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Folklore Ventures announces it has joined Arkeus' A$25 million Series A with QIC Ventures, R+ VC and returning backers, describing the Melbourne defence-sensing startup's technology and growth plans.
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Folklore Ventures introduces Florencia Quinteros as its new Head of Operations, covering her background at Australian Ethical Super and healthtech scaleup TMRW, her operational approach, and her views on the Australian startup ecosystem.
A retrospective on 2025 Australian venture activity: large raises at Firmus, Heidi Health, Airwallex and others, deep tech momentum, and Folklore's own backing of Hullbot and Sphere.
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Folklore Ventures brings Albert Bielinko in as a partner, recounting his decade as a Titanium Ventures general partner, his earlier investments, and Enable's later acquisition by Flintfox.
Folklore Ventures says its investee Sphere has secured US$20 million in a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Y Combinator, Felicis and 20VC also in; Folklore backed Sphere at pre-seed.
Folklore Ventures announces it invested in Hullbot's A$16 million Series A with Regeneration VC, Trinity Ventures and Katapult Ocean, backing the Sydney hull-cleaning robotics company's growth.
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Folklore Ventures welcomes Divine Aaron to its investment team as an investor, in a Q&A covering her move from neuroscience research and consulting into venture capital and her views on AI-era software.
Folklore Ventures marks the sale of its portfolio company Ansarada to Datasite, looking back on its 2018 Series A backing and thanking the founders, directors and chair.
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Folklore Ventures introduces Chris Comino as its new investor relations lead in a Q&A covering his three decades in asset management and what drew him to venture capital.
Folklore Ventures Q&A with Strong Compute founder Ben Sand covering its enterprise AI compute offering, community events, grant programs, hiring and his take on how AI market assumptions have shifted.
Folklore's blog introduces new CFO Clare Power, who brings a quarter-century of finance experience from firms including Deloitte, Deutsche Bank, BT and Income Asset Management.
Folklore's blog introduces new investor Mitchell Bissinger, who discusses his operating background at a healthcare company, advisory work and a food venture, plus his views on early-stage backing in the region.
Folklore Ventures founder story recalling its seed backing of Manuri Gunawardena's clinical trial matching startup HealthMatch, plus follow-ons in its Series A and December 2020 Series B alongside Square Peg.
Deals recorded from Folklore Ventures's coverage. A round is listed once, however many of their articles mention it.
Companies named in Folklore Ventures's articles, most-covered first.
| Company | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Hullbot | 3 | |
| OpenSolar | 2 | |
| Samsara Eco | 2 | |
| Sphere | 2 | |
| YC | 2 | |
| AeroVironment | 1 | |
| Airwallex | 1 | |
| Ansarada | 1 | |
| Arkeus | AI-powered sensing systems for autonomous platforms | 1 |
| Australian Department of Defence | 1 | |
| Australian Ethical | Ethical superannuation and managed funds | 1 |
| Auth0 | 1 | |
| Boeing | 1 | |
| BT | 1 | |
| Corvus | 1 | |
| Datasite | 1 | |
| Deloitte | 1 | |
| Deutsche Bank | 1 | |
| Enable | 1 | |
| Eucalyptus | 1 | |
| Firmus Technologies | GPU-powered AI cloud and scalable compute infrastructure | 1 |
| Goldman Sachs | 1 | |
| 1 | ||
| HealthMatch | 1 | |
| Heidi Health | 1 | |
| InfraVision | 1 | |
| Insitu | 1 | |
| Lululemon | 1 | |
| Macquarie Group | 1 | |
| Merrill Lynch | 1 | |
| Meta | 1 | |
| Monash University | 1 | |
| muru-D | 1 | |
| Nvidia | 1 | |
| Perennial Partners | 1 | |
| Point72 | 1 | |
| PwC | 1 | |
| Roche Group | 1 | |
| Sentient Vision Systems | 1 | |
| Sequoia India | 1 | |
| Square Peg Capital | 1 | |
| Strong Compute | 1 | |
| Sydney Ferries | 1 | |
| Tekever | 1 | |
| Telstra | 1 | |
| Textron | 1 | |
| Titanium Ventures | 1 | |
| TMRW | 1 | |
| UNSW Sydney | 1 | |
| US Department of War | 1 |
Investors named in Folklore Ventures's articles, most-covered first.
| Investor | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Folklore Ventures | 13 | |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 2 | |
| 20VC | 1 | |
| Felicis | 1 | |
| GIC | 1 | |
| Katapult Ocean | 1 | |
| Main Sequence Ventures | 1 | |
| QIC Ventures | 1 | |
| R+VC | 1 | |
| Regeneration VC | 1 | |
| Trinity Ventures | 1 |