Startup · $513.5m raised
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Guzman y Gomez raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Capital Group | Unnamed stage | - |
| Aware Super | Unnamed stage | - |
| Cooper Investors | Unnamed stage · Unnamed stage | - |
| Firetrail Investments | Unnamed stage · Unnamed stage | - |
| Hyperion Asset Management | Unnamed stage · Unnamed stage | - |
| QVG Capital | Unnamed stage · Unnamed stage | - |
| TDM Growth Partners | Unnamed stage · Unnamed stage | $44,000,000 |
Investors whose own portfolio pages list Guzman y Gomez, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| Athletic Ventures | its portfolio page ↗ |
The transaction that ended Guzman y Gomez's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.
| Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | IPO | 20 Jun 2024 | $335.1m | SmartCompany (19 Dec 2024), TDM Growth Partners portfolio, Clime Investment Management portfolio, SmartCompany (21 Jun 2024) |
Companies Guzman y Gomez acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Guzman y Gomez. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Short-term rental manager Hometime has hired Alison Walsh, previously CMO at Chatime Australia and a 17-year Guzman y Gomez veteran, as its chief marketing officer, reporting to co-founder and CEO Billy Crock.
Sydney-founded AI data centre company Firmus, now Singapore-based, says Coatue and Nvidia are set to back its next US$505 million raise before a planned ASX listing, after earlier raises including Nvidia's A$330 million.
Athletic Ventures, started by former athletes, has closed its debut fund at $25 million, with about 100 sports stars and several veteran venture figures backing it as limited partners.
Year-end roundup ranking 2024's twelve largest startup raises, headed by PsiQuantum's $940 million government-backed quantum computing round, plus Guzman y Gomez's ASX listing and Betashares' Temasek investment.
TDM's post marks Guzman y Gomez's 2024 ASX debut at a $3 billion valuation, the biggest local listing since 2021, recalling TDM's 2018 backing and naming new institutional holders of the $335m offer.
Fast-food chain Guzman y Gomez has completed its Australian sharemarket debut, with shares trading well above the offer price and valuing the Sydney-founded business at roughly three billion dollars.
Eleven companies reached billion-dollar valuations in April 2024, led by Xaira Therapeutics' $1 billion Series A; Rubrik and Ibotta listed on the NYSE, and several existing unicorns raised at higher valuations.
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Weekly roundup of four raises: Guzman y Gomez banked $134.5 million at a $1.73 billion valuation, Honey Insurance sealed a $108 million Series A, Skin2Neuron gathered $4 million, and AVESS Energy took $1 million.
An analysis of Guzman Y Gomez's financials ahead of a rumoured IPO, covering its franchise economics, store buybacks and earlier raises and stake sales by TDM, Magellan and Aware Super.
Sample rebranded as Mercu, pivoting from a professional network for essential workers to employee engagement software for deskless staff, and raised a $2.4 million seed round with Sequoia Capital India returning alongside new backers.
Also Startup Daily
Queensland mushroom-based meat alternative maker Fable Food Co raised a Series A led by K3 Ventures, with celebrity and existing investors, to fund product development and expansion into North America, the UK and Singapore.
Mushroom-based meat alternative maker Fable Food Co has raised a Series A to fund US and UK expansion, with its founder arguing fungi products beat soy and pea protein rivals on taste, price and health.