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Folklore Ventures

Last cheque observed Jul 2026; 3 cheques on record.

VC firmDeploying now

Pre-seedSeedSeries ASoftwareDecentralizationWeb 3

Deploying now
100%of best year2cheques in 12 months, 3 on record
Since the last cheque100days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$25MCheque size, as they say$250K – $5.0MRounds led0 of 3
Pitch Folklore Ventures

Folklore Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    2 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series A: 67% of its rounds

What they do

Folklore is a venture capital firm based in Australia.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$250K – $5.0M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
SoftwareDecentralizationWeb 3
Based in
Redfern, Australia
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first3 appearances

  1. 2026

    2 rounds

  2. Jul
    OctopusbotSeed · AU · Firms' own news pages$694KWith 2 others
  3. May
    ArkeusSeries A · AU · Firms' own news pages$25MWith 6 others
  4. 2024

    1 round

  5. Nov
    AurorSeries C · NZ · Startup Daily$49MWith 9 others

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.

The team

We hold 11 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

1 of 4 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.

Recently backed

The latest companies Folklore Ventures put money into.

Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Folklore Ventures in their description, not their title.

Quick answers about Folklore Ventures

What does Folklore Ventures invest in?

Folklore Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Software, Decentralization and Web 3.

How active is Folklore Ventures?

3 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jul 2026.

What has Folklore Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Octopusbot (Seed, Jul 2026), Arkeus (Series A, May 2026) and Auror (Series C, Nov 2024).

How big are Folklore Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $25M. It says it writes cheques of $250K to $5.0M.

Is Folklore Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.

What kind of investor is Folklore Ventures?

Folklore Ventures is a VC firm based in Redfern, Australia.

Where does this information on Folklore Ventures come from?

From 5 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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