Investor · 3 deals
Every published round Prelude Ventures 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ebb Carbon | Series A | 27 Apr 2023 | $20m | Lead | Crunchbase News (24 Oct 2023), Crunchbase News (27 Apr 2023) | |
| Rumin8 | Seed | 26 Jan 2023 | $17 | Participant | Startup Daily (26 Mar 2026), AgFunderNews (3 Apr 2024), Crunchbase News, Startup News (WA), AgFunderNews (26 Jan 2023), SmartCompany (26 Jan 2023), Startup Daily (23 Jan 2023), SmartCompany (23 Jan 2023) | |
| Rumin8 | Seed | 24 Jan 2023 | $25m | Participant | Techboard, SmartCompany, Beef Central / Grain Central |
Companies Prelude Ventures has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rumin8 | Western Australian startup | 24 Jan 2023, Seed | 2 | 0 |
| Ebb Carbon | 27 Apr 2023, Series A | 1 | 1 |
Fund closes reported for Prelude Ventures, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Prelude Ventures has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Prelude Ventures did.
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A monthly Crunchbase roundup of five overlooked venture rounds, including raises by ChopValue, Australia's Cortical Labs, Harvey, Sepura Home and Ebb Carbon, with lead investors and amounts for each deal.
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WA climate tech firm Rumin8 closed the second phase of its seed round, raising US$12 million from Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Harvest Road Group, with existing climate fund investors topping up their holdings.
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Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the fund led by Bill Gates, took part in a $17.24 million round for Perth climate startup Rumin8, whose cattle feed additives cut methane; Prelude Ventures, Aware Super and Harvest Road also invested.
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Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Prelude Ventures backed Terabase Energy's Series B, with the article also recalling the fund's earlier investment in air conditioning startup Blue Frontier.
Climate tech firm Rumin8 has secured seven million dollars from Prelude Ventures and the Aware Super-backed Sentient WA Growth Fund to develop methane-reducing livestock feed supplements.
Mining major Rio Tinto has joined Bill Gates' fund and other industrial and cleantech backers in a US$198 million Series B for hydrogen electrolyser developer Electric Hydrogen; Fortescue's electrolyser investments are also noted.