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Every published round Wedgetail 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sumday | Seed | 17 Apr 2024 | $5.3m | Participant | SmartCompany (26 Apr 2024), SmartCompany (22 Apr 2024), SmartCompany (19 Apr 2024), Startup Daily, SmartCompany (17 Apr 2024) |
Companies Wedgetail 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sumday | 17 Apr 2024, Seed | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Wedgetail Ventures, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Wedgetail Ventures has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Wedgetail Ventures did.
Stories naming Wedgetail Ventures. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
A Greenhouse report argues Australia's climate funding problem is deployment rather than capital, citing case studies including NRN's recent $67.2 million raise and blended finance models from Investible and Wedgetail.
Weekly roundup detailing funding rounds by five Australian and New Zealand startups: a diversity analytics platform, a thermal energy storage maker, a carbon accounting service, an activated carbon producer, and legal communications software.
Sumday, a Tasmanian startup making carbon accounting tools, has closed a seed round to fund UK and US expansion, with Planeteer Capital leading and Blackbird, Wedgetail and Canva's Cameron Adams taking part.
Weekly roundup of six Australian startups that together raised $114.5 million, spanning payments, drone defence, carbon accounting, medical AI and health tech, across rounds from pre-seed to Series D.
Fingerprint for Success, an AI coaching platform, has closed a $6.5 million second seed round led by Investible, with Canva's founders investing again; its lifetime funding now totals $9.2 million.