Company

Phocas

Mature scaleup, outlier among 10-year-plus startups for funding raised

Investor	Rounds	Invested
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Who bought Phocas

The transaction that ended Phocas's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.

Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price	Sources
Accel-KKR	Acquisition	15 Oct 2025	-	OneVentures portfolio (17 Apr 2026), OneVentures portfolio (12 Jan 2026)

What Phocas bought

Companies Phocas acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.

Company	Kind	Announced	Price	Sources
Phocas is not recorded as having acquired anything.

Coverage

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

Exit / M&A

Vaxxas Appoints Former Merck Global Vaccines President David Peacock as CEO

A fund's insights listing: its headline flags Vaxxas naming an ex-Merck vaccines chief as CEO, while linked teasers report Eucalyptus' $1.6b sale and Accel-KKR's takeover of Phocas.

OneVentures portfolio 12 Jan 2026 Accel-KKR Eucalyptus Merck Phocas Vaxxas David Peacock

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8 deals

Five Aussie startups that raised $163.6 million this week

Weekly roundup covering five Australian startups' raises: an insurtech Series E, a digital ID Series A, medtech and proptech funding, and a recycling platform's equity crowdfunding campaign.

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Series A ~$35m

Data Zoo secures $35 million in Series A Funding from Ellerston JAADE to fuel global expansion

Identity verification firm Data Zoo has banked roughly A$35 million in Series A backing from Ellerston JAADE, its first external capital, and recently installed an ex-LSEG chief executive as it eyes international growth.

Australian FinTech 14 May 2024 Data Zoo Camms Ellerston Capital London Stock Exchange Group Mable Phocas Ellerston Ventures Charlie Minutella David Leslie Tony Fitzgibbon

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Funding announcement

CTV Funding News - 1H 2021 in Review (Startups)

Cut Through Venture's newsletter reviews first-half 2021 Australian and New Zealand startup funding, covering aggregate round statistics, new unicorns, founder age patterns, and the strong funding of recently founded COVID-era companies.

Cut Through Venture 3 Jul 2021 Airwallex Canva Go1 Judo Octopus Deploy Phocas QBiotics SafetyCulture

79 deals

CTV Funding News - 1Q 2021

Cut Through Venture's debut quarterly newsletter rounds up Q1 2021 raises across Australian and New Zealand startups, highlighting crowdfunding, fintech dominance, active investors, and two newly launched startups currently seeking backers.

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