Startup · $24.3m raised
San Francisco
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Phonely raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Base10 Partners | Series A | - |
| Engage CX | Series A | - |
| Etech Global Services | Series A | - |
| TSA Group | Series A | - |
| YC | Series A · Accelerator · Accelerator · Unnamed stage | $1,522,000 |
Companies Phonely acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Phonely. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Cut Through Venture's Q2 2026 report counts $1.7 billion announced across 64 venture rounds, carried by two mega-deals, with record median deal sizes, AI concentration, and deal counts at their slowest since before 2020.
Weekly roundup covering seven raises across the Tasman: Phonely's Series A, Pay.com.au's private placement, and rounds for Atomic Tessellator, Caruso, Deteqt, Clean Slate Clinic and Earthletica, worth roughly $72 million combined.
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Phonely, a University of Melbourne spin-out now in San Francisco, has raised a US$16 million Series A with Base10 Partners leading and Y Combinator plus three customers joining.
Roundup of three Australian raises: telehealth player Updoc landed $20m from listed investor Bailador, AI receptionist builder Phonely joined Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch with US$500k, and Citizen Wolf crowdfunded over $380,000 via Birchal.
Also Startup Daily
Phonely, a Melbourne maker of AI receptionists, has secured US$500,000 from Y Combinator to fund team growth and new languages; shorter items note an AI board advisor, a government AI program, and OpenAI news.
Also SmartCompany