Partner, Flyweel
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Partner | Antler Australia | Startup Daily (5 Aug 2026), Forbes Australia, Startup Daily (1 May 2025), Startup Daily (28 Jan 2025), Startup Daily (16 Jan 2025), Startup Daily (12 Dec 2024), Startup Daily (18 Jul 2024), Startup Daily (3 Jul 2024), @AuManufacturing, Startup Daily (14 Feb 2024), Startup Daily (1 Feb 2024), Startup Daily (5 Oct 2023) |
| Partner | Flyweel | Startup Daily |
| Head of Operations (former) | Uber | Startup Daily |
| Managing Director ANZ | Zip Water | @AuManufacturing |
Stories naming Mike Abbott. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Flyweel, a Queensland fintech for financing and managing ad spend, has banked $2.41 million in a pre-seed round Ten13 led, with Antler, QIC and several founder-angels aboard; a US launch comes first.
Forbes Australia profiles Butter, a year-old Melbourne app fighting loneliness through in-person gatherings, now at 10,000 users with $260,000 from backer Antler at a roughly $2.2 million valuation.
Antler announced investments in eight startups from its 12th Australian residency, across robotics, cybersecurity, health and fintech; applications for the 14th residency are open, offering founders as much as AU$260,000 for a 12% stake.
Investor memo profiling Lyngo AI, a startup whose AI voice agents answer clinic calls and manage bookings, covering its Antler pre-seed backing, the founders' backgrounds, early traction, and growth plans.
A partner memo profiling Licode, a no-code platform for AI web apps founded by ex-Finder engineer Kelvin Htat, which took pre-seed backing from Antler Australia and is seeking follow-on capital.
Antler's Australian arm announced $225,000 pre-seed investments in seven startups at its Portfolio Spotlight event, alongside a new Google Cloud partnership, with residency applications open.
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Queensland's government has set up a venture capital fund managed by QIC and has put in $133 million, partnering with five VC firms so local startups can draw on matched funding.
Queensland's government is committing $130 million across five venture firms — Antler, Five V Capital, Main Sequence, Mandalay and Salus — via a new fund to widen early-stage funding for local startups.
Antler reaches final close on its second Australian fund with commitments nearing A$60 million, backed by Snow Foundation, Geoff Harris and Roger Allen, and hires early Uber Australia employee Mike Abbott as partner.
Australian manufacturing roundup: Zip Water appoints a marketing director, EMVision triggers a milestone payment, Kleos Space faces bankruptcy, AnteoTech secures placement commitments, and LaunchVic funds two women-founder pre-accelerators.