Venture capital fund · 4 deals
Brisbane, QLD
Every published round Tribe Global Ventures 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paperly | Unnamed stage | 29 Nov 2025 | $3m | Lead | Startup News (WA), Startup Daily, SmartCompany, Purpose Ventures portfolio | |
| 1Breadcrumb | Bridge / extension | 4 May 2025 | $4.5m | Participant | SmartCompany, Startup Daily | |
| SwarmFarm | Series A | 23 Feb 2023 | $12m | Participant | SmartCompany (1 Mar 2023), AgFunderNews (23 Feb 2023), SmartCompany (17 Feb 2023), AgFunderNews (16 Feb 2023), AgFunderNews (16 Feb 2023) | |
| SwarmFarm Robotics | Series A | 15 Feb 2023 | $12m | Participant | SmartCompany (3 Oct 2025), SmartCompany (2 Oct 2025), Startup Daily (24 Jun 2024), AgFunderNews, Startup Daily (15 Feb 2023), SmartCompany (15 Feb 2023) |
Companies Tribe Global Ventures has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SwarmFarm Robotics | Builds small, self-driving farm robots (SwarmBots) with the SwarmConnect platform to help… | 15 Feb 2023, Series A | 1 | 0 |
| SwarmFarm | Farming robots for sustainable agriculture | 23 Feb 2023, Series A | 1 | 0 |
| Paperly | EdTech platform replacing manual school admin processes with digital workflows | 29 Nov 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 1Breadcrumb | Worksite and process management software platform focused on construction | 4 May 2025, Bridge / extension | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Tribe Global Ventures, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Tribe Global Ventures has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Tribe Global Ventures did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Butler | Investment Associate | Startup News (WA), Tribe Global Ventures team page |
Stories naming Tribe Global Ventures. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Funding roundup covering four raises: Pay.com.au's $25 million round plus a $28 million secondary, Ruminant Biotech's Series A, Australis Scientific's Rohto-backed funding, and Paperly's $3 million round led by Tribe Global Ventures.
1Breadcrumb has acquired Canberra rival SignOnSite and raised a $4.5 million SAFE note from Five V Capital, Tribe Global Ventures and a US family office, creating a merged construction-safety technology provider.
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Paladin Space has received a $100,000 South Australian Government Seed-Start grant to develop AI debris-identification with AIML, and will pitch SpaceX and NASA during a US trade delegation.
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SwarmFarm raised a Series A for its autonomous farming platform, led by Conexus Venture Capital's Emmertech fund, with existing backers also participating, to further develop its hardware-software system.
Queensland robotics startup SwarmFarm closed a $12 million Series A led by Conexus Venture Capital, following an earlier grant and a 2020 raise, to scale its autonomous farming platform.
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