Venture capital fund · 11 deals
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Every published round Folklore Ventures 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.
Companies Folklore Ventures has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkeus | AI-powered sensing systems for autonomous platforms | 4 Aug 2026, Series A | 1 | 0 |
| Octopusbot | grain forecasting platform | 27 Jul 2026 | 1 | 0 |
| Hullbot | Deploys autonomous underwater robots to solve biofouling for ship hulls | 2025, Series A | 1 | 0 |
| Forever Network | 25 Mar 2024, Series A | 1 | 0 | |
| SimConverse | Mar 2023, Seed | 1 | 1 | |
| HealthMatch | 16 Sep 2022, Series C | 1 | 1 | |
| Canopy Study | 19 Apr 2022, Seed | 1 | 1 | |
| Auror | Retail crime intelligence and loss prevention software | 9 Dec 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| Visionary Machines | Computer-vision start-up whose technology uses arrays of cameras for 3D spatial sensing t… | 1 Nov 2021, Seed | 2 | 2 |
| Swoop Aero | autonomous solutions | 2021, Series B | 1 | 0 |
Companies Folklore Ventures's own portfolio page lists that no published round yet places it in. The page is the source; the round is being looked for.
| Company | Site |
|---|---|
| Adviser Ratings | adviserratings.com.au ↗ |
| Ansarada | ansarada.com ↗ |
| Featureflow | featureflow.com ↗ |
| Freelancer | freelancer.com ↗ |
| Getsphere | getsphere.com ↗ |
| Happy | happy.co ↗ |
| HappyCo | - |
| HealthEngine | healthengine.com.au ↗ |
| Investor portal | dynamo.dynamosoftware.com ↗ |
| Kanopi | - |
| Kanopicover | kanopicover.com ↗ |
| Komodo | - |
| Komodowellbeing | komodowellbeing.com ↗ |
| Kry10 | kry10.com ↗ |
| Lived | - |
| Mentorloop | mentorloop.com ↗ |
| oslo.ai | - |
| ProductEngine | productengine.app ↗ |
| SEQTA | seqta.com.au ↗ |
| ShippingEasy | shippingeasy.com ↗ |
| Sign-up to our newsletter | share.hsforms.com ↗ |
| Snug | snug.com ↗ |
| Sphere | - |
| SphereInternational indirect tax on autopilot.getsphere.com | getsphere.com ↗ |
| Spotify Logo White | open.spotify.com ↗ |
| Strong Compute | strongcompute.com ↗ |
| SUMM | - |
| SUMM Accurate crypto taxes. https://summ.com | summ.com ↗ |
| SUMMAccurate crypto taxes.https://summ.com | summ.com ↗ |
| Uptick | - |
| Uptickhq | uptickhq.com ↗ |
| Vend | - |
| Vendhq | vendhq.com ↗ |
| Wonde | wonde.com ↗ |
| ZenCheck | zencheck.ai ↗ |
Fund closes reported for Folklore Ventures, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Folklore Ventures has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Folklore Ventures did.
Stories naming Folklore Ventures. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Roundup of eight Australian and New Zealand startups whose late-July funding totals $102 million across space capsules, medical devices, livestock breath analysis, sports analytics and AI crop forecasting.
Sydney AI grain-forecasting startup Octopusbot has raised over $1 million from Folklore Ventures and No Brand to grow its platform and enter further commodity markets.
Also SmartCompany
Roundup of three trans-Tasman raises: Ordermentum landed $55m from Five V Capital, defence-tech firm Arkeus closed $25m, and music platform Lume gathered NZ$1.3m from well-known backers before its launch.
Also Startup Daily
The defence sensing company says its Series A backing from QIC Ventures and Folklore Ventures drew Wall Street Journal coverage of planned United States manufacturing, at a $72 million valuation.
Arkeus has closed a A$25 million Series A with QIC Ventures leading, as early backer Beaten Zone Venture Partners returns alongside other existing backers; proceeds fund Queensland manufacturing and a doubled team.
Also Startup Daily·Defence Connect·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Forbes Australia·@AuManufacturing
Folklore Ventures announces it has joined Arkeus' A$25 million Series A with QIC Ventures, R+ VC and returning backers, describing the Melbourne defence-sensing startup's technology and growth plans.
Also Beaten Zone Venture Partners portfolio·Beaten Zone Venture Partners portfolio·arkeus.com·Forbes Australia·SmartCompany·Dealroom
Folklore Ventures introduces Florencia Quinteros as its new Head of Operations, covering her background at Australian Ethical Super and healthtech scaleup TMRW, her operational approach, and her views on the Australian startup ecosystem.
A retrospective on 2025 Australian venture activity: large raises at Firmus, Heidi Health, Airwallex and others, deep tech momentum, and Folklore's own backing of Hullbot and Sphere.
Also Square Peg Capital·Australian FinTech·Cut Through Venture·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·RenewEconomy·RenewEconomy·Fintech News Australia
Folklore Ventures brings Albert Bielinko in as a partner, recounting his decade as a Titanium Ventures general partner, his earlier investments, and Enable's later acquisition by Flintfox.
Folklore Ventures says its investee Sphere has secured US$20 million in a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Y Combinator, Felicis and 20VC also in; Folklore backed Sphere at pre-seed.
Roundup of eight funding deals: Synchron's Series D, plus raises by Lumonus AI, Hullbot, Nbryo, Cytophenix, Giftbee, Understanding Zoe and Zeligate, spanning medtech, robotics, agtech and AI.
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Australian robotics company Hullbot has raised A$16 million in a Series A led by Regeneration VC to expand its ship hull-cleaning technology worldwide; the deal is the first from Climate Tech Partners' new fund.
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Ten13's monthly newsletter reports its first institutional mandate via Queensland's QVCDF, new seed investments in OneMRI and Source, follow-ons in Arintra and Everlab, and portfolio progress including Go1, Qsic, Pearler and After.com.
Folklore Ventures welcomes Divine Aaron to its investment team as an investor, in a Q&A covering her move from neuroscience research and consulting into venture capital and her views on AI-era software.
Weekly roundup detailing five Australian startups' raises: a PR platform's Series B, a biotech's post-stealth funding, a defence tech round, a pre-seed voice-AI raise, and a crowdfunding campaign.
Also Startup Daily
Drone delivery company Swoop Aero has entered voluntary administration after its cofounder blamed investor pressure; administrators now seek a buyer or recapitalisation. The piece recalls its 2021 Series B and 2018 Startmate stint.
Also Startup Daily
Folklore Ventures marks the sale of its portfolio company Ansarada to Datasite, looking back on its 2018 Series A backing and thanking the founders, directors and chair.
Folklore Ventures introduces Chris Comino as its new investor relations lead in a Q&A covering his three decades in asset management and what drew him to venture capital.
Folklore Ventures Q&A with Strong Compute founder Ben Sand covering its enterprise AI compute offering, community events, grant programs, hiring and his take on how AI market assumptions have shifted.
Folklore's blog introduces new CFO Clare Power, who brings a quarter-century of finance experience from firms including Deloitte, Deutsche Bank, BT and Income Asset Management.
Roundup of five raises across Australia and New Zealand: Constantinople's $50m Series A, Illuvium's US$12m, Forever Network's $6m, Starboard's NZ$5m seed and Medibis's $736,000 crowdfunding.
Sports media firm Forever Network, known for Basketball Forever, has secured a $6 million Series A with Yolo Investments leading, to fund American expansion, extra sports verticals and gamified products.
Also SmartCompany
Profile of Mentorloop, a profitable Melbourne mentoring-platform startup whose cofounders urge founders to seek sustainable growth instead of repeated fundraising; the piece recalls its 2017 seed round backed by Blackbird, Rampersand and Folklore.
Sally Metelerkamp's addiction app Lived has closed as she manages health problems; the story recalls its Antler incubator origins, a 2021 launch backed with $2.5 million, and $4 million more raised.
The founder of health startup Lived reflects on closing the company, repaying backers, and lessons for other founders, crediting Folklore Ventures and Antler for early backing.
Also Startup Daily
Folklore's blog introduces new investor Mitchell Bissinger, who discusses his operating background at a healthcare company, advisory work and a food venture, plus his views on early-stage backing in the region.
Weekly roundup of six Australian startups that together raised $114.5 million, spanning payments, drone defence, carbon accounting, medical AI and health tech, across rounds from pre-seed to Series D.
SimConverse, whose AI simulates patient conversations to train healthcare workers, has raised a $1.5 million seed round, with Folklore Ventures leading and Artesian participating.
Also SmartCompany·SmartCompany
A weekly roundup covering five funding rounds: HealthMatch's Series C, Monday Distillery's crowdfunding, Sonder's Series B, Lleaf's bridge round, and Spice AI's seed raise.
Sydney clinical trials platform HealthMatch raised a $10 million Series C led by Folklore Ventures with Square Peg participating, after laying off half its staff in June; funds will support rehiring and US expansion.
Also SmartCompany·Techboard
Techboard's monthly roundup cataloguing April 2022 Australian startup funding: megadeals, seed rounds, grants and crowdfunding, nine acquisitions, several ASX listings, and venture firms' fund news.
Drone logistics company Swoop Aero has raised a Series B led by Main Sequence, with Giant Leap and In-Q-Tel participating, to enter new markets and expand manufacturing.
Also @AuManufacturing·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·TechCrunch Australia
Sydney machine learning optimisation startup Strong Compute announces a $7.8 million seed round backed by about 30 funds and angels, and describes its Y Combinator background, customers and hiring plans.
Brisbane product and pricing software firm ProductEngine has secured seed backing to grow its team and enter overseas markets, with a venture firm leading and an accelerator supporting the round.
An education technology company has secured seed capital to expand its platform that turns coursework into adaptive learning resources, with a venture firm leading the round.
Also Startup Daily·Techboard
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.
New Zealand crime-intelligence software company Auror has raised NZ$30 million in a round led by Movac, with GD1, Shasta Ventures and Folklore Ventures taking part, to grow its Australian team, technology and retail support.
Also Startup Daily
Folklore investor Dan Fleming argues cohort-based learning platforms and the creator economy are transforming education, noting his firm's investment in Australian online learning platform ScholarSite.
OIF Ventures' first portfolio newsletter: OIF Fund II closed above $100 million, plus recent raises at Go1, Circle In, Assignar, Arcade, Visionary Machines, Neara, Futurerent and Adventus.io.
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