Founder, Scale Investors · angel in 4 deals
Every published round Carol Schwartz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EstateXchange | Unnamed stage | Jan 2026 | $12.5m | Participant | Startup Daily, SmartCompany, OIF Ventures portfolio | |
| Circle In | Unnamed stage | Apr 2023 | $2m | Participant | Alberts Impact Ventures (Tue 19 Dec 2023), SmartCompany, Women's Agenda, Startup Daily, Alberts Impact Ventures (Thu 13 Apr 2023), Our Innovation Fund, Alberts portfolio | |
| Verve Super | Unnamed stage | 15 Sep 2021 | $2.6m | Participant | Startup Daily, SmartCompany | |
| Verve | Unnamed stage | 2021 | $2.6m | Participant | Women's Agenda, Startup Daily |
Companies Carol Schwartz has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circle In | Apr 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| EstateXchange | Jan 2026 | 1 | 0 | |
| Verve | 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| Verve Super | 15 Sep 2021 | 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 Carol Schwartz has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Carol Schwartz did.
| Company | Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verve Super | Future Super | Acquisition | 29 Nov 2023 | - |
| Verve Super | Future Group | Acquisition | 2023 | - |
Stories naming Carol Schwartz. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Touch Ventures' investment lifts commitments in Skalata's second fund beyond $25 million, with Afterpay co-founder Anthony Eisen investing personally; Touch also recently headed a $5.5 million raise for portfolio company Preezie.
Profile of Skalata Ventures' Rohan Workman and Maxine Lee recounting the firm's founding, pandemic-era restructuring, $7 million raise, second fund deployment, and backing of Flux, Explorate and Preezie.
Roundup of three Australian raises: Omniscient Neurotechnology's in-progress Series D drawing a $20m national fund investment, deceased-estates platform EstateXchange's first raise, and fitness software firm Hapana's Microequities-led round.
Agtech investor Tenacious Ventures reached an $18 million first close on its second fund, which has a $50 million target; backers include Trawalla Group, Wollemi Capital Group and Macdoch Ventures.
Also Forbes Australia
Future Group has acquired Verve Super, a super fund aimed at women, with terms undisclosed; the piece also recalls earlier raises by Verve and by Future Super.
Profile of ALIAVIA, the venture fund Marisa Warren and Kate Vale started to back women founders across Australia and the US, its Australian backers, and its portfolio companies Eugene, Loupe, HowToo and Othelia AI.
Profile of ALIAVIA, the venture fund Marisa Warren and Kate Vale run from California to back women founders across Australian and US markets; also covers its backers, early investments, and Warren's ELEVACAO program.
ALIAVIA Ventures has closed its debut fund at A$13.5 million. The US-based firm backs female founders bridging Australian and US markets; backers include Carol Schwartz, Tattarang, the Denholms, Euphemia, Dom Pym and Cynthia Scott.
Also SmartCompany·Women's Agenda·Forbes Australia·TechCrunch Venture
Verve, a superannuation fintech for women, has banked a $3 million pre-Series A led by Alberts and is rolling out an investing app, adding to a 2021 raise that drew prominent female backers.
Also Women's Agenda
Wollemi Capital, the Sydney climate investor, has closed a $220m raise, past its initial $100m goal, backed by CBA, Trawalla and others; the article recalls its bets on Loam Bio, Pluton Bio and Pachama.
Melbourne family-care benefits platform Circle In has closed a $2m round, adding Alberts Impact Ventures to existing private backers and LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund, while research highlights shrinking venture money for women-only founding teams.
Also Alberts Impact Ventures portfolio·Alberts Impact Ventures portfolio·Women's Agenda·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Women's Agenda
Scale Investors co-founder Susan Oliver reflects on backing women founders and details LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund, which she chairs, listing six women-led startups it has backed alongside other Victorian capital initiatives.
Also LaunchVic
Women-focused superannuation fund Verve Super raised $2.6 million from first-time female and impact investors including Carol Schwartz, after failing to win over mission-blind venture capitalists.
Also Startup Daily
Weekly roundup of Australian startup funding: Gilmour Space's $61m raise, rounds for Mindset Health, HowToo, Beer Cartel, Tracer DAO and Wimp 2 Warrior, Currus Biologics' $10m cancer-treatment raise, and Alberts' $16m impact fund.
Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily
Melbourne urban-analytics startup Neighbourlytics has raised seed funding led by Carol Schwartz's Trawalla Group, with Scale Investors and Artesian also participating, to develop its product and shift toward a subscription model.
Also SmartCompany
Women-focused co-working business One Roof closed a million-dollar raise in February 2019 from five female-led family offices to fund a new Melbourne premises, with corporate support from Central Equity, Optus and MYOB.