Venture capital fund · 6 deals
Every published round M8 Ventures 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elita Genetics | Seed | 14 Sep 2026 | $1.9m | Participant | Startup Daily, Dealroom, Gandel Invest portfolio | |
| Emanda | Pre-seed | Dec 2025 | $300k | Participant | Startup Daily, SmartCompany | |
| Hola Health | Series A | 8 Apr 2025 | $6m | Participant | Startup Daily | |
| Flowing Bee | Pre-seed | 5 Mar 2025 | $1.6m | Lead | SmartCompany (Fri 7 Mar 2025), SmartCompany (Thu 6 Mar 2025), Startup Daily | |
| SeenCulture | Pre-seed | 20 Jul 2024 | $1m | Participant | SmartCompany (Thu 15 Aug 2024), SmartCompany (Fri 26 Jul 2024), Startup Daily | |
| Hola Health | Series A | 20 Mar 2024 | $4.5m | Lead | Startup Daily, SmartCompany (Fri 22 Mar 2024), SmartCompany (Wed 20 Mar 2024) |
Companies M8 Ventures has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elita Genetics | 14 Sep 2026, Seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Emanda | Dec 2025, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Flowing Bee | 5 Mar 2025, Pre-seed | 1 | 1 | |
| Hola Health | 20 Mar 2024, Series A | 2 | 1 | |
| SeenCulture | 20 Jul 2024, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for M8 Ventures, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies M8 Ventures has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal M8 Ventures did.
Stories naming M8 Ventures. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Pet-health startup Elita Genetics, based in Melbourne, has secured $1.9 million to grow from cell banking into canine longevity, with Boost VC leading and four other backers alongside.
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Melbourne behavioural-intelligence startup Flowing Bee hires Jonny Hanratty from The Lab to lead applied research and strategy amid rapid growth; named backers include Archangel Ventures, Antler and LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund.
Aussie Angels, a platform for angel investing, is now Ventari. It hosts over 60 syndicates and funds whose backers have deployed $75m into ANZ startups; the company itself raised $2m in 2025.
Funding roundup led by Airwallex's US$330 million Series G at a $12 billion valuation, with raises from Kasada, Hnry, All G, Bless Payments and Emanda, plus earlier rounds recalled.
Also Startup Daily
Melbourne pet-health startup Elita Genetics stores animals' stem cells collected at desexing; the piece covers its new budget subscription tier and notes a seven-figure pre-seed raise backed by Startmate and others.
Woolworths, via its Healthylife arm, led telehealth firm Hola Health's $6m Series A at a $70m valuation, with M8 Ventures and FundWA backing; the Perth company raised $4.5m a year earlier.
Weekly roundup detailing six Australian startup raises announced this week, covering Heidi Health, Instant, Esper, Trusst AI, Flowing Bee and GonGlobal, with investors, founders, valuations and earlier rounds.
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Flowing Bee, which applies psychology and AI to marketing decisions, has picked up $1.6 million in pre-seed money from Archangel Ventures and several other backers.
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Weekly roundup of three Australian raises: adtech firm Cuttable's seed round, Fundabl's equity round and SeenCulture's funding, naming investors, plus new Cuttable co-CEOs and a board appointment.
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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Psylo, a Sydney maker of psychedelic therapies, has landed a US$8 million seed round led by Tenmile while moving to the US; earlier raises in 2022 and 2021 are recalled.
A weekly roundup detailing five raises across Australia and New Zealand: Marmalade, Cauldron, Prophet, Hola Health and Buddy, naming amounts, lead backers and founders.
Perth telehealth firm Hola Health has banked $4.5 million in a pre-Series A round led by M8 Ventures with FundWA and angels; M8 partner Emily Rich takes a Hola Health board seat.
Hola Health, a Perth-based on-demand telehealth and pharmacy delivery provider, has banked $4.5 million at pre-Series A with M8 Ventures heading the round, FundWA and angels also in; Emily Rich joins the board.
Weekly tech wrap: cloud-market trends, Tiger Global's cheques into Stake, Shippit and Carma, new VC funds, several acquisitions, grocery delivery startups Send and Quicko collapsing, and Elaine Stead joining M8 Ventures.
Also Startup Daily
Kate Kendall's women-only pre-accelerator Atto received a 125,000-dollar LaunchVic grant and is preparing a second cohort, with mentors from Startmate, M8 Ventures and Pick & Shovel supporting the program.
Analysis arguing that despite eye-catching raise headlines during COVID-19, deal counts fell sharply in early 2020, with experts citing portfolio protection, pipeline deals rushing to close, and media amplification.
Alan Jones explains that M8 Ventures is pausing its first fund raise and putting the partnership into sleep mode during pandemic uncertainty, citing weak traction with wealthy backers outside tech circles.
A guide to twelve funding routes for Australian startups, covering venture capital, angels, debt, accelerators, grants, corporate venture, crowdfunding, ICOs and loans, with many past raises cited as examples.
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