Startup · $2.2m raised
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Earlywork raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Archangel Ventures | Seed · Pre-seed | - |
| Dave O'Mahony | Seed | - |
| Dave Shepherd | Seed | - |
| David Shein | Seed | - |
| Jay Simons | Seed | - |
| Jelix Ventures | Seed | - |
| No Brand | Seed | - |
| Paul Robson | Seed | - |
| Sam Rahmanian | Seed | - |
| Ultraviolet Ventures | Seed | - |
| Phase One Ventures | Pre-seed | - |
| Square Peg Capital | Pre-seed | - |
Every published round Earlywork 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sauce | Seed | 11 Nov 2022 | $2.3m | Participant | SmartCompany, Startup Daily, Forbes Australia |
Companies Earlywork has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sauce | 11 Nov 2022, Seed | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Earlywork, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Earlywork has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Earlywork did.
| Company | Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio company of Earlywork is recorded as having been acquired. | ||||
Companies Earlywork acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Earlywork. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Jelix Ventures sets out why its Fund 1 backed Earlywork's $1.5 million round, praising the edtech startup's team and vocational model while flagging scaling questions.
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Startup Daily's SUDS podcast episode features Adviser Ratings chief Angus Woods discussing crypto collapses, social media fraud and tech job cuts, plus conversations with founders from EarlyWork, Sidekicker and Gheorg.
Ignition Lane's weekly roundup covers Linktree's unicorn raise, several Australian funding rounds, Tiger and Insight's new mega-funds, falling SaaS valuations, the ACCC's action against Meta, and new accelerator and product launches.
Square Peg Capital announces its pre-seed investment in Earlywork, an early-career talent community with a job board, backing founders Dan, Marina and Jono alongside Archangel Ventures and PhaseOne Ventures.
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