# Folklore Ventures: portfolio, investments and team > Folklore Ventures is a vc firm based in Australia. 3 investments on record, 2 in the last 12 months, latest Jul 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/folklore-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Australia · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Folklore Ventures Last cheque observed Jul 2026; 3 cheques on record. Email VC firm Deploying now Pre-seed Seed Series A Software Decentralization Web 3 Follow Folklore Ventures and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Ffolklore-ventures) Deploying now **100%** of best year **2** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record Since the last cheque **100** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$25M** Cheque size, as they say **$250K – $5.0M** Rounds led **0 of 3** Pitch Folklore Ventures ## Folklore Ventures highlights - 01 2 cheques in the last 12 months - 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-seed Seed Series A Series B - **Sectors:** Software Decentralization Web 3 - **Based in:** Redfern, Australia - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances** - **2026** 2 rounds - **Jul** **[Octopusbot](https://millionrounds.com/company/octopusbot)** Seed · AU · Firms' own news pages **$694K** With 2 others - **May** **[Arkeus](https://millionrounds.com/company/arkeus)** Series A · AU · Firms' own news pages **$25M** With 6 others - **2024** 1 round - **Nov** **[Auror](https://millionrounds.com/company/auror)** Series C · NZ · Startup Daily **$49M** With 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 [Auror](https://millionrounds.com/company/auror) Investor portal Portfolio roles Sign-up to our 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. ## The cheque Pre-seed Seed Series A Median round joined **$25M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 3 rounds **0%** - **Said size:** $250K – $5.0M - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Jul 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *1* - Series A said *1* - Series C *1* - Pre-seed said *-* - Series B said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Dec 2023 Nov 2026 **Pitching Folklore Ventures?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Recently backed The latest companies Folklore Ventures put money into. [**Octopusbot** $694K · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/octopusbot)[**Arkeus** $25M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/arkeus)[**Auror** $49M · Nov 2024](https://millionrounds.com/company/auror) ## Mentioned on podcasts Episodes that name Folklore Ventures in their description, not their title. - [Transparent Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/transparent-vc) 3 Feb 2025 · 50 min We're Back! Cut Through Venture 2024 State of Australian Startup Funding Results With Chris Gillings and Mitchell Bissinger. With [Mitchell Bissinger](https://millionrounds.com/person/mitchell-bissinger) Mentions [Folklore Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/folklore-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page ## 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? 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