13 deals
Venture capital fund · 4 deals
MA Growth Ventures
Sydney, NSW
Disclosed deals
Every published round MA Growth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonder | Unnamed stage | 10 Mar 2025 | $40m | Participant | SmartCompany, Startup Daily, Capital Brief, AFR Technology, MA Growth Ventures portfolio | |
| Pendula | Unnamed stage | Aug 2023 | $14.5m | Participant | Forbes Australia, SmartCompany, thebusinesstimes.com.au, MA Growth Ventures portfolio | |
| Quantum Brilliance | Series A | 15 Feb 2023 | $26m | Participant | Startup Daily (5 Nov 2025), Startup Daily (10 Dec 2024), SmartCompany (10 Dec 2024), SmartCompany (30 Oct 2023), SmartCompany (25 Jul 2023), SmartCompany (21 Jul 2023), SmartCompany (17 Feb 2023), @AuManufacturing, Forbes Australia, SmartCompany (15 Feb 2023), Investible portfolio, Rampersand portfolio | |
| Quantum Brilliance | Seed | Aug 2021 | US$10m (A$13.6m) | Participant | Forbes Australia, SmartCompany (10 Dec 2024), SmartCompany (21 Jul 2023), SmartCompany (15 Feb 2023), Startup Daily |
Portfolio
Companies MA Growth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pendula | Aug 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| Quantum Brilliance | Quantum computing company that installed QPUs at Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Aug 2021, Seed | 2 | 0 |
| Sonder | Safety technology company | 10 Mar 2025 | 1 | 0 |
From its portfolio page
Companies MA Growth Ventures's own portfolio page lists that no published round yet places it in. The page is the source; the round is being looked for.
| Company | Site |
|---|---|
| 13 sick | - |
| 13sick | - |
| Ansarada | - |
| Apera Hotels | - |
| Avena communities | - |
| Avoka | - |
| CartonCloud | - |
| CitrusAd | - |
| Clinical Genomics | - |
| Cloudwave | - |
| comestri | - |
| Demyst | - |
| DG tek | - |
| DR2 | - |
| Existing investor login | investorserve.com.au ↗ |
| How too | - |
| https://mafinancial.com/about/shareholders | yourir.info ↗ |
| Infin8care | - |
| Liquid instruments | - |
| Paisley park | - |
| ROKT | - |
| SafetyCulture | - |
| Shippit | - |
| Smart sparrow | - |
| Sparesbox | - |
| Splend | - |
| Tel Aviv Stock Exchange | - |
| Upstream | - |
| Valiant | - |
| Vault | - |
Funds
Fund closes reported for MA Growth Ventures, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Portfolio companies acquired
Companies MA Growth Ventures has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal MA Growth Ventures did.
People
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Will Botha | Executive Director | hamiltonlocke.com.au, thebusinesstimes.com.au |
Coverage
Stories naming MA Growth Ventures. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
10 deals
Eight Aussie startups that raised $104.4 million this week
Weekly roundup of eight Australian startup raises, led by Sonder's $40 million round, plus AMP's $20 million raise and acquisition of the Shopify app Back in Stock.
Also Startup Daily·Defence Connect·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Defence Connect·Forbes Australia
2 deals
Sonder raises $40m from Blackbird Ventures, Seek, Hostplus
Sonder, a workplace health and wellbeing provider, closed a 40 million dollar round with Blackbird and Seek leading, Hostplus newly investing, and funds aimed at growth across Australia, New Zealand, Britain and AI features.
Funding announcement
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Eight Aussie startups that raised $149 million this week
Weekly roundup of eight Australian startups together securing $149 million: One Model, SafetyCulture, Hysata, Pendula, Marqo, Medigrowth, Curiious and Zena Sport, spanning HR analytics, safety tech, hydrogen, AI, medicinal cannabis, VR and sportstech.
Also Startup Daily·thebusinesstimes.com.au·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Forbes Australia
2 deals
Quantum Brilliance raises $25.7 million for its mini quantum computers that run on synthetic diamonds
Australian quantum computing startup Quantum Brilliance has raised US$18 million to scale its room-temperature diamond-based mini quantum computers, following a smaller round in 2021.
Also Forbes Australia·SmartCompany·@AuManufacturing·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily