Sara Khorasani: Ledger

Role	Organisation	Sources
Founder	Flowing Bee	Mumbrella, SmartCompany (7 Mar 2025), SmartCompany (6 Mar 2025), Startup Daily
Technologist (former)	Williams Racing	SmartCompany

Coverage

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

Key hire

Behavioural intelligence firm Flowing Bee appoints Jonny Hanratty as head of applied research

Melbourne behavioural-intelligence startup Flowing Bee hires Jonny Hanratty from The Lab to lead applied research and strategy amid rapid growth; named backers include Archangel Ventures, Antler and LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund.

Mumbrella 17 Aug 2026 Allianz Antler Australia Archangel Ventures ESOMAR Flowing Bee Kenvue LaunchVic’s Alice Anderson Fund M8 Ventures Suncorp The Behavioural Architects The Lab Uber Uber Eats University of Melbourne Genesis Pre-Seed Fund Woolworths Dr Dr Michael Sankey Jonny Hanratty Sara Khorasani

9 deals

Six Aussie startups that raised $56.7 million this week

Weekly roundup detailing six Australian startup raises announced this week, covering Heidi Health, Instant, Esper, Trusst AI, Flowing Bee and GonGlobal, with investors, founders, valuations and earlier rounds.

Also Startup Daily

Pre-seed $1.6m

Martech startup Flowing Bee lands on $1.6 million pre-Seed

Flowing Bee, which applies psychology and AI to marketing decisions, has picked up $1.6 million in pre-seed money from Archangel Ventures and several other backers.

Startup Daily 5 Mar 2025 Flowing Bee LaunchVic University of Melbourne Genesis Pre-Seed Fund Alice Anderson Fund Antler Australia Archangel Ventures M8 Ventures University of Melbourne Dr Dr Michael Sankey Emily Rich Hun Gan Sara Khorasani

Also SmartCompany·SmartCompany

Sara Khorasani

Roles

Coverage

Behavioural intelligence firm Flowing Bee appoints Jonny Hanratty as head of applied research

Six Aussie startups that raised $56.7 million this week

Martech startup Flowing Bee lands on $1.6 million pre-Seed