MANAGING PARTNER, JEKARA · angel in 3 deals
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Board Member (former) | Tritium | Virescent Ventures portfolio, CEFC, Startup Daily (Mon 31 May 2021), Startup Daily (Thu 27 May 2021), gridcog.com |
| MANAGING PARTNER | JEKARA | Dealroom, JEKARA team page |
| MD (former) | Tiger Financial Group | Virescent Ventures portfolio, CEFC, Startup Daily (Mon 31 May 2021), Startup Daily (Thu 27 May 2021), Startup News (WA), SmartCompany, gridcog.com |
| Partner (former) | Reinventure Group | Startup Daily, SmartCompany |
Every published round Kara Frederick 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GridCognition | Seed | 2021 | $2.2m | Participant | Startup News (WA), Virescent Ventures portfolio, CEFC, gridcog.com, Afterwork Ventures portfolio | |
| GridCognition | Pre-seed | 17 Dec 2020 | $675k | Participant | Startup News (WA) (Tue 8 Feb 2022), Virescent Ventures portfolio, CEFC, Startup News (WA) (Fri 3 Sep 2021), Startup News (WA) (Thu 17 Dec 2020), Alberts Impact Ventures portfolio, gridcog.com | |
| Josef | Seed | May 2019 | $1m | Participant | SmartCompany (Wed 19 May 2021), Startup Daily, SmartCompany (Wed 18 Dec 2019), SmartCompany (Wed 22 May 2019) |
Companies Kara Frederick has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josef | May 2019, Seed | 1 | 0 | |
| GridCognition | 17 Dec 2020, Pre-seed | 2 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Kara Frederick, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Kara Frederick has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Kara Frederick did.
Stories naming Kara Frederick. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Energy software firm Gridcognition closed a $2.25 million seed round; CEFC committed $625,000 through its innovation fund alongside Alberts Impact Ventures, Afterwork Ventures and angel investors, taking total funding near $4 million.
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