Founder, Scale Investors · angel in 3 deals
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Founder | Trawalla Group | Forbes Australia, Startup Daily (24 Jun 2024), SmartCompany, TechCrunch Venture, Startup Daily (17 Jul 2023) |
| Foundation Director | Skalata Ventures | Skalata Ventures, Startup Daily |
| Founder | Scale Investors | Startup Daily, Women's Agenda |
| Director (former) | Reserve Bank of Australia | Skalata Ventures |
| Board Member (former) | RBA | Startup Daily (24 Jun 2024), Startup Daily (17 Jul 2023) |
Every published round Carol Schwartz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EstateXchange | Unnamed stage | Jan 2026 | $12.5m | Participant | Startup Daily, SmartCompany, OIF Ventures portfolio | |
| Circle In | Unnamed stage | Apr 2023 | $2m | Participant | Alberts Impact Ventures (19 Dec 2023), SmartCompany, Women's Agenda, Startup Daily, Alberts Impact Ventures (13 Apr 2023), Our Innovation Fund, Alberts portfolio | |
| Verve | Unnamed stage | 2021 | $2.6m | Participant | Women's Agenda, Startup Daily |
Companies Carol Schwartz has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circle In | Platform for creating safe, inclusive and caring workplaces | Apr 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| EstateXchange | Online platform digitising deceased estate management services for professional services … | Jan 2026 | 1 | 0 |
| Verve | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
This is a stake in the fund itself, money that the fund's manager invests, not a stake in the fund manager.
Companies Carol Schwartz has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Carol Schwartz did.
Stories naming Carol Schwartz. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Touch Ventures' investment lifts commitments in Skalata's second fund beyond $25 million, with Afterpay co-founder Anthony Eisen investing personally; Touch also recently headed a $5.5 million raise for portfolio company Preezie.
Profile of Skalata Ventures' Rohan Workman and Maxine Lee recounting the firm's founding, pandemic-era restructuring, $7 million raise, second fund deployment, and backing of Flux, Explorate and Preezie.
Roundup of three Australian raises: Omniscient Neurotechnology's in-progress Series D drawing a $20m national fund investment, deceased-estates platform EstateXchange's first raise, and fitness software firm Hapana's Microequities-led round.
Agtech investor Tenacious Ventures reached an $18 million first close on its second fund, which has a $50 million target; backers include Trawalla Group, Wollemi Capital Group and Macdoch Ventures.
Also Forbes Australia
Future Group has acquired Verve Super, a super fund aimed at women, with terms undisclosed; the piece also recalls earlier raises by Verve and by Future Super.
Profile of ALIAVIA, the venture fund Marisa Warren and Kate Vale started to back women founders across Australia and the US, its Australian backers, and its portfolio companies Eugene, Loupe, HowToo and Othelia AI.
Profile of ALIAVIA, the venture fund Marisa Warren and Kate Vale run from California to back women founders across Australian and US markets; also covers its backers, early investments, and Warren's ELEVACAO program.
Female-led VC ALIAVIA has closed a US$8.7 million fund, backed by Robyn Denholm, Carol Schwartz, Cynthia Scott, Tattarang and Dom Pym, to invest in female-founded startups across Australia and the US.
ALIAVIA Ventures has closed its debut fund at A$13.5 million. The US-based firm backs female founders bridging Australian and US markets; backers include Carol Schwartz, Tattarang, the Denholms, Euphemia, Dom Pym and Cynthia Scott.
Verve, a superannuation fintech for women, has banked a $3 million pre-Series A led by Alberts and is rolling out an investing app, adding to a 2021 raise that drew prominent female backers.
Also Women's Agenda
Wollemi Capital, the Sydney climate investor, has closed a $220m raise, past its initial $100m goal, backed by CBA, Trawalla and others; the article recalls its bets on Loam Bio, Pluton Bio and Pachama.
Melbourne family-care benefits platform Circle In has closed a $2m round, adding Alberts Impact Ventures to existing private backers and LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund, while research highlights shrinking venture money for women-only founding teams.
Also Alberts Impact Ventures portfolio·Alberts Impact Ventures portfolio·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Women's Agenda
Scale Investors co-founder Susan Oliver reflects on backing women founders and details LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund, which she chairs, listing six women-led startups it has backed alongside other Victorian capital initiatives.
Also LaunchVic
Touch Ventures has invested in Skalata Ventures' second fund, lifting commitments past $25 million toward a $50m target, with Afterpay's Anthony Eisen investing personally; Preezie's $5.5 million round is also noted.