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Victoria picks nine start-ups for LaunchVic's 30x30 mentoring program
LaunchVic selected nine Victorian start-ups, including Preezie, for a mentoring bootcamp with executives from Atlassian, Uber, Dropbox, Seek and Canva.
Investor
Cut Through Venture
Publishes market data on Australian startup deals
Disclosed deals
Every published round Cut Through Venture 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.
Portfolio
Companies Cut Through Venture has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio companies recorded yet. | ||||
Funds
Fund closes reported for Cut Through Venture, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Portfolio companies acquired
Companies Cut Through Venture has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Cut Through Venture did.
People
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Gillings | Founder/Editor (former) | Startup Daily (14 Oct 2025), Startup Daily (25 Mar 2024), Forbes Australia, Cut Through Venture, Startup Daily (7 Mar 2022), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (24 Jan 2022) |
| Hugo Robin Gillings | Junior Associate Work-in-Progress Analyst | Cut Through Venture |
Coverage
Stories naming Cut Through Venture. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
News
6 deals
AI AI investors: Data centres and artificial intelligence startups fire up Australian VC backing
A quarterly report on the Australian venture market finds Q3 2025 investment passed a billion dollars, led by a Singapore data centre company's raise, with AI drawing premium valuations and bubble warnings.
Funding announcement
Investors have poured more than $1.2 billion into Australian student-founded startups
A student-run venture fund launches alongside research showing university founders have attracted backing topping $1.2 billion, though women-led teams receive a small share; Blackbird is the most active backer.
18 deals
$810 million in three months: The biggest VC deals revealed
A quarterly Cut Through Venture survey reports Australian startups raised $810 million across 90 deals in Q2 2023, listing the largest rounds and noting improved investor sentiment despite a sluggish first half.
Also SmartCompany
17 deals
CTV Funding News - July 2022
Cut Through Venture's August update rounds up July 2022 Australian startup funding, listing raises from Mx51 to WeMoney, Startmate's newest cohort of twelve, and the beta launch of its investor search tool.
Also Techboard
17 deals
Ignition Lane's Weekly Wrap: Super-fast unicorn, VC funding boom, put another founder on a Barbie
Ignition Lane's weekly roundup: Zip's deal for Sezzle, Zeller's unicorn raise, several Australian funding rounds, Startmate backing Provvy, a space manufacturing grant, NZVC's first close, and tech's response to Russia.
11 deals
“Perfect storm”: Startup funding in ANZ topped $10 billion in 2021
SmartCompany reviews 2021's record ANZ startup funding, topping $10 billion per Cut Through Venture, highlighting mega-rounds by SimPRO, Rokt, Canva and Airwallex, plus early-2022 raises by Dovetail, Milkrun and TradeSquare.
Also SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily
3 deals
ANZ startups saw over $10 billion worth of investment in 2021
Cut Through Venture data shows Australian and New Zealand startups drew record investment topping $10 billion in 2021, with Airwallex, Canva and Rokt among the largest raises and fintech taking about a quarter.
Also SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily
35 deals
CTV Funding News - October 2021
Cut Through Venture's November newsletter rounds up October 2021's record deal count for Australian startups, listing raises across climate, fintech, cybersecurity and legal tech, plus Startmate Demo Day graduates and active investors.
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