Co Ventures
@Coventuresvc
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Co Ventures is a pre-seed fund for Australian founders building at the earliest, rawest stages.
San Francisco/Sydney
Joined February 2023
Hello world! We could not be more excited to announce our $5M fund to invest in the next generation of incredible global companies founded by Australians. https://t.co/PC4KUwKuji
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A new angel investor has got some well-known backers for a fund for entrepreneurs who can’t tap up wealthy relatives for money.
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The heat in Singapore hits different! I'm chairing the LP/GP Relations & Fundraising Summit tomorrow at @SuperReturn Asia—any friendly Aussie faces in the crowd?
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Drumroll, please… After three years as Australia’s first solo female General Partner, @Coventuresvc is expanding from one to two partners. I’m incredibly proud to welcome Alexey Mitko to the team as Partner. He brings the systems, scaffolding, and calm certainty that help
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Things are changing at @Coventuresvc. It’s the natural next step in how we grow our mission together… For three years, I’ve been running Australia’s first dedicated pre-seed fund as a solo General Partner. But Co Ventures has never been a solo journey. More than 400
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Incredibly excited to re-introduce you to Turnto, founded by Jessica Dove London (Jess). Finding reliable health information shouldn’t feel like wandering a maze with no exit. Yet, for many patients, it does. Jess lived this firsthand when her twins were diagnosed with
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After 18 months in stealth, I am beyond excited to announce Adora: a completely new way to visualize your entire product experience. Adora helps world-class product teams like @canva, @NotionHQ and @Linktree_ to deeply understand their user-journeys, uncover friction and center
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72 hours left to wrap your pre-seed investment into Nate Spiteri, Drew Flaherty and Shopfront 🎁 It’s the final weekend before Christmas. Presents? Semi-organised. Christmas films? On repeat. Your final angel investment for 2024? …Still pending? Consider this your sign if
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Your chance to co-invest in Nate Spiteri and Drew Flaherty from https://t.co/pPL1z7JwH2 at pre-seed 👗🧢 If you're passionate about the second-hand retail market, this deal's for you. @McKinsey estimates that in the US alone, retailers are sitting on approximately $740 billion
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It takes a village to build a company, so we're gifting 5% of our @Coventuresvc Fund 1 carry to the founders we work for.
It takes a village to build a company, so we're gifting 5% of our @Coventuresvc Fund 1 carry to the founders we work for. Here's why: Building an early-stage company is inherently risky. Even if you make all the right calls—assemble the perfect team, nail the product, and
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Lisbon is buzzing for @WebSummit tomorrow—it's always one of my favourite events of the year. I’m proud to be here representing global pre-seed, Australia’s tech ecosystem, cross-border strategies between Australia and the US, and sharing the latest developments we’re seeing in
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Are you raising a friends and family, angel, pre-seed or seed round in the next 6-12 months? Your startup's earliest investors are more than funding sources; we're your mentors, champions and sounding boards. @AWSstartups is bringing together myself, Rayn Ong (Archangel
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4% is a fail. 13% is a fail. These are the percentages of total capital raised by female founders in Australia in 2024 (YTD): 4% for female-only teams and 13% for mixed-gender teams with at least one female*. However, there is some good news at the pre-seed stage. Pre-seed
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OpenAI's model updates couldn’t have come at a better time. In our view, https://t.co/yJemKKO0sI is well-positioned to grow stronger as LLMs advance—an important accelerator for companies building at the application layer in gen AI. Join our latest syndicate deal on
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I’m delighted to announce that we’ve officially closed @Coventuresvc Fund 1 🎉 We surpassed our $5 million AUD target for our first fund—and added a community of Venture Partners building global companies and LPs passionate about accelerating the next generation of pre-seed
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It's been 18 months since we announced the launch of @Coventuresvc, and today, we’re officially celebrating the close of Fund 1. Huge milestone as one of the first specialist pre-seed funds for Australian founders and the first solo GP fund led by a woman in AU @minmintymin 🇦🇺
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Are you raising capital in 2024? This webinar is for you. Join Cheryl Mack (@AussieAngelsHQ), Matthew Browne (@BlackNovaVC), and myself (@Coventuresvc) as we delve into what founders should seek in their first investors. We'll go beyond capital, emphasising how to carefully
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Jessy Wu helps lead Afterwork Ventures, a community-powered VC deploying $20 million across Australia & New Zealand. She recently sat down with @cmack4life from Aussie Angels and @minmintymin to talk about her experiences on their podcast, First Cheque. https://t.co/U7onuD7pkn
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Jessy sat down with Cheryl Mack from Aussie Angels and Maxine Minter from Co Ventures for their podcast, First Cheque.
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We loved chatting to @DayOneFM about all things investing, entrepreneurial spirit, and more. You can listen to @fasttrackjudy on the first Cheque podcast with Euphemia portfolio company founder @cmack4life from @AussieAngelsHQ and portfolio fund Managing Partner, @minmintymin
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Two (more) reasons why the proposed 'sophisticated investor' rule changes are incredibly problematic for Australia – with many more perspectives shared in the @CapitalBrief story. 1/ The breadth of wealth created by having a deep bench of angel investors involved in Australia's
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Join us this week as we sit down with @minmintymin, Founder and Managing Partner of @Coventuresvc, and discuss her unique strategy on cross-geography arbitrage and more. https://t.co/6Z7JM5VrNd Tune in every other week for a new episode anywhere you receive your podcast.
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Introducing #FirstCheque, a podcast for early-stage investors, presented by @AussieAngelsHQ founder @cmack4life and myself. TL;DR: "If you don't want to suck at investing, listen up". You can listen here: (let us know what you think!) 🎙️ Your Warm Intro to First Cheque:
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