Venture capital fund · 2 deals

Torus Ventures

Disclosed deals

Every published round Torus 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.

Company	Stage	Announced	Amount	Role	Alongside	Sources
Emanda	Pre-seed	Dec 2025	$300k	Participant	M8 Ventures Melbourne Angels	Startup Daily, SmartCompany
SeenCulture	Pre-seed	20 Jul 2024	$1m	Participant	Alice Anderson Fund M8 Ventures InterValley Ventures Kirstin Hunter Preethi Mohan Cut Through Venture Techstars Sydney	SmartCompany (Thu 15 Aug 2024), SmartCompany (Fri 26 Jul 2024), Startup Daily

Portfolio

Companies Torus 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
Emanda		Dec 2025, Pre-seed	1	0
SeenCulture		20 Jul 2024, Pre-seed	1	0

Funds

Fund closes reported for Torus Ventures, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for Torus Ventures yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies Torus Ventures has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Torus Ventures did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of Torus Ventures is recorded as having been acquired.

Coverage

Stories naming Torus Ventures. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

13 deals

Six ANZ startups that raised $568.1 million this week

Funding roundup led by Airwallex's US$330 million Series G at a $12 billion valuation, with raises from Kasada, Hnry, All G, Bless Payments and Emanda, plus earlier rounds recalled.

Also Startup Daily

Exit / M&A

Startmate's Michael Batko sells his side hustle, Startup Striders, thanks to a LinkedIn call out

Currents, a Gold Coast founder community group, has bought Michael Batko's running community Startup Striders for an undisclosed cash sum; Batko advises through December while remaining Startmate CEO.

Startup Daily Thu 20 Nov 2025 Currents Startmate Startup Striders Torus Ventures Jason Atkins Michael Batko Oliver Tweddel

Also SmartCompany

2 deals

Employee retention startup SeenCulture raises $1 million pre-Seed round

SeenCulture, a workplace platform, has secured $1 million in a pre-seed round from Alice Anderson Fund, M8 Ventures, InterValley Ventures and Torus, having earlier joined Techstars' first Sydney cohort with Cut Through Angels backing.

Also SmartCompany·SmartCompany

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