Founder, Glitch Capital · angel in 2 deals
Every published round Andrew Barnes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kantoko | Seed | 12 Aug 2026 | $3.5m | Participant | SmartCompany, ontargetish.com, Startup Daily, Business News Australia, Dealroom, Forbes Australia, Side Stage Ventures portfolio, Tenmile portfolio | |
| Delegate Connect | Seed | 16 Sep 2021 | $10m | Participant | SmartCompany (Thu 6 Oct 2022), Startup Daily (Fri 19 Aug 2022), SmartCompany (Fri 24 Sep 2021), Startup Daily (Mon 20 Sep 2021), Startup Daily (Thu 16 Sep 2021), SmartCompany (Thu 16 Sep 2021), TechCrunch Australia |
Companies Andrew Barnes has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delegate Connect | 16 Sep 2021, Seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Kantoko | 12 Aug 2026, Seed | 1 | 0 |
This is a stake in the fund itself, money that the fund's manager invests, not a stake in the fund manager.
Companies Andrew Barnes has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Andrew Barnes did.
Stories naming Andrew Barnes. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Zac Altman’s ADHD telehealth startup Kantoko has secured $3.5 million in a Side Stage Ventures-led seed round, with Andrew Forrest’s Tenmile and Go1’s founders investing; the article also recalls his earlier ventures’ sales.
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Leigh Jasper keynotes SmartCompany's February 2026 startup event in Melbourne; the profile recalls his Aconex journey to an Oracle sale, Firmable's seed raise and his venture fund roles.
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.
Body scan startup OneMRI, co-founded by Go1's Andrew Barnes and Dr Vu Tran, has secured $2.5 million in seed funding from a broad investor group to expand its preventative whole-body MRI scanning service nationally.
Glitch Capital, a new $50m vehicle led by Leigh Jasper and backed by exited unicorn founders, has completed its first deal, backing Melbourne edtech firm Cadmus.
Founder-backed syndicate Side Stage Ventures has become a $15 million seed fund, with LocalGlobe and several founders as limited partners, three startups already backed, and portfolio company Joyn acquiring event firm Arinex.
SmartCompany reports Side Stage Ventures has completed a $15 million first close of its debut fund, backed by founders of Airtasker, Linktree and Go1 plus LocalGlobe, targeting $30 million and already backing early startups.
OIF Ventures has locked in $55 million from investors for a new Opportunity Fund aimed at later-stage tech companies, and the article recalls its earlier backing of Advanced Navigation and Go1.
OIF Ventures has gathered $55 million toward a new Opportunity Fund with a $75 million goal, backed by several tech founders, and has put $4 million into Advanced Navigation's $108 million round.
Australian learning platform Go1 is buying Berlin's Blinkist to grow its corporate training offering; deal terms are undisclosed, though Blinkist backer Insight Partners is taking $30 million of Go1 equity alongside the purchase.
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OIF Ventures' newsletter announces leading Nullify's pre-seed round, two investment team hires, portfolio company awards and product launches, and Go1's acquisition of Anders Pink.
Amid the tech downturn, a roundup of five Australian companies that recently secured backing: Behaviol, LUMOS, Zipr, Envirma, plus OIF Ventures closing its third fund at $140 million.
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OIF Ventures has closed its third fund at $140m, beating its original $100m target, with founder backers including Peter Lilley and Andrew Barnes; earlier trade sales underpin its strong returns.
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A Brisbane learning-platform company has banked fresh backing exceeding US$100 million, lifting its worth to US$2 billion, with several venture investors named, alongside two recent acquisitions and a new president.
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Go1 has bought corporate learning platform Coorpacademy, its first European acquisition, to support expansion; the piece recalls Go1's earlier raises, including a 2019 Series B and a 2021 Series D.
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Melbourne virtual and hybrid events platform Delegate Connect has raised A$10 million in seed funding led by AirTree Ventures, with Skip Capital, TEN13 and founders Alex Zaccaria and Andrew Barnes also taking part.
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OIF Ventures' first portfolio newsletter: OIF Fund II closed above $100 million, plus recent raises at Go1, Circle In, Assignar, Arcade, Visionary Machines, Neara, Futurerent and Adventus.io.
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Republished AFR report recalls Go1's earlier backing and Series C investors, including OIF, while its reported Series D at a billion-dollar valuation remains in progress and a listing is flagged.
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GO1 raised a Series B round above $30m, led by Microsoft's venture fund M12, with SEEK, Y Combinator and newcomer Larsen Ventures investing; M12 takes a board seat.
Brisbane education platform GO1 closed a Series B of over $30 million led by Microsoft's M12, with SEEK, Y Combinator and Larsen Ventures participating. M12 gains a board seat, its first Australian investment.
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A funding roundup reporting raises by training marketplace GO1, online grocer YourGrocer and wearable payments startup Inamo, alongside government grant funding and accelerator programs backing Australian startups.
An Australian online training platform has secured fresh capital from new and existing backers, plus a government grant, valuing it above fifteen million dollars as it plans overseas offices.