Angel investor · CEO, Gilbert + Tobin

Sam Nickless

Disclosed deals

Every published round Sam Nickless 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
Twine	Unnamed stage	19 Feb 2025	$2.3m	Participant	AirTree Ventures Gill Findlay Hemal Shah	SmartCompany, Startup Daily
Mary Technology	Unnamed stage	27 Sep 2024	$1.4m	Participant	Empress Capital The Fund Sydney Angels Mark Kalajzich Martin Lam	Startup Daily, SmartCompany (7 Oct 2025), SmartCompany (27 Sep 2024)

Portfolio

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

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
Mary Technology	Legal tech startup whose Fact Management System converts unstructured litigation informat…	27 Sep 2024	1	0
Twine		19 Feb 2025	1	0

Funds

Fund closes reported for Sam Nickless, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for Sam Nickless yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

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

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

Role	Organisation	Sources
CEO	Gilbert + Tobin	Startup Daily, SmartCompany

Coverage

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

9 deals

Seven ANZ startups that raised $42.8 million this week

Weekly roundup of seven Australian and New Zealand raises totalling $42.8 million, spanning property-investment AI, workforce credentialing, allied-health practice software, conversation analytics, maths learning games, copper processing and holiday-park bookings.

Unnamed stage $2.3m

AI-based conversation analysis startup raises $2.3 million for sales insights solution

Twine has raised $2.3 million in an Airtree-led round with three angel backers. The startup analyses business conversations to give sales and product teams actionable insight and plans to grow its AI features.

Startup Daily 20 Feb 2025 Twine Atlassian CrowdStrike Dovetail Dubber Gilbert + Tobin Immutable SafetyCulture Twitter AirTree Ventures Gill Findlay Hemal Shah Sam Nickless Brian Swift Craig Blair Max Bausher

Also SmartCompany

7 deals

Six Aussie startups that raised $87.7 million this week

Roundup of six Australian funding rounds this week: InDebted, Evolt, Restoke.ai, Mary Technology, Matilda and Demtech.ai, with investors, amounts, InDebted's valuation and a secondary component for early backers and staff.

Also Australian FinTech·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Australian FinTech·Fintech News Australia·Business News Australia

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