Unnamed stage
$16m
Follow the funds: Australian VC deals
Hospitality tech firm Ordermentum bought marketplace Foodbomb and closed a $16m round with existing and new backers, valuing the combined group above $100m.
Chair, NIB Holdings · angel in 2 deals
David Gordon
Roles
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| CEO (former) | Kepler Analytics | retailbeauty.com.au, OneVentures portfolio, retailbiz.com.au, Startup Daily |
| Chair | NIB Holdings | Startup Daily |
| Director (former) | Raiz Invest | Australian FinTech |
Disclosed deals
Every published round David Gordon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordermentum | Unnamed stage | 20 Sep 2023 | $16m | Participant | SmartCompany, Forbes Australia | |
| Ordermentum | Unnamed stage | Jul 2022 | $6.2m | Participant | Startup Daily (1 Dec 2022), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (9 Nov 2022) |
Portfolio
Companies David Gordon has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordermentum | Digital ordering, payments and reconciliation platform for Australia's wholesale food and… | Jul 2022 | 2 | 0 |
Funds
Fund closes reported for David Gordon, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Portfolio companies acquired
Companies David Gordon has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal David Gordon did.
Coverage
Stories naming David Gordon. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
10 deals
Nine startups that raised almost $40 million this week
A weekly roundup detailing nine startup funding rounds totalling $39.6 million, spanning cybersecurity, medtech, healthtech, hospitality, retail media, accessibility, clean energy and agtech ventures.
4 deals
Former Hey You founder raises another $6.2 million for hospitality ordering startup
Hospitality ordering platform Ordermentum, cofounded by Adam Theobald, raised $6.2 million in July, with earlier raises in 2017 and 2021 and a secondary stake sale by RoZetta also recounted.
Key hire
Raiz Invest announce board changes
Raiz Invest has appointed Stuart Grimshaw as a non-executive director from December 2021, replacing retiring director David Gordon; Grimshaw brings decades of financial services experience from roles at EZCORP and Bank of Queensland.