Founder, Cake Equity · angel in 1 deal
Every published round Jason Atkins 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloutly | undisclosed | 6 Jul 2022 | $500k | Participant | Cut Through Venture, Techboard, Startup Daily |
Companies Jason Atkins has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloutly | 6 Jul 2022, undisclosed | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Jason Atkins, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Jason Atkins has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Jason Atkins did.
Stories naming Jason Atkins. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Currents, a Gold Coast founder community group, has bought Michael Batko's running community Startup Striders for an undisclosed cash sum; Batko advises through December while remaining Startmate CEO.
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SeenCulture, a workplace platform, has secured $1 million in a pre-seed round from Alice Anderson Fund, M8 Ventures, InterValley Ventures and Torus, having earlier joined Techstars' first Sydney cohort with Cut Through Angels backing.
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Queensland's new Enterprise Acceleration Fund makes its debut investment, backing Gold Coast equity-platform startup Cake Equity's SAFE note round alongside Rampersand and Launch VC, with hiring plans flagged.
Gold Coast reputation-tech startup Cloutly raised $500,000 pre-seed led by Unify Ventures with several angels joining, to grow its team and product; it reports six-figure ARR and over 150 paying business customers.
Gold Coast stakeholder management startup Cake Equity has raised a $3 million seed round co-led by Jason Calacanis and Rampersand, with angels including Airtasker's Jonathan Lui, to support global expansion.
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Startmate's Demo Day unveiled its largest cohort of 18 ANZ startups, and the accelerator also raised a $2 million fund through its mentor network to invest in this intake.
Equity management platform Cake has raised $1 million in a seed round with Industria Capital; the article also recalls Carta's US$300 million Series E led by Andreessen Horowitz.