Venture capital fund · 33 deals
Private fund investing in technology and infrastructure
Sydney, NSW
Every published round Skip 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.
Companies Skip 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adora | Software mapping product journeys and spotting UX friction | 4 Aug 2026, Seed | 1 | 0 |
| Mako | Maker of shark skin-inspired film that reduces drag on aircraft to cut fuel use and emiss… | 4 Aug 2026, Series A | 1 | 0 |
| Kimia | Developing a "chemical intelligence" platform that applies AI to company data and documen… | 13 Apr 2026, Seed | 1 | 0 |
| Human Health | Digital health platform for managing chronic conditions | 30 Oct 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| Alloy Technologies | Building the deployment layer for the physical AI revolution | 24 Sep 2025, Pre-seed | 2 | 0 |
| Alloy | 23 Sep 2025, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Visibuild | 2 Dec 2024 | 1 | 1 | |
| Lorikeet | AI/Big Data company | 3 Oct 2024, Seed | 3 | 0 |
| Atticus | Verification platform for regulated documents facing compliance risk | 11 Jun 2024, undisclosed | 1 | 0 |
| Askable | 2023, Series A | 1 | 0 | |
| Morse Micro | Hardware/Robotics/IoT company | 9 Sep 2022, Series B | 1 | 0 |
| Human | personalised healthcare platform | 29 Jul 2022, Seed | 1 | 0 |
| Milkrun | 20 Jan 2022, Series A | 1 | 0 | |
| Inventia Life Science | 17 Dec 2021, Series B | 1 | 0 | |
| Mr Yum | Digital ordering and hospitality technology company | 30 Nov 2021, Series A | 1 | 0 |
| Zoomo | E-bike startup | 15 Nov 2021, Series B | 2 | 2 |
| Reejig | Oct 2021, Series A | 2 | 1 | |
| Delegate Connect | 16 Sep 2021, Seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Neara | Critical infrastructure digital twin modelling company | 5 Aug 2021, Series A | 6 | 1 |
| Archistar | Apr 2021 | 2 | 2 | |
| Harrison AI | healthcare AI company | Dec 2019, Series A | 2 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Skip Capital, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Skip Capital has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Skip Capital did.
Stories naming Skip Capital. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
An AFR managed-funds topic page: a star small-caps deputy goes solo with a new Sydney firm, Gigacomm buys rival DGtek, Google plans a multibillion-dollar domestic bond, plus fund manager and market stories.
Australian startups raised funds including Alloy Robotics, Farmbot and Atmo Biosciences. Firmus Technologies acquired Benmax while Tabcorp bought BetMakers. SafetyCulture rebranded to Mitti.
Eight Australian and New Zealand startups secured a combined $67.4 million in funding across various sectors including agtech, medtech, robotics, and fintech.
Robot data analysis startup Alloy Robotics has raised $11.5 million in a seed round led by Square Peg, with Blackbird and Airtree participating, less than a year after a $4.5 million pre-seed.
Also SmartCompany
Robotics AI startup Alloy has banked an $8m seed at an $80m valuation, led by Square Peg with Blackbird, Airtree and Skip Capital back again; funds earmarked for engineering hires and growth in the US.
Australian grid digital-twin startup Neara raised a $90 million Series D led by TCV, reaching unicorn status amid rising data centre power demand.
Australian grid-modelling startup Neara raised a $90 million Series D led by TCV, valuing the company above $1 billion, funding ML and expansion.
MAKO has banked a $28 million Series A, headed by Virescent Ventures, to take its drag-cutting Flightfilm coating to market; the piece also recalls an earlier seed round and a government grant.
Also Startup Daily
Sydney aerospace company MAKO has raised $28 million in a Virescent Ventures-led Series A to manufacture Flightfilm, a shark-inspired skin that cuts aircraft drag and fuel use.
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A roundup of five Australian startups that together raised $30.1 million this week, spanning compliance AI, chemical-industry software, insurance automation, women's health diagnostics and an AI receptionist for trades.
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Weekly roundup of ten Australian and New Zealand startup raises totalling nearly $194 million, topped by Neara's $90 million round at a $1.1 billion valuation, with Splose, Operata, HAMR Energy and Adora also covered.
Product-mapping startup Adora, co-founded by an ex-Canva product chief, has landed seed funding with Blackbird leading and four other backers, earmarked for product work and Sydney hiring.
Neara joins the unicorn club after a TCV-led $90 million Series D at a $1.1 billion valuation, with existing backers participating; funds will fuel global expansion and engineering hires.
Melbourne's Culture Amp has cut roughly 60 roles amid a push into AI products like AI Coach; the piece also recalls its 2019 Series E, 2021 Series F and $2 billion valuation.
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is putting up to $40m into Brighte through a federal program, letting the home-energy fintech offer cheaper green loans for solar, batteries and other household upgrades.
Weekly funding roundup covering eight raises totalling over $113 million across aerospace, biotech, materials, health and software, plus a pharmacy firm's acquisition out of administration.
Weekly roundup of eight trans-Tasman startup raises worth a combined $113 million-plus, alongside Joe Zhou's buyout of StrongRoom AI from administrators.
Human Health, a Sydney patient-care platform built by two ex-Canva product leaders, has landed $8.5 million in a round led by LocalGlobe to expand across the US and UK.
Also Forbes Australia·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily
TechCrunch profiles Alloy, a Sydney startup whose software helps robotics firms manage sensor and camera data; it has raised a pre-seed round led by Blackbird Ventures and signed four local design partners.
Also SmartCompany·SmartCompany
Sydney AI customer-support startup Lorikeet has closed US$35 million in a Series A led by QED Investors, its third round in under a year, lifting total funding beyond $75 million.
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Cleaning products maker Zero Co, backed by Square Peg and crowdfunded via Birchal, is closing down solvent and will hand leftover funds to shareholders after failing to find a workable path forward.
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Blackbird's note explains why it led Lorikeet's nine-million-US-dollar round alongside co-investors, describing the startup's workflow-first approach to harder support tickets and its results with Eucalyptus.
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Harrison.ai has received $32 million from the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation toward its Series C, with the federal investor's December backing of Vault Cloud, Myriota and Quantum Brilliance also noted.
Also Women's Agenda
Brisbane market-research software firm Askable, self-funded since 2017 by a father-son duo, has announced a $22m Series A led by AirTree at a $100m valuation, with Skip Capital and founder angels backing it.
Also SmartCompany
SmartCompany roundup covering six Australian funding deals totalling $18.4 million: Visibuild, My Mirror, Cambium Bio, Freckle, Old Young's Distillery and Taly, plus news that Freckle's founder earlier sold Everproof to GO1.
Visibuild, a Melbourne-based construction technology company, has raised A$6.6 million in a round led by Skip Capital with other unnamed backers, to grow its site-checking software business.
Also SmartCompany
Round-up reporting Neara's $45 million Series C, Alimetry's US$18 million Series A2, Earthodic's US$4 million seed, and Antler's latest residency intake of startups each receiving $225,000 for 12% stakes.
Also Startup Daily
Neara, an Australian AI infrastructure startup, raised $45 million led by EQT, Partners Group and Square Peg Capital, with Skip Capital and Prosus Ventures returning; funds target North American and European expansion.
Square Peg led Lorikeet's US$5 million seed round for its AI customer-support automation platform, joined by Skip Capital and US angel investors, supporting the team's US expansion.
Also Square Peg Capital·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily
Crikey reports radiology chain I-MED gave patient scans to Harrison.ai for AI training without evident patient consent, and notes Harrison.ai's backers.
Roundup of nine local startups that together banked a combined $38m-plus this week, spanning precision instruments, proptech, adtech, robotics, food, energy storage and AI, with several earlier raises recalled.
Also Australian FinTech·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·AgFunderNews
Archistar, whose platform applies AI to 3D building design and planning checks, has added $5 million from NAB Ventures, Skip Capital and Prabhat Sethi, with AirTree having led earlier rounds.
Also SmartCompany
Weekly roundup detailing new funding for eight local startups: home lending, document verification, farm water monitoring, alcoholic drinks, freight software, leaf protein, artist content sales and organic bedding, totalling over $36 million.
Atlassian's co-founder Scott Farquhar will vacate the co-CEO seat on August 31, staying on in governance and advisory roles, with Mike Cannon-Brookes set to lead alone from September.
Genex Power, the last Australian-listed developer of renewable energy and storage, has accepted a takeover bid from Japanese partner J-Power at a $380 million equity value, topping a rejected Skip Capital offer.
Also RenewEconomy
Profiles Australia's ten wealthiest women from the AFR's new list, alongside Canva's in-progress share sale, a large gift to a global gender-fund vehicle, and one backer's earlier healthtech round.
RenewEconomy reports J-Power's $380 million takeover offer for ASX-listed Genex Power, a year after Skip Capital's failed attempt; the Japanese utility already owns a stake and has lent the company $35 million.
Also RenewEconomy
TechCrunch profiles Neara, an Australian startup whose AI models of electricity networks help utilities predict and manage extreme-weather risks, naming its investors and utility customers.
Roundup of ten Australian startup raises totalling $38.8 million, topped by Heidi Health's Series A, also recording an Outstaffer executive appointment and the earlier sale of CarAdvice to Nine.