Corporate / CVC · 12 deals
Every published round Prosus Ventures 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 Prosus Ventures has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
Fund closes reported for Prosus Ventures, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Prosus Ventures has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Prosus Ventures did.
Stories naming Prosus Ventures. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Menulog, the Sydney-founded food delivery pioneer, shuts down this month under owner Just Eat Takeaway, recently acquired by Prosus; the article recalls its 2015 merger and sale and a string of failed delivery rivals.
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Weekly roundup detailing new capital for Australian startups Diraq, BrainFish, RecycleSmart, Cohabit and Five Faces, alongside Alumly's undisclosed multimillion-dollar backing from UK investor Mauve Group.
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Sydney AI customer-support startup Brainfish has secured a $9.8 million pre-Series A, with Prosus Ventures leading and existing backers Peak XV's Surge and Macdoch Ventures participating, to fund its US expansion.
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Missing Perspectives quizzed five women founders about their fundraising, covering raises at Constantinople, Build Club, Matilda, Sense of Self and Xylo Systems, and sharing their pitching advice.
Round-up reporting Neara's $45 million Series C, Alimetry's US$18 million Series A2, Earthodic's US$4 million seed, and Antler's latest residency intake of startups each receiving $225,000 for 12% stakes.
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Neara, an Australian AI infrastructure startup, raised $45 million led by EQT, Partners Group and Square Peg Capital, with Skip Capital and Prosus Ventures returning; funds target North American and European expansion.
Weekly roundup of four Australian startup raises: Kismet's $20m seed extension, Primary's $3.5m seed round, Willed's $3m from Seven West Media, and East Forged's $1.5m from a Vietnamese agribusiness's venture arm.
Kismet has raised a further $20 million to complete a two-part seed round totalling $32.5 million, with new backer MassMutual Ventures joining Prosus and Airtree; the healthtech startup plans international expansion.
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Interview with Constantinople co-founder Di Challenor on her banking career and the record $32 million seed round she and Mac Duncan raised from Square Peg, Airtree and Great Southern Bank.
Roundup of five raises across Australia and New Zealand: Constantinople's $50m Series A, Illuvium's US$12m, Forever Network's $6m, Starboard's NZ$5m seed and Medibis's $736,000 crowdfunding.
Roundup of four Australian startups that each announced fresh capital this week: a caregiver healthcare app, a green ammonia producer, a clean energy project modelling platform, and a wellness advice marketplace.
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Kismet, an Australian startup linking caregivers, insurers and care providers, raised $8.2 million in seed funding led by Prosus Ventures with Airtree Ventures, lifting its total raised to $10.8 million.
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TechCrunch profiles Neara, an Australian startup whose AI models of electricity networks help utilities predict and manage extreme-weather risks, naming its investors and utility customers.
Neara, an energy-sector digital twin platform, has raised a $15.25 million Series B extension with Prosus Ventures leading and prior backers Square Peg and Skip Capital returning, to fund US and European expansion.
Sydney AI infrastructure-modelling firm Neara extended its Series B by $10M, with Prosus Ventures joining backers Skip Capital and Square Peg, lifting the round to $24M for expansion into Europe and the US.
Weekly roundup reporting eight Australian startups together raised $85.6 million across mining tech, cybersecurity, waste, energy storage, health and micromobility, plus a Google.org grant for Global Sisters.
Sydney cloud security startup Plerion closed a $10 million seed round led by Prosus Ventures with Cercano and Atlassian Ventures participating, to fund product development, hiring and go-to-market plans.
Sydney NFT gaming firm Immutable raised a $280 million Series C valuing it at $3.5 billion, led by Temasek with Tencent and Animoca Brands, six months after an $82 million raise.
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Blockchain gaming company Immutable has raised an $82 million Series B led by BITKRAFT Ventures to grow its NFT trading platform and games, with King River, AirTree and several other investors taking part.
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