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Innovation hub, home of the Plus Eight Accelerator
Perth, WA
Every published round Spacecubed 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, and a place in one of its own programs is under Cohorts.
Everyone Spacecubed has named to a program in published coverage. A place in a program is not a raise: the cheque is the figure recorded with the place, which is the program's standard terms where we hold them, and a blank is one we don't.
| Member | Program | Announced | Cheque | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paperly | Plus Eight Accelerator | 2022 | - | Startup News (WA) |
| Bobbleware Australia | Plus Eight Accelerator | 2022 | - | Techboard, Startup News (WA) |
| Arbela | Plus Eight Accelerator | 2022 | - | Techboard, Startup News (WA) |
Companies Spacecubed has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbela | 2022, Accelerator | 1 | 1 | |
| Bobbleware Australia | 2022, Accelerator | 1 | 1 | |
| Force Hooks | 21 Jul 2022, Accelerator | 1 | 0 | |
| Kinsey Global | 1 Jun 2022, Accelerator | 1 | 0 | |
| Omni Biotech | 28 Jun 2023, Accelerator | 1 | 0 | |
| OneBase | 8 Sep 2022, Accelerator | 1 | 1 | |
| Paperly | EdTech platform replacing manual school admin processes with digital workflows | 2022, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
| SeedCulture | 21 Jul 2022, Accelerator | 1 | 0 | |
| Snackr | 30 Jun 2022, Seed | 1 | 0 | |
| SportCentrAll | 1 Jun 2022, Accelerator | 1 | 0 | |
| Three Little Pixels | 8 Sep 2022, Accelerator | 1 | 1 | |
| Vendaly | 13 May 2024, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
Investors that coverage says has money in a fund Spacecubed runs. This is a stake in the fund, not in any company the fund has backed.
| Investor | Fund | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Lotterywest | IdeaStarter | Startup Daily (9 May 2023), Startup Daily (28 Feb 2023) |
Companies Spacecubed has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Spacecubed did.
| Company | Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio company of Spacecubed is recorded as having been acquired. | ||||
Companies Spacecubed acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Spacecubed raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Western Australian government | Accelerator | - |
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Brodie McCulloch | Managing Director (former) · Founder | Startup Daily, Startup News (WA) (27 Mar 2023), Startup News (WA) (21 Feb 2023), Startup News (WA) (14 Dec 2022), Startup News (WA) (22 Jul 2022) |
| Kylie Gerrard | Startup News (WA) (7 Apr 2024), Startup News (WA) (27 Mar 2023) |
Stories naming Spacecubed. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
WA's government is putting $150,000 into Spacecubed's Perth Landing Pad through 2026, sustaining a 90-day program helping overseas startups enter Western Australia; 100-plus international startups have come through it so far.
Perth accelerator Plus Eight, run by Spacecubed, marks ten years and invites applications for its tenth intake, promising participant startups seed funding, mentoring and a San Francisco visit.
Western Australia's government has awarded nearly $2.56 million in grants to 14 groups running accelerators and education programs via its Innovation Pathways Program, with the next round due November 2026.
Sixteen WA startups join the 2025 Plus Eight Accelerator's first phase, its largest cohort; top performers will later share seed funding and pitch at an October demo night. Alumni include Matter, acquired by Go1.
Ten13 profiles angel investor Tracie Clark, tracing her path from property and wealth management into early-stage investing, her founder-focused diligence, syndicate work championing women investors, and a new syndicate backing Plus Eight alumni.
Startup News profiles the twelve startups chosen for Spacecubed's 2024 Plus Eight intake in Western Australia, naming their founders and crediting the partners behind the program.
WA's Purpose Ventures has put more money into Plancare, a self-managed healthcare platform, lifting its cumulative backing to $2.5 million; the article also profiles the fund's founders, portfolio and history.
Also Startup Daily
WA's government has granted 26 early-stage companies amounts reaching $40,000 each through the Innovation Booster Grant, listing every recipient and project; the program now accepts applications year-round.
Also Startup News (WA)
Year-end podcast episode: a festival panel with the founders of Uluu, Raaise and Electro Ventures on climate tech challenges, wins and plans for 2024.
Podcast chat with Paperly founder Dan Dawson, whose education technology company joined a Perth accelerator and won backing from venture fund Purpose Ventures.
Simon Anderson discusses building school engagement platform Notis over a decade with overseas funding, and his newer social video app Swayz, on Perth's Startup West podcast.
Podcast episode in which the co-founders of a medtech startup discuss their vein-visualising device, last year's seed raise, a grant win, and progress toward trials.
ASTN has received a Western Australian government grant to deliver its sports technology entrepreneurship and pre-accelerator programs in WA, with a Perth launch event scheduled for 25 July.
Techboard's May 2023 roundup of Australian startup funding: 42 private raises topped by Fleet Space's $50m round, two $40m acquisitions, multiple grants, accelerator intakes, and fund news including GiantLeap's $50m fund raise.
Ten startups graduate from Curtin University's 2023 Accelerate cohort, spanning health, education, mining and tech; the group shares $100,000 in equity-free money backed by Lotterywest via Spacecubed's IdeaStarter fund.
Kylie and Derek Gerrard's Purpose Ventures has closed $37m for its Western Australian startup fund, with WA investors, the Steinberg Family Office as cornerstone backer and state government operational support.
Also Startup Daily
Curtin University has named the startups joining the 2023 intake of its redesigned 12-week accelerator, which provides grants and pooled equity-free funding support.
Western Australia's government has selected three forming local early-stage venture funds, Purpose Ventures, Fund WA and Quokka Capital, for 100,000 dollars each in matched operational funding under its WAVES pilot.
Two Perth startups have each secured $3 million. GeoMoby drew mostly French backers plus Agreement Hub and a METS Ignited grant; Vedi raised mainly from MSD Animal Health, with Companion Fund also taking part.
Techboard's September 2022 roundup reports Australian raises led by Morse Micro's $140m Series B, several acquisitions including ResApp Health to Pfizer, fund closes by Telstra Ventures, OIF and Main Sequence, and open raises.
Startup News hands out its fifth annual community-voted awards, honouring WeMoney, Stuart Kidd and Paula Taylor, plus Spacecubed's Golden Ticket won by Matilda, and recaps the year's most-read stories including several funding rounds.
Startup West podcast episode with Artrya co-founder John Barrington on the ASX-listed healthtech firm, which raised $40 million when it listed in November 2021 at a $105 million valuation.
Podcast interview with SWAN Systems co-founder and CEO Tim Hyde covering the water and fertiliser scheduling platform's farming origins, awards, cumulative raising, team size and overseas clients.
Techboard's anniversary roundup catalogues a month of Australian startup funding: megadeals, three acquisitions, large debt deals, grants, accelerator intakes, and fund news including Archangel Ventures' committed capital.
Spacecubed's Plus Eight Accelerator has named six startups advancing to its final phase, giving them access to a $500,000 seed funding pool and a Demo Night pitch at December's West Tech Fest.
Podcast interview with Soter Analytics co-founder Matt Hart on the Perth-born workplace-safety wearables firm, now London-headquartered, its growth beyond 50 staff and its most recent raise exceeding A$16 million.
Coworking operator Spacecubed marked its tenth birthday with a $5.9 million Lotterywest grant to back Western Australia's early-stage ecosystem — the funder's largest single award, ten years after a smaller grant helped launch it.
Techboard's monthly roundup logs June 2022 Australian funding events, including GO1's Series E, Edrolo's Series B, two acquisitions, several new funds reaching closes, and accelerator intake announcements.
Also Techboard
RAC's Perth-based BetterLabs Venture Fund has deployed more than $2.5 million across eight Australian startups in six months, including seed funding for Snackr, taking its portfolio to 22 investments and over $12 million.
Also Startup Daily·Cut Through Venture·SmartCompany·Startup Daily
Podcast episode with the two founders of IDEA, a new school for young entrepreneurs, covering their accelerator graduation, early backing from BetterLabs Ventures, and first student cohort.
Live-event food delivery app Snackr has raised a $915,000 seed round led by BetterLabs with Woodside Energy, Eastcourt Capital and Spacecubed Ventures, to grow across more Australian and UK venues.
Ten startups have been chosen for the 2022 Plus Eight Accelerator in Perth, with corporate partners including Capricorn Society, Woodside Energy and RAC BetterLabs supporting the founders as the program begins.
Spacecubed has selected 17 startups for its 2022 Plus Eight Accelerator Bootcamp, where they will pitch to advance toward potential seed funding; two founders from the 2021 program are also quoted.
Interview with the founder of Envited about a social-media-agnostic event tool for teenagers, covering his recent pre-seed raise and upcoming launch.
Podcast interview with Annie Brox, founder of Western Australian agtech startup Origo farm, covering her path from Norway and telecoms into building IoT connectivity products for farmers, including two government grant wins backing the business.