Investor · 5 deals
Every published round CoVentures 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marloo | Pre-seed | 10 Sep 2025 | $4.2m | Participant | Startup Daily (1 May 2026), SmartCompany (1 May 2026), Startup Daily (29 Apr 2026), Startup Daily (12 Sep 2025), SmartCompany (12 Sep 2025), Blackbird Ventures, Business News Australia, Fintech News Australia, marloo.com (8 Sep 2025), marloo.com (8 Sep 2025) | |
| Freckle | Seed | 7 Sep 2025 | $6.2m | Participant | Startup Daily, SmartCompany, Capital Brief | |
| Freckle | Pre-seed | Dec 2024 | $2.9m | Participant | Startup Daily, SmartCompany (12 Sep 2025), SmartCompany (6 Dec 2024) | |
| Try Phantm | Seed | 9 Nov 2023 | $2m | Lead | Forbes Australia, startupscaleup.com.au, worldbiomarketinsights.com, Business News Australia | |
| Phantm | Seed | 9 Nov 2023 | $2m | Lead | Startup Daily, SmartCompany, Forbes Australia, Black Nova Venture Capital portfolio |
Companies CoVentures has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freckle | Dec 2024, Pre-seed | 2 | 0 | |
| Marloo | AI partner for financial advisers aiming to become the operating system for advisory firms | 10 Sep 2025, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 |
| Phantm | 9 Nov 2023, Seed | 1 | 1 | |
| Try Phantm | Packaging data software for EPR and APCO reporting | 9 Nov 2023, Seed | 1 | 1 |
Fund closes reported for CoVentures, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies CoVentures has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal CoVentures did.
Stories naming CoVentures. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
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
Freckle, a Melbourne data-enrichment startup, has banked a seed-stage round from Gradient, Google's AI-focused investment vehicle, alongside several US funds, after an unnamed local VC pulled its term sheet over a portfolio conflict.
Freckle, whose tool cleans and enriches CRM data for revenue operations teams, announces a $4 million seed round with Gradient and 1984 Ventures at the helm, plus product plans and open roles.
SmartCompany roundup covering six Australian funding deals totalling $18.4 million: Visibuild, My Mirror, Cambium Bio, Freckle, Old Young's Distillery and Taly, plus news that Freckle's founder earlier sold Everproof to GO1.
Build Club and AWS are launching a six-week Sydney accelerator for 15 technical founders in AI, offering credits, mentoring and a US tour, with two founders already chosen.
Phantm, an Australian startup replacing plastics with seaweed-based materials, has secured $2 million in seed backing from Blacknova VC, Salus Ventures and CoVentures to scale its platform and expand overseas.