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AfterWork Ventures sets out its case for backing Avarni, a carbon accounting platform targeting Scope 3 supply-chain emissions, noting its round was led by Main Sequence with Sprint Ventures also taking part.
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AfterWork Ventures announces it joined Avarni's pre-seed round and interviews founders Misha Cajic and Anuj Paudel on their path from school projects to emissions tracking software.
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AfterWork Ventures interviews tikpay founder Michael Walters about his journey from building and selling littlepay to raising the transport payments startup's pre-seed round, which AfterWork co-led with unnamed venture investors in early 2023.
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AfterWork Ventures explains why it co-led transport ticketing and payments startup tikpay's pre-seed round with Black Nova Ventures, Investible, Func Ventures and Metagrove Ventures, citing the founders' deep sector expertise.
Also Afterwork Ventures portfolio·SmartCompany·Startup Daily
AfterWork Ventures announces its pre-seed investment in coaching software startup Medoo and interviews its two co-founders about how they built the business together.
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AfterWork Ventures' team reflects on lessons from raising their first community-powered fund, describing their fundraising approach, community generosity, and recognition on The Australian's Innovator's List.
AfterWork Ventures' Q&A explaining venture capital basics, announcing the first close of its first professional fund above $10 million against a $30 million target, with illustrative comparisons to Uber, Canva, Blackbird and Square Peg.
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AfterWork Ventures explains why it led coaching-software startup Medoo's pre-seed round, profiling its two founders' operating backgrounds and arguing workplace trends will drive adoption of coaching tools.
AfterWork Ventures reflects on backing Stropro in February 2020, explaining why the platform opening structured bank products to sophisticated investors fits its unbundling-of-banks thesis and Asia-Pacific ambitions.
AfterWork Ventures explains its pre-seed investment in Tirtyl, a zero-waste cleaning tablet startup, covering the founders' backgrounds, early traction, unit economics, and competitors including ZeroCo and Blueland.
AfterWork Ventures explains why it joined Blakthumb's pre-seed round, led by Tidal Ventures, backing software for indoor food and cannabis growers founded by Mel Fyfe and Carey Taylor.
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AfterWork Ventures' first-birthday post recalls its founders' angel record, a 2019 micro-fund, a ten million dollar first close five months in, and the launch of its NFT project.
AfterWork Ventures explains why it reinvested in OwnHome's $31 million Series A led by Square Peg with Commonwealth Bank, having backed the rent-to-buy startup's pre-seed round in July 2021.
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AfterWork Ventures explains why it joined SwingVision's $2 million seed round led by Tennis Australia's Wildcard Ventures, alongside Roddick, Blake and the MyFitnessPal co-founders; the app brings pro-grade tennis analytics to amateurs.
AfterWork Ventures explains why it invested pre-seed in Samphire Neuroscience, a neurotech startup whose headband eases menstrual symptoms, alongside hardware accelerator HAX, profiling the Oxford-founded team and the women's health opportunity.
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AfterWork Ventures' investment note explains why it backed OfferFit, whose AI replaces A/B testing for marketers, in a May 2021 pre-Series A round, and notes Canvas Ventures led a $14m USD Series A.
Deals recorded from Afterwork Ventures portfolio's coverage. A round is listed once, however many of their articles mention it.
Companies named in Afterwork Ventures portfolio's articles, most-covered first.
| Company | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Canva | Online design and visual communication platform | 3 |
| Avarni | 2 | |
| Cover Genius | Embedded insurance and protection APIs for digital brands | 2 |
| Technology company operator of Firebase, referenced as comparison | 2 | |
| Herbert Smith Freehills | 2 | |
| KPMG | Professional services firm | 2 |
| Littlepay | 2 | |
| Medoo | 2 | |
| Tikpay | Account-based ticketing and payments for public transport | 2 |
| AirTree Ventures | 1 | |
| Allbirds | 1 | |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 1 | |
| Antler Australia | Global early-stage VC investing in founders from first check to IPO | 1 |
| ANZ | 1 | |
| Apple | 1 | |
| Atlassian | Australian software company referenced as Accel's earlier investment. | 1 |
| Bamboo | 1 | |
| Benchmark | 1 | |
| Black Sheep Capital | 1 | |
| Blackbird Ventures | 1 | |
| Blakthumb | 1 | |
| Brinks Home | 1 | |
| Car Next Door | 1 | |
| Cisco | 1 | |
| Citi | 1 | |
| Coinbase | US crypto exchange | 1 |
| Coles | Australian retailer using Zitcha's platform | 1 |
| Columbia University | University where Dr. Jeffrey Ascherman leads the plastic surgery division and presented t… | 1 |
| Credit Suisse | Global investment bank | 1 |
| Crimson Education | Global education advisory business spanning university admissions consulting, tutoring an… | 1 |
| CultureAmp | 1 | |
| Dollar Shave Club | 1 | |
| US tech giant | 1 | |
| Fitbit | 1 | |
| Fiverr | 1 | |
| Freetrade | 1 | |
| Gamma | 1 | |
| Giant Leap | 1 | |
| Go1 | Startup that reached unicorn status in 1H 2021 | 1 |
| Google Ventures | 1 | |
| Harvard | 1 | |
| Ignition | Vertical software company for accounting firms | 1 |
| Jacobs | 1 | |
| KFC | 1 | |
| 1 | ||
| Lyka | Subscription fresh dog food maker selling direct to consumers | 1 |
| Macquarie Bank | Bank providing specialised and asset finance | 1 |
| McKinsey & Co | 1 | |
| MyFitnessPal | 1 | |
| NAB | 1 | |
| Offerfit | 1 | |
| Onfido | 1 | |
| OwnHome | 1 | |
| Papercut Software | 1 | |
| Partners in Performance | 1 | |
| Peloton | 1 | |
| PropertyGuru | 1 | |
| Qualgro | 1 | |
| Quantum Black | 1 | |
| Regen | 1 | |
| Rio Tinto | 1 | |
| Robinhood | 1 | |
| Rocket Internet | 1 | |
| SafetyCulture | Workplace safety and operations software company. | 1 |
| Samphire Neuroscience | 1 | |
| Schneider Electric | 1 | |
| Sequoia | 1 | |
| Sharesies | Kiwi billion-dollar brokerage startup where Hardy Michel and Shak Lala previously worked. | 1 |
| Skip Capital | Private fund investing in technology and infrastructure | 1 |
| Societe Generale | 1 | |
| SOSV | 1 | |
| Spaceship | 1 | |
| Square | 1 | |
| Stake | Investing platform | 1 |
| Stanford University | 1 | |
| Starbucks | 1 | |
| Stripe | 1 | |
| Stropro | Structured investment solutions for financial advisers | 1 |
| Swingvision | 1 | |
| Techstars | 1 | |
| Tenacious Ventures | Venture firm backing early-stage agri-food startups | 1 |
| Tennis Australia | 1 | |
| Tesla | 1 | |
| The Australian | News media outlet that used Juno's real-time sentiment data | 1 |
| Tiger Global | 1 | |
| Tiliter | 1 | |
| Tirtyl | Refillable home and personal care soaps and cleaners | 1 |
| Transurbun | 1 | |
| Uber | Ride-hailing and delivery platform | 1 |
| University of Oxford | 1 | |
| Westpac | Australian bank | 1 |
| Who Gives A Crap | 1 | |
| x15 Ventures | The Commonwealth Bank's VC arm | 1 |
| Xinja | 1 | |
| ZeroCo | 1 | |
| Zoox | Robo-taxi company | 1 |
Investors named in Afterwork Ventures portfolio's articles, most-covered first.
| Investor | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Afterwork Ventures | 16 | |
| Square Peg Capital | 3 | |
| Luxem | 2 | |
| Black Nova Venture Capital | 1 | |
| Black Nova Ventures | 1 | |
| Commonwealth Bank | Australian bank | 1 |
| Func Ventures | 1 | |
| HAX | 1 | |
| Investible | 1 | |
| Main Sequence Ventures | 1 | |
| Metagrove Ventures | 1 | |
| Sprint Ventures | 1 | |
| Tidal Ventures | 1 | |
| Wildcard Ventures | Venture fund for sports, health and entertainment tech startups | 1 |