General Partner, AirTree Ventures
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Ex-Up Bank executives have secured pre-seed backing for a Melbourne venture developing AI-driven consumer finance tools, with Airtree Ventures and Triple Bubble co-leading the investment ahead of a planned local launch.
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.
Gridsight, a Sydney energy software startup, has banked $7.5 million in Series A capital, with Airtree Ventures leading and Pat Cummins among the backers, to grow its grid analytics platform.
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Airtree Ventures has reached a first close on its fifth fund, drawing commitments from three US institutions plus returning local super funds, against a $650 million target.
AI ad startup Cuttable, co-founded by Sam Kroonenburg, Jack White and Ed Ring, raised $5.5m in a seed round led by Square Peg with Rampersand aboard; Kroonenburg earlier sold A Cloud Guru to Pluralsight.
Australian insurtech momentum examined: Honey Insurance's Series A and Cover Genius's raise led Q2 2024 funding, while an Airtree partner argues incumbents have left insurance open to technology-driven challengers.
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Devops startup Buildkite has raised a US$21 million Series B led by OneVentures and AirTree, with General Catalyst and angel Dom Pym participating, to build new developer products and grow teams.
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Profile of spend-management startup Paytron, which won a 2022 fintech award and an x15ventures competition; co-founder Jaco Veldsman credits customer focus, team culture and problem obsession for its growth.