Startup · $40m raised
Developer of advanced LiDAR systems for autonomous vehicles
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Baraja raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Blackbird Ventures | Unnamed stage | - |
Investors whose own portfolio pages list Baraja, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| Main Sequence Ventures | its portfolio page ↗ |
Companies Baraja acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Cibby Pulikkaseril | Founder | - |
| Cibby Pulikkaseril | CTO (former) · Founder | Main Sequence, SmartCompany, Forbes Australia (4 Aug 2026), Forbes Australia (4 Aug 2026), Startmate, Startup Daily (17 Feb 2026), Startup Daily (13 Feb 2023), @AuManufacturing (17 Nov 2022), @AuManufacturing (19 Oct 2022) |
| Federico Collarte | CEO · Founder | Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing |
| Joseph Notaro | Chief Commercial Officer | @AuManufacturing |
| Reshmi Buthello | VP of People and Culture | Startup Daily |
Stories naming Baraja. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Main Sequence announces a follow-on seed investment in Zabidou, an industrial vision-systems startup it earlier backed at pre-seed, and recalls its previous backing of founder Cibby Pulikkaseril's LiDAR company Baraja.
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Roundup of four Australian raises: Firmus Technologies' US$2 billion round at a $15 billion valuation, Eudaemon's $3.75 million, Zabidou's $3.5 million seed round, and Rampart's $2.3 million.
Deep tech founder Cibby Pulikkaseril has banked a $3.5m seed for Zabidou, whose lasers inspect factory output, with Black Nova, Main Sequence and Antler backing; his earlier LiDAR venture Baraja folded.
Also SmartCompany
Profile of Zabidou, which builds laser-based AI vision systems for factory inspection without stopping production, led by a Baraja co-founder; invites readers to its upcoming Demo Day pitch night.
Nineteen early-stage companies join Startmate's Summer '26 accelerator intake, each receiving $120,000 for 7% equity — $2.28 million overall — spanning construction, healthcare, fintech, energy and manufacturing.
Main Sequence's blog post announces it led robotics software startup Breaker's pre-seed round, citing the founders' defence and robotics backgrounds and plans to expand the team and US presence.
Sydney LiDAR maker Baraja has laid off about three quarters of its staff after a rough stretch for self-driving ventures. The piece recalls earlier backing from Veoneer, Blackbird, Main Sequence and Sequoia China.
Fingerprint for Success, an AI coaching platform, has closed a $6.5 million second seed round led by Investible, with Canva's founders investing again; its lifetime funding now totals $9.2 million.
Fingerprint for Success, maker of AI coach Marlee, raised $5 million in an Investible-led seed round, lifting total funding to $9 million, with participation from Five V Capital, Salesforce Ventures and several high-profile angels.
Also SmartCompany
Roundup of Australian manufacturing news: Orbital UAV's $5m placement with UIL backing, Nufarm's record earnings, a Hazer–Mitsui graphite agreement, Baraja's patent milestone, the new skills agency, and a university research grant.
Lidar maker Baraja has signed an advanced development agreement with an undisclosed car maker, working through its partner Veoneer to integrate its Spectrum HD25 sensor for automotive use.
Manufacturing roundup: a raw materials grant program opens applications, Black Sky Aerospace wins an AMGC grant, Aristocrat's Playtech bid collapses, Lithium Australia moves on Envirostream, and Baraja partners with Tier IV.
Australia's Main Sequence has pulled in A$250 million for its second deep tech fund, with existing backers returning and a sharpened emphasis on decarbonisation investments.
Cut Through Venture's debut quarterly newsletter rounds up Q1 2021 raises across Australian and New Zealand startups, highlighting crowdfunding, fintech dominance, active investors, and two newly launched startups currently seeking backers.
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