Startup
Programs: Blue Chilli (SheStarts)
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round TalkiPlay raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Alice Anderson Fund | Unnamed stage | - |
| LaunchVic | Accelerator | - |
| Scale Investors | Unnamed stage | - |
Companies TalkiPlay acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming TalkiPlay. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Founders backed by LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund fear the fund may not survive the Victorian government's confirmed merger of LaunchVic with Breakthrough Victoria; the piece recalls raises by Elita, MoreGoodDays and TalkiPlay.
Victorian women-led startup founders warn a government restructure merging LaunchVic with Breakthrough Victoria could end the Alice Anderson Fund's backing, recalling raises by Elita, MoreGoodDays and TalkiPlay.
Scale Investors co-founder Susan Oliver reflects on backing women founders and details LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund, which she chairs, listing six women-led startups it has backed alongside other Victorian capital initiatives.
Also LaunchVic
Victoria's women-focused Alice Anderson Fund has made its first investments, backing five women-led startups including Team Timbuktu, mtime, Steppen, Talkiplay and Milkdrop; individual amounts were not disclosed.
Also LaunchVic
LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund reveals its first five women-led startups, with $727,167 invested directly and private co-investors adding over $2.3 million; the three-year, $10 million Victorian sidecar fund plans 40-60 investments.
BlueChilli has named the ten female-led startups joining the third intake of its SheStarts program, chosen from hundreds of applicants, with corporate backers supporting the venture-building effort.
A language-learning app for children has closed a seed round led by a women-focused angel group, with the founder reflecting on the accelerator that shaped her and plans to hire and expand into early education centres.