Every published round QIC 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 QIC Ventures has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkeus | AI-powered sensing systems for autonomous platforms | 15 May 2026, Series A | 1 | 1 |
| Attekus | 2024 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cartelux | 28 Jul 2023, Series A | 1 | 0 | |
| Emesent | 4 Aug 2026 | 1 | 0 | |
| Endua | 26 May 2023, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Enhance Labs | 30 Sep 2025, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Fair Supply | 15 Dec 2022, Series A | 2 | 0 | |
| FairSupply | 22 Dec 2022, Series A | 1 | 0 | |
| Fleetyr | 22 Sep 2025, Seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Flyweel | 4 Aug 2026, Pre-seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Future Maintenance Technologies | 4 Aug 2026, Series A | 1 | 1 | |
| Gelomics | Jul 2024, Seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Gilmour Space | 30 Jun 2021, Series C | 2 | 0 | |
| Nbryo | Nov 2025, Seed | 3 | 0 | |
| Nybro | 19 Aug 2026, Seed | 1 | 1 | |
| One Model | Aug 2023, Series B | 1 | 0 | |
| ProcurePro | 11 May 2026, Series A | 2 | 2 | |
| SwarmFarm Robotics | Robotic solutions for efficient and sustainable agriculture | 2 Oct 2025, Series B | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for QIC Ventures, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies QIC Ventures has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal QIC Ventures did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Crystal Russell | Head of Asia Pacific | Forbes Australia |
| Damien Stacey | National Capital & Planning Manager | Startup Daily |
| Nick Capell | Investment Director | Startup Daily (Wed 5 Aug 2026), Startup Daily (Mon 11 May 2026), SmartCompany (Mon 11 May 2026), Startup Daily (Tue 23 Sep 2025), SmartCompany (Tue 23 Sep 2025) |
| Patrick Christiansen | Investment Director | Startup Daily (Wed 5 Aug 2026), Startup Daily (Wed 25 Mar 2026) |
Stories naming QIC Ventures. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Weekly roundup: Constantinople raises $62.5m; Blackbird wraps fund six above $1b; Guardhouse buys Mobohubb; SCX.ai debuts on the ASX; plus seed rounds, exits and executive changes across the ecosystem.
A monthly Crunchbase roundup of five lesser-known AI funding deals: Greyparrot's Series B, Emesent's equity-plus-debt package, SoundHealth's Series A, Forge Industries' round and Cascade's seed raise.
Roundup of seven raises across the Tasman spanning fintech, marine tech, agtech, defence and AI, plus a first close for an ACT venture fund.
Roundup of agrifood industry news: funding for Farmbot, Nbryo, Oceanloop and others, Homestead Capital's fund close, two acquisitions, executive appointments, and other sector developments.
A Queensland livestock-reproduction startup has grown its seed round to $20 million, drawing $2 million from a newly launched state government fund whose manager had already backed the company.
Queensland agtech startup Nybro, working on beef genetics via reproductive technologies, raised a $20 million Seed round with QIC Ventures leading and the Gates Foundation participating, per Startup Daily.
Also Startup Daily
Queensland beef genetics biotech Nbryo has doubled its seed round to $20 million, with backing from QIC, as the state backs biotech for beef genetics.
Australian startups raised funds including Alloy Robotics, Farmbot and Atmo Biosciences. Firmus Technologies acquired Benmax while Tabcorp bought BetMakers. SafetyCulture rebranded to Mitti.
Brisbane procurement software startup ProcurePro closes a US$11 million round led by QIC Ventures, with customer Bouygues joining as an investor via ISAI vehicle.
Sydney food-and-beverage ordering platform Ordermentum raised $55 million led by Five V Capital, valuing it above $150 million, with some early investors partially exiting.
Brisbane drone mapping firm Emesent secures $15 million SAFE Note plus $10 million venture debt from federal government's National Reconstruction Fund.
Novartis is acquiring London biotech Myricx Bio for US$1.1 billion upfront plus milestone payments, handing Melbourne venture firm Brandon Capital a record return on the startup it seeded in 2019.
Also Forbes Australia
Brisbane drone-mapping firm Emesent has raised $15 million via a SAFE note plus $10 million in venture debt from the National Reconstruction Fund — the fund's first such deal — four years after its Series A.
Ten13's post explains why it led Flyweel's pre-seed round with QIC, Antler and angel investors, backing a platform bringing real-time financial visibility and funding to advertising spend.
Flyweel, a Queensland fintech for financing and managing ad spend, has banked $2.41 million in a pre-seed round Ten13 led, with Antler, QIC and several founder-angels aboard; a US launch comes first.
Queensland fintech Flyweel has closed a pre-seed round led by Ten13, with Antler, QIC and several fintech founders and executives backing, to help businesses fund advertising ahead of revenue.
Sydney-based hospitality software company Ordermentum has banked $55m in a Five V Capital deal valuing it above $150m, letting earlier backers sell down; the piece revisits its Foodbomb merger and the investor's other deals.
Roundup of three trans-Tasman raises: Ordermentum landed $55m from Five V Capital, defence-tech firm Arkeus closed $25m, and music platform Lume gathered NZ$1.3m from well-known backers before its launch.
Also Startup Daily
The defence sensing company says its Series A backing from QIC Ventures and Folklore Ventures drew Wall Street Journal coverage of planned United States manufacturing, at a $72 million valuation.
Arkeus has closed a A$25 million Series A with QIC Ventures leading, as early backer Beaten Zone Venture Partners returns alongside other existing backers; proceeds fund Queensland manufacturing and a doubled team.
Also Startup Daily·Defence Connect·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Forbes Australia·@AuManufacturing
Folklore Ventures announces it has joined Arkeus' A$25 million Series A with QIC Ventures, R+ VC and returning backers, describing the Melbourne defence-sensing startup's technology and growth plans.
Also Beaten Zone Venture Partners portfolio·Beaten Zone Venture Partners portfolio·arkeus.com·Forbes Australia·Cut Through Venture·SmartCompany·Dealroom
Brisbane construction procurement software maker ProcurePro has raised a round led by QIC Ventures with Bouygues aboard, valuing it above $110 million, to fund AI development, hiring and a planned US office.
Brisbane robotics firm Future Maintenance Technologies has secured an $8 million Series A, with QIC Ventures leading and Brighter Super plus Taronga Group participating; its robots inspect rail networks and aircraft for global operators.
Also Startup Daily
Roundup of four ANZ raises: a Queensland rocket company's nine-figure Series E, a New Zealand legal-AI firm's Series B, a seed round for AI code-security, and a Melbourne construction-software raise.
Roundup of four ANZ raises totalling over $307m: Gilmour Space's Series E, Ivo's Series B, Dam Secure's seed round and SPEC Toolbox's pre-Series A, plus a board appointment at Dam Secure.
Net Zero Investor brief: Australia's CEFC commits $70m to QIC's Global Infrastructure Fund II, having previously allocated $72m to its predecessor and $50m to a QIC property decarbonisation fund.
Rocket firm Gilmour Space raised a $217 million Series E co-led by the National Reconstruction Fund and Hostplus, reaching a billion-dollar valuation; earlier Series B, C and D raises are recapped.
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is putting $70 million into QIC's Global Infrastructure Fund II, which targets infrastructure that cuts emissions across Australia's energy and transport sectors.
Blackbird's Rick Baker recounts backing rocket firm Gilmour Space from its 2017 Series A to a newly closed A$217 million Series E at a valuation above US$1 billion.
Weekly roundup of eight Australian and New Zealand funding rounds totalling about $53.5 million, led by SwarmFarm Robotics' $30 million Series B for its farm robots.
Funding roundup: eight trans-Tasman startups together secured $53.56 million, topped by SwarmFarm Robotics' Series B, with Amber, Javln, Enhance Labs, Indi, Wych, Lift Women and Ambra Spirits also raising capital.
Agtech robotics firm SwarmFarm raised a $30m Series B led by Edaphon, with CEFC, QIC and Artesian taking part, to boost production and push into North America.
Queensland agricultural robotics firm SwarmFarm has raised a Series B led by a European backer, with several local investors taking part, to expand robot production and enter the North American market.
Also @AuManufacturing·AgFunderNews·SmartCompany·AgFunderNews
Ten13's monthly newsletter reports its first institutional mandate via Queensland's QVCDF, new seed investments in OneMRI and Source, follow-ons in Arintra and Everlab, and portfolio progress including Go1, Qsic, Pearler and After.com.
Ten13 announces its appointment as a manager under Queensland's $130m VCDF, run by QIC, and its first investment through it: co-leading a $2.5m seed round for OneMRI, a Brisbane healthtech company, alongside OIF Ventures.
Fleetyr, a Brisbane platform untangling fleet data, has drawn $750,000 in seed backing, with 77 Partners leading and QIC Ventures joining — its first outside capital after the founders built it to profitability themselves.
Five V Capital announced leading Dataweavers' $5.5 million Series A with QIC and returning backer OIF, funding the cloud-operations platform's continued team, technology and international growth.
Queensland superannuation fund Brighter Super has unveiled a startup investment mandate to be managed by QIC; the article also recalls QIC's earlier backing of Attekus, SwarmFarm Robotics, Go1, Gilmour Space Technologies and VALD.
Cut Through Venture's analysis of Queensland's FY2025 ecosystem: $417 million over 109 deals, climate tech and enterprise software leading, plus standout rounds from EatClub, EcoJoule Energy, FairSupply and WearOptimo.
Australia's NRFC has injected $150m into Brandon Capital's sixth life-science vehicle, lifting it to a $439m close; past NRFC cheques to local deep-tech firms are also recapped.