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Remy Tucker recounts moving from midwifery and brand marketing into social enterprise, explaining how her ad-supported bathroom screens offering free period products secured $1.7m seed funding and expanded across Australian cities.
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Interview with Juno founder Michelle Gilmore on her AI listening engine, fifth venture and first external funding — $2.8 million with Blackbird's Nick Crocker leading — plus early customers.
Feature on three founder-mothers — Berwick, Battersby and Fulia — balancing startups and babies; Fulia's first round closed a million dollars above plan, with Blackbird among her investors.
Missing Perspectives quizzed five women founders about their fundraising, covering raises at Constantinople, Build Club, Matilda, Sense of Self and Xylo Systems, and sharing their pitching advice.
Interview with Sunroom co-founder Michelle Battersby on her path from Bumble's first Australian employee and Kic CMO to founding the creator platform, plus investor Nick Crocker on backing the team.
Interview with Sunroom co-founder Lucy Mort on founder life and product lessons, recalling three funding rounds totalling $10.4 million from backers including Blackbird and Red Swan Ventures.
Interview with Constantinople co-founder Di Challenor on her banking career and the record $32 million seed round she and Mac Duncan raised from Square Peg, Airtree and Great Southern Bank.
Interview with Xylo Systems founder Camille Goldstone-Henry on her biodiversity tracking platform, lessons from Startmate, gender bias in venture capital, and a capital raise in progress.
Deals recorded from Missing Perspectives's coverage. A round is listed once, however many of their articles mention it.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On The House | Seed | Jan 2026 | $1.7m |
Companies named in Missing Perspectives's articles, most-covered first.
| Company | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Xylo Systems | AI biodiversity platform | 2 |
| Wollemi Capital | 1 | |
| Westpac | Australian bank | 1 |
| Typeform | Conversational survey software company | 1 |
| Try Juno | AI agent for qualitative research interviews and synthesis | 1 |
| Tinder | 1 | |
| The Australian | News media outlet that used Juno's real-time sentiment data | 1 |
| Taronga Zoo | 1 | |
| Sunroom | Women-founded app aimed at bettering women's lives | 3 |
| Steppen | Gen Z fitness app built and sold by Cara Davies | 2 |
| Startmate | Early-stage investment and mentorship for founders | 2 |
| Square Peg Capital | 2 | |
| Shopify | 2 | |
| Sense of Self | Startup founded by Freya Berwick with a 38-person team | 2 |
| Prosus Ventures | 2 | |
| Patreon | 1 | |
| OnlyFans | 2 | |
| On The House | Free period product dispenser | 1 |
| On Deck | a community and platform that, six years’ later, has gone on to create and empower a thou… | 1 |
| Netflix | 1 | |
| NAB | 2 | |
| More Good Days | 1 | |
| Missing Perspectives | Media outlet running the High Agency Women profile series | 1 |
| Meta | 1 | |
| Matilda | AI-native immigration law service | 1 |
| Macquarie Group | 1 | |
| Leukaemia Foundation | Charity organisation and early Juno customer | 1 |
| Kic | Wellness app | 1 |
| J.P. Morgan | 1 | |
| 2 | ||
| Innocean Australia | Creative/media agency and early Juno customer | 1 |
| Hulu | 1 | |
| Hinge | Dating app where Lucy Mort was lead designer | 2 |
| Great Southern Bank | 1 | |
| Technology company operator of Firebase, referenced as comparison | 1 | |
| EY | Independent consultancy whose EY Parthenon report estimated the economic impact of Breakt… | 1 |
| Everywhere Ventures | 1 | |
| Endeavour Energy | Australian utility partner of Neara | 1 |
| Dovetail | Customer insights and research platform | 1 |
| Disney | 1 | |
| Constantinople | Company where Chris Dwyer worked as a founding engineer | 2 |
| Co-Ventures | 1 | |
| Citibank | Bank where Battersby ran a graduate program | 2 |
| CBA | Major Australian bank where Aigentsphere founders previously held senior roles. | 1 |
| Canva | Online design and visual communication platform | 2 |
| Bumble | Dating app | 1 |
| Build Club | AI-builder community building an e-learning platform for AI education | 1 |
| ANZ | 1 | |
| AirTree Ventures | 2 | |
| Afterwork Ventures | 1 |
Investors named in Missing Perspectives's articles, most-covered first.
| Investor | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Blackbird Ventures | 5 |