Investor · 3 deals
Every published round Bell Potter 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falcon Metals | Unnamed stage | 11 Sep 2026 | $30m | Lead | The Age Business, SMH Business | |
| Titomic | Unnamed stage | 1 Sep 2026 | $16.5m | Participant | The Age Business, SMH Business, Dealroom | |
| Willed | Series A | 14 Jun 2022 | $6m | Lead | SmartCompany (20 Sep 2024), SmartCompany (31 May 2023), Startup Daily (30 May 2023), Our Innovation Fund, Startup Daily (14 Jun 2022), SmartCompany (14 Jun 2022) |
Companies Bell Potter has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falcon Metals | 11 Sep 2026 | 1 | 1 | |
| Titomic | additive manufacturing player | 1 Sep 2026 | 1 | 0 |
| Willed | Death tech start-up | 14 Jun 2022, Series A | 1 | 1 |
Fund closes reported for Bell Potter, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Bell Potter has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Bell Potter did.
Stories naming Bell Potter. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Australian biotech Nyrada has banked US$7.76 million through a share placement managed by Bell Potter, with proceeds going to its clinical pipeline, including the Phase IIa trial of Xolatryp in heart attack patients.
Roundup of 35 ASX capital raisings seeking a combined $687.5m in late August and early September, led by mining deals; Canaccord Genuity topped the broker table and three IPOs floated.
Roundup tallies 35 ASX equity fundraises seeking $687.5 million, mostly miners; Canaccord Genuity led broker mandates with nine deals, while FireFly Metals' $190 million package was the period's largest.
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Skalata Ventures, the seed fund and founder-training program led by Paul Little and Rohan Workman, is raising a second vehicle plus growth capital, reporting 30 investments and a 44 per cent IRR.
Australian neurotech company Control Bionics launched a A$10 million capital raising, with a A$9.5 million placement and shareholder plan, backed by existing shareholders Nightingale Partners and Phoenix Development Fund.
Melbourne fintech pay.com.au has banked $25 million for a US push, Morgans Corporate leading, with Wilson Asset Management, Thorney Group and Ophir participating, at a pre-money valuation of $633 million.
Drone propulsion maker Aurora Labs raised roughly $5.5 million in a placement to fund development and grow its Western Australian plant, with Sovereign Propulsion Systems among backers and Bell Potter running the raise.
Aurora Labs raised A$5.5 million in a placement that brought drone-engine maker Sovereign Propulsion Systems in as cornerstone backer, and signed SPS to test and exclusively distribute its turbine engines across AUKUS countries.
Opthea's lead Phase-3 trial of its wet macular degeneration drug missed its endpoint, leaving the Australian biotech weighing its future and possible payouts to investors under its funding agreement.
Roundup of six Australian funding rounds this week: InDebted, Evolt, Restoke.ai, Mary Technology, Matilda and Demtech.ai, with investors, amounts, InDebted's valuation and a secondary component for early backers and staff.
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Weekly roundup of four Australian startup raises: Kismet's $20m seed extension, Primary's $3.5m seed round, Willed's $3m from Seven West Media, and East Forged's $1.5m from a Vietnamese agribusiness's venture arm.
FBR announced a share placement of roughly $12.6 million, with Bell Potter managing and existing holder Brickworks among supporters, to fund working capital for its United States expansion alongside new CRH Ventures agreements.
Sydney app Upstreet, which gave shoppers fractional shares for their spending, is closing; the founders gave no reason, 18 months after a Wattle Hill-led seed round and a lifetime raise near $5 million.
Also Startup Daily
ASX page tables ten companies that have applied to list — mostly mineral explorers, plus defence and AI infrastructure plays — showing proposed codes, pricing, amounts sought, timetables and deal advisers.
Semiconductor maker BluGlass told the ASX it secured $10.2 million in commitments via a placement, with a shareholder entitlement offer to follow, funding laser diode production expansion.
Republished AFR report on funeral startup Bare banking a ten-million-dollar round from Perennial and Ord Minnett, plus rival Willed's June raise from Thorney, Ellerston and a Bell Potter investor.
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Melbourne flower and gift delivery business LVLY bought by Asian e-commerce group for $35 million, founders reportedly pocketing $20 million; one co-founder joins the buyer's board, the other departs.
Upstreet, which gives shoppers fractional share rewards, has raised a $3 million seed-plus round led by Wattle Hill Capital, with funds earmarked for retail partnerships and platform upgrades.
AFR healthcare and fitness section roundup: Early Bird raised $2 million led by Hyper Ventures; Resmed sold MatrixCare; Radiopharm seeks $16 million; plus Mayne Pharma, Healthscope, Sigma and policy stories.
Also SmartCompany