed | 1 | 1 |
| GonGlobal | Melbourne startup developing needle-free IVF treatment | Mar 2025, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 |
| HAL Systems | 9 Aug 2023, Seed | 1 | 1 | |
| Kali Healthcare | Digital health platform for pregnancy monitoring | 16 Nov 2023, Accelerator | 1 | 0 |
| Kite Therapy | 8 May 2024, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Maxme | 28 Jun 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Milkdrop | 14 Dec 2021, Accelerator | 1 | 0 | |
| MoreGoodDays | Chronic pain digital therapy platform | Mar 2023, Seed | 1 | 0 |
| Mtime | 14 Dec 2021, Seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Neighbourlytics | Real-time lifestyle and mobility data platform unpacking behavioural insights on how peop… | 13 Dec 2022, Seed | 1 | 0 |
| Nuggets Academy | 28 Nov 2023, Seed | 1 | 0 | |
| One Key Access | 6 May 2022, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Ovum | AI-powered women's health platform building a longitudinal health dataset. | 4 Feb 2025, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 |
| Peeplcoach | Leadership coaching and development programs for managers | 26 Apr 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| Pivot | 24 Mar 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| ReciMe | 27 Oct 2022, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 | |
| SeenCulture | 20 Jul 2024, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Steppen | Gen Z fitness app built and sold by Cara Davies | Aug 2021, Pre-seed | 2 | 0 |
| TalkiPlay | Supports children with speech delays through innovative technology | 18 Mar 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Timbuktu | 14 Dec 2021, Accelerator | 1 | 0 | |
| Telecare | Aug 2021, Seed | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Alice Anderson Fund, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Alice Anderson Fund has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Alice Anderson Fund did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Susan Oliver AM | Chair | Women's Agenda |
| Susan Oliver | Chair (former) | SmartCompany, Startup Daily (15 Sep 2026), Startup Daily (12 May 2023), Startup Daily (3 Aug 2022), Startup Daily (14 Dec 2021) |
| Rebecca Rozencwajg | GM of Investors | SmartCompany |
Stories naming Alice Anderson Fund. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Victoria's opposition pledges to shut down Breakthrough Victoria and sell its investments, calling the state fund a failure. The piece recalls portfolio raises, a rescue deal, an NYSE listing and the LaunchVic merger.
Elita, a Victorian dog-health startup, secured $1.9m in a Boost-led round to develop its Blueprint health-tracking product and a 24/7 vet telehealth service with VetChat; it previously raised $1.1m in 2025.
Australian women's health AI startup Ovum AI has raised a 4 million dollar seed round led by Admiralty Capital Group, following an earlier pre-seed, with several impact and government backers participating.
Also Startup Daily·Forbes Australia·Women's Agenda·SmartCompany·Startup Daily
Breakthrough Victoria staff attended agrifood, climate finance, women's health and deep tech events, and joined the launch of agritech firm YieldX.
Founders backed by LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund fear the fund may not survive the Victorian government's confirmed merger of LaunchVic with Breakthrough Victoria; the piece recalls raises by Elita, MoreGoodDays and TalkiPlay.
Also Startup Daily
Victorian women-led startup founders warn a government restructure merging LaunchVic with Breakthrough Victoria could end the Alice Anderson Fund's backing, recalling raises by Elita, MoreGoodDays and TalkiPlay.
REA Group has acquired Melbourne lifestyle-data platform Neighbourlytics, delivering exits to investors including Aliavia Ventures and LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund. Terms were undisclosed; the company had raised $1.3 million in 2022.
Also SmartCompany
Press Play Ventures, a program for aspiring women founders, took out the GSD trophy at Startup Daily's 2025 awards; alumni noted include GonGlobal, which raised pre-seed funding, and Umbrellus, now in a LaunchVic challenge.
New York's Teladoc Health has bought Telecare, a Victorian virtual care startup, marking the Alice Anderson Fund's maiden exit. Telecare, a 2021 Startmate participant, previously raised $2.2 million in a seed round.
Femtech startup Ovum has started clinical trials of its AI women's health journal at two Sydney hospitals, with $40,000 in fresh backing from Soul Pattinson following a $1.7 million pre-seed round.
Weekly roundup detailing six Australian startup raises announced this week, covering Heidi Health, Instant, Esper, Trusst AI, Flowing Bee and GonGlobal, with investors, founders, valuations and earlier rounds.
Also Startup Daily
Flowing Bee, which applies psychology and AI to marketing decisions, has picked up $1.6 million in pre-seed money from Archangel Ventures and several other backers.
Also SmartCompany·SmartCompany
Melbourne developer-tools startup Factor House closed its first external round — $5 million, led by Blackbird, valuing it at $25 million — with OIF Ventures, Flying Fox Ventures, the Alice Anderson Fund and two angels joining.
Ovum, an app for tracking menstrual and women's health, has secured $1.7m to launch its AI assistant, in a round led by Giant Leap with Antler, Wollemi Capital and other backers.
Also Forbes Australia·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Women's Agenda·Women's Agenda·Dealroom·Forbes Australia·Women's Agenda
Education startup HEX has bought Sydney-based learning platform EntryLevel for an undisclosed amount, while securing another year of Atlassian Foundation backing and partnering with Toyota's trust on a STEM program for regional students.
Roundup of three trans-Tasman raises: crime-intelligence software maker Auror's $72.6m Series C, underground mining-robot firm ADR's $2m round, and mentorship platform Matched's angel backing below $500,000.
Profile of plant-based leather textiles maker Alt. Leather, recalling its 2023 raise backed by LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund and growing interest from global fashion and automotive brands.
Advice piece in which two founders who competed in a SmartCompany pitch competition share lessons on pitch deck content, using analogies, demonstrating traction, and rehearsing answers before a live investor pitch.
Weekly roundup of three Australian raises: adtech firm Cuttable's seed round, Fundabl's equity round and SeenCulture's funding, naming investors, plus new Cuttable co-CEOs and a board appointment.
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.
Also SmartCompany·SmartCompany
Cooking app ReciMe has banked a $1.5 million seed round led by Even Capital, drawing angels such as Marissa Mayer and Deb Liu, as its founders shift to New York to chase US growth.
Roundup of nine local startups that together banked a combined $38m-plus this week, spanning precision instruments, proptech, adtech, robotics, food, energy storage and AI, with several earlier raises recalled.
Also Australian FinTech·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·AgFunderNews
Weekly AI column profiles Melbourne legaltech Deeligence, which raised $1 million with Alice Anderson Fund backing to automate due diligence and challenge billable hours; also DocuSign acquiring Lexion and a Microsoft-OpenAI deepfake fund.
Startup Daily's Ask column profiles the ten Startmate Summer 2024 Demo Day startups and their funding asks, noting Kite Therapy's completed raise and Carbonaught's government grant.
Melbourne autism therapy startup Kite Therapy has raised $750,000 in a pre-seed round from Flying Fox Ventures, LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund, Startmate and an angel, while LaunchVic secured a $40 million budget refunding.
Roundup of the week's funding news: nine companies across Australia and New Zealand secured investment spanning clean energy, construction logistics, legal tech, coaching, research tools, creator media, medtech and marketing software.
Also Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·LaunchVic
Leadership coaching platform Peeplcoach has raised $1.3 million from backers including Jacinta McDonell and LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund, funding local and overseas expansion and taking its total raised beyond $3 million.
Roundup of five Australian startups that secured new capital this week: Amber Electric's $29m Series C, ProcurePro's $6.15m, Yume's $2m seed, Alt.Leather's $1.1m seed, plus an undisclosed Tenacious Ventures investment in Nbryo.
Melbourne biomaterials startup Alt. Leather closed a $1.1 million seed round, oversubscribed past its $750,000 target, with backing from Startmate, Wollemi Capital Group, the Alice Anderson Fund, The Austin Group and angels.
Also Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily
Recipe app ReciMe grew from 20,000 to 400,000 users in 2023, launched a subscription tier, and the article recalls its $500,000 pre-seed raise backed by three investors.
Roundup of eight local raises totalling roughly $81.5 million: generative AI, sustainable packaging, VR medical training, optical radar, drinks, preventive health and wholesale retail software.
Also Ten13·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Forbes Australia
Seven Australian startups together banked over $90 million in the past seven days across venue software, hydrogen aviation, social media, craft brewing, plastics alternatives, aged-care robotics and accountant training.
Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Forbes Australia
LaunchVic and Agriculture Victoria introduced a $1 million fund backing early-stage agtech startups, and revealed seven companies as recipients of $50,000 equity-free grants.
Weekly roundup of six Australian startups raising a combined $45.1 million across energy, e-commerce, design software, cloud security, climate tech and insurtech, plus Awayco's acquisition of Barcode Solutions and nVest winning SmartCompany's Pitch.
Also SmartCompany·LaunchVic
Victoria's startup agency is giving Flying Fox Ventures and Jumpstart Studio $300,000 each to run pre-accelerator programs for women founders, alongside continued backing of the Alice Anderson Fund.
Victorian medtech startup Kali Healthcare topped up its pre-seed round to one million dollars, with LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund joining University of Melbourne, to advance its remote pregnancy monitoring wearable.
Also LaunchVic·SmartCompany
Two Alice Anderson Fund portfolio startups have partnered to create educational content helping managers support breast-feeding parents returning to work, with pump cushions available for purchase online.