CCO, Antler Australia
Stories naming Bede Moore. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Podcast episode where ProfitPeak co-founder Carla Penn-Kahn tells Antler's Bede Moore why direct-to-consumer brands should prize profit over top-line growth, drawing on her history of buying and growing e-commerce brands.
Startup Daily profiles Revisit, an information-management startup whose three founders met through Antler Australia's residency, received its pre-seed backing, and is now raising follow-on capital.
Antler Australia's investor memo profiles Liively, a pre-seed in-venue delivery startup founded by Norbert Herrmann that brings food and drinks to stadium seats, with major Australian venues taking notice.
Antler Australia's investor memo profiles Acanthis, a pre-seed SaaS startup founded by Dean Sammut and Troy Haddon offering small businesses integrated data insights, with Antler as its initial investor.
Startup Daily profiles ShopAssist, an Antler-backed pre-seed startup whose marketplace gives local retailers shared online checkout and delivery, as part of a series covering Antler Australia's thirteen newest investments.
Profile of climate startup Carbonaught, which spreads crushed waste rock on farmland to remove carbon dioxide and restore soils, covering its founders, XPrize result, pilot projects and pre-seed backing from Antler Australia.
Profile of Bit.leave, an Antler Australia pre-seed portfolio company whose platform converts excess employee leave into a tradeable currency, covering its NSW Government grant, early customers and founding team.
Antler is reportedly sounding out investors about a $60 million fund for very early Australian startups, while its first Australian fund has nearly fully deployed and applications remain open for its pre-launch program.
Startup Daily profiles Codis, a pre-seed startup backed by Antler Australia that automates turning design files into working code, as part of a series covering Antler's thirteen recent investments.
Profile of Casu, a platform matching casual construction workers with employers, covering its pre-seed backing by Antler within a 13-startup intake, plus founder commentary, traction and hiring plans.
Profile of Quantflo, a no-code portfolio platform for institutional fund-of-fund investors, covering its pre-seed backing by Antler within a series on 13 recent Antler Australia investments; an added note records its later liquidation.
Insurance platform Upcover has secured a $2.7 million seed round plus $2 million in debt from Antler Australia, Betterlabs and insurance executives, to fund product development and customer acquisition for its embedded SMB insurance API.
Also SmartCompany
Six-month-old EV sales startup Vyro has raised a million-dollar seed round led by Ellerston Capital and Antler Australia, with several angels, to launch a digital electric vehicle dealership.
Payments startup QuickaPay has been bought by legal payments platform RapidPay, marking the first exit for accelerator Antler Australia, which provided the company's pre-seed funding in 2019.
Also Techboard·SmartCompany
Antler discloses eighteen recent pre-seed investments in Australian startups, with partner commentary on each company, and notes its portfolio now exceeds sixty startups funded from its AU$46m Fund 1.