Venture capital fund · 1 deal

Potentia Capital

Sydney, NSW

Disclosed deals

Every published round Potentia Capital 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
EstimateOne	Unnamed stage	Oct 2022	$35m	Lead	Leigh Jasper	LaunchVic, Techboard, Startup Daily (7 Feb 2022), Startup Daily (27 Jan 2022)

Portfolio

Companies Potentia Capital has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
EstimateOne		Oct 2022	1	1

Funds

Fund closes reported for Potentia Capital, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for Potentia Capital yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies Potentia Capital has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Potentia Capital did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of Potentia Capital is recorded as having been acquired.

What Potentia Capital bought

Companies Potentia Capital 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
HotDoc	Acquisition	18 Feb 2026	-	Startup Daily, SmartCompany

Coverage

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

12 deals

🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #180, 4th October 2026

Weekly roundup reporting Australian startup funding rounds and government grants, a venture fund close, agreed acquisitions, an IPO pricing, a collapse, plus executive hires and AI policy developments.

This Week in Australian Startups 4 Oct 2026 Avicena Systems Eastend Ventures FeBI Heidi Health iQ Sense Q Factorial QuantX Labs R2Crete Silicon Quantum Computing Skopos Bio Trendspek Adobe Advanced Navigation Airwallex Ampol Anthropic Atlassian AUDC Barrenjoey Baseten Big Picture Medical Blackbird Ventures Droneshield Evie Networks Firmus Technologies Fusion Venture Labs Goldman Sachs Harrison AI InDebted Lorikeet Megaport Meta Monoova Morgan Stanley Nearmap Nexl OFX OpenAI Orbit2Orbit Ord Minnett Paperbark Perennial Private Investments Planet Startup Potentia Capital PsiQuantum Queensland RBA REA Group Redbelly Network RedEarth Energy Storage Ltd REX Royal Commission into AI Scalare Partners Sicona Stanford Tank Stream Labs Tech Council Thoma Bravo Thorney Unilever University of Melbourne Watchful WeMoney Blockwall Digital Assets Fund Critical Technologies Challenge Program Funds SA Genesis Pre-Seed Fund OIF Ventures Shape Capital Tenmile Tin Alley Ventures Uniseed Yosemite Brendan Lee Chris Lehane Chris McNamara Christian Westerlind Wigstrom Christopher Manning David Janetzki Iain Ross Ian Wang Josh Foreman Josh Parsons Kate Pounder Matt Redden Philipp Thurner Sam Altman Trevor St Baker

2 deals

HotDoc goes from GP to PE as founder confirms sale to Potentia

SmartCompany reports HotDoc, a platform for booking GP appointments, has sold a majority stake to private equity buyer Potentia; the price was not disclosed, with Airtree and Acclivis Group among remaining owners.

SmartCompany 18 Feb 2026 HotDoc Acclivis Group Potentia Capital AirTree Ventures Right Click Capital Ben Hurst Daniel Petre

Also Startup Daily

News

Bowen names 16 winners of Australia’s biggest battery storage tender

Australia names 16 battery storage projects as winners of its largest Capacity Investment Scheme tender, totalling 4.13 GW, with EnergyAustralia, Atmos Renewables, Equis, Akaysha Energy and others among the successful bidders.

RenewEconomy 16 Sep 2025 Acenergy AEMO Akaysha Energy Alinta Energy Australian Government Energy Australia Equis Lightsource bp Potentia Capital TotalEnergies Alex Wonhas Chris Bowen

Exit / M&A

Ellerston JAADE New Investment: Nitro

Ellerston's JAADE fund says it invested in Nitro Software alongside Potentia Capital, part of the takeover that delisted the document productivity software company from the ASX.

Ellerston Capital portfolio 8 May 2023 Adobe Docusign Ellerston Ventures Mable Nitro Software Potentia Capital David Leslie

News

Adam Schwab: Nitro rejects $400 million Potentia offer despite rising costs and recorded losses

Potentia's $400 million takeover approach for ASX-listed software firm Nitro was rejected, with the column examining Nitro's widening losses, executive pay, and Potentia's separate pursuit of payments company Tyro.

SmartCompany 20 Sep 2022 Adobe Archer Capital BHP Business Council Commonwealth Bank Docusign MYOB Nitro Potentia Capital Tyro Ana Sirbu Tim Reed

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FUNDED JUNE 2022

Techboard's monthly roundup logs June 2022 Australian funding events, including GO1's Series E, Edrolo's Series B, two acquisitions, several new funds reaching closes, and accelerator intake announcements.

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Ignition Lane's Weekly Wrap: The Great Reengagement, backing Web3, riding the markets & the big local raises

Ignition Lane's weekly tech roundup: AirTree raises $700m across three new funds, dozens of Australian startups announce rounds, a wave of acquisitions including Block completing its Afterpay buy, plus Web3 commentary and US market moves.

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Unnamed stage $35m

EstimateOne picks up $35 million in first raise

Melbourne construction procurement platform EstimateOne has raised its first external capital, $35 million from Potentia Capital and investor Leigh Jasper, whose firm's partner and managing director now join the company's board.

Startup Daily 27 Jan 2022 EstimateOne Potentia Capital Leigh Jasper Andrew Ritchie Chris Dobbyn Michael Ashcroft Michael McNamara Tim Reed

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