Chief · Founder, Ovira

Alice Williams

Roles

Role	Organisation	Sources
Chief · Founder	Ovira	SmartCompany (Fri 18 Dec 2020), Blackbird Ventures portfolio (Fri 4 Dec 2020), Blackbird Ventures portfolio (Thu 12 Mar 2020), SmartCompany (Thu 12 Mar 2020), SmartCompany (Mon 22 Jul 2019)

Disclosed deals

Every published round Alice Williams 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
No published deals recorded yet.

Portfolio

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

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
No portfolio companies recorded yet.

Funds

Funds Alice Williams has money in

This is a stake in the fund itself, money that the fund's manager invests, not a stake in the fund manager.

Fund	Manager	Sources
-	Afterwork Ventures	Startup Daily (Tue 31 May 2022), Startup Daily (Mon 16 Aug 2021)

Portfolio companies acquired

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

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

Coverage

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

9 deals

Nine ANZ startups that raised $60.3 million this week

Roundup of the week's funding news: nine companies across Australia and New Zealand secured investment spanning clean energy, construction logistics, legal tech, coaching, research tools, creator media, medtech and marketing software.

SmartCompany Fri 26 Apr 2024 CoraMetix Pty Ltd Deeligence Kindling NextWork Outread Peeplcoach WorkRex Aconex AGL Anytime Fitness Archangel Ventures Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)AWS Chevron Technology Ventures Employment Hero Equinor Ventures Eucalyptus Giant Leap Google Icehouse Ventures LaunchVic OIF Ventures OneVentures Ovira Photon Energy PwC RayGen SmartCompany Techstars Sydney Ultraviolet Ventures University of Melbourne Veyor AirTree Ventures Alice Anderson Fund Blackbird Ventures Breakthrough Victoria Fund WA GD1 Investible Phase One Ventures Skalata Ventures SLB Adam Milgrom Alice Williams Ben Thompson Daniel Petre David Shein Fiona Bones Jacinta McDonell Jeff Dean Justin Punch Leigh Jasper Rayn Ong Rob Phillpot Roger Massey-Greene Anshika Singh Christine Khor Dhruv Sirohi Dr Dr Kate Cornick Elena Tsalanidis James Chisholm Janhvi Sirohi Jing Chen Justin Hansky Lance Qian Myron Liu Richard Fifita Stephen Rockett

Also Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·LaunchVic

News

How women-led businesses are targeting women's health to address long-overlooked gaps in care

Podcast episode and feature profiling female founders tackling women's health, covering Ovira's funding journey, ANDHealth's female-founder numbers, the FemTech collective and Women's Health Road's new care model.

Women's Agenda Fri 28 Jan 2022 ANDHealth Ovira Women's Health Road Alice Williams Bronwyn Le Grice Dr Talat Uppal

Fund close $10m

Who Gives a Crap boss Simon Griffiths is among a group of founders backing a ‘next generation’ VC fund

Community-backed VC fund AfterWork Ventures has collected $10 million in commitments toward a $30 million target, with founders including Simon Griffiths investing, and has hired Jessy Wu as head of community.

Also Startup Daily

News

Founders Stories Podcast: Alice Williams on transforming an industry that often overlooks women

Square Peg's podcast episode interviews Ovira founder Alice Williams about building a wearable period-pain relief business, her Startmate experience, and lessons for new founders.

Square Peg Capital portfolio Wed 12 May 2021 Blackbird Ventures Ovira Square Peg Capital Startmate Alice Williams

8 deals

From AI sewer tech to lab-grown meat: SmartCompany's 10 startups to watch in 2021

A roundup profiling ten Australian startups expected to grow in 2021, reporting raises by VAPAR, HealthMatch, Ovira, Heaps Normal, Vop and Outland Denim, plus grants, accelerator alumni and founders' plans.

13 deals

Year in Reflection: 2020

Blackbird's year-end review covers its fourth fund announcement, investments in companies including See-Mode, Morse Micro and SafetyCulture, Startmate's climate cohort intakes, Mike Cannon-Brookes joining its board, and numerous team hires.

Blackbird Ventures portfolio Fri 4 Dec 2020 5B Ao Air Beyond AG Bygen Canva Cass Materials Digital Agriculture Services (DAS)Dovetail GridCognition Morse Micro Multitudes Ovira Partly Process Street Propeller Roborigger SafetyCulture See-Mode SunDrive SwitcH2 Baraja Blackbird Foundation Cortical Labs Eucalyptus Forage Hivery Startmate Tempus Partners XY Sense Accel Atlassian Blackbird Ventures Salesforce Ventures Alex Birch Alice Williams Alissa Lucas Andy Kitchen Benjamin Humphrey Bradley Ayers Catt Vongpraseuth Clark Carter Dan Danilov Dani Pinkus Derick Markwell Ellisa Bennett Evan Jia Franki Chamaki Hart Lestari Ilya Vensky Jason Hosking Jeremy Mauger Josh Golde Justine Nangle Lauren Capelin Lauren Peate Levi Fawcett Lucia Salim Luke Murray Mark Song Mason Yates Melia Rayner Menkes van den Briel Mike Cannon-Brookes Nathan Taylor Nell Hardie Nick Crocker Niki Scevak Rick Baker Sam Wong Sophia Witherington Sophie Stevenson Sophie Taylor Temara Chapman Tip Piumsomboon

Also Blackbird Ventures portfolio·TechCrunch Venture·TechCrunch Venture·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Women's Agenda·Startup News (WA)·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Women's Agenda·Startup Daily

Unnamed stage $1m

Investment Notes: Ovira

Blackbird announces a $1 million investment in Ovira, a direct-to-consumer period pain device startup founded by Alice Williams, whom the firm met through Startmate.

Blackbird Ventures portfolio Thu 12 Mar 2020 Ovira Startmate Blackbird Ventures Alice Williams Rick Baker

Also Blackbird Ventures portfolio·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Women's Agenda

Funding announcement

Retail, refs and femtech: Meet the latest Startmate accelerator cohort

Startmate unveils the ten startups joining its Melbourne accelerator, covering femtech, esports and retail tech, after securing government funding through LaunchVic, with profiles of Ovira and Flaktest among the intake.

SmartCompany Mon 22 Jul 2019 AirRobe Brandcrush ClearCalcs Flaktest Ovira Verve Super Black.ai Bring Me Home Josef LaunchVic Mentorloop Neighbourhood Startmate Alice Williams Brett Sullivan Ned Dwyer

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