CEO & Partner, AirTree Ventures · angel in 1 deal
Every published round Elicia McDonald 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human | Seed | 29 Jul 2022 | $10.2m | Lead | Women's Agenda (7 Mar 2024), SmartCompany (21 Dec 2022), SmartCompany (9 Aug 2022), Cut Through Venture, Women's Agenda (29 Jul 2022), Startup Daily, SmartCompany (26 Jul 2022) |
Companies Elicia McDonald has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human | personalised healthcare platform | 29 Jul 2022, Seed | 1 | 1 |
Fund closes reported for Elicia McDonald, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Elicia McDonald has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Elicia McDonald did.
Stories naming Elicia McDonald. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
AirTree closes its $650m Fund V across seed and growth vehicles, backed mostly by international institutional capital, and promotes three early-career investors to Principal.
Kismet, an Australian startup linking caregivers, insurers and care providers, raised $8.2 million in seed funding led by Prosus Ventures with Airtree Ventures, lifting its total raised to $10.8 million.
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Profiles three founders: Kismet's Mark Woodland ($4m pre-seed for disability-services software), Forage's Tom Brumskill and Pasha Rayan (job-simulation platform, Series A and B), and Diolog's Amy Benson (self-funded investor-communications startup planning a seed round).
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Alberts Impact Ventures recaps 2022: six new portfolio companies, five follow-on investments, a led seed round in Abby Health, plus team events, a trade mission and investor recognition.
Health tech startup Human closed a seed round led by Airtree Ventures with Skip Capital participating, which the founders say is the largest raise by an all-Australian female founding team.
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SmartCompany reports AirTree has launched a $50 million Web3 fund, its first dedicated crypto and blockchain vehicle, drawn from a larger pool, with partner Elicia McDonald outlining the fund's focus areas and early investments.
Sydney venture firm AirTree has raised A$700 million across three vehicles — an early-stage fund, a web3 fund and a growth fund — with superannuation funds as backers. Its portfolio includes Canva, Linktree and Immutable.
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