Startup · $107m raised
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Sonder raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Blackbird Ventures | Unnamed stage · Series B · Series B | - |
| Cliff Rosenberg | Unnamed stage | - |
| Hostplus | Unnamed stage | - |
| MA Growth Ventures | Unnamed stage | - |
| Perennial Private Investments | Unnamed stage | - |
| Saniel Ventures | Series B | - |
| Scott Bailey | Series B | - |
| SecondQuarter Ventures | Series B | - |
| SEEK | Unnamed stage | - |
| Seek Growth Fund | Series B | - |
| Seek Investments | Series B | - |
| Tidal Ventures | Unnamed stage | - |
Investors whose own portfolio pages list Sonder, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| Five V Capital | its portfolio page ↗ |
| MA Financial Group | its portfolio page ↗ |
Companies Sonder acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Brad Newton | Chief Sales Officer | Startup Daily |
| Craig Cowdrey | Co-founder and CEO | SmartCompany (Fri 14 Mar 2025), Capital Brief, Startup Daily (Mon 17 Oct 2022), Blackbird Ventures portfolio, SmartCompany (Fri 16 Sep 2022), Startup Daily (Fri 16 Sep 2022) |
| Inese Kingsmill | Chairman | SmartCompany |
| Mindy Eiermann | Chief Product Officer | Startup Daily |
| Niki Scevak | SmartCompany, Startup Daily | |
| Peter Burnheim | Founder | SmartCompany, Blackbird Ventures portfolio |
Stories naming Sonder. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Street Talk reports Tidal Ventures led a seed round in fintech RedOwl with CP Ventures also investing, valuing the Melbourne company near $40 million; an earlier pre-seed raise is recalled.
Weekly roundup of eight Australian startup raises, led by Sonder's $40 million round, plus AMP's $20 million raise and acquisition of the Shopify app Back in Stock.
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Sonder, a workplace health and wellbeing provider, closed a 40 million dollar round with Blackbird and Seek leading, Hostplus newly investing, and funds aimed at growth across Australia, New Zealand, Britain and AI features.
Sonder has wrapped up a $40m round backed by Blackbird Ventures, Seek and Hostplus; the Sydney staff-wellness firm says its app has passed one million members and will push overseas.
Weekly roundup covering five Australian startups' raises: an insurtech Series E, a digital ID Series A, medtech and proptech funding, and a recycling platform's equity crowdfunding campaign.
Roundup of January raises: Sonder took $16 million in a Series B extension, Ultra Violette landed $15 million from Aria Growth Partners, VAPAR added $5 million; Sonder also named a new chairman.
Techboard's September 2022 roundup reports Australian raises led by Morse Micro's $140m Series B, several acquisitions including ResApp Health to Pfizer, fund closes by Telstra Ventures, OIF and Main Sequence, and open raises.
Blackbird closed its fifth fund at over A$1 billion, backed by super funds, sovereign wealth funds and hundreds of individual investors — which the firm calls Australia's largest venture fund yet.
Secondaries fund SecondQuarter has reached an $83m first close on its second vehicle, aiming past $100m, with founder-angels and Minderoo among new backers; its portfolio includes past sales of ActivePipe and A Cloud Guru.
Also Techboard·Startup Daily
Ignition Lane's weekly tech roundup covering fresh Australian startup raises, new venture funds and closes, a wave of acquisitions, delistings and a liquidation, executive moves, and Canva's product launch.
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Blackbird's investment note sets out why the firm led employee wellbeing company Sonder's Series B, recalling its earlier pass, angel Paul Waide's seed backing, and the startup's shift from student safety to corporate wellness.
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A weekly roundup covering five funding rounds: HealthMatch's Series C, Monday Distillery's crowdfunding, Sonder's Series B, Lleaf's bridge round, and Spice AI's seed raise.
Manager-training platform The Mintable, founded by Lauren Humphrey and Melissa Miller, has raised a $6.8 million seed round led by Blackbird, after previously securing $1.3 million in pre-seed backing.
Also Startup Daily
Commentary piece on VC exit strategies (IPO, trade sale, secondary sale) referencing recent Australian tech M&A deals and venture funding rounds including Sendle, UpGuard, Sonder and others.
Aura Group's analysis of venture capital exits, reviewing recent Australian deals such as MessageMedia's sale and several funding rounds, then explaining the three liquidity paths: IPOs, trade sales and secondary sales.
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The Guardian reports Apple is negotiating to buy Sydney keyboard startup Sonder, whose chief executive met Tim Cook; it recalls a university program stint and a state government grant.