Startup · $725k raised
Melbourne, VIC
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Mentorloop raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Blackbird Ventures | Seed | - |
| Folklore Ventures | Seed | - |
| Rampersand | Seed | - |
Companies Mentorloop acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Lucy Lloyd | CEO · Founder | Startup Daily, Blackbird Ventures portfolio, SmartCompany |
Stories naming Mentorloop. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Profile of Mentorloop, a profitable Melbourne mentoring-platform startup whose cofounders urge founders to seek sustainable growth instead of repeated fundraising; the piece recalls its 2017 seed round backed by Blackbird, Rampersand and Folklore.
Blackbird interviews Mentorloop co-founder Lucy Lloyd, who recalls the $275K pre-seed raise that convinced her and Heidi Holmes to go full-time on their mentoring software platform.
The federal government's Boosting Female Founders Initiative has granted $12 million to 51 women-led startups, with Indigital and Ovira among the larger recipients named.
Profile of Adelaide charity-donations startup Good Thnx after Startmate's demo day, covering its Slack integration, fast enterprise sales, mentor network, a $75,000 investment and $1 million in donations facilitated.
Startmate unveils the ten startups joining its Melbourne accelerator, covering femtech, esports and retail tech, after securing government funding through LaunchVic, with profiles of Ovira and Flaktest among the intake.