Company
Every published round Nova 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.
Companies Nova has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
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| No portfolio companies recorded yet. | ||||
This is a stake in the fund itself, money that the fund's manager invests, not a stake in the fund manager.
Companies Nova has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Nova did.
Stories naming Nova. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Scaleup Mediafund swapped ad space for equity in Finder and ASX-listed insurer NobleOak, the latter worth $1.5m, among six investments from its third fund backed by major media companies.
Scaleup Mediafund's $15 million third fund has made its first two investments, backing Hawke's Brewing and Bare with roughly $1 million in advertising apiece; oOh!media joined as an investor.
The government renewable energy agency is granting millions to a metering company for a platform that aggregates household energy devices into flexible demand across the national grid.
Adelaide allied-health software firm Splose has $1.5 million committed toward a $3 million Series A, after a $1 million raise in 2022; several sports and media identities back the company.
Adelaide car-buying platform Mogo has secured a second million-dollar investment, this time from the NewsCorp-backed Scaleup Mediafund, to fund a national media push as it prepares to launch locally and overseas.
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