Investor · 2 deals
Every published round Trawalla Group 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FoodByUs | Series B | 30 Jan 2023 | US$12m (A$16.9m) | Participant | AgFunderNews (3 Apr 2024), SmartCompany, AgFunderNews (2 Feb 2023), Startup Daily | |
| Neighbourlytics | Seed | 13 Dec 2022 | $1.3m | Participant | Startup Daily (28 Nov 2025), Startup Daily (22 Jul 2025), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (13 Dec 2022) |
Companies Trawalla Group has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FoodByUs | 30 Jan 2023, Series B | 1 | 0 | |
| Neighbourlytics | Real-time lifestyle and mobility data platform unpacking behavioural insights on how peop… | 13 Dec 2022, Seed | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Trawalla Group, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Trawalla Group has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Trawalla Group did.
Stories naming Trawalla Group. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
REA Group has acquired Melbourne lifestyle-data platform Neighbourlytics, delivering exits to investors including Aliavia Ventures and LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund. Terms were undisclosed; the company had raised $1.3 million in 2022.
Also SmartCompany
Allume, a Melbourne company whose SolShare hardware shares rooftop solar among apartments, has raised A$10.2 million, with E.ON UK leading and contributing over A$8 million; earlier backers included Taronga, Trawalla and Mirvac.
The fund's authors recap two climate-investment events, weighing the massive global capital needs, mixed public-private funding models, and its clean-economy portfolio activity in Victoria.
Agtech investor Tenacious Ventures reached an $18 million first close on its second fund, which has a $50 million target; backers include Trawalla Group, Wollemi Capital Group and Macdoch Ventures.
Also Forbes Australia
Profile of ALIAVIA, the venture fund Marisa Warren and Kate Vale started to back women founders across Australia and the US, its Australian backers, and its portfolio companies Eugene, Loupe, HowToo and Othelia AI.
Profile of ALIAVIA, the venture fund Marisa Warren and Kate Vale run from California to back women founders across Australian and US markets; also covers its backers, early investments, and Warren's ELEVACAO program.
ALIAVIA Ventures has closed its debut fund at A$13.5 million. The US-based firm backs female founders bridging Australian and US markets; backers include Carol Schwartz, Tattarang, the Denholms, Euphemia, Dom Pym and Cynthia Scott.
Wollemi Capital, the Sydney climate investor, has closed a $220m raise, past its initial $100m goal, backed by CBA, Trawalla and others; the article recalls its bets on Loam Bio, Pluton Bio and Pachama.
Roundup of six Australian startup raises totalling $94 million: Q-CTRL, Hnry, FoodByUs, F4S, STRAAND and Lenexa Medical, backed by investors including Salesforce Ventures, AirTree, Base Capital, Investible, Unilever Ventures and Stoic VC.
Also stoicam.com.au
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup: funding for FoodByUs, New School Foods, BloomX and others, acquisitions by CropX and Growy, plus layoffs at Impossible Foods and Glovo.
Also AgFunderNews·AgFunderNews
A wholesale hospitality procurement marketplace has closed a Series B led by a South African venture firm, with a New York investor, a Melbourne group and its founding backer also participating, after a 2021 raise.
Melbourne urban analytics firm Neighbourlytics has secured a $1.3 million pre-Series A led by ALIAVIA Ventures, with LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund and four existing backers participating, to fund hiring and product development.