Angel investor · CEO · Founder, CultureAmp
Every published round Didier Elzinga 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 Didier Elzinga has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bardee | 18 Nov 2021, Seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Dovetail | 26 Feb 2020, Seed | 3 | 0 | |
| Reejig | 18 Oct 2021, Series A | 1 | 0 | |
| Who Gives A Crap | 20 Sep 2021 | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Didier Elzinga, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Didier Elzinga has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Didier Elzinga did.
Stories naming Didier Elzinga. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Culture Amp is acquiring Orgnostic, a Belgrade-founded people analytics startup, for an undisclosed sum; its cofounders join as vice presidents and a combined People Analytics product is planned for later in 2024.
Psychotherapist Esther Perel has become Culture Amp's first external advisor, after years of involvement with the Australian employee experience platform, and will draw on its people scientists and data to inform customer insights.
Bardee still supplies Bunnings and farmers despite big layoffs, slower production, and two regulator investigations; the agtech startup has raised $8 million, including a $5 million Blackbird-backed seed round.
Workforce intelligence firm Reejig has raised $17 million with Salesforce Ventures investing, eight months after completing its Series A. The 2019-founded company's earlier backing came from Skip Capital, Airtree and Right Click Capital.
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Workforce analytics firm Reejig has raised a further fifteen million dollars, four months on from its October Series A, taking total funding to twenty-one million as backers double down ahead of US expansion.
Weekly roundup of Australian startup raises, including Airwallex's Series E extension, Fleet Space's Series B and Montu's record crowdfunding, plus Giant Leap raising $19.5 million toward a $50 million second fund.
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Workforce intelligence platform Reejig has raised a $6 million series A led by Skip Capital, with Airtree Ventures and angels participating, following its 2020 seed, to fund expansion into the United States.
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Employee experience platform Culture Amp has bought San Francisco values-recognition startup Disco for an undisclosed sum, with Disco's former CEO joining Culture Amp and an Asana executive added to the board.
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Culture Amp co-founder Didier Elzinga discusses survey data showing pandemic-driven burnout and doubled turnover, the company's recovery after 2020 layoffs, its rapid growth, and its 2021 hiring plans.
Sydney customer-research software firm Dovetail raised $5 million from existing backers Felicis, Blackbird, Grok and Didier Elzinga, following its 2020 seed round, to fund a North American expansion.
SiteMinder raised from BlackRock at a $1.1 billion valuation, becoming Australia's first unicorn of 2020, joined by AustralianSuper, Ellerston and Pendal; Bailador reported a partial stake sale.
Melbourne employee-survey company Culture Amp has closed an $82 million Series E led by Sequoia Capital China, doubling its total funding, a year after a $40 million Series D.
A year-end roundup of Australia's largest 2018 startup capital raises, covering Judo Capital, Deputy, Airwallex, Inflazome, SafetyCulture, Culture Amp, Canva, Havven, Athena, Ansarada and Data Republic, with investors and earlier rounds recalled.
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