Investor · 6 deals
Every published round Brand 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 Brand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumbeat | PR and communications tech startup helping founders find, tell and measure their stories | 4 Sep 2026, Seed | 1 | 0 |
| Manifest | AI-powered intelligence platform that captures how ad agency work gets done across teams,… | Apr 2026, Pre-seed | 1 | 1 |
| Appetise | Meal planning and grocery shopping app monetising consumer data for FMCG brands, formerly… | 20 Feb 2026, Series A | 1 | 0 |
| Nevam | Live journey mapping command centre for enterprise marketers | 25 Sep 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| Marloo | AI partner for financial advisers aiming to become the operating system for advisory firms | 10 Sep 2025, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 |
| Cuttable | AI-powered, automated advertising platform for performance marketing teams | 11 Aug 2025, Seed | 1 | 0 |
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Companies Brand Fund has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Brand Fund did.
Stories naming Brand Fund. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Roundup of the week's Australia and New Zealand raises: Gridsight, Pearler and Apate.AI secure the biggest cheques, Drumbeat and GonGlobal add smaller sums, and ten AI startups join Airwallex's Latitude 37 program.
Adtech startup Manifest has launched with a $2 million pre-seed round, led by Brand Fund with Antler, Icehouse Ventures, Techstars, family offices and industry angels taking part, aiming to replace agency timesheets.
Roundup of the week's Australian startup funding: fresh raises for five companies, Startmate's Summer '26 accelerator intake of 19 startups, and Affinda's acquisition of Pathfindr.
Also Startup Daily
Nevam, a Sydney martech startup, has secured $1.2 million from Techstars Sydney, the Huljich Family Office and other backers to grow its journey-mapping platform after its 2024 accelerator cohort.
Weekly roundup covering 19 Australian and New Zealand raises, headlined by Andromeda Robotics' $23m Series A, plus Freckle, Marloo, X-Hemp, Harvest B, Wable, Starboard and Techstars Sydney's 12-startup cohort.
Also SmartCompany
Roundup of five Australian raises totalling $85 million: National Renewable Network's Series A, plus Syenta, Cuttable, SprintSuite and Bitwise Agronomy, with lead investors and expansion plans for each.
Melbourne adtech firm Cuttable has added $4.5 million to its seed round with Square Peg leading, taking total backing to $10 million and valuing the business at $44.5 million ahead of its US push.
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Weekly roundup detailing five raises across Australian and New Zealand startups — Hapana, Kinoxis Therapeutics, Appetise, Bike Matrix and Aglow — worth a combined $38.5 million, naming lead investors and planned expansion for each.