Startup · $37m raised
Melbourne, OS
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round World View raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Breakthrough Victoria | Series D+ | $37,000,000 |
| Accel | Series D+ | - |
| Canaan Partners | Series D+ | - |
Companies World View acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming World View. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Victoria's opposition pledges to shut down Breakthrough Victoria and sell its investments, calling the state fund a failure. The piece recalls portfolio raises, a rescue deal, an NYSE listing and the LaunchVic merger.
The Victorian government's VC fund Breakthrough Victoria slipped to a loss, its annual report showing startup investments, cost cutting and boardroom departures amid criticism of its spending and performance.
Victorian government-backed investor Breakthrough Victoria has put $15 million into Liquid Instruments, a maker of reconfigurable instruments expanding to Melbourne; earlier raises by Acorn Capital and Anzu Partners are also recalled.
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Breakthrough Victoria has put $37 million into World View's Series D growth round, backing the stratospheric balloon firm's Victorian manufacturing and Indo-Pacific operations.
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