Venture capital fund · 7 deals
Melbourne, VIC
Every published round Pacific Channel 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.
Companies Pacific Channel has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fluent | Brain-computer interface startup helping speech-impaired people communicate | 4 Aug 2026, Seed | 1 | 0 |
| Navi Medical Technologies | Developer of Neonav, a vascular device to help clinicians insert catheters into veins of … | 4 Aug 2026 | 1 | 0 |
| Phnxx | Portable containerised solar and battery systems that replace diesel generators or grid p… | Mar 2025, Seed | 1 | 0 |
| Conry Tech | Smart HVAC systems redefining energy efficiency | 13 Dec 2024, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 |
| Green Gravity | Australian start-up using super-heavy weights in legacy mine shafts for gravitational ene… | Oct 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| Formus Labs | 4 Feb 2022 | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Pacific Channel, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Pacific Channel has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Pacific Channel did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Roland Toder | General Partner | Startup Daily, PR Newswire, navitechnologies.com |
| Roland Toder | Startup Daily (4 Aug 2026), Startup Daily (28 Jul 2026) |
Stories naming Pacific Channel. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Roundup of eight Australian and New Zealand startups whose late-July funding totals $102 million across space capsules, medical devices, livestock breath analysis, sports analytics and AI crop forecasting.
Melbourne paediatric device maker Navi Medical Technologies has banked $6.8 million, led by KP Rx, to take its Neonav catheter tool into the US market following regulatory clearance.
Also navitechnologies.com·meditechtoday.com·PR Newswire·SmartCompany·raising.fi·Startup Daily·bushletter.com
Weekly roundup of ten Australian and New Zealand startup raises totalling nearly $194 million, topped by Neara's $90 million round at a $1.1 billion valuation, with Splose, Operata, HAMR Energy and Adora also covered.
Victorian modular energy startup Phnxx raised $1.8 million in seed funding from Synertec, ENGIE Factory, Pacific Channel and LaunchVic's Hugh Victor McKay Fund to scale containerised solar and battery systems.
Conry Tech, a Melbourne maker of low-emission air conditioning, banked $1.6 million pre-seed from Bandera Capital, with New Zealand VC Pacific Channel chipping in, to commercialise its modular cooling units.
Wollongong energy storage venture Green Gravity has secured $9 million from HMC Capital, BlueScopeX, Pacific Channel and SCAP H to advance testing of its system that repurposes disused mineshafts for gravitational energy storage.
Also RenewEconomy
New Zealand surgical-planning startup Formus Labs raised US$5 million led by GD1 to launch its 3D joint replacement planner and expand into the US, with backing from four other investors and a Zimmer Biomet partnership.
Also Startup Daily