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University of Melbourne

Founders Paul Gregorevic PhD

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Total investments 15
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$16M
Portfolio companies 12
Rounds per year 0.09
Lead investments 3
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.20
Exits 1
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • Information Technology
  • Biotechnology
  • Software
  • Manufacturing
  • Health Care
Summary

In 1853 was created University of Melbourne, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Melbourne. The company was established in Australia.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The top activity for fund was in 2016.

Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Clarity Pharmaceuticals We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Health Care, Software. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Australia. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the University of Melbourne, startups are often financed by Sydney Angels. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Cicada Innovations, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, ATP Innovations. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Singtel Innov8, Melbourne Accelerator Program, Adventure Capital.

The current fund was established by Paul Gregorevic, PhD.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Apromore

Analytics
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
Predictive Analytics
$15M06 Aug 2024 Parkville, New South Wales, Australia

The Leaf Protein Company

Agriculture
Biotechnology
Food and Beverage
Nutrition
$620K12 Jun 2024 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Psychae Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$3M12 Nov 2023 Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Kali Healthcare

Health Care
Medical
Women's
$500K08 Mar 2023 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Synchron

Information Technology
$75M16 Dec 2022 Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

Synchron

Information Technology
Manufacturing
Marketing
Medical Device
$75M15 Dec 2022 California, United States

Tiny Bright Things

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Chemical Engineering
Hardware
Life Science
Manufacturing
Mining
Nanotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Software
$1M03 Nov 2022 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

AIBUILD

Apps
Information Technology
Software
Web Development
$18K24 Nov 2021 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Synchron

Information Technology
Manufacturing
Marketing
Medical Device
$40M03 Jun 2021 California, United States
News
Synchron Raises $40M in Series B Funding

– Synchron, a New York-based company developer of brain interface platforms, raised $40M in series B funding.
– The round was led by Khosla Ventures with participation from Forepont Capital Partners, ID8 Investments, Shanda Group, General Advance, Subversive Capital (Michael Auerbach), re.Mind Capital (Christian Angermayer), as well as individuals Arani Bose (Penumbra) and Thomas Reardon and existing investors NeuroTechnology Investors, METIS innovative, and the University of Melbourne.
– The company intends to use the funds to launch U.S. clinical trials of minimally invasive brain computer interface following the conduction of human trials in Australia.

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Total investments 15
Average round size 16M
Rounds per year 0.09
Peak activity year 2022
Lead investments 3
Follow on index 0.20
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.80

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Apromore

Analytics
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
Predictive Analytics
$15M06 Aug 2024 Parkville, New South Wales, Australia

The Leaf Protein Company

Agriculture
Biotechnology
Food and Beverage
Nutrition
$620K12 Jun 2024 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Psychae Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Therapeutics
$3M12 Nov 2023 Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Kali Healthcare

Health Care
Medical
Women's
$500K08 Mar 2023 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Synchron

Information Technology
$75M16 Dec 2022 Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

Synchron

Information Technology
Manufacturing
Marketing
Medical Device
$75M15 Dec 2022 California, United States

Tiny Bright Things

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Chemical Engineering
Hardware
Life Science
Manufacturing
Mining
Nanotechnology
Pharmaceutical
Software
$1M03 Nov 2022 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

AIBUILD

Apps
Information Technology
Software
Web Development
$18K24 Nov 2021 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Synchron

Information Technology
Manufacturing
Marketing
Medical Device
$40M03 Jun 2021 California, United States
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