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Baillie Gifford

Disclosed deals

Every published round Baillie Gifford 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.

Company	Stage	Announced	Amount	Role	Alongside	Sources
Fever	Unnamed stage	26 Sep 2026	$351m	Participant	Athletic Ventures EQT Point72	This Week in Australian Startups, Athletic Ventures portfolio
Airwallex	Series D+	4 Aug 2026	$460m	Participant	Addition Hummingbird QED Investors T. Rowe Price Hedosophia Haun Ventures Washington University in St. Louis Square Peg Capital Amex	Cut Through Venture, Startup Daily (5 Aug 2026), Startup Daily (25 Jun 2026), Square Peg Capital portfolio
Airwallex	Series D+	2026	$498m	Participant	Activant Lingotto TIAA Ventures Robinhood Ventures Square Peg Capital AirTree Ventures Addition Hummingbird QED Investors T. Rowe Price Hedosophia Haun Ventures Washington University in St. Louis Amex	Cut Through Venture, Dealroom, SmartCompany (23 Dec 2025), SmartCompany (12 Dec 2025), SmartCompany (9 Dec 2025)
Pet Circle	Series C	Nov 2021	$125m	Participant	Prysm Capital TDM Growth Partners AirTree Ventures	Startup Daily (20 Aug 2025), SmartCompany (10 Jul 2023), SmartCompany (7 Jul 2023), Forbes Australia (3 Jul 2023), Forbes Australia (3 Jul 2023), petnews.com.au, Business News Australia (3 Jul 2023), SmartCompany (10 May 2023), Techboard, Startup Daily (13 Dec 2021), SmartCompany (10 Dec 2021), SmartCompany (7 Dec 2021), Startup Daily (7 Dec 2021), Business News Australia (7 Dec 2021), AirTree Ventures portfolio, TDM Growth Partners portfolio
PsiQuantum	Series D+	Jul 2021	$470m	Participant	the federal government Blackbird Ventures BlackRock M12 Temasek Microsoft's Venture Fund M12	Startup Daily (25 Aug 2026), Startup Daily (11 Jun 2026), Startup Daily (3 Feb 2026), Startup Daily (9 Dec 2025), Forbes Australia, SmartCompany, Blackbird Ventures portfolio

Portfolio

Companies Baillie Gifford has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds
Airwallex	Fintech payments and financial infrastructure company	2026, Series D+	2
Fever		26 Sep 2026	1
Pet Circle	online pet retail startup	Nov 2021, Series C	1
PsiQuantum	Quantum computing company establishing APAC HQ in Brisbane	Jul 2021, Series D+	1

Funds

Fund closes reported for Baillie Gifford, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for Baillie Gifford yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies Baillie Gifford has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Baillie Gifford did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of Baillie Gifford is recorded as having been acquired.

Coverage

Stories naming Baillie Gifford. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

15 deals

🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #179, 26th September 2026

Weekly roundup recording a dozen raises and acquisitions, Firmus's scheduled float, a new $50m venture fund, a founder share sale, grant winners, an accelerator intake, and an AI agent's government breach.

This Week in Australian Startups 26 Sep 2026 Amber Electric Auric CodeBreakers Fever Heidi Health HEO Hubblenetwork Kinoxis Therapeutics Medcast OpenDebt Remagine Labs RentBetter Significant Capital Ventures TasTest Zeligate Advanced Navigation Afterpay Airtasker AirTrunk Airwallex Anthropic AUSTRAC Australian Government Australian Signals Directorate Catch CDC Centre Droneshield Elixinol Wellness Ellerston Capital Employment Hero Firmus Technologies Genetic Signatures Innovaero Investment NSW Kongsberg Luxury Escapes Medicare Microba Morgan Stanley National Transport Solutions Nearmap News Corp NSW Government Ofload OpenAI ParaScript Ramp South Australian Government Spark Stakk Limited Telix Pharmaceuticals Telstra The U Group Thoma Bravo University of Canberra University of Newcastle Victoria Vitable 1GT AirTree Ventures Angel Investors Antler Australia Athletic Ventures Avicella Capital Baillie Gifford Beaten Zone Venture Partners Best Practice Blackbird Ventures Carthona Capital CSIRO DCode Capital Deepwater Dumm Capital E.ON EQT ETF Partners EVP General Catalyst Headline Innovation Victoria Main Sequence Ventures Medical Research Future Fund Monash University NRF Corporation Paspalis Phoenix Court Point72 Salus Ventures Scalare Partners Stoic Venture Capital Ten13 Uniseed UniSuper University of Sydney UNSW Greg Boorer Pat Cummins Sam Kerr Albanese Anoulack Chanthivong Gabby Leibovich Hezi Leibovich Jack Zhang Jonathan Lui

Also Dynamic Business·DealStreetAsia·This Week in Australian Startups·Dealroom·ABC News Technology

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Airwallex worth $16 billion after $460 million Series H

Airwallex has closed a Series H valuing it at $16 billion, with Addition in the lead and eight other backers named; the piece also recalls its December Series G.

Startup Daily 25 Jun 2026 Airwallex AirTree Ventures Amex AUSTRAC Blackbird Ventures Square Peg Capital Addition Baillie Gifford Haun Ventures Hedosophia Hummingbird QED Investors T. Rowe Price Washington University in St. Louis Jack Zhang Lee Fixel

Also Startup Daily·Cut Through Venture

6 deals

Beewise, Inc. Secures $50 Million in Series D Funding to Advance Bee Conservation Technology

3 deals

Labor bets big on quantum with $1 billion deal for PsiQuantum and multimillion-dollar Sydney Uni hub

The Australian federal and Queensland governments are investing $940m in PsiQuantum, which will open a Brisbane regional headquarters; $18.4m will fund a national quantum centre at the University of Sydney.

Also Dealroom·Forbes Australia·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Forbes Australia

2 deals

Top 10 biggest unicorns of the world in 2021

A year-end roundup profiling the ten most valuable unicorns of 2021, recalling each company's major funding round, investors and valuation, from ByteDance and SpaceX to Canva and Chime.

Tech Funding News - Australia 20 Dec 2021 Canva Stripe AXA Baillie Gifford Fidelity Management & Research Company Sequoia Capital T. Rowe Price Cameron Adams Cliff Obrecht John Collison Melanie Perkins Patrick Collison

Series C $125m

JUICY BONE: Pet Circle tossed $125 million Series C treat

Online pet supplies retailer Pet Circle announced a $125 million Series C led by Prysm Capital and TDM Growth Partners, with AirTree and new backer Baillie Gifford participating, valuing the company above a billion dollars.

Startup Daily 7 Dec 2021 Pet Circle AirTree Ventures Baillie Gifford Prysm Capital TDM Growth Partners Ben Gisz Jay Park Michael Frizell

Also SmartCompany·Business News Australia·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Techboard·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Business News Australia·petnews.com.au·Forbes Australia·Forbes Australia·SmartCompany

4 deals

Pet Circle raises $125m to become Australia's latest unicorn

Sydney pet-care platform Pet Circle has raised $125 million in a Series C round backed by Prysm Capital, TDM Growth Partners, Baillie Gifford and AirTree Ventures, reaching unicorn status.

Business News Australia 7 Dec 2021 Lyka Mad Paws Pet Circle Go1 Tritium AirTree Ventures Baillie Gifford Prysm Capital TDM Growth Partners Ben Gisz Craig Blair Jay Park Michael Frizell

Also SmartCompany

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