Startup · $2m raised
Melbourne, VIC
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Yume raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Club Investible | Seed | - |
| Goodrich Group | Seed | - |
| Investible | Seed | - |
| Investible Climate Tech Fund | Seed | - |
| Investible's Early Stage Fund 2 | Seed | - |
| LaunchVic | Seed | - |
| Pitzy Folk | Seed | - |
| Veolia | Seed | - |
Companies Yume acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Yume. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
The surplus-food marketplace has entered liquidation with its assets for sale; the piece recalls its 2024 seed raise led by Investible vehicles and its founder's next steps.
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Roundup of five Australian startups that secured new capital this week: Amber Electric's $29m Series C, ProcurePro's $6.15m, Yume's $2m seed, Alt.Leather's $1.1m seed, plus an undisclosed Tenacious Ventures investment in Nbryo.
Melbourne food-waste startup Yume announced a A$2 million seed round from Investible's Climate Tech Fund, Launch VIC, Goodrich Group, Veolia and angel Pitzy Folk, bringing its total funding to A$7 million.
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Over thirty Australian projects received federal Accelerating Commercialisation grants totalling roughly $18 million, including Jevons Robotics, Glaciem, Electrogenics and LYRO Robotics, with the full recipient list published.
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Seven enterprises received grants totalling $731,000 under the NSW government's Circulate Program, run by the EPA, funding projects that recycle plastics, glass, textiles and surplus food.
Roundup covering SoftBank's takeover of WeWork, Facebook's misinformation labels, OpenLearning's planned ASX listing, Yume CEO Katy Barfield's award win, and new Australian space cooperation agreements.
Profiles four ventures tackling food waste: Bring Me Home, Reground, Yume and Goterra, describing their models and noting Bring Me Home's accelerator completion and crowdfunding campaign reaching its minimum target.