co-CEO · Founder, Joyous · angel in 1 deal
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| co-CEO · Founder | Joyous | Startup Daily (Thu 8 Sep 2022), Square Peg Capital, Startup Daily (Tue 28 Sep 2021), SmartCompany |
Every published round Mike Carden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excellent | Pre-seed | 13 Sep 2022 | $2m | Participant | Blackbird Ventures portfolio, Startup Daily, Blackbird Ventures portfolio |
Companies Mike Carden has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excellent | 13 Sep 2022, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Mike Carden, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Mike Carden has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Mike Carden did.
Stories naming Mike Carden. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Square Peg led employee-feedback software firm Joyous' NZ$15 million Series A and profiles its three co-CEOs, noting the founders' earlier ventures including Sonar6 and Cyberelves.
Auckland employee-feedback software firm Joyous has raised NZ$4 million in seed funding led by AirTree Ventures, following an earlier NZ$1 million seed round, to grow its engineering team.
Also SmartCompany