Investor · 1 deal
Every published round Innovation Bay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zendir | Seed | 17 Sep 2025 | $3m+ | Participant | Beaten Zone Venture Partners, Beaten Zone Venture Partners portfolio, Galileo Ventures portfolio, Ten13 portfolio |
Companies Innovation Bay has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zendir | 17 Sep 2025, Seed | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Innovation Bay, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Innovation Bay has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Innovation Bay did.
Stories naming Innovation Bay. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Enterprize Tasmania has appointed Brian Collins, deputy chair of FinTech Australia and co-founder of fintech fund Triple Bubble, as CEO, with the ten-year-old organisation seeking national and global reach for the state's startup ecosystem.
Roundup of four ANZ raises: a Queensland rocket company's nine-figure Series E, a New Zealand legal-AI firm's Series B, a seed round for AI code-security, and a Melbourne construction-software raise.
Roundup of four ANZ raises totalling over $307m: Gilmour Space's Series E, Ivo's Series B, Dam Secure's seed round and SPEC Toolbox's pre-Series A, plus a board appointment at Dam Secure.
AI code security startup Dam Secure has closed an oversubscribed $6.1 million seed round led by Paladin Capital Group, with several tech executives investing, to grow its Australian R&D team and build a US sales presence.
Also Startup Daily·Forbes Australia·SmartCompany·Forbes Australia
BZV's post announcing it co-led Zendir's oversubscribed seed round with Investible, joined by Galileo Ventures, TEN13, Jelix Ventures and Innovation Bay, to fund overseas growth of the spacecraft digital-twin platform.
Blackbird partner Samantha Wong reflects on a decade of the firm's Sunrise conference and Australia's startup ecosystem, recalling Atlassian's Nasdaq listing and Aconex's float and sale to Oracle.
Also SmartCompany
Weekly roundup covering seven Australian companies' fresh capital: EV charging, satellite IoT, sovereign cloud, wearables, workplace messaging, plus two crowdfunding raises on Birchal.
Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily·@AuManufacturing·@AuManufacturing
Jelix's note explains its fund's participation in Nominal Systems' oversubscribed seed round, profiling the spacetech founders, their industry collaborations, early profitability and plans for recurring digital-twin revenue.
Roundup: Titomic's April equity raise, a Curtin student's SunSmart fashion win, Innovation Bay's NT angel launch, BenchOn's Queensland portal, WHISE backing a Victorian manufacturing strategy, plus Curtin nanocrystal research.
WA's Purpose Ventures has put more money into Plancare, a self-managed healthcare platform, lifting its cumulative backing to $2.5 million; the article also profiles the fund's founders, portfolio and history.
Also Startup Daily
Innovation Bay hires Eleanor Salt as community manager and former Airtree community head Melissa Ran as investment ambassador for its Horizon angel network, Startup Daily reports.
Kylie and Derek Gerrard's Purpose Ventures has closed $37m for its Western Australian startup fund, with WA investors, the Steinberg Family Office as cornerstone backer and state government operational support.
Also Startup Daily
Angel network Innovation Bay is expanding to Queensland in 2023, planning a Brisbane investor day and a Gold Coast VC retreat; EduVidd's founder credits an earlier pitch event with helping her raise $600,000.
Biza.io, a Brisbane consumer-data-right compliance startup, has closed a $7.5m Series A with OIF Ventures and Jelix Ventures — its first raise after bootstrapping to profitability under founder Stuart Low, a former Rabobank innovation head.
Also OIF Ventures portfolio·OIF Ventures portfolio·Startup Daily·Australian FinTech·Startup Daily·Techboard·Startup Daily·Australian FinTech·Australian FinTech·Australian FinTech·Australian FinTech
Sisters' sustainability procurement startup givvable won X15 Ventures' inaugural Xccelerate2020 accelerator, taking $150,000 from CBA plus Microsoft technology and program support; SpendAble, Link4 and SenseIQ were the other finalists.
Blackbird's February newsletter reports new investments in Roborigger and Dovetail plus Process Street's Series A, alongside portfolio updates, a founder spotlight and hiring notices.
Talk by ex-RAAF pilot Jason Waller on leading Spookfish from its 2015 backdoor listing to its sale to EagleView, with notes on nearMap's rise and its chief executive's upcoming appearances.