Holly Fowler: Ledger

Role	Organisation	Sources
CEO · Founder	Wable	Women's Agenda, Startup Daily (12 Sep 2025), SmartCompany (12 Sep 2025), Startup Daily (9 Sep 2025), SmartCompany (9 Sep 2025), Forbes Australia

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Cheque-in: 19 ANZ startups that raised $69 million this week

Weekly roundup covering 19 Australian and New Zealand raises, headlined by Andromeda Robotics' $23m Series A, plus Freckle, Marloo, X-Hemp, Harvest B, Wable, Starboard and Techstars Sydney's 12-startup cohort.

Startup Daily 12 Sep 2025 Andromeda Robotics Briefcase CorFin.AI Crystal aOS Freckle Harvest B Juxtabyte Marloo MuseAI OncoRevive Onsite Our Leg Up Slice Starboard Maritime Intelligence SurfLab VetNotes Wable X-Hemp Zipline AI Airbnb Alberts Canva Clay Google Halter Heidi Health Investment NSW Mecwacare Revolut Sharesies Stake Taurus Capital Techstars Sydney Xero 1984 Ventures Altered Capital Artesian VC Blackbird Ventures Brand Fund Breakthrough Victoria CoAct Capital CoVentures Danehill Group Forerunner Ventures Gradient Icehouse Ventures Industry Growth Program King River Capital Liquid2 Main Sequence Ventures Mandalay Venture Partners Mintaka OIF Ventures Purpose Ventures Rethink Impact Startmate trampoline Visible Ventures Whakatupu Aotearoa Foundation Craig Piggott Leighton Roberts Matt Leibowitz Paul Sharbanee Philip Fierlinger Tom Hambrett Dr Tom Kelly Amy Stevens Andi Lucas Antony Arena Ben Robertson David Stephen Sta.Maria Grace Brown Hardy Michel Holly Fowler Hugh Le Jad al Masri Jesse Morse Joni Pirovich Kirk Simmons Kristi Riordan Michael Ragavan Michael Theo Michelle Reeves Mitch Sigley Mohammad Tavakkoli Yaraki Nathan Croxton Nathan Merzvinskis Rod Bristow Dr Samira Sadeghi Shakeel Lala Silven Victor D. Epistola Trent Fulcher

Also SmartCompany

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19 ANZ startups that raised $66.7 million this week

SmartCompany 12 Sep 2025 Andromeda Robotics Briefcase CorFin.AI Crystal aOS Freckle Harvest B Juxtabyte Marloo MuseAI OncoRevive Onsite Our Leg Up Slice Starboard Maritime Intelligence SurfLab VetNotes Wable X-Hemp Zipline AI Airbnb Alberts Canva Clay Google Halter Heidi Health Investment NSW Mecwacare Revolut Sharesies Stake Taurus Capital Techstars Sydney Xero 1984 Ventures Altered Capital Artesian VC Blackbird Ventures Brand Fund Breakthrough Victoria CoAct Capital CoVentures Danehill Group Forerunner Ventures Gradient Icehouse Ventures King River Capital Liquid2 Main Sequence Ventures Mandalay Venture Partners Mintaka OIF Ventures Purpose Ventures Rethink Impact Startmate trampoline Visible Ventures Whakatupu Aotearoa Foundation Craig Piggott Leighton Roberts Matt Leibowitz Paul Sharbanee Philip Fierlinger Tom Hambrett Dr Tom Kelly Amy Stevens Andi Lucas Antony Arena Ben Robertson David Stephen Sta.Maria Grace Brown Hardy Michel Holly Fowler Hugh Le Jad al Masri Jesse Morse Joni Pirovich Kirk Simmons Kristi Riordan Michael Ragavan Michael Theo Michelle Reeves Mitch Sigley Mohammad Tavakkoli Yaraki Nathan Croxton Nathan Merzvinskis Rod Bristow Dr Samira Sadeghi Shakeel Lala Silven Victor D. Epistola Trent Fulcher

Also SmartCompany·Startup Daily

Unnamed stage $1.5m

Neurodivergent social networking app Wable nabs $1.5 million for global ambitions

Wable, an app helping neurodivergent people find friendship and dating connections, has secured $1.5 million in a Taurus Capital-led round to support US and UK growth, hiring, marketing and product development.

Startup Daily 9 Sep 2025 Wable Taurus Capital Aesha Scott Holly Fowler Michael Theo Paul Sharbanee

Series A $1.5m

Wable raises $1.5 million to take its neurodivergent dating app to the UK and US

Melbourne neurodivergent community app Wable has secured $1.5 million in Series A capital, led by a Perth advisory executive, to scale its team and enter the UK and US markets.

SmartCompany 9 Sep 2025 Wable Taurus Capital Paul Sharbanee Aesha Scott Holly Fowler Michael Theo

Also Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Women's Agenda

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Meet the Aussies on the 2025 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list

Forbes Australia 15 May 2025 Adrielle Touma Alexander Valente Alexis Aaron Andrew Pankevicius Andromeda Robotics Annabel Hay Bianca Stern Charlotte Vieira CLUTCH Glue Connor Balfany Damian Sofrevski Daniel Palmer Daniel Vassilev Dylan Coyne Elliephant Gaby Rosenberg Grace Brown Holly Fowler Humpday Isabella Choate Jacky Koh Jodine Wolman Kim Russell Loughlan Dalton de Burgh Lucas Sargent Mary Fowler Matthew Blode Natasha Etschmann Neurode Pretty Privilege Redactive Relevance AI Sara Webb Sortd The Leaf Protein Co.UpDoc AirTree Ventures Australian Financial Review Australian Securities Exchange Basketball Australia Blossom App Catch Constantinople ELMO Software EQ Fingertip Flying Fox Ventures Forbes Australia Fortlake Asset Management Get Rich Slow Club Government of New South Wales Linktree Luxury Escapes MA Growth Ventures Manchester City Mass Dynamics Menulog PredictHQ Rampersand Swinburne University of Technology Tash Invests The Kimbino University of Melbourne Wable Western Australian government Youth Disability Advocacy Network Antler Australia Atlassian Ventures Bailador Technology Investments Bessemer Venture Partners Blackbird Ventures Felicis Galileo Ventures Khosla Ventures King River Capital LaunchVic Loyal VC Peak XV Purpose Ventures Darryl Garber Ned Coten Ali Rosenberg Gabby Leibovich Hezi Leibovich

Holly Fowler

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Cheque-in: 19 ANZ startups that raised $69 million this week

19 ANZ startups that raised $66.7 million this week

Neurodivergent social networking app Wable nabs $1.5 million for global ambitions

Wable raises $1.5 million to take its neurodivergent dating app to the UK and US

Meet the Aussies on the 2025 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list