Startup · $513.5m raised
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Guzman y Gomez raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Aware Super | Unnamed stage | - |
| Capital Group | Unnamed stage | - |
| Cooper Investors | Unnamed stage · Unnamed stage | - |
| Firetrail Investments | Unnamed stage · Unnamed stage | - |
| Hyperion Asset Management | Unnamed stage · Unnamed stage | - |
| QVG Capital | Unnamed stage · Unnamed stage | - |
| TDM Growth Partners | Unnamed stage · Unnamed stage | $44,000,000 |
Investors whose own portfolio pages list Guzman y Gomez, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| Athletic Ventures | its portfolio page ↗ |
The transaction that ended Guzman y Gomez's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.
| Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | IPO | 20 Jun 2024 | $335.1m | SmartCompany (Thu 19 Dec 2024), TDM Growth Partners portfolio, Clime Investment Management portfolio, SmartCompany (Fri 21 Jun 2024) |
Companies Guzman y Gomez acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Guzman y Gomez. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Short-term rental manager Hometime has hired Alison Walsh, previously CMO at Chatime Australia and a 17-year Guzman y Gomez veteran, as its chief marketing officer, reporting to co-founder and CEO Billy Crock.
Athletic Ventures, started by former athletes, has closed its debut fund at $25 million, with about 100 sports stars and several veteran venture figures backing it as limited partners.
Year-end roundup ranking 2024's twelve largest startup raises, headed by PsiQuantum's $940 million government-backed quantum computing round, plus Guzman y Gomez's ASX listing and Betashares' Temasek investment.
TDM's post marks Guzman y Gomez's 2024 ASX debut at a $3 billion valuation, the biggest local listing since 2021, recalling TDM's 2018 backing and naming new institutional holders of the $335m offer.
Fast-food chain Guzman y Gomez has completed its Australian sharemarket debut, with shares trading well above the offer price and valuing the Sydney-founded business at roughly three billion dollars.
Eleven companies reached billion-dollar valuations in April 2024, led by Xaira Therapeutics' $1 billion Series A; Rubrik and Ibotta listed on the NYSE, and several existing unicorns raised at higher valuations.
Also Crunchbase News
Weekly roundup of four raises: Guzman y Gomez banked $134.5 million at a $1.73 billion valuation, Honey Insurance sealed a $108 million Series A, Skin2Neuron gathered $4 million, and AVESS Energy took $1 million.
Also SmartCompany
An analysis of Guzman Y Gomez's financials ahead of a rumoured IPO, covering its franchise economics, store buybacks and earlier raises and stake sales by TDM, Magellan and Aware Super.
Sample rebranded as Mercu, pivoting from a professional network for essential workers to employee engagement software for deskless staff, and raised a $2.4 million seed round with Sequoia Capital India returning alongside new backers.
Also Startup Daily
Mushroom-based meat alternative maker Fable Food Co has raised a Series A to fund US and UK expansion, with its founder arguing fungi products beat soy and pea protein rivals on taste, price and health.
Registry and corporate services provider Automic Group has brought in Five V Capital as a new minority shareholder, with the capital injection earmarked to speed growth and modernise Australia's registry industry.
Also Startup Daily