Investor · 3 deals

ACAC Innovation

Brisbane, QLD

Disclosed deals

Every published round ACAC Innovation took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.

Company	Stage	Announced	Amount	Role	Alongside	Sources
Gathar	Seed	23 Mar 2022	$1m	Lead	Curtis Stone Dominic Pym	Techboard, SmartCompany, Startup Daily
Bloom Impact Investing	Pre-seed	28 Oct 2021	$675k	Participant	EnergyLab Collis Ta'eed Cyan Ta'eed Palm Beach Ventures NOAB Ventures Cyan Ta’eed Collis Ta’eed	Startup Daily (Mon 16 Jan 2023), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (Fri 8 Oct 2021)
Gathar	Seed	9 Jun 2020	$600k	Lead	FNQ Angels Queensland Government's Business Investment Fund Queensland Government’s Business Development Fund	Startup Daily (Wed 23 Mar 2022), Startup Daily (Tue 9 Jun 2020), SmartCompany

Portfolio

Companies ACAC Innovation has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
Bloom Impact Investing		28 Oct 2021, Pre-seed	1	0
Gathar		9 Jun 2020, Seed	2	2

Funds

Fund closes reported for ACAC Innovation, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for ACAC Innovation yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies ACAC Innovation has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal ACAC Innovation did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of ACAC Innovation is recorded as having been acquired.

Name	Role	Sources
Bryce Greig	CEO	Startup Daily (Wed 23 Mar 2022), Startup Daily (Tue 9 Jun 2020)

Coverage

Stories naming ACAC Innovation. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

11 deals

Seven Aussie startups that raised $45.6 million this fortnight

Roundup covering seven Australian companies' recent raises — Splend, Rich Data Co, Slice, InvestorHub, Eyeonic, Graceview and Monty Compost Co — from fleet electrification finance to AI compliance and compost-monitoring seed rounds.

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Two Aussie startups that raised $5 million this week

Weekly roundup: InvestorHub banks a $4m Series A extension led by EVP, while Brisbane compost-tech maker Monty Compost Co picks up $1 million from Skalata, Antler and other backers.

SmartCompany Wed 31 Jul 2024 InvestorHub Monty Compost Co ACAC Innovation EnergyLab Mandalay VC Angel Investors Antler Australia Archangel Ventures EVP Flying Fox Ventures Skalata Ventures UniQuest Ashley Baxter Ben Williamson Junior Joyce Rhys Davis

Also SmartCompany

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Six Aussie startups that raised $34.2 million this week

Weekly roundup covering six startup raises: ImmVirX, Nutromics, Nuheara, Autism 360, Cogo and Gather, plus Nutromics' 30X30 selection, a board appointment and Viralytics' earlier sale to Merck.

2 deals

At-home entertaining startup Gathar taps Curtis Stone's star power for US expansion

Gathar, an Australian private chef platform, expands into the US with Curtis Stone, following a post-seed raise; the piece also recalls FoodByUs' series A and notes other food-tech players.

SmartCompany Mon 28 Mar 2022 FoodByUs Gathar Birchal Make-Out Meals Menulog Providoor Up Bank ACAC Innovation Macquarie Capital Dominic Pym Curtis Stone Gary Munitz Jodie Mlikota Shane Delia Tim Chandler

Also Startup Daily·AgFunderNews·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Techboard·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily

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Celebrity chef Curtis Stone joins catering startup Gathar after $1 million post-seed raise

Queensland catering platform Gathar has raised $1 million in post-seed backing from ACAC Innovation and new investors to enter the United States, with celebrity chef Curtis Stone joining the business.

Startup Daily Wed 23 Mar 2022 Gathar Airbnb Up Bank ACAC Innovation Dominic Pym Bryce Greig Curtis Stone Jodie Mlikota

Also SmartCompany·Techboard

Seed $3.2m

Workplace training startup Hindsite banks $3.25 million seed round

Workplace micro-training platform Hindsite raised a $3.25 million seed round valuing it at $18 million, led by four individual investors, and hired Dominic Williamson as technical co-founder and CTO.

Startup Daily Wed 10 Nov 2021 Hindsite 360 Trading ACAC Innovation Go1 Google Ironbridge Capital Microsoft RedEye Apps Tanda Duncan Alexander Greg Ruddock Matt Kuppe Terry Hartan Dominic Williamson Doug Hastings

Also SmartCompany

Pre-seed $675k

Envato co-founders back climate impact investing fintech Bloom in $675,000 pre-seed raise

Climate fintech Bloom Impact Investing has closed a pre-seed round led by EnergyLab, with angel backing including Envato's co-founders, to build its retail impact investing app and climate impact fund.

Startup Daily Fri 8 Oct 2021 Bloom Impact Investing Envato ACAC Innovation EnergyLab NOAB Ventures Palm Beach Ventures Collis Ta’eed Cyan Ta’eed Bertrand Caron Camille Socquet-Clerc Cyan Ta'eed John Wood Piers Grove

Also SmartCompany·Startup Daily

Unnamed stage $320k

Vaulta to use graphene in new battery casing

A Brisbane battery casing startup raised $320,000 from three backers, hired four staff including a former Tesla engineer, and will trial graphene-based casings with an energy storage pilot customer.

@AuManufacturing Wed 7 Oct 2020 Vaulta Red Earth Tesla ACAC Innovation Angel Investors Artesian VC Alan Zorkot Dominic Spooner

Seed $600k

“Back to celebrating”: Private chef marketplace Gathar raises $600,000, as eased restrictions put dinner parties back on the table

Chef marketplace Gathar has raised $600,000 in seed funding led by ACAC Innovation, with FNQ Angels and the Queensland Government's Business Development Fund participating, as easing COVID-19 restrictions revive dinner party bookings.

SmartCompany Tue 9 Jun 2020 Gathar ACAC Innovation FNQ Angels Queensland Government's Business Investment Fund Jodie Mlikota Kaj Haffenden Nicky Jurd

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