Startup · $85m raised
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Baraja raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Blackbird Ventures | Series B · Series A | - |
| CSIRO | Series A | - |
| HESTA | Series B | - |
| Hitachi Construction Machinery | Series B | - |
| InterValley Ventures | Series B | - |
| Main Sequence Ventures | Series B · Series A | - |
| Perennial Value Management | Series B | - |
| Regal Funds Management | Series B | - |
| Sequoia | Series A | - |
| Sequoia China | Series A | - |
Companies Baraja acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Baraja. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Main Sequence announces a follow-on seed investment in Zabidou, an industrial vision-systems startup it earlier backed at pre-seed, and recalls its previous backing of founder Cibby Pulikkaseril's LiDAR company Baraja.
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Roundup of four Australian raises: Firmus Technologies' US$2 billion round at a $15 billion valuation, Eudaemon's $3.75 million, Zabidou's $3.5 million seed round, and Rampart's $2.3 million.
Deep tech founder Cibby Pulikkaseril has banked a $3.5m seed for Zabidou, whose lasers inspect factory output, with Black Nova, Main Sequence and Antler backing; his earlier LiDAR venture Baraja folded.
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Profile of Zabidou, which builds laser-based AI vision systems for factory inspection without stopping production, led by a Baraja co-founder; invites readers to its upcoming Demo Day pitch night.
Nineteen early-stage companies join Startmate's Summer '26 accelerator intake, each receiving $120,000 for 7% equity — $2.28 million overall — spanning construction, healthcare, fintech, energy and manufacturing.
Main Sequence's blog post announces it led robotics software startup Breaker's pre-seed round, citing the founders' defence and robotics backgrounds and plans to expand the team and US presence.
Fingerprint for Success, an AI coaching platform, has closed a $6.5 million second seed round led by Investible, with Canva's founders investing again; its lifetime funding now totals $9.2 million.
Fingerprint for Success, maker of AI coach Marlee, raised $5 million in an Investible-led seed round, lifting total funding to $9 million, with participation from Five V Capital, Salesforce Ventures and several high-profile angels.
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Roundup of Australian manufacturing news: Orbital UAV's $5m placement with UIL backing, Nufarm's record earnings, a Hazer–Mitsui graphite agreement, Baraja's patent milestone, the new skills agency, and a university research grant.
Lidar maker Baraja has signed an advanced development agreement with an undisclosed car maker, working through its partner Veoneer to integrate its Spectrum HD25 sensor for automotive use.
Manufacturing roundup: a raw materials grant program opens applications, Black Sky Aerospace wins an AMGC grant, Aristocrat's Playtech bid collapses, Lithium Australia moves on Envirostream, and Baraja partners with Tier IV.
Blackbird answers common questions about its new Aotearoa Community Lead job, covering the New Zealand team's community events, programmes with partners, ethical investing approach, venture capital business model and application process.
Weekly roundup reporting Invoice2go's sale to Bill.com, raises by Go1, Employment Hero, InDebted and others, Rokt's secondary sale, Wildcard Ventures' launch, plus global deals including Zoom-Five9 and Salesforce-Slack.
Weekly roundup covering Main Sequence's second-fund close, operating partner hires at Blackbird and AirTree, raises by Sea Forest, Adventus.io, Halter and others, acquisitions by Equiem, Stripe and Toyota, plus Big Tech earnings.
Australia's Main Sequence has pulled in A$250 million for its second deep tech fund, with existing backers returning and a sharpened emphasis on decarbonisation investments.
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Weekly funding roundup covering Batch Brewing's equity crowdfunding campaign, Vloggi's pre-seed raise and valuation, Startmate's Victorian government funding, plus large raises by Linktree, Baraja, Lumary and Nourish Ingredients.
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Cut Through Venture's debut quarterly newsletter rounds up Q1 2021 raises across Australian and New Zealand startups, highlighting crowdfunding, fintech dominance, active investors, and two newly launched startups currently seeking backers.
SEA Electric orders batteries after a $54m raise; Baraja raises $40m for LIDAR, led by Blackbird; Stealth demos weed detection; Wattle Health lifts profit and sells its dairy arm; Hydac wins VR training grant.
Baraja, an Australian lidar startup, raised a Series B with backing from Hitachi Construction Machinery, HESTA, Blackbird and others, funding continued development of its prism-based Spectrum-Scan technology for mining, ports and autonomous vehicles.
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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.
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Interview with Main Sequence Ventures partner Mike Zimmerman on backing deep-tech manufacturing spinouts from public research, its portfolio, Australia's venture market, and planned future investments.
Blackbird announces the close of its fourth fund at $500 million, bringing total committed capital to $1.24 billion, and separately announces Mike Cannon-Brookes joining its board as chair.
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Techboard's March 2019 quarterly report records over $2.6 billion in startup funding, driven by CBA's PEXA acquisition, Airwallex's unicorn round, several large raises, and a warning that early-stage deal flow is shrinking.
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Salesforce Ventures unveils a fund dedicated to Australian early-stage startups, its fourth country-specific vehicle, while recapping local deals such as Lendi's ANZ-led raise and Baraja's Series A.
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Sydney driverless-vehicle sensor maker Baraja has closed a Series A backed by three venture firms, adding to earlier seed money, to scale production of its LiDAR navigation systems and recruit skilled staff.
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AFR's driverless-car topic hub: NRF puts $30m into Melbourne maker Applied EV, alongside Waymo's Sydney robotaxi plans, Uber's robotaxi spend, union demands and a progressing Mycar sale.