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ForgePoint Capital

Disclosed deals

Every published round ForgePoint Capital 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
Secure Code Warrior	Series C	24 Jul 2023	$72m	Participant	Paladin Capital Group Goldman Sachs	SmartCompany (Fri 22 Dec 2023), Startup Daily, Forbes Australia, SmartCompany (Thu 27 Jul 2023), ARN (ARNnet), SmartCompany (Fri 14 Jul 2023)
Secure Code Warrior	Series B	11 Dec 2019	$70m	Lead	Goldman Sachs Cisco Investments AirTree Ventures Paladin Capital Group Cisco Paladin Group	ARN (ARNnet) (Mon 24 Jul 2023), SmartCompany (Tue 21 Jul 2020), SmartCompany (Mon 6 Jan 2020), SmartCompany (Tue 17 Dec 2019), Startup Daily, ARN (ARNnet) (Wed 11 Dec 2019), AirTree Ventures portfolio

Portfolio

Companies ForgePoint Capital has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
Secure Code Warrior		11 Dec 2019, Series B	2	1

Funds

Fund closes reported for ForgePoint Capital, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for ForgePoint Capital yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies ForgePoint Capital has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal ForgePoint Capital did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of ForgePoint Capital is recorded as having been acquired.

Coverage

Stories naming ForgePoint Capital. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

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The 10 biggest capital raises by Australian startups in 2023

A year-end SmartCompany roundup counting down 2023's ten largest Australian startup raises, headed by Employment Hero's $263m Series F, with investor details and commentary on fewer mega-rounds and continued under-representation of women co-founders.

SmartCompany Fri 22 Dec 2023 Employment Hero Loam Bio One Model Pet Circle Roller Saluda Medical Secure Code Warrior Skykraft Songtradr Till Payments Airbnb Atlassian Aware Super Blackbird Ventures CSIRO Equity Clear Regal Funds Management Scalapay SmartCompany Spotify St Baker family office TCV Techstars Sydney WiseTech Argo AV8 Epic Games Fidelity Management & Research Company Foresight Australia ForgePoint Capital Geekdom Goldman Sachs Insight Partners Main Sequence Ventures OPTrust Paladin Capital Group Perennial Private Investments Prysm Capital Queensland Investment Corporation Queensland Investments Corporation (QIC)Riverwood Capital Silva Fortune Tekkorp Capital TPG Wellington Management Mike Cannon-Brookes Richard White Ben Thompson Chris Butler David Wilson Jim Schuermann Luke Finn Mark Finn Dr Matias Madou Matthew Wilton Mike Frizell Paul Wiltshire Pieter Danhieux Rachel Geller Shadi Haddad Tegan Nock

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Four Aussie startups that raised $115.7 million this week

Weekly roundup of four Australian startup raises totalling $115.7 million: Secure Code Warrior's Series C, Lyre's, IMRA and Naked Life's crowdfunding record, alongside commentary on funding for women founders.

SmartCompany Fri 14 Jul 2023 Lyre's Naked Life Secure Code Warrior Birchal Qantas DSquared ForgePoint Capital Goldman Sachs Morgan Creek Consumer Fund Paladin Capital Group David Andrew Dr Matias Madou Paul Gloster Pieter Danhieux

Also ARN (ARNnet)·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Forbes Australia

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Special Series Part 2: Billions Of Dollars Roll Into AI-Enhanced Cybersecurity

Analysis of venture investment in AI-powered cybersecurity, citing large 2022 rounds for Salt Security, Velas and SparkCognition, SentinelOne's acquisition of Attivo Networks, and investors' views on the technology's limits.

Crunchbase News Wed 23 Nov 2022 Salt Alphabet CrowdStrike ForgePoint Capital Insight Partners Secure Code Warrior SentinelOne CapitalG

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Switched off over Christmas? Here’s the startup news you might have missed

A holiday roundup of startup headlines: several Australian funding rounds, Airwallex's funds frozen amid a fraud probe, Fintech Australia's policy submission, and Travis Kalanick selling his remaining Uber stake.

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Goldman Sachs backs $70 million series B for Sydney cybersecurity startup Secure Code Warrior

Secure Code Warrior raised US$48 million (AU$70 million) in Series B funding led by Goldman Sachs, with Cisco and ForgePoint Capital joining existing backers AirTree and Paladin, plus a recalled 2018 round.

Startup Daily Wed 11 Dec 2019 Secure Code Warrior Telstra Woolworths Xero AirTree Ventures Cisco ForgePoint Capital Goldman Sachs Paladin Capital Group James Cameron Dr Matias Madou Pieter Danhieux

Also ARN (ARNnet)·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·ARN (ARNnet)

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