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Feature on tech startups thriving outside Australian capitals, recording Cauldron's seed raise and government backing, with views from investors and founders at regional companies.
Angel investor · Founder, Horizons Ventures
Every published round Li Ka-shing 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.
Companies Li Ka-shing has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleet Space Technologies | 5 Sep 2019 | 1 | 0 | |
| Nourish Ingredients | 20 Oct 2022, Series A | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Li Ka-shing, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Li Ka-shing has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Li Ka-shing did.
Stories naming Li Ka-shing. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Feature on tech startups thriving outside Australian capitals, recording Cauldron's seed raise and government backing, with views from investors and founders at regional companies.
Adelaide IVF device startup Fertilis secured a seed round led by Horizons Ventures to advance clinical trials and commercialise its embryo-culturing cradle devices.
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Weekly agrifoodtech funding roundup covering raises by Nourish Ingredients, AlgiKnit, Allergy Amulet, Bluu Biosciences, Deep Branch, VFC, Waycool, Deliciou and MeliBio, plus Hanegal's acquisition of ready-meal maker Fairdig.
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Soil Carbon Co, an Australian startup using fungi to store carbon in soil, raised A$10 million in seed funding led by Horizons Ventures, with Grok Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation participating.
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Melbourne packaging startup Varden has secured $2.2 million from Horizons Ventures to scale its sugarcane-waste packaging technology built by co-founders Stuart Gordon and Mark Appleford.
AI healthcare startup Harrison.ai, founded by brothers Aengus and Dimitry Tran, raised $29 million in its first outside round, led by Blackbird Ventures with Horizons Ventures, Skip Capital and Ramsay Health Care taking part.
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