Venture capital fund · 3 deals
Bellevue Hill, NSW
Every published round Follow[the]Seed 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmbot | Series A | 13 Oct 2021 | $1.8m | Participant | Beef Central / Grain Central (Tue 9 Nov 2021), Startup Daily, SmartCompany, AgFunderNews, Beef Central / Grain Central (Mon 11 Oct 2021), inforcapital.com, Follow[the]Seed portfolio | |
| Farmbot Monitoring Solutions | Series A | 12 Oct 2021 | $2.7m | Participant | Startup Daily (Tue 11 Jun 2024), Startup Daily (Thu 8 Dec 2022), Startup Daily (Tue 12 Oct 2021) | |
| Lumi | Unnamed stage | 21 May 2019 | $8m | Participant | SmartCompany (Fri 21 Jul 2023), SmartCompany (Tue 21 May 2019), Australian FinTech, Follow[the]Seed portfolio |
Companies Follow[the]Seed has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmbot | 13 Oct 2021, Series A | 1 | 0 | |
| Farmbot Monitoring Solutions | 12 Oct 2021, Series A | 1 | 0 | |
| Lumi | 21 May 2019 | 1 | 0 |
Companies Follow[the]Seed'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 |
|---|---|
| Abyss Solutions | - |
| Bangtuike | - |
| BIRDI | - |
| Blockchain/Web 3.0 | fts.vc ↗ |
| ClassCover/TeacherIN | - |
| Cozitrip | - |
| Cylus | - |
| Cymmetria | - |
| DataWit | - |
| Efficient Frontier | - |
| EFTLab | - |
| Haystack | - |
| Jayride (ASX: JAY) | - |
| Riskwise | - |
| Salt | - |
| Sweaty Chair | - |
| Tapp | - |
| The Gift Collective | - |
| Upwise | - |
| WhiteRabbit | - |
| Workspot | - |
Fund closes reported for Follow[the]Seed, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Follow[the]Seed has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Follow[the]Seed did.
Stories naming Follow[the]Seed. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Water monitoring company Farmbot Monitoring Solutions raised $2.7 million, with Telstra contributing $1 million alongside Macdoch Ventures, Follow the Seed and three customers, and plans US expansion and a future Series B.
Small-business lender Lumi has secured an $8 million equity round led by family offices, with Follow [the] Seed participating, less than a year after a $31.5 million debt and equity raise.
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