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
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Chair | NIB Holdings | Startup Daily |
| CEO (former) | Kepler Analytics | retailbeauty.com.au, OneVentures portfolio, retailbiz.com.au, Startup Daily |
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) |
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 |
Fund closes reported for David Gordon, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies David Gordon has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal David Gordon did.
Stories naming David Gordon. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Hospitality tech firm Ordermentum bought marketplace Foodbomb and closed a $16m round with existing and new backers, valuing the combined group above $100m.
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.
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.