Startup · $38m raised
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Darwinium raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Accomplice | Series A | - |
| AirTree Ventures | Series A · Seed | - |
| Blackbird Ventures | Series A · Seed | - |
| Jeff Fagnan | Seed | - |
| Naval Ravikant | Seed | - |
| U.S. Venture Partners | Series A | - |
Investors whose own portfolio pages list Darwinium, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| Glitch Capital | its portfolio page ↗ |
Companies Darwinium 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Reed Taussig | Board Chairman | TechCrunch Venture, Forbes Australia |
| Alisdair Faulkner | Co-founder and CEO | SmartCompany (Fri 20 Oct 2023), TechCrunch Venture, darwinium.com, SmartCompany (Fri 11 Nov 2022), Forbes Australia |
Stories naming Darwinium. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Roundup of eight Australian startup raises totalling $433m, topped by Employment Hero's $263m Series F and Skykraft's $120m round; Darwinium, Konvoy Kegs, The Martec and three Birchal crowdfunds complete the week.
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Australian HR software firm Employment Hero has banked a large Series F led by US investor TCV, lifting its valuation towards $2 billion, with several existing backers also taking part.
Fraud-prevention startup Darwinium, built by ThreatMetrix's co-founders, has announced an $18m Series A backed by USVP; the piece also recalls its 2022 seed round and ThreatMetrix's 2018 sale to LexisNexis.
Fraud-prevention platform Darwinium announces an $18m Series A with USVP at the helm and its earlier backers taking part, lifting lifetime funding to $26m; the CEO's former firm ThreatMetrix was bought by LexisNexis.
Australian venture investors AirTree, Blackbird, Square Peg and OneVentures review their 2022 deployment and fund raises and predict capital efficiency, venture credit, consolidation and selective funding will shape 2023.
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Techboard's monthly roundup reports November 2022 Australian private funding of roughly $678 million across 38 deals, listing closed raises by Vow, Samsara Eco, Advanced Navigation and others, Sprint Ventures' first fund close, and rounds still open.
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A weekly roundup detailing nine startup funding rounds totalling $39.6 million, spanning cybersecurity, medtech, healthtech, hospitality, retail media, accessibility, clean energy and agtech ventures.
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