Startup · $5.5m raised
Fast-growing Australian tech company backed by Skalata
Melbourne, VIC
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Preezie raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| LaunchVic | Accelerator | - |
| Skalata Ventures | Accelerator | - |
| Ten13 | Series A | - |
| Touch Ventures | Series A | - |
Companies Preezie acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Delaney | Head of People and Culture | LaunchVic |
| Michael Tutek | CEO · Founder | LaunchVic, Startup Daily |
| Quoc Nguyen | Founder | LaunchVic, Startup Daily |
Stories naming Preezie. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Touch Ventures' investment lifts commitments in Skalata's second fund beyond $25 million, with Afterpay co-founder Anthony Eisen investing personally; Touch also recently headed a $5.5 million raise for portfolio company Preezie.
Skalata Ventures unveils its October 2021 seed intake of 13 startups, among them Ardacious and Strength By Numbers, and notes alumnus Preezie recently secured a $5.5 million Series A.
Profile of Skalata Ventures' Rohan Workman and Maxine Lee recounting the firm's founding, pandemic-era restructuring, $7 million raise, second fund deployment, and backing of Flux, Explorate and Preezie.
LaunchVic selected nine Victorian start-ups, including Preezie, for a mentoring bootcamp with executives from Atlassian, Uber, Dropbox, Seek and Canva.
Skalata Ventures uses its recent accolade as Australia's busiest early-stage investor to pitch founders on its hands-on, seed-specialist approach, arguing most VCs overpromise support and underdeliver.
Skalata's rebrand announcement explains its shift to year-round seed investing, wider cheque sizes and follow-on plans, recaps team hires including a Venture Partner and three associates, and notes portfolio companies' Series A raises.
TEN13 newsletter reporting Chipper Cash's US$150m unicorn round, Mr Yum's Tiger Global-led Series A, and new investments in Payhippo, Preezie, Pushas and Heaps Normal, plus portfolio updates.
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ASX-listed venture fund Touch Ventures is parting with chief executive Hein Vogel; the piece recalls its 2021 $100 million listing, heavy write-offs on PlanPay and Till Payments, and Basiq's sale to Cuscal.
Ignition Lane's weekly wrap: Tiger Global's losses and past Australian bets, MilkRun and TradeSquare closures, Cyara's Spearline acquisition, a Co Ventures pre-seed fund, Square Peg's partner promotion and LaunchVic's 30×30 picks.
Touch Ventures has invested in Skalata Ventures' second fund, lifting commitments past $25 million toward a $50m target, with Afterpay's Anthony Eisen investing personally; Preezie's $5.5 million round is also noted.
Weekly roundup of nine Australian startup raises, led by SimPRO's $485.6 million round, plus SimPRO's acquisitions of AroFlo and ClockShark and Open Markets Group's buyout of Cannon Trading.
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Retail tech startup preezie raised a $5.5 million Series A led by Touch Ventures and TEN13 to grow its team and expand overseas, having earlier seed-funded and come through Skalata's 2019 program.