Government · 22 deals
Every published round Boosting Female Founders 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.
Everyone Boosting Female Founders has named to a program in published coverage. A place in a program is not a raise: the cheque is the figure recorded with the place, which is the program's standard terms where we hold them, and a blank is one we don't.
Companies Boosting Female Founders has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AirRobe | 3 Feb 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Amelio Health Pty Ltd | 3 Feb 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| ATech | 3 Feb 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Bubble Tea Club | 3 Feb 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Butter Insurance | 9 Feb 2024, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Driveschool Enterprises Pty Ltd | Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Everty | 12 Jul 2023, Accelerator | 1 | 0 | |
| Givvable | Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Kova | 21 Dec 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Neomorph Pty Ltd | Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Origo farm | Remote monitoring and control devices for agriculture | 3 Feb 2022, Grant | 2 | 0 |
| Ovira | 2019, Accelerator | 2 | 0 | |
| Parking Spotz Pty Ltd | Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Persollo | 30 Sep 2022, Accelerator | 1 | 0 | |
| Pioneera Group Pty Ltd | 3 Feb 2022, Accelerator | 1 | 1 | |
| The Hacker Exchange Pty Ltd | 3 Feb 2022, Grant | 2 | 1 | |
| View Health – chemo@home | 3 Feb 2022, Grant | 2 | 0 | |
| Zondii | Grant | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Boosting Female Founders, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Boosting Female Founders has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Boosting Female Founders did.
Stories naming Boosting Female Founders. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Industry minister Ed Husic told a Tech Council summit the National Reconstruction Fund is close to its first investments after asking for a $300m drawdown; the piece recaps federal tech funding moves including PsiQuantum's.
Brisbane cold brew tea maker East Forged secured $1.5 million from GMAA, venture arm of Vietnam's TTC AgriS, its largest external investment, after an earlier federal grant, to expand production and enter Asian markets.
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Round 3 of the Boosting Female Founders Initiative has granted $11.6 million across 34 women-led startups; the article lists each recipient, its project and its grant amount.
Round three of a federal grant program backs 34 women-led startups, with individual awards listed from $133,740 to $480,000 drawn from an $11.6 million pool run by DISR.
Interview with Lisa Vincent on building e-learning platform HowToo alongside agency Savv-e, covering government grants, a 2021 raise, backing via Aliavia Ventures, and plans to expand into the US market.
Thirty-eight female-founded startups named as recipients sharing $11.6 million in grants under round two of a federal program helping women entrepreneurs expand domestically and globally.
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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.
The federal government's Boosting Female Founders Initiative announced first-round grants totalling $12 million, with named recipients including Beam Australia, Indigital, Whole Kids and Verve Superannuation.
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