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Every published round Wholesale Investor 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 Wholesale Investor has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
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Fund closes reported for Wholesale Investor, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Wholesale Investor has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Wholesale Investor did.
Stories naming Wholesale Investor. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Wholesale Investor's news listing spanning Australian private capital: deep-tech and biotech company profiles, property and crypto commentary, Q1 2026 venture funding totals, and guides to wholesale investor qualification.
Wholesale Investor's Steve Torso highlights Australian life sciences companies from the Emergence Preview Series, noting government grant funding, a Series A extension, venture co-investment, and a medtech company's ASX listing.
Also Wholesale Investor
Wholesale Investor promotional piece recalling Booktopia's $20 million raise from private investors led by Su-Ming Wong and John Sampson, with founder Tony Nash discussing capital raising on a fireside chat.
Also Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily
A joint venture fund formed by Hatcher+ and Wholesale Investor has made its first investment, backing the Australian accelerator Startmate. The piece profiles both investors and the program's decade-long track record.
Wholesale Investor and Hatcher+ plan a joint $10 million fund backing 50 seed-to-series-A startups across Australia, New Zealand and beyond, with investor pre-registration open but nothing yet committed.
Roundup covering Zip's acquisition of QuadPay, Openpay's UK debt facility, Snapchat restricting Trump, Atlassian's DevOps feature additions, Beam's Series A raise, and an upcoming capital-raising webinar.
Also Australian FinTech·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Australian FinTech·Australian FinTech·TechCrunch Venture
Equity management platform Cake has raised $1 million in a seed round with Industria Capital; the article also recalls Carta's US$300 million Series E led by Andreessen Horowitz.
Wholesale Investor invites subscribers to join its in-progress Series B capital raising for its CRIISP platform, describing its marketplace, traction, and existing shareholders.
Property platform Transactor raised a seed round, passed two billion dollars in transactions, and added Silicon Valley investors Adrian Salamunovic and Allan Cutler plus marketer Travis Lamont.