Startup · $8.2m raised
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Coviu raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Main Sequence Ventures | Unnamed stage · Unnamed stage | - |
| EVP | Unnamed stage | - |
| Giant Leap | Unnamed stage | - |
| Medical Angels | Unnamed stage | - |
| Cooperative Research Centre Projects | Grant | - |
| Federal Government | Grant | - |
Companies Coviu acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Amandeep Hansra | Director | Startup Daily |
| Dr Silvia Pfeiffer | Non-executive Director | Startup Daily |
| Dr Silvia Pfeiffer | CEO · Founder | Women's Agenda, Startup Daily (Mon 7 Dec 2020), Startup Daily (Mon 6 May 2019), Startup Daily (Fri 8 Feb 2019), SmartCompany |
Stories naming Coviu. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Doctor-led syndicate Medical Angels is turning its backing of 30-plus health startups into a $40 million fund, with $4 million banked, and has recruited former Startmate chief Michal Batko as venture partner.
Profile of doctor-led angel syndicate Australian Medical Angels covering LaunchVic grants, $300,000 toward a new venture fund, a clinician pre-accelerator, and investments including WeGuide and Coviu.
SmartCompany reports digital health platform Updoc raised $20 million from ASX-listed investor Bailador, its first external capital, and notes the telehealth sector's recent funding activity, including InstantScripts' earlier sale to Wesfarmers.
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A Sydney GP who co-founded a medical investment syndicate has taken a principal role at a deep tech venture fund, joining shortly after another investor's promotion there.
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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Telehealth company Coviu has raised a $6 million round backed by several venture investors after rapid pandemic-driven growth, while its CEO and co-founder was named Founder of the Year at a national awards program.
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Ikkiworks, a Sydney medtech startup, received a $25,000 NSW government MVP grant for its robot helping seriously ill children at home, alongside mentions of other medtech grants.
Coviu wins a $1.18 million CRC-P grant alongside CSIRO's Data 61, HFRC and UWA to develop its video-based physiotherapy analysis tool; the startup previously raised $1 million from Main Sequence Ventures.
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