Startup · $5.6m raised
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Verve Super raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Alberts | Seed | - |
| Carol Schwartz | Unnamed stage | - |
| Dalit Kaplan | Unnamed stage | - |
| Deanne Weir | Unnamed stage | - |
| Jess Dadon | Unnamed stage | - |
| Ned Griffith | Unnamed stage | - |
| Pam O'Connor | Unnamed stage | - |
| Pam O’Connor | Unnamed stage | - |
| Simon Griffiths | Unnamed stage | - |
| Stef Dadon | Unnamed stage | - |
The transaction that ended Verve Super's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.
| Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Future Super | Acquisition | 29 Nov 2023 | - | SmartCompany, Women's Agenda |
| Future Group | Acquisition | 2023 | - | Women's Agenda, Forbes Australia, Startup Daily (Tue 18 Mar 2025), Startup Daily (Thu 30 Nov 2023) |
Companies Verve Super acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Verve Super. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
King River Capital is wrapping up a A$157 million (US$100 million) fund for AI startups, with Future Super, David Gonski, Marinya Capital and the Smorgon family among its backers.
Investor's own year in review: five new portfolio companies, a follow-on into ULUU, the Verve Super exit, the Equity Clear gender-reporting initiative, a first founders' retreat, and a sweep of awards for portfolio companies.
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Future Group has acquired Verve Super, a super fund aimed at women, with terms undisclosed; the piece also recalls earlier raises by Verve and by Future Super.
Future Super is buying Verve Super, a women-led super fund whose co-founders stay in charge as it joins the Future Group; the piece also recalls the startup's oversubscribed $3 million mid-year raise.
Weekly roundup of eight Australian startups raising a combined $30.2 million, spanning SME lending, quantum computing grants, proptech, consumer apps and recycling, plus Stylerunner's earlier sale to Accent Group.
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Alberts Impact Ventures recaps 2022: six new portfolio companies, five follow-on investments, a led seed round in Abby Health, plus team events, a trade mission and investor recognition.
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Women-focused superannuation fund Verve Super raised $2.6 million from first-time female and impact investors including Carol Schwartz, after failing to win over mission-blind venture capitalists.
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Commentary on women backing women: Adore Beauty's record ASX float, Kate Morris and George McEncroe investing in Whole Kids' crowdfunding raise, Pronto's campaign launch, and other recent female-led listings.
Startmate unveils the ten startups joining its Melbourne accelerator, covering femtech, esports and retail tech, after securing government funding through LaunchVic, with profiles of Ovira and Flaktest among the intake.