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Soul Capital

Disclosed deals

Every published round Soul 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.

Company	Stage	Announced	Amount	Role	Alongside	Sources
Teacher's Buddy	Seed	18 Nov 2025	$1.8m	Participant	Giant Leap Flying Fox Ventures Co Ventures Exhort Ventures Saniel Ventures	Startup Daily (21 Nov 2025), Startup Daily (19 Nov 2025), Exhort Ventures portfolio

Portfolio

Companies Soul 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
Teacher's Buddy	AI-based education startup building an all-in-one AI-enhanced workspace to tackle teacher…	18 Nov 2025, Seed	1	0

Funds

Fund closes reported for Soul Capital, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for Soul Capital yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

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

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

Coverage

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

23 deals

Cheque-in: 17 ANZ startups – plus Brooki and The Memo – raised $59.61 million this week

A weekly roundup of funding deals by Australian and New Zealand startups, spanning baked goods, retail, health AI, beverages, edtech, solar, legal tech, and Western Australian medical research grants.

Startup Daily 21 Nov 2025 ArthoLase Biotome Pty Ltd Curtin University DermR Health Research WA Pty Ltd Dispute Buddy Edrolo Hopr Materia Health Medow Health AI MetroElectro Murdoch University Pretect Devices Pty Ltd ProGenis Pharmaceuticals Proteomics International Pty Ltd Respirion Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd Teacher's Buddy The Kids Research Institute Australia The Memo University of Western Australia Centre for Child Health Research Chris O'Brien Lifehouse Matildas Morgans Redbubble The Wine Collective Co Ventures Ecotone Partners Epic Angels Exhort Ventures Flying Fox Ventures Giant Leap Innovation Seed Fund Pier 12 Capital Saniel Ventures Soul Capital Techstars Sydney WA Future Health Research and Innovation Fund Wavemaker Impact Chris Titley John Bromley Dr Johnny Wu Dr Michael Boyer Dr Michael Solomon Sue Read Dame Theresa Gattung Ben Sze Joel Freiberg Jose Ramirez Josh Freiberg Kate Casey Laz Siapantas Lloyd Heinrich Matt Abraham Phoebe Simmonds

Seed $1.8m

Edrolo cofounder's AI teacher burnout startup chalks up $1.85 million Seed round

Melbourne education AI startup Teacher's Buddy has secured seed backing, with Giant Leap leading, to grow its teacher productivity platform across Australia, New Zealand and the UK.

Startup Daily 19 Nov 2025 Teacher's Buddy Edrolo Co Ventures Exhort Ventures Flying Fox Ventures Giant Leap Saniel Ventures Soul Capital Adam Milgrom Ben Sze Matt Abraham Maxine Minter

Also Startup Daily

6 deals

Five ANZ startups that raised $79 million in the past two weeks

Roundup of five raises across Australia and New Zealand: Constantinople's $50m Series A, Illuvium's US$12m, Forever Network's $6m, Starboard's NZ$5m seed and Medibis's $736,000 crowdfunding.

9 deals

Six Aussie startups that raised $34.2 million this week

Weekly roundup covering six startup raises: ImmVirX, Nutromics, Nuheara, Autism 360, Cogo and Gather, plus Nutromics' 30X30 selection, a board appointment and Viralytics' earlier sale to Merck.

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