Startup · $13m raised
Melbourne, VIC
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Freckle raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 Ventures | Seed · Seed | - |
| Co Ventures | Seed · Seed · Pre-seed | - |
| Gradient | Seed · Seed | - |
| Liquid2 | Seed · Seed | - |
| Mintaka | Seed · Seed · Pre-seed | - |
| Asymmetric Capital Partners | Pre-seed | - |
| Brenteca Investments | Pre-seed | - |
| Polaris Ventures | Pre-seed | - |
Companies Freckle acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Nathan Merzvinskis | CEO · Founder | Startup Daily, SmartCompany (Fri 12 Sep 2025), Capital Brief, freckle.io, SmartCompany (Fri 6 Dec 2024) |
Stories naming Freckle. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Weekly roundup covering 19 Australian and New Zealand raises, headlined by Andromeda Robotics' $23m Series A, plus Freckle, Marloo, X-Hemp, Harvest B, Wable, Starboard and Techstars Sydney's 12-startup cohort.
Also SmartCompany
Freckle, a Melbourne data-enrichment startup, has banked a seed-stage round from Gradient, Google's AI-focused investment vehicle, alongside several US funds, after an unnamed local VC pulled its term sheet over a portfolio conflict.
Freckle, whose tool cleans and enriches CRM data for revenue operations teams, announces a $4 million seed round with Gradient and 1984 Ventures at the helm, plus product plans and open roles.
SmartCompany roundup covering six Australian funding deals totalling $18.4 million: Visibuild, My Mirror, Cambium Bio, Freckle, Old Young's Distillery and Taly, plus news that Freckle's founder earlier sold Everproof to GO1.
Remarkable's accelerator unveils seven startups in its 2021 cohort serving people with disability, including Tunisia's Cure Bionics, with Demo Day set for July and last year's intake averaging investment per startup.