Startup · $238k raised
Geelong, VIC
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Zena Sport raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Australia | Accelerator | $148,000 |
| Amazon | Pre-seed · Accelerator | - |
| Breakthrough Victoria | Pre-seed · Accelerator | $296,000 |
| Carbine | Pre-seed · Accelerator | - |
| Euphemia | Pre-seed · Accelerator | - |
| Smorgon Family | Pre-seed · Accelerator | - |
Companies Zena Sport acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Zena Sport. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
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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Weekly roundup of eight Australian startups together securing $149 million: One Model, SafetyCulture, Hysata, Pendula, Marqo, Medigrowth, Curiious and Zena Sport, spanning HR analytics, safety tech, hydrogen, AI, medicinal cannabis, VR and sportstech.
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Geelong sportswear startup Zena Sport has closed its first outside round, with Breakthrough Victoria putting in $148,000 and Carbine, the Smorgon family and Euphemia also taking part, after an Amazon Launchpad grant win.
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Breakthrough Victoria announces a $148,000 pre-seed investment in Geelong maker Zena Sport, whose protective vests guard female athletes against breast injury; Carbine, Smorgon Family and Euphemia also backed the first external round.
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Perth skincare maker Antibeauty has received one of four $90,000 grants from Amazon's Launchpad program, chosen alongside three fellow finalists after pitching in Sydney.