Investor · 5 deals
Every published round Moonshot 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arlula | Unnamed stage | 24 Mar 2026 | $3.4m | Participant | Defence Connect, Paspalis portfolio | |
| Esper Satellite Imagery | Accelerator | 11 Sep 2023 | - | Participant | TechCrunch Australia, SmartCompany, Startup Daily | |
| Arlula | Accelerator | 12 Jul 2021 | $50k | Lead | Startup Daily (Tue 23 May 2023), Startup Daily (Mon 12 Jul 2021), Startup Daily (Fri 16 Apr 2021) | |
| Sperospace | Accelerator | Nov 2020 | - | Lead | SmartCompany, Startup Daily | |
| Beings Systems | Accelerator | Nov 2020 | - | Lead | SmartCompany, Startup Daily |
Everyone Moonshot has named to a program in published coverage. A place in a program is not a raise: the cheque is the figure recorded with the place, which is the program's standard terms where we hold them, and a blank is one we don't.
Companies Moonshot has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arlula | 12 Jul 2021, Accelerator | 2 | 1 | |
| Beings Systems | Nov 2020, Accelerator | 1 | 1 | |
| Esper Satellite Imagery | 11 Sep 2023, Accelerator | 1 | 0 | |
| Sperospace | Nov 2020, Accelerator | 1 | 1 |
Fund closes reported for Moonshot, as distinct from the investments it has made.
| Fund | Announced | Committed | Target | Close | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 14 Dec 2020 | - | - | - | Startup Daily (Sun 20 Dec 2020), Startup Daily (Mon 14 Dec 2020) |
Companies Moonshot has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Moonshot did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Amir Blachman | Investing Mentor | Startup Daily |
| Carley Scott | Investing Mentor | Startup Daily |
| Dr Andrew Aldrin | Investing Mentor | Startup Daily |
| Flavia Tata Nardini | Mentor | SmartCompany, Startup Daily |
| Troy McCann | CEO · Founder | Startup Daily (Mon 12 Jul 2021), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (Fri 16 Apr 2021), Startup Daily (Mon 14 Dec 2020) |
Stories naming Moonshot. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Weekly digest: Firmus withdraws its planned listing, Square Peg reaches a billion-dollar close on two vehicles, MUFG clears regulators to buy Grow Inc, and Lubdub, RocketDNA, Energy Bay and Metal all raise.
A Sydney defence and space technology company has completed an oversubscribed funding round led by Paspalis Capital to expand its satellite data coordination platform and grow its engineering team.
HongShan Capital, formerly Sequoia Capital China, closed a $2.5 billion fund backed by Hangzhou's government and insurers; founder Neil Shen has also invested in startups Zhipu and Moonshot.
Sydney Earth-observation analytics firm Arlula has banked a $2.2 million seed injection, led by Main Sequence with backing from Black Nova, adding to earlier accelerator support, a pre-seed raise and a state government grant.
Moonshot, an Australian space-tech accelerator, has secured $500,000 from the federal government's Incubator Support Scheme and private investors, with a consortium of space figures investing as mentors, including Andrew Aldrin and Amir Blachman.
SmartCompany surveys Australia's space tech sector as Gilmour Space lands a $61 million Series C, profiling players such as Fleet, Myriota and Space Machines and recalling Moonshot's incubator backing of eleven startups.
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Space incubator Moonshot backed 11 startups in 2021, nearly trebling its planned four, naming six cohort members including Sydney's Arlula, which also received a $50,000 investment. CEO Troy McCann now plans 2022 programs.
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Weekly newsletter rounds up venture news: multiple Australian and regional VC fund closes, startup raises including Brighte and Judo, acquisitions of eNett and Sine, neobank collapses, and new revenue-based lenders.
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Space incubator Moonshot has closed its first investment fund and opened applications for its next accelerator, having earlier put $300,000 into four startups via a Startmate partnership.
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