Venture capital fund · 15 deals
Pre-seed venture fund for Australian software founders
Surry Hills, NSW
Every published round Co Ventures 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.
Companies Co Ventures has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adora | Software mapping product journeys and spotting UX friction | 4 Aug 2026, Seed | 1 | 0 |
| Parachute | 19 Feb 2026, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Teacher's Buddy | 18 Nov 2025, Seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Try MyGig | 12 Nov 2025, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Marloo | 10 Sep 2025, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Try Turnto | 15 Aug 2025, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Shopfront | 11 Feb 2025, Pre-seed | 1 | 1 | |
| Freckle | Dec 2024, Pre-seed | 3 | 0 | |
| Build Club | 11 Oct 2024, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Matilda Migration | 27 Sep 2024, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Try Phantm | Packaging data software for EPR and APCO reporting | 9 Nov 2023, Seed | 1 | 1 |
| Cotiss | 23 May 2023, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Modo | Apr 2023, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 |
Companies Co Ventures's own portfolio page lists that no published round yet places it in. The page is the source; the round is being looked for.
| Company | Site |
|---|---|
| Aussie Angels | - |
| Cartesian | - |
| Flagship | - |
| Go Tradie | - |
| Kindling | kindling.team ↗ |
| Lyngo | - |
| Mimi's | - |
| Rythm Health | - |
| Storipress | - |
| StoryTribe | - |
| Tapestry | - |
| Try Build Club | buildclub.ai ↗ |
| Try CIM Build | cim.build ↗ |
| Try Cotiss | cotiss.com ↗ |
| Try Fourday | fourday.ai ↗ |
| Try Handle | handle.work ↗ |
| Try Juno | heyjuno.co ↗ |
| Try Marloo | gomarloo.com ↗ |
| Try Matilda | matildamigration.com ↗ |
| Try Ren | renfamily.com ↗ |
| Try Rythm | rythmhealth.com ↗ |
| Try Ventari | ventari.com ↗ |
Fund closes reported for Co Ventures, as distinct from the investments it has made.
| Fund | Announced | Committed | Target | Close | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 24 Apr 2023 | $5m | - | - | Startup Daily |
Companies Co Ventures has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Co Ventures did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Maxine Minter | General Partner | Startup Daily, Blackbird Ventures, Co Ventures team page |
| Maxine Minter | General Partner · Founder | ventari.com, Startup Daily (Fri 20 Feb 2026), Startup Daily (Wed 19 Nov 2025), Startmate, Startup Daily (Tue 11 Feb 2025), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (Mon 24 Apr 2023), Co Ventures team page |
Stories naming Co Ventures. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
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Product-mapping startup Adora, co-founded by an ex-Canva product chief, has landed seed funding with Blackbird leading and four other backers, earmarked for product work and Sydney hiring.
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Melbourne education AI startup Teacher's Buddy has secured seed backing, with Giant Leap leading, to grow its teacher productivity platform across Australia, New Zealand and the UK.
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SmartCompany reports MyGig's $1 million pre-seed round, led by Artesian with Hostplus funds, to grow an employer-of-record service handling payroll and workplace compliance for casual workforces.
Weekly roundup covering 19 Australian and New Zealand raises, headlined by Andromeda Robotics' $23m Series A, plus Freckle, Marloo, X-Hemp, Harvest B, Wable, Starboard and Techstars Sydney's 12-startup cohort.
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Freckle, a Melbourne data-enrichment startup, has banked a seed-stage round from Gradient, Google's AI-focused investment vehicle, alongside several US funds, after an unnamed local VC pulled its term sheet over a portfolio conflict.
Freckle, whose tool cleans and enriches CRM data for revenue operations teams, announces a $4 million seed round with Gradient and 1984 Ventures at the helm, plus product plans and open roles.
Profile of Turnto founder Jessica Dove London, who built a health-information platform after her son's rare cerebral palsy diagnosis; the startup has secured $1.1 million pre-seed from angel and fund backers.
Shopfront, a re-commerce platform for selling second-hand goods across multiple marketplaces, raised a pre-seed round backed by Antler, Co Ventures, 5H Values Capital, Jampad and angel syndicates, plus eBay grant funding.
Melbourne startup Shopfront has secured $800,000 in a pre-seed round led by Antler, Co-Ventures, 5H Values Capital and Jam Pad Investments, with angel syndicates joining; its founders met through an Antler program.
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Missing Perspectives quizzed five women founders about their fundraising, covering raises at Constantinople, Build Club, Matilda, Sense of Self and Xylo Systems, and sharing their pitching advice.
Profile of Annie Liao, 23, founder of Build Club, who has closed a $1.8 million round to build an AI learning platform, tracing her path from Westpac, BCG and Aura Ventures into startups.
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SmartCompany roundup covering six Australian funding deals totalling $18.4 million: Visibuild, My Mirror, Cambium Bio, Freckle, Old Young's Distillery and Taly, plus news that Freckle's founder earlier sold Everproof to GO1.
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Ignition Lane's weekly wrap: Tiger Global's losses and past Australian bets, MilkRun and TradeSquare closures, Cyara's Spearline acquisition, a Co Ventures pre-seed fund, Square Peg's partner promotion and LaunchVic's 30×30 picks.
Modo, a Melbourne company developing a mind-clarity app, has secured pre-launch backing of $800,000 from five funds plus founders of Culture Amp and Seer; the app offers subscription access from early 2024.
New hardware accelerator The Melt has backed five industrial startups and raised the first year of a rolling angel fund set to reach $10 million, while also delivering R&D services for large corporates.
MyGig's press page records its A$1 million pre-seed funding round with Artesian, Hostplus, Co Ventures and Aussie Angels, alongside company facts, its founder, and media contacts.