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Ten13 led Bower's A$2m pre-seed round for a voice-first AI assistant that helps scientists capture lab observations hands-free, founded by a four-person team with backgrounds at Microsoft, Google and Atlassian.
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Ten13's post explains why it joined the robotics company's latest raise alongside Blackbird, Neotribe, Startmate and Horizons, covering its autonomous scanning device, dialysis focus, founders, and US rollout plans.
Ten13's post explains why it led Flyweel's pre-seed round with QIC, Antler and angel investors, backing a platform bringing real-time financial visibility and funding to advertising spend.
Ten13's post sets out its reasons for backing Appetise's A$7 million Series A with OIF, Icehouse, NZVC and K1W1, highlighting the grocery platform's shopper dataset and growth.
Ten13 announces its pre-seed investment in Atrium, an AI assistant for managing professional relationships, with AirTree Ventures also taking part, and explains the market case and the founders' backgrounds.
Ten13's monthly newsletter reports its first institutional mandate via Queensland's QVCDF, new seed investments in OneMRI and Source, follow-ons in Arintra and Everlab, and portfolio progress including Go1, Qsic, Pearler and After.com.
Ten13 announces its appointment as a manager under Queensland's $130m VCDF, run by QIC, and its first investment through it: co-leading a $2.5m seed round for OneMRI, a Brisbane healthtech company, alongside OIF Ventures.
Ten13 profiles angel investor Tracie Clark, tracing her path from property and wealth management into early-stage investing, her founder-focused diligence, syndicate work championing women investors, and a new syndicate backing Plus Eight alumni.
Ten13's blog post sets out why it backed Atelier, a beauty-manufacturing platform, in a post-seed deal roughly a year ahead of Atelier's Macquarie-led $10m Series A.
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TEN13's investor letter celebrates passing $100 million deployed, plus fresh backing for iion and Switchboard, team promotions, AutoGrab's overseas growth and NZ-arm sale, and the Mr Yum–Me&U merger.
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Ten13's post explains why it led iion's seed round with Archangel and PixCapital, describing the gaming adtech platform, its three adtech-veteran founders, and the under-penetrated in-game advertising market.
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Interview with entrepreneur Mick Dempsey recalling founding payments firm Ezidebit, its 2014 sale to Global Payments, his family office's early-stage tech investments, plus his new legal-tech venture EzyLegal.
TEN13 announces Joel Pobar, an Anthropic engineering leader formerly at Meta, as its first Venture Partner, reinforcing the firm's AI investing focus; its early bets include Rockfish Data, Arintra and Qsic.
Ten13's blog announces Sophie Robertson's promotion to partner after three years leading investor relations there, alongside a Q&A tracing her move from investment banking and a Startmate fellowship into venture capital.
TEN13 newsletter reporting Chipper Cash's US$150m unicorn round, Mr Yum's Tiger Global-led Series A, and new investments in Payhippo, Preezie, Pushas and Heaps Normal, plus portfolio updates.
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Ten13's year-end post recaps nine new portfolio additions, follow-on support for existing holdings, the Mr Yum and Me&U merger, Go1's Blinkist acquisition, Smileyscope's FDA clearance, and community events.
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Dom Pym discusses his journey from engineering to founding Up Bank and now investing via Euphemia, focusing on social good and underrepresented founders.
Interview with Sydney angel investor Daniel Johnson covering his 71 investments, first backing of FloodMapp, and his group's recent takeover of document-automation software firm Tensis, where he now chairs.
Ten13 announces it led Cartelux's Series A alongside co-investor QIC, outlining the digital retail-marketing platform's founder Josh Williams, its automotive brand customers, traction across ten countries, and its global Google partnership.
Interview with angel investor Carl Hartmann covering his Temando exit, co-founding Compono and Lyre's, what he looks for in founders, and his early-stage portfolio strategy.
Interview with angel investor Natalie Collins, Woolworths Group commercial partnerships head, discussing her 25-startup portfolio, investment thesis and Coca-Cola Amatil venture background.
Deals recorded from Ten13's coverage. A round is listed once, however many of their articles mention it.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bower | Pre-seed | 12 Aug 2026 | $2m | |
| Vexev | Seed | 6 Aug 2026 | $6m | |
| Appetise | Series A | 20 Feb 2026 | $7m | |
| Atrium | Pre-seed | Dec 2025 | $1.3m | |
| Atelier | Series A | 21 Oct 2024 | $10m | |
| iion | Seed | 13 Jun 2024 | - | |
| Switchboard | Seed | May 2024 | $1.5m | |
| Heaps Normal | Unnamed stage | 13 Mar 2024 | $8.5m | |
| Preezie | Series A | 13 Mar 2024 | $5.5m | |
| Everlab | Pre-seed | Dec 2023 | $3m | |
| Mr Yum | Series A | Nov 2021 | $89m |
Companies named in Ten13's articles, most-covered first.
| Company | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| 7-Eleven | Convenience store chain | 1 |
| A Cloud Guru | Cloud computing training platform sold for $2 billion in 2021 | 1 |
| Abbott | 1 | |
| Adore Beauty | 1 | |
| Adyen | Payments infrastructure company | 1 |
| Afterpay | Buy now pay later company | 1 |
| Alibaba | 1 | |
| Amazon | Global e-commerce and technology company | 1 |
| Amplified Intelligence | Changing the way ads are transacted online via attention metrics | 2 |
| Anthropic | AI company | 3 |
| Antler Australia | Global early-stage VC investing in founders from first check to IPO | 1 |
| Appetise | Meal planning and grocery shopping app monetising consumer data for FMCG brands, formerly… | 1 |
| Apple | 1 | |
| Arintra | AI backbone for the future of healthcare revenue assurance | 4 |
| Atelier | Platform helping brands design, manufacture and scale beauty and skincare products | 2 |
| Atlassian | Australian software company referenced as Accel's earlier investment. | 3 |
| Atrium | AI Chief of Staff that manages professional relationships and networks | 1 |
| Audience Republic | 2 | |
| Aussie Angels | Former name of Ventari, angel investment platform | 2 |
| Autograb | 2 | |
| AWS | Cloud computing platform | 1 |
| Baxter Family Office | 1 | |
| BDO | 1 | |
| Bendigo Bank | 1 | |
| Birchal | Equity crowdfunding platform | 1 |
| Blinkist | 1 | |
| Boardcave | 1 | |
| Bookipi | Accounting tools for SMBs | 3 |
| Bower | The AI research partner for scientists | 1 |
| Campaign Monitor | Australian technology company | 1 |
| Canva | Online design and visual communication platform | 1 |
| Carted | 2 | |
| Cartelux | Automated digital advertising platform for global brands with localised retail networks | 2 |
| Centuria Capital | Fund manager specialising in property funds and investment bonds | 1 |
| Chipper Cash | FinTech in Africa | 2 |
| Clipchamp | Queensland success story acquired by Microsoft | 2 |
| Coca-Cola Amatil | Beverage manufacturer and distributor | 1 |
| Cochlear | Australian medical technology firm. | 1 |
| Coles | Australian retailer using Zitcha's platform | 1 |
| Compono | HR tech platform | 2 |
| Credit Suisse | Global investment bank | 1 |
| Crowdcube | Equity crowdfunding site | 1 |
| CSIRO | Australia's national science research agency, from which Terria spun out | 1 |
| Culture Kings | 1 | |
| Deel | 1 | |
| Delegate Connect | 1 | |
| Dovetail | Customer insights and research platform | 1 |
| Drawboard | 2 | |
| Employment Hero | Another Australian company backed by TCV | 1 |
| EntryLevel | re-skilling thousands of people globally for the jobs of the future | 1 |
| Envato | 1 | |
| EQL | 1 | |
| Euphemia | 1 | |
| Everlab | AI-powered preventative healthcare platform | 2 |
| Ezidebit | Payment processing/fintech startup automating fee collection, sold in 2014 | 1 |
| US tech giant | 1 | |
| Ferocia | 1 | |
| Fidelity | 1 | |
| FloodMapp | Flood mapping and prediction technology company | 1 |
| Flyweel | Financial layer for ad spend, offering embedded lending, spend cards and bill pay | 1 |
| Folklore Ventures | Research firm providing venture capital data | 1 |
| Ford | 1 | |
| Galileo Ventures | 1 | |
| Gandel Invest | Strategic capital, contacts and expertise for businesses | 1 |
| Global Payments | American payments company that acquired Ezidebit in 2014 | 1 |
| Go1 | Startup that reached unicorn status in 1H 2021 | 5 |
| Technology company operator of Firebase, referenced as comparison | 6 | |
| Granola | AI note-taking company | 1 |
| Heaps Normal | Non-alcoholic beer company | 2 |
| Honda | 1 | |
| iion | Adtech platform connecting brands and agencies with advertising inventory in video games | 2 |
| 1 | ||
| Instant | E-Commerce giant | 3 |
| January Capital | Venture capital and growth credit for technology companies | 1 |
| JATO | Leading auto data specialist | 1 |
| John Deere | 1 | |
| JP Morgan Chase | 1 | |
| Jungle Ventures | 1 | |
| Kinde | Technology company co-founded by Evgeny Komarevstev | 1 |
| Klarna | Payments and buy-now-pay-later company | 1 |
| Lazard | 1 | |
| 1 | ||
| Linktree | 2 | |
| Ludo Studios | Creator of Bluey | 1 |
| Lyre's | Non-alcoholic drinks company | 2 |
| Mastercard | Global payments company | 1 |
| McCullough Robertson | 1 | |
| Me&U | 2 | |
| Meta | 4 | |
| MG | 1 | |
| Microsoft | 2 | |
| Microsoft Dynamics 365 | Microsoft's ERP and CRM software suite including Finance, Sales and Supply Chain Manageme… | 1 |
| Mini | 1 | |
| Mollie | Payments company | 1 |
| Monzo | 1 | |
| Morgan Stanley | Investment bank where Gabrielle Munzer previously worked | 1 |
| Mr Yum | Digital ordering and hospitality technology company | 3 |
| MyDeal | Online marketplace acquired by Woolworths Group | 1 |
| Nissan | 1 | |
| Nvidia | Technology company developing platforms for AI computing including orbital compute. | 1 |
| Octopus Deploy | Startup reported to have reached unicorn status, valuation unconfirmed | 1 |
| OneMRI | 2 | |
| Partly | 2 | |
| Peak XV Partners | 2 | |
| Pearler | Investment platform for younger Australians | 1 |
| Perth Angels | 1 | |
| PFG (Partners for Growth) | 1 | |
| Philips Healthcare | 1 | |
| Plus Eight Accelerator | 1 | |
| Preezie | Fast-growing Australian tech company backed by Skalata | 1 |
| Prince of Wales Hospital | 1 | |
| Pushas | Marketplace for sneakers, streetwear and collectibles | 1 |
| QIC Ventures | 4 | |
| QSIC | In-store audio network technology | 3 |
| Queensland Government | 1 | |
| Queensland Venture Capital Development Fund | 1 | |
| Quicksilver | 1 | |
| Radium Capital | Finance solutions advancing R&D tax refunds to businesses | 1 |
| Raenest | Fintech company transforming cross-border payments | 2 |
| realestate.com.au | 1 | |
| Renault | 1 | |
| Republic | US platform that acquired Seedrs | 1 |
| ResMed | 1 | |
| Revolut | 1 | |
| River City Labs | 2 | |
| Rockfish Data | Synthetic data company | 3 |
| SafetyCulture | Workplace safety and operations software company. | 1 |
| Scale Investors | 1 | |
| Seedrs | Equity crowdfunding site | 1 |
| SEEK | Online employment marketplace co-founded in 1997 | 1 |
| Semrush | SEO and marketing analytics company | 1 |
| Sephora | Global beauty retailer, customer of Atelier | 2 |
| Shopify | 2 | |
| Smileyscope | Company in Breakthrough Victoria's portfolio | 1 |
| Source | AI-powered procurement automation platform for small and medium retailers | 1 |
| Spacecubed | Innovation hub, home of the Plus Eight Accelerator | 1 |
| Square Peg Capital | 2 | |
| Stake | Investing platform | 1 |
| StartADAM | 2 | |
| Startup Bootcamp | 1 | |
| Startup Network | 1 | |
| Startup Vic | 1 | |
| Stone & Chalk | Deep tech innovation hub hosting ecosystem mixer | 1 |
| Streamkap | 2 | |
| Stripe | 2 | |
| Switchboard | Building the connective tissue of digital supply chain infrastructure, through a cloud-ba… | 1 |
| Swyftx | 1 | |
| Temando | Logistics software SaaS startup | 2 |
| Tensis | Software company managing automation of complex documents | 2 |
| Tesla | 2 | |
| Think & Grow | 1 | |
| TikTok | Social media platform | 1 |
| Tixel | Secondary ticket marketplace leader | 1 |
| Toyota | 1 | |
| TradeMe | 1 | |
| Transition Level Investments | 1 | |
| 1 | ||
| U.S. Renal Care | 1 | |
| UBS | 1 | |
| University of Adelaide | University leading the Current and Emergent Quantum Technology training centre | 1 |
| UNSW | 1 | |
| Up Bank | Digital bank in Australia | 1 |
| Urban Outfitters | 1 | |
| Vanta | 1 | |
| Vervoe | 1 | |
| Vexev | AI-powered robotic ultrasound for vascular imaging | 1 |
| Visa | 1 | |
| Vitruvian | Western Australian startup | 1 |
| WeWork | Co-working company cited as example of unfundable burn | 1 |
| Who Gives A Crap | 1 | |
| Women's Football in Australia | 1 | |
| Woolworths | Australian grocery retailer using electric truck delivery fleets | 2 |
| Xero | 1 | |
| Y Combinator | 2 | |
| Yates and Partners | 1 | |
| Yieldify | E-commerce revenue optimisation platform | 1 |
| YouTube | Video sharing platform | 1 |
| Zip Co | 1 | |
| Zoox | Robo-taxi company | 2 |
Investors named in Ten13's articles, most-covered first.
| Investor | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Ten13 | 20 | |
| Startmate | Early-stage investment and mentorship for founders | 6 |
| OIF Ventures | 4 | |
| Archangel Ventures | 3 | |
| Blackbird Ventures | 3 | |
| AirTree Ventures | 2 | |
| PixCapital | 2 | |
| Afterwork Ventures | 1 | |
| Alameda Research | 1 | |
| Athletic Ventures | Venture firm backing early-stage companies | 1 |
| Everywhere Ventures | 1 | |
| FTX | 1 | |
| Horizons | 1 | |
| Icehouse | 1 | |
| Investible | 1 | |
| K1W1 | 1 | |
| Macquarie Capital | 1 | |
| Neotribe Ventures | 1 | |
| NZVC | 1 | |
| Ordinary Equity | 1 | |
| Skalata Ventures | 1 | |
| Tiger Global | 1 | |
| Touch Ventures | 1 |