# CoLab funding: rounds and investors

> CoLab has raised $77M across 4 rounds since 2022. Investors include Intrepid Growth Partners, Y Combinator and National Science Foundation.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/colab (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Australia · [Series C startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *CoLab*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 15 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

AI Art & Design E-commerce Engineering

Raised 12 months ago Y Combinator: S19

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Funding summary Updated 5 Nov 2026

**$77M** raised across 4 rounds since 2022, from 7 sources

**$3.0M** Seed **$2.0M** Seed **$72M** Series C

- **Latest round:** Series C, $72M Nov 2025
- **Led by:** Intrepid Growth Partners
- **Step-up i:** 36×
- **Investors:** 15 (1 led)

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2023 2024 2025

**$3.0M** Seed

**?** Venture

**$2.0M** Seed

**$72M** Series C

- **First round:** Seed, $3.0M
- **Biggest round:** $72M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 15 months

## The rounds

- **Nov 2025** Series C **$72M** *9 new* [Intrepid Growth Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intrepid-growth-partners) Lead [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) [Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) [FundersClub](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub) [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-partners) [Spider Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spider-capital) [Killick Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/killick-capital) [Pelorus Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pelorus-venture-capital) Reported by TechStartups and 1 other SEC filing: $15M sold, first sale Oct 2025
- **Mar 2025** Seed **$2.0M** *1 new* [Coral Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coral-capital) Source recorded
- **Dec 2023** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* [Luminate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luminate-accelerator) [KPTL](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kptl) Source recorded and 1 other
- **Apr 2022** Seed **$3.0M** *3 new* [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Artesian VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/artesian) [MedTech Innovator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/medtech-innovator) Source recorded and 1 other

## Founders and team

From CoLab's own website: 1 founder, 1 on the team.

**Experience Music Together** Founder

- **Graphic Designer** Executive & Technical Recruiter

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Seed** 2022 **Venture** 2023 **Seed** 2025 **Series C** 2025 [Intrepid Growth Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intrepid-growth-partners) L [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) [Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) [FundersClub](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub) [Artesian VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/artesian) [MedTech Innovator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/medtech-innovator) [Luminate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luminate-accelerator) [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-partners)

## Everyone who backed them

[Intrepid Growth Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intrepid-growth-partners) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

[National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Government **1** round

[Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) Accelerator **1** round

[FundersClub](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub) VC firm **1** round

[Artesian VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/artesian) Asset manager **1** round

[MedTech Innovator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/medtech-innovator) Accelerator **1** round

[Luminate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luminate-accelerator) Accelerator **1** round

[Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-partners) Company **1** round

[Coral Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coral-capital) VC firm **1** round

[KPTL](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kptl) VC firm **1** round

[Spider Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spider-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Killick Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/killick-capital) Private equity **1** round

[Pelorus Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pelorus-venture-capital) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list CoLab as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Cedro Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cedro-capital) Private equity Per its own site

[Colab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/colab) Accelerator Per its own site

## Quick answers about CoLab

### Who invested in CoLab?

CoLab's investors include Intrepid Growth Partners, Y Combinator, National Science Foundation, Liquid 2 Ventures and Creative Destruction Lab, and 10 more on record. Intrepid Growth Partners led its latest round.

### How much has CoLab raised?

CoLab has raised $77M across 4 rounds since 2022. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did CoLab last raise?

CoLab's most recent round was a Series C of $72M in Nov 2025, led by Intrepid Growth Partners.

### What was CoLab's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $72M in Nov 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed CoLab first?

CoLab's first round on record, in Apr 2022, was backed by National Science Foundation, Artesian VC and MedTech Innovator.

### What stage is CoLab at?

CoLab's latest named round is a Series C, in Nov 2025.

### Where is CoLab based?

CoLab is based in Australia.

### Who led CoLab's rounds?

Intrepid Growth Partners led the Series C in 2025.

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