Startup · $28.8m raised
Melbourne, VIC
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round JigSpace raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Anorak Ventures | Series A | - |
| Aura Ventures | Series A | - |
| Boost VC | Series A · Seed | - |
| Breakthrough Victoria | Series A | $4,400,000 |
| Eleanor Ventures | Seed | - |
| General Catalyst | Seed | - |
| Hugh Bickerstaff | Series A | - |
| Investible | Series A · Unnamed stage · Series A · Seed | - |
| Patagorang Investment Group | Series A | - |
| Rampersand | Series A · Unnamed stage · Series A · Seed | - |
| Roger Allen | Series A | - |
| Startmate | Accelerator | - |
| Vulpes | Series A · Unnamed stage · Series A | - |
Companies JigSpace acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming JigSpace. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Rampersand's newsletter announces it led Keeyu's $2.3 million pre-seed round, alongside portfolio updates from Quantum Brilliance, Cuttable, Hatch and Goterra, plus job listings and reflections on domain founders and Australian venture capital.
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Breakthrough Victoria highlights recent achievements of portfolio companies including funding, awards, and expansions for firms like Liquid Instruments, Quantum Brilliance, and Samsara Eco.
Breakthrough Victoria's acting CEO reviews 2024: launching the BV Fellowship, investing in JigSpace and Quantum Brilliance, hosting a Founders Day, and recruiting a permanent CEO.
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Aura Group's 2024 retrospective: team growth, a senior distribution appointment, award-winning fund performance, nine startups added to its portfolio, a SPAC funding round with OSK-SBI leading, exits, divestments, plus a new XT Ventures alliance.
The Victorian government's VC fund Breakthrough Victoria slipped to a loss, its annual report showing startup investments, cost cutting and boardroom departures amid criticism of its spending and performance.
Weekly roundup of four Australian raises: HammerTech $105m led by Riverwood Capital, JigSpace $13m led by Breakthrough Victoria, ExoFlare's $5.3m seed, and Go Locum's $350,000 seed led by Paspalis.
Profile of JigSpace recalling its Melbourne origins, its 2016 stint at Adam Draper's accelerator with initial backing, and Breakthrough Victoria's investment keeping the 3D software firm in Victoria with job growth plans.
Breakthrough Victoria heads a $13 million investment into augmented reality company JigSpace, with Aura Ventures, Anorak Ventures and returning backers taking part; the Melbourne firm plans US offices and team growth.
Breakthrough Victoria led a $13m raise for AR platform JigSpace, investing via convertible note alongside Aura Ventures, Anorak Ventures and returning backers, with Victorian job growth expected.
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Weekly roundup covering seven ANZ startup raises — Bare Funerals, Humii, WeMoney, CLT Toolbox, Clean Slate Clinic, SpatialGPT and Great Wrap — plus LaunchVic's $900,000 into Paul Little's Skalata fund.
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Weekly roundup listing seven Australian startups and their raises, totalling $17.7 million across AI, packaging materials, fintech, digital health, music licensing, construction software and swimwear.
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SpatialGPT, an AI construction startup incubated by InnovateGPT Group, has raised $5.1 million, led by former Microsoft executives; the incubator has also launched other AI ventures.
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Melbourne 3D and augmented reality presentation startup JigSpace has banked a further $5.2 million from repeat backers Rampersand, Investible and Vulpes; customers include the Alfa Romeo F1 team.
Weekly roundup reporting Gilmour Space's raise, several startup funding rounds, KKR's Education Perfect deal, ASX listings, new funds from Accel and the Albert family, and global tech listings and acquisitions.
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Melbourne augmented reality presentation company JigSpace has raised a $6 million Series A from returning and new backers to speed global expansion, after a smaller raise the previous October.
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Space incubator Moonshot has closed its first investment fund and opened applications for its next accelerator, having earlier put $300,000 into four startups via a Startmate partnership.
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Melbourne AR startup JigSpace's app featured in Apple's iPhone 12 launch event, which its co-founder calls a milestone for spatial computing; the article also notes the company recently raised a $2 million seed round.
JigSpace, a Melbourne platform for interactive 3D presentations, has raised seed funding from local and US venture investors as coronavirus lockdowns lift usage of its tool dramatically.