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Folklore Ventures announces it has joined Arkeus' A$25 million Series A with QIC Ventures, R+ VC and returning backers, describing the Melbourne defence-sensing startup's technology and growth plans.
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Folklore Ventures introduces Florencia Quinteros as its new Head of Operations, covering her background at Australian Ethical Super and healthtech scaleup TMRW, her operational approach, and her views on the Australian startup ecosystem.
A retrospective on 2025 Australian venture activity: large raises at Firmus, Heidi Health, Airwallex and others, deep tech momentum, and Folklore's own backing of Hullbot and Sphere.
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Folklore Ventures brings Albert Bielinko in as a partner, recounting his decade as a Titanium Ventures general partner, his earlier investments, and Enable's later acquisition by Flintfox.
Folklore Ventures says its investee Sphere has secured US$20 million in a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Y Combinator, Felicis and 20VC also in; Folklore backed Sphere at pre-seed.
Folklore Ventures welcomes Divine Aaron to its investment team as an investor, in a Q&A covering her move from neuroscience research and consulting into venture capital and her views on AI-era software.
Folklore Ventures marks the sale of its portfolio company Ansarada to Datasite, looking back on its 2018 Series A backing and thanking the founders, directors and chair.
Folklore Ventures introduces Chris Comino as its new investor relations lead in a Q&A covering his three decades in asset management and what drew him to venture capital.
Folklore Ventures Q&A with Strong Compute founder Ben Sand covering its enterprise AI compute offering, community events, grant programs, hiring and his take on how AI market assumptions have shifted.
Folklore's blog introduces new CFO Clare Power, who brings a quarter-century of finance experience from firms including Deloitte, Deutsche Bank, BT and Income Asset Management.
Folklore's blog introduces new investor Mitchell Bissinger, who discusses his operating background at a healthcare company, advisory work and a food venture, plus his views on early-stage backing in the region.
Folklore Ventures founder story recalling its seed backing of Manuri Gunawardena's clinical trial matching startup HealthMatch, plus follow-ons in its Series A and December 2020 Series B alongside Square Peg.
Deals recorded from Folklore Ventures portfolio's coverage. A round is listed once, however many of their articles mention it.
Companies named in Folklore Ventures portfolio's articles, most-covered first.
| Company | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Hullbot | Deploys autonomous underwater robots to solve biofouling for ship hulls | 2 |
| OpenSolar | Software platform for the global rooftop solar industry | 2 |
| Samsara Eco | AI-powered enzyme discovery platform for recycling plastics at scale | 2 |
| Sphere | Cross-border tax compliance | 2 |
| AeroVironment | Drone manufacturer whose platforms integrate Arkeus systems. | 1 |
| Airwallex | Fintech payments and financial infrastructure company | 1 |
| Ansarada | Virtual data room provider for M&A dealmakers | 1 |
| Arkeus | AI-powered sensing systems for autonomous platforms | 1 |
| Australian Department of Defence | 1 | |
| Auth0 | Identity and access management company | 1 |
| Boeing | Parent company of drone maker Insitu. | 1 |
| BT | Funds management organisation | 1 |
| Datasite | Software conglomerate operating in the virtual data room market, owned by CapVest | 1 |
| Deloitte | Professional services and advisory firm | 1 |
| Deutsche Bank | 1 | |
| Enable | Rebate and pricing software company | 1 |
| Eucalyptus | 1 | |
| Firmus Technologies | GPU-powered AI cloud and scalable compute infrastructure | 1 |
| Goldman Sachs | Investment bank | 1 |
| Technology company operator of Firebase, referenced as comparison | 1 | |
| HealthMatch | 1 | |
| Heidi Health | Australian HealthTech company | 1 |
| InfraVision | Aerial robotics for power grid infrastructure | 1 |
| Insitu | Boeing subsidiary and drone manufacturer whose platforms integrate Arkeus systems. | 1 |
| Lululemon | Retail apparel company that entered offtake agreement with Samsara Eco | 1 |
| Macquarie Group | 1 | |
| Merrill Lynch | 1 | |
| Meta | 1 | |
| Monash University | University partnered on Remagine Labs spin-out | 1 |
| muru-D | 1 | |
| Nvidia | Technology company developing platforms for AI computing including orbital compute. | 1 |
| Perennial Partners | 1 | |
| Point72 | 1 | |
| PwC | Professional services and accounting firm | 1 |
| Roche | 1 | |
| Sentient Vision Systems | AI computer vision company | 1 |
| Sequoia India | 1 | |
| Square Peg Capital | 1 | |
| Strong Compute | Management system for GPUs providing fast compute for machine learning use cases | 1 |
| Tekever | Drone manufacturer whose platforms integrate Arkeus systems. | 1 |
| Telstra | Telecommunications company | 1 |
| Textron | Drone manufacturer whose platforms integrate Arkeus systems. | 1 |
| Titanium Ventures | 1 | |
| TMRW | Healthtech scaleup | 1 |
| UNSW | 1 | |
| US Department of War | 1 |
Investors named in Folklore Ventures portfolio's articles, most-covered first.
| Investor | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Folklore Ventures | Research firm providing venture capital data | 12 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 2 | |
| Y Combinator | 2 | |
| 20VC | 1 | |
| Felicis | 1 | |
| GIC | 1 | |
| Main Sequence Ventures | 1 | |
| QIC Ventures | 1 | |
| R+VC | 1 |