Angel investor · Chairman · Founder, Siteminder

Mike Ford

Disclosed deals

Every published round Mike Ford 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
Shippit	Series B	17 May 2022	$65m	Participant	Tiger Global Perennial Private Investments SecondQuarter Ventures Tidal Ventures	SecondQuarter Ventures portfolio, Startup Daily (Mon 23 May 2022), retailbiz.com.au, Dynamic Business, alkye.com, SmartCompany (Wed 4 May 2022), SmartCompany (Wed 4 May 2022), Startup Daily (Tue 3 May 2022)
Floatspace	Unnamed stage	3 Dec 2021	$600k	Participant	Tim Fung Rolf Hansen Adir Shiffman	Startup Daily (Wed 19 Jun 2024), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (Sun 6 Dec 2020)

Portfolio

Companies Mike Ford has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
Floatspace		3 Dec 2021	1	0
Shippit		17 May 2022, Series B	1	0

Funds

Fund closes reported for Mike Ford, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for Mike Ford yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies Mike Ford has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Mike Ford did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of Mike Ford is recorded as having been acquired.

Roles

Role	Organisation	Sources
Chairman · Founder	Siteminder	SmartCompany (Thu 1 Dec 2022), Startup Daily (Tue 5 Jul 2022), retailbiz.com.au, alkye.com, SmartCompany (Wed 4 May 2022), SmartCompany (Wed 4 May 2022), Startup Daily (Tue 3 May 2022), SmartCompany (Fri 3 Dec 2021), Startup Daily (Mon 8 Nov 2021)

Coverage

Stories naming Mike Ford. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

11 deals

Nine Aussie startups that raised more than $104 million this week

Weekly roundup reporting nine Australian startups that together secured roughly $104 million across sports tech, semiconductors, regtech, legal automation, SaaS, edtech, agtech and biotech, with Vald's $36 million the largest.

Also Techboard

Unnamed stage $3m

Amaysim's Rolf Hansen backs boat rental marketplace Floatspace in hunt for $3 million Series A

Boat rental marketplace Floatspace has added Amaysim co-founder Rolf Hansen as an investor and board member, and is now seeking a $3 million Series A to grow in Australia and the US.

Startup Daily Tue 5 Jul 2022 Floatspace Airtasker Amaysim Siteminder TripAdvisor Viator Rolf Hansen Bardia Housman Hugh Treseder Jason Smith Jeff Lewis Mike Ford Tim Fung

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Nine startups that raised a combined $70 million this week

Roundup of nine startup raises totalling $70 million, including Q-CTRL's Series B, Foundry Lab's round led by Blackbird, and EnGeneIC's crowdfunded COVID-19 vaccine raise, plus a new Elenium Automation board member.

Also Startup Daily·Techboard·SmartCompany·SmartCompany

Unnamed stage $100m

Australia's newest tech unicorn, SiteMinder, surges 38% on its ASX debut

Hotel commerce platform SiteMinder listed on the ASX, raising $627 million and closing its debut up 38% at a $1.88 billion valuation, after a $100 million pre-IPO raise.

Startup Daily Mon 8 Nov 2021 Siteminder Bailador Technology Investments Caledonia Ellerston Capital Fidelity International GIC Pendal Group UniSuper Washington H, Soul Pattinson Wellington Management AustralianSuper BlackRock Mike Ford Sankar Narayan

Also Startup Daily

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