Startup · $58.4m raised
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Forage raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| UNSW Founders | Accelerator | - |
| Telstra Ventures | Series B | - |
| Lightspeed | Series B · Accelerator · Series A | - |
| Gaingels | Series B | - |
| FundersClub | Series B · Series A | - |
| ETF@JFFLabs | Series B | - |
| Citi Ventures | Series B | - |
| Cap Table Coalition | Series B | - |
| Blackbird Ventures | Series B | - |
Companies Forage acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Forage. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
UNSW Founders partnered with Luminary Partners to invest $200,000 each in 18 early-stage deeptech startups across its 2025 accelerator cohorts, extending prior backing arrangements.
Australian job-simulation edtech Forage has been bought by US education company EAB on undisclosed terms; the story also recalls its accelerator days and earlier venture raises.
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Profiles three founders: Kismet's Mark Woodland ($4m pre-seed for disability-services software), Forage's Tom Brumskill and Pasha Rayan (job-simulation platform, Series A and B), and Diolog's Amy Benson (self-funded investor-communications startup planning a seed round).
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup reporting numerous funding rounds including Aphea.Bio, Bobbie and Sensand, a Coca-Cola-backed venture fund close, Do Good Foods' bankruptcy filing, and The Andersons acquiring Bridge Agri Partners.
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UNSW Founders profiles its alumnus HEO Robotics, a Sydney company that inspects satellites from orbit, recounting its founding, accelerator history, and founders' backgrounds.
UNSW Founders honoured eight winners at its inaugural awards, with Forage taking Startup of the Year; the piece also notes Psylo's $5 million seed raise and this year's 10x Demo Day cohort.
Telstra Ventures has completed a third fund worth half a billion dollars, drawing on dozens of new and existing backers, with early cheques already written into fifteen companies including FTX and Forage.
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Roundup covering Wing's 200,000 drone deliveries and Coles partnership, multiple startup raises including Uppbeat and Veev, Nvidia's data breach, platforms' responses to the Ukraine war, and investors' views on no-code software.
Blackbird's investment note announcing it led Forage's US$25 million Series B alongside Lightspeed, Funders Club and new backers, with Tom Humphrey joining the board, plus a profile of Forage's preskilling platform.
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Skills-training platform Forage, which builds virtual work experience programs with employers, has raised a US$25 million Series B led by Blackbird Ventures, roughly a year after its US$9.3 million Series A.
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Blackbird's year-end review covers its fourth fund announcement, investments in companies including See-Mode, Morse Micro and SafetyCulture, Startmate's climate cohort intakes, Mike Cannon-Brookes joining its board, and numerous team hires.
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