General Partner, AirTree Ventures · angel in 1 deal
Every published round James Cameron 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heaps Normal | Accelerator | 16 Nov 2020 | $1.3m | Participant | Startmate, SmartCompany (Mon 29 Nov 2021), SmartCompany (Fri 18 Dec 2020), SmartCompany (Mon 16 Nov 2020), Startup News (WA), SmartCompany (Thu 10 Sep 2020) |
Companies James Cameron has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heaps Normal | 16 Nov 2020, Accelerator | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for James Cameron, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies James Cameron has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal James Cameron did.
Stories naming James Cameron. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Ex-Up Bank executives have secured pre-seed backing for a Melbourne venture developing AI-driven consumer finance tools, with Airtree Ventures and Triple Bubble co-leading the investment ahead of a planned local launch.
AirTree closes its $650m Fund V across seed and growth vehicles, backed mostly by international institutional capital, and promotes three early-career investors to Principal.
Gridsight, a Sydney energy software startup, has banked $7.5 million in Series A capital, with Airtree Ventures leading and Pat Cummins among the backers, to grow its grid analytics platform.
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Airtree Ventures has reached a first close on its fifth fund, drawing commitments from three US institutions plus returning local super funds, against a $650 million target.
Australian insurtech momentum examined: Honey Insurance's Series A and Cover Genius's raise led Q2 2024 funding, while an Airtree partner argues incumbents have left insurance open to technology-driven challengers.
Also SmartCompany
Australian venture investors AirTree, Blackbird, Square Peg and OneVentures review their 2022 deployment and fund raises and predict capital efficiency, venture credit, consolidation and selective funding will shape 2023.
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Devops startup Buildkite has raised a US$21 million Series B led by OneVentures and AirTree, with General Catalyst and angel Dom Pym participating, to build new developer products and grow teams.
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Profile of spend-management startup Paytron, which won a 2022 fintech award and an x15ventures competition; co-founder Jaco Veldsman credits customer focus, team culture and problem obsession for its growth.
Searchable encryption startup CipherStash has raised a $3.3 million seed round led by AirTree and Nexus Venture Partners with several angel backers, as it prepares to expand into the US market.
Roundup of recent raises: a New Zealand legaltech Series A, plant-based meat seed funding with a celebrity chef tie-in, hospitality software capital, and battery materials funding, plus board additions.
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Pluralsight is acquiring Melbourne cloud-training firm A Cloud Guru in an undisclosed deal rumoured at a billion dollars. The article recalls A Cloud Guru's 2019 raise, AirTree's participation, and its 2019 purchase of Linux Academy.
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Brisbane EV fast-charger maker Tritium is merging with US SPAC Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corp II to list on NASDAQ at an A$1.55 billion valuation, anticipating up to US$403 million in gross proceeds.
Non-alcoholic beer startup Heaps Normal has raised $1.3 million from angel investors including founders of Adore Beauty, Culture Amp and Linktree, while its co-founders were completing the Startmate accelerator.
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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.
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Melbourne cloud training startup A Cloud Guru raised US$33 million (A$47m) from Summit Partners, Airtree Ventures and existing backer Elephant to expand its team and platform.
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An AirTree partner argues Australia's healthtech sector must champion centralised health data, citing local AI diagnostics and bioprinting startups and claiming MyHealthRecord's aggregated data could enable life-saving medical insights.