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FTW Ventures

Disclosed deals

Every published round FTW 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.

Company	Stage	Announced	Amount	Role	Alongside	Sources
Earthodic	Seed	31 Oct 2024	$6m	Lead	Circulate Capital Queensland Investment Corporation UniQuest Fund Significant Capital Ventures Branch Venture Group RedStick Ventures Tenacious Ventures Investible Closed Loop Partners American angel investors	SmartCompany (1 Nov 2024), AgFunderNews, SmartCompany (29 Oct 2024), Significant Capital Ventures portfolio

Portfolio

Companies FTW 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
Earthodic	Startup developing lignin-coating technology for packaging	31 Oct 2024, Seed	1	1

Funds

Fund closes reported for FTW Ventures, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for FTW Ventures yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies FTW Ventures has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal FTW Ventures did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of FTW Ventures is recorded as having been acquired.

Coverage

Stories naming FTW Ventures. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

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Fifteen ANZ startups that raised $81 million this week

Round-up reporting Neara's $45 million Series C, Alimetry's US$18 million Series A2, Earthodic's US$4 million seed, and Antler's latest residency intake of startups each receiving $225,000 for 12% stakes.

SmartCompany 1 Nov 2024 Alimetry Authentified Communiti Labs Earthodic JubJub Lyngo AI Neara Pactify SeeStone Shopfront Spoony Ausgrid CenterPoint Energy Endeavour Energy ESB Networks Essential Energy Hedno Powercor SA Power Networks Scottish Power Southern California Edison University of Auckland American angel investors Antler Australia Branch Venture Group Circulate Capital Closed Loop Partners EQT FTW Ventures Icehouse Ventures Investible Partners Group Prosus Ventures Queensland Investment Corporation RedStick Ventures Significant Capital Ventures Skip Capital Square Peg Capital Tenacious Ventures UniQuest Fund Albert Tietz Anthony Musumeci Ben Chamberlain Cam Moore Daniel Danilatos Daniel Ferguson David Johnson Drew Flaherty Fiona Donaghey Dr Greg O'Grady Jack Curtis Josh Leask Karamvir Singh Kenneth Liang Melissa Mail Nathan Spiteri Nicholas Carlton Nilufer Haksever Steven Germain Tanmay Patel Dr Tom McCarthy

Also Startup Daily

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Green packaging startup Earthodic lands $6 million raise to expand water-resistant innovation

Brisbane maker of recyclable water-resistant paper coatings has closed an oversubscribed seed round led by FTW Ventures to lift production and enter the US market, with its 2023 pre-seed backers returning.

SmartCompany 29 Oct 2024 Earthodic Western Michigan University American angel investors Branch Venture Group Circulate Capital Closed Loop Partners FTW Ventures Investible Queensland Investment Corporation RedStick Ventures Significant Capital Ventures Tenacious Ventures UniQuest Fund Anthony Musumeci

Also AgFunderNews·SmartCompany

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The Week in AgriFoodTech: Fly farmer catches $58m, new deals for restaurant tech, TR4-resistant bananas

Weekly agrifoodtech roundup covering startup funding rounds, two venture fund closes, executive appointments, and new products such as a disease-resistant banana and 3D-printed protein.

AgFunderNews 3 Oct 2024 ÄIO Cauldron Ferm DCVC Bio Foreverland HungryPanda BeeHero FTW Ventures Ivy Farm Technologies Meatable Micropep Technologies Revo Foods Sabanto Syngenta Ÿnsect Hillhouse Capital Queensland Harsh Amin

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