# Fairfax Digital Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Fairfax Digital Ventures is a corporate vc based in Australia. 10 investments on record, latest Aug 2015. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/fairfax-digital-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Fairfax Digital Ventures

Last cheque observed Aug 2015. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Seed Series A Content Syndication Enterprise Software Media And Entertainment

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 10 on record

Since the last cheque **4087** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$2.7M** Rounds led **0 of 10** Sole investor **9 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **Australia, 67%**

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## Fairfax Digital Ventures highlights

- 01 10 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Venture and Series B: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 9 rounds, median undisclosed
- 04 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Content Syndication Enterprise Software Media And Entertainment
- **Based in:** Pyrmont, Australia
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **10 appearances**

- **2015** 1 round
- **Aug** **[The Huffington Post Australia](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-huffington-post-australia)** Venture **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2014** 3 rounds
- **Dec** **[Skoolbo](https://millionrounds.com/company/skoolbo)** **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Bellabox](https://millionrounds.com/company/bellabox)** Series B · SG **$2.7M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Over60](https://millionrounds.com/company/over60)** **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2013** 2 rounds
- **Nov** **[Adzuna](https://millionrounds.com/company/adzuna)** GB **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Nov** **[Healthshare](https://millionrounds.com/company/healthshare)** AU **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2011** 1 round
- **Mar** **[TVN](https://millionrounds.com/company/tvn)** Venture · AU **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2010** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Tenderlink](https://millionrounds.com/company/tenderlink)** AU **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2008** 1 round
- **Apr** **[Weatherzone](https://millionrounds.com/company/weatherzone)** **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2000** 1 round
- **Apr** **[Acendre](https://millionrounds.com/company/acendre)** Venture · AU **Undisclosed** Sole investor

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**0** of 6 we have independently watched raise

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Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all**

**[TVN](https://millionrounds.com/company/tvn)** Bought by Tremor Video **Undisclosed** Aug 2015

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

## Companies it bought

Acquisitions by the firm itself

**Allure Media** **Undisclosed** Dec 2012

**RSVP** **$38M** Jan 2005

## The cheque

Seed Series A

Median round joined **$2.7M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **-**

Led 0 of 10 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 9 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Aug 2015
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *3*
- Series B *1*
- Seed said *-*
- Series A said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2000 2015

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## Quick answers about Fairfax Digital Ventures

### What does Fairfax Digital Ventures invest in?

Fairfax Digital Ventures invests most often at Venture and Series B (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Content Syndication, Enterprise Software and Media And Entertainment.

### How active is Fairfax Digital Ventures?

10 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Aug 2015.

### How big are Fairfax Digital Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $2.7M.

### Does Fairfax Digital Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 10 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Fairfax Digital Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Australia (67%), Singapore (17%) and the United Kingdom (17%).

### Is Fairfax Digital Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Aug 2015.

### What kind of investor is Fairfax Digital Ventures?

Fairfax Digital Ventures is a corporate VC based in Pyrmont, Australia.

### When was Fairfax Digital Ventures founded?

Fairfax Digital Ventures was founded in 1841.

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