Melissa Mail: Ledger

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

Role	Organisation	Sources
Founder	Earthodic	Significant Ventures, SmartCompany, Startup Daily, Tenacious Ventures

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How Earthodic is providing a sustainable paper-based replacement to plastic packaging

Investor post profiling Earthodic, whose bio-based coating Biobarc keeps paper packaging recyclable, and describing Significant Ventures' participation in the raise and its board-observer support role.

Significant Capital Ventures portfolio 13 Mar 2025 Earthodic Queensland University of Technology USDA Western Michigan University Significant Capital Ventures Albert Tietz Anthony Musumeci Fiona Hindmarsh Melissa Mail Michele Troni Nina Kuzmina

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Fifteen ANZ startups that raised $81 million this week

Round-up reporting Neara's $45 million Series C, Alimetry's US$18 million Series A2, Earthodic's US$4 million seed, and Antler's latest residency intake of startups each receiving $225,000 for 12% stakes.

SmartCompany 1 Nov 2024 Alimetry Authentified Communiti Labs Earthodic JubJub Lyngo AI Neara Pactify SeeStone Shopfront Spoony Ausgrid CenterPoint Energy Endeavour Energy ESB Networks Essential Energy Hedno Powercor SA Power Networks Scottish Power Southern California Edison University of Auckland American angel investors Antler Australia Branch Venture Group Circulate Capital Closed Loop Partners EQT FTW Ventures Icehouse Ventures Investible Partners Group Prosus Ventures Queensland Investment Corporation RedStick Ventures Significant Capital Ventures Skip Capital Square Peg Capital Tenacious Ventures UniQuest Fund Albert Tietz Anthony Musumeci Ben Chamberlain Cam Moore Daniel Danilatos Daniel Ferguson David Johnson Drew Flaherty Fiona Donaghey Dr Greg O'Grady Jack Curtis Josh Leask Karamvir Singh Kenneth Liang Melissa Mail Nathan Spiteri Nicholas Carlton Nilufer Haksever Steven Germain Tanmay Patel Dr Tom McCarthy

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Tenacious Ventures writes that it has co-led a pre-seed investment in Queensland coatings startup Earthodic, joined by Investible, Twynam Group and Closed Loop Partners, profiling its recyclable paper coating Paperbarc.

Tenacious Ventures portfolio 1 Jun 2023 Earthodic Closed Loop Partners Investible Tenacious Ventures Twynam Albert Tietz Anthony Musumeci Fiona Donaghey Melissa Mail

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Melissa Mail

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How Earthodic is providing a sustainable paper-based replacement to plastic packaging

Fifteen ANZ startups that raised $81 million this week

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