Ledger. Australian venture funding, tracked

Startup · $24.2m raised

JigSpace

Platform enabling creation, sharing and viewing of interactive 3D presentations across devices

Melbourne, VIC

Coverage

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

Series B $45m

Breakthrough Victoria Portfolio Highlights 2025 Funding and Milestones

Breakthrough Victoria highlights portfolio achievements including Amber Electric's forty-five million dollar raise, Bygen and Diag-Nose grants, and Quantum Brilliance series A funding.

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💫 Ramplify: November Nattering

Rampersand's newsletter announces it led Keeyu's $2.3 million pre-seed round, alongside portfolio updates from Quantum Brilliance, Cuttable, Hatch and Goterra, plus job listings and reflections on domain founders and Australian venture capital.

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Series A US$20m

Breakthrough Victoria Portfolio Companies Celebrate Milestones and Global Growth

Breakthrough Victoria highlights recent achievements of portfolio companies including funding, awards, and expansions for firms like Liquid Instruments, Quantum Brilliance, and Samsara Eco.

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Acting-CEO Update Lauren Morrey at BV Founders Day

Breakthrough Victoria's acting CEO reviews 2024: launching the BV Fellowship, investing in JigSpace and Quantum Brilliance, hosting a Founders Day, and recruiting a permanent CEO.

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Eyes on the Horizon, Heads Down in Focus: 2024 Year in Review

Aura Group's 2024 retrospective: team growth, a senior distribution appointment, award-winning fund performance, nine startups added to its portfolio, a SPAC funding round with OSK-SBI leading, exits, divestments, plus a new XT Ventures alliance.

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Breakthrough Victoria posts $3 million loss

The Victorian government's VC fund Breakthrough Victoria slipped to a loss, its annual report showing startup investments, cost cutting and boardroom departures amid criticism of its spending and performance.

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Four Aussie startups that raised $123.6 million this week

Weekly roundup of four Australian raises: HammerTech $105m led by Riverwood Capital, JigSpace $13m led by Breakthrough Victoria, ExoFlare's $5.3m seed, and Go Locum's $350,000 seed led by Paspalis.

undisclosed $13m

Investment Update: JigSpace

Breakthrough Victoria led a $13m raise for AR platform JigSpace, investing via convertible note alongside Aura Ventures, Anorak Ventures and returning backers, with Victorian job growth expected.

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Runway May 24: The 7 startups revealing venture raises this week

Weekly roundup covering seven ANZ startup raises — Bare Funerals, Humii, WeMoney, CLT Toolbox, Clean Slate Clinic, SpatialGPT and Great Wrap — plus LaunchVic's $900,000 into Paul Little's Skalata fund.

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Seven Aussie startups that raised $17.7 million this week

Weekly roundup listing seven Australian startups and their raises, totalling $17.7 million across AI, packaging materials, fintech, digital health, music licensing, construction software and swimwear.

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