Investor · 4 deals

Thorney

Disclosed deals

Every published round Thorney 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
Visionary Machines	Unnamed stage	23 Jul 2025	$3.5m	Participant	Folklore Ventures OIF Ventures Salus Salus Ventures Significant Capital Ventures	Startup Daily, SmartCompany
Mosh	Unnamed stage	7 Feb 2022	$25m	Participant	Parc Capital Corp Joe Spector Washington H, Soul Pattinson Regal Funds Management Parc Capital	Startup Daily, SmartCompany
Visionary Machines	Seed	1 Nov 2021	$7.5m	Participant	Folklore Ventures Our Innovation Fund Significant Capital Ventures Thorney Investment IQT International Australia OIF Ventures In-Q-Tel Salus	Startup Daily, SmartCompany, Our Innovation Fund (1 Nov 2021), Our Innovation Fund (5 Aug 2021), Folklore Ventures portfolio, OIF Ventures portfolio, Significant Capital Ventures portfolio
Metigy	Series B	Nov 2020	$20m	Participant	Cygnet Capital Regal Funds Management OC Funds Five V Capital	Startup Daily (19 Jun 2026), SmartCompany (5 Nov 2025), Startup Daily (4 Nov 2025), Startup Daily (12 Dec 2022), Startup Daily (24 Nov 2022), Startup Daily (3 Oct 2022), SmartCompany (2 Aug 2022), Startup Daily (1 Aug 2022)

Portfolio

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

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds
Metigy	failed AI adtech startup	Nov 2020, Series B	1
Mosh		7 Feb 2022	1
Visionary Machines	Computer-vision start-up whose technology uses arrays of cameras for 3D spatial sensing t…	1 Nov 2021, Seed	2

Funds

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

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

Portfolio companies acquired

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

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

Coverage

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

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🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #180, 4th October 2026

Weekly roundup reporting Australian startup funding rounds and government grants, a venture fund close, agreed acquisitions, an IPO pricing, a collapse, plus executive hires and AI policy developments.

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Series B $20m

Digital marketing startup Metigy placed in administration with the loss of 75 jobs

Adtech startup Metigy has entered administration with Cathro & Partners appointed and 75 jobs lost, 20 months after a $20 million Series B; proptech Yabonza also entered administration last week.

Startup Daily 1 Aug 2022 Metigy Cathro & Partners CP Ventures Five V Capital Herbert Smith Freehills OC Funds Regal Funds Management Thorney We Are Social Yabonza Cygnet Capital Akhila Bhatt David Fairfull Johnson Lin Myra Beal

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Mosh raises $25 million to break down taboos in men's healthcare

Australian men's health startup Mosh has secured $25 million in fresh capital from Hims co-founder Joe Spector, Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Regal Funds Management, with existing backers Parc Capital and Thorney also participating.

SmartCompany 18 Jan 2022 Eucalyptus Mosh Tinder Blackbird Ventures NewView Parc Capital Regal Funds Management Thorney W23 Washington H, Soul Pattinson Joe Spector Justin Mateen

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