Accelerator

Catalysr

Melbourne, VIC

Disclosed deals

Every published round Catalysr 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 Catalysr 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

Fund closes reported for Catalysr, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for Catalysr yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

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

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

Name	Role	Sources
Usman Iftikhar	Founder and CEO	Startup Daily (Wed 5 Aug 2026), Startup Daily (Tue 2 Jun 2026)

Coverage

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

12 deals

🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #173, 9th August 2026

Weekly roundup: Firmus completes its $2.85b round; Procore acquires DroneDeploy; Atlassian rebounds while Canva cuts guidance; plus fresh raises for Zabidou, BioScout, Vexev, Enrola, Spacetalk and others.

This Week in Australian Startups Sat 8 Aug 2026 BioScout Contactile DroneDeploy ElectraLith EngageRM Enrola Eudaemon Technologies Firmus Technologies Rampart Spacetalk StrongRoom AI Vexev Zabidou Acusensus AMD ARM Hub Atlassian Baidam Bioshore Canva Catalysr Defence Science and Technology Group Driva EnergyLab Google Kashcade Labor LinkedIn MassRobotics Millibeam Nine NRF Corporation OneQode Procore ProcurePro REA Group Sharon AI Shaw and Partners Southern Launch Startup World Cup Thales TPG Telecom Tractor Ventures Unlockd UNSW Sydney Victorian Government Vodafone Australia WA Government Afterwork Ventures AirTree Ventures Alumni Ventures Angel Investors Antler Australia ARENA Artesian VC Astanor Blackbird Ventures Black Nova Venture Capital Blackstone Coatue Demea Sustainable Investment Division Q GrainCorp Ventures GrainInnovate Horizon Hort Innovation Venture Fund Jane Street Main Sequence Ventures Neotribe Ventures Nvidia Purpose Ventures Salter Brothers Skalata Ventures Startmate Swinburne Ventures Limited Ten13 TreeArc Anthony Carbines Ben Carroll Chris Bowen Matt Berriman Mike Cannon-Brookes Tim Rogers

Also Dealroom·RenewEconomy·RenewEconomy

News

Victoria backs Catalysr program for Indian-Australian founders to build in startup cities Mumbai and Bangalore

Catalysr, with Vaurora Social Impact and Victorian government backing, is taking applications for a program that will send up to ten Indian-Australian founders to build market links in Mumbai and Bangalore.

Startup Daily Wed 5 Aug 2026 Catalysr Victorian Government Usman Iftikhar

Funding announcement

Remarkable, Catalysr and Indigenous pre-accelerators score NSW government support for diverse founders

Four organisations join a NSW government diversity pre-accelerator program as delivery partners, running programs for migrant, disability and First Nations founders alongside two university-based partners already on the roster.

Startup Daily Tue 2 Jun 2026 Barayamal Catalysr First Nations Economics Remarkable NSW Government University of Newcastle University of NSW UNSW Founders Anoulack Chanthivong Dean Foley Leanne Coventry Usman Iftikhar

7 deals

Quiet achievers and COVID successes: SmartCompany's 10 startups to watch in 2022

SmartCompany's year-end list profiles ten Australian startups poised for a big 2022, recalling their 2021 raises, crowdfunding campaigns, government grants and accelerator origins, from mtime and Quantum Brilliance to Zoomo and Superhero.

Also SmartCompany

6 deals

Ignition Lane’s Weekly Wrap: Airtasker lists, Culture Amp revenue jumps, Spotify’s $5bn payout, Andreessen Horowitz bets on NFT

Ignition Lane's weekly technology roundup: Seequent and Neto acquisitions, imminent listings for AirTasker and MadPaws, large venture rounds at Stripe, Yotpo, PatSnap, SecurityScorecard, Appfire and OpenSea, plus new fund plans and ecosystem news.

Also SmartCompany·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Business News Australia