# Starfish Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Starfish Ventures is a vc firm based in Australia. 43 investments on record, latest Feb 2015. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Starfish Ventures

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

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Seed Series A Series B Environnement Environment Renewables

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 43 on record

Since the last cheque **4294** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$3.8M** Rounds led **0 of 43** Sole investor **20 rounds** Exits **4 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 51%**

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## Starfish Ventures highlights

- 01 43 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series A and Series B: 64% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 20 rounds, median $3.0M
- 04 4 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> Starfish Ventures is an experienced venture capital manager that understands the challenges of building and managing high growth technology businesses from an Australian base. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Environnement Environment Renewables
- **Based in:** Melbourne, Australia
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **43 appearances**

- **2015** 1 round
- **Feb** **[DesignCrowd](https://millionrounds.com/company/designcrowd)** Series B · AU **$4.7M** With 1 other
- **2014** 1 round
- **Aug** **[BugHerd](https://millionrounds.com/company/bugherd)** Series A **$931K** With 5 others
- **2013** 6 rounds
- **Nov** **[DesignCrowd](https://millionrounds.com/company/designcrowd)** Series A · AU · techcrunch.com **$3.0M** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[Nitro](https://millionrounds.com/company/nitro)** Venture · US · vator.tv **$3.1M** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Ourcast](https://millionrounds.com/company/ourcast)** Seed · AU **$200K** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Protagonist Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/protagonist-therapeutics)** Series B · AU · protagonist-inc.com **$14M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[Aktana](https://millionrounds.com/company/aktana)** Venture · US · venturedeal.com **$1.0M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Aktana](https://millionrounds.com/company/aktana)** Series A · US · sec.gov **$2.1M** Sole investor
- **2012** 10 rounds
- **Oct** **[MetaCDN](https://millionrounds.com/company/metacdn)** Series A · AU · prweb.com **$2.3M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Ourcast](https://millionrounds.com/company/ourcast)** Seed · AU **$500K** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Aktana](https://millionrounds.com/company/aktana)** Venture · US · dealipedia.com **$1.1M** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[ScriptRock](https://millionrounds.com/company/scriptrock)** Seed · US · afr.com **$1.2M** With 9 others
- **May** **[Aktana](https://millionrounds.com/company/aktana)** Series A · US **$2.1M** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Ourcast](https://millionrounds.com/company/ourcast)** Seed · AU · pevc.dowjones.com **$1.3M** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Nitro](https://millionrounds.com/company/nitro)** Venture · US · venturebeat.com **$3.5M** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Nitro](https://millionrounds.com/company/nitro)** Venture · US **$2.2M** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[StyleTread](https://millionrounds.com/company/styletread)** Series C · AU · techcrunch.com **$12M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[BugHerd](https://millionrounds.com/company/bugherd)** Seed · AU · delimiter.com.au **$550K** With 1 other
- **2011** 3 rounds
- **Nov** **[DesignCrowd](https://millionrounds.com/company/designcrowd)** Series A · AU · techcrunch.com **$3.0M** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[Aktana](https://millionrounds.com/company/aktana)** Series A · US · techcrunch.com **$2.9M** With 1 other
- **May** **[Ourcast](https://millionrounds.com/company/ourcast)** Seed · AU **$1.3M** Sole investor
- **2010** 3 rounds
- **Oct** **[icix](https://millionrounds.com/company/icix)** Series B · US · fis.dowjones.com **$6.0M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Evostor](https://millionrounds.com/company/evostor)** Series A · US · venturedeal.com **$3.0M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[Audinate](https://millionrounds.com/company/audinate)** Venture · AU · finsmes.com **$4.0M** With 1 other
- **2009** 3 rounds
- **Apr** **[Ausra](https://millionrounds.com/company/ausra)** Series D · US · solarindustrymag.com **$26M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Ofidium](https://millionrounds.com/company/ofidium)** Series A · AU · reuters.com **$3.9M** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[ZoomSystems](https://millionrounds.com/company/zoomsystems)** Series E · US · vendingmarketwatch.com **$20M** With 5 others
- **2008** 5 rounds
- **Nov** **[Evostor](https://millionrounds.com/company/evostor)** Series A · US · venturebeat.com **$5.0M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[5th Finger](https://millionrounds.com/company/5th-finger)** Series A · US · thealarmclock.com **$7.0M** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Aruspex](https://millionrounds.com/company/aruspex)** Series A · US · venturebeat.com **$3.8M** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Audinate](https://millionrounds.com/company/audinate)** Series A · AU · audinate.com **$3.7M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Monitoring Division](https://millionrounds.com/company/monitoring-division)** Series A · AU · monitoringdivision.com **$3.9M** With 1 other
- **2007** 2 rounds
- **Nov** **[Austhink Software](https://millionrounds.com/company/austhink-software)** Series B · AU **$3.8M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[MuriGen](https://millionrounds.com/company/murigen)** Series A · AU **$3.9M** Sole investor
- **2006** 5 rounds
- **Dec** **[Quickcomm Software Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/quickcomm-software-solutions)** Series A · US · quickcomm.com **$4.1M** Sole investor
- **Nov** **[Intersection Medical Inc](https://millionrounds.com/company/intersection-medical-inc)** Series B · US **$5.0M** With 1 other
- **Nov** **[Impedance Cardiology Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/impedance-cardiology-systems)** Series B · US · deals.venturebeat.com **$5.0M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Protagonist Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/protagonist-therapeutics)** Series A · AU · protagonist-inc.com **$9.0M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[G2 Microsystems](https://millionrounds.com/company/g2-microsystems)** Series B · US · g2microsystems.com **$14M** With 3 others
- **2005** 4 rounds
- **Sept** **[Engana Pty](https://millionrounds.com/company/engana-pty)** Series B · AU · opticalkeyhole.com **$6.1M** With 3 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 **2** 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.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **4 in all**

**[Distra](https://millionrounds.com/company/distra)** Bought by ACI Worldwide **$49M** Sept 2012

**[5th Finger](https://millionrounds.com/company/5th-finger)** Bought by [Merkle](https://millionrounds.com/fund/merkle) **Undisclosed** Jul 2012

**[Evostor](https://millionrounds.com/company/evostor)** Bought by Virsto Software **Undisclosed** Jun 2011

**[Ausra](https://millionrounds.com/company/ausra)** Bought by AREVA Inc **Undisclosed** Feb 2010

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

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$3.8M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$3.0M**

Led 0 of 43 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 20 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Feb 2015
- **Exits:** 4 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *18*
- Series B said *9*
- Venture *7*
- Seed said *6*
- Series C *1*
- Series D *1*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2005 2015

Often in the room with

- [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) 3
- [Accede Capital Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accede-capital-venture-partners) 2
- [Deutsche Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deutsche-bank) 2
- [Hummer Winblad Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hummer-winblad-venture-partners) 2
- [Innovation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-capital-3) 2
- [Lilly Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lilly-ventures) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Starfish Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**500 Global** Angel **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)[**Accede Capital Venture Partners** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accede-capital-venture-partners)[**Deutsche Bank** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deutsche-bank)[**Hummer Winblad Venture Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hummer-winblad-venture-partners)[**Innovation Capital** Investment firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-capital-3)[**Lilly Ventures** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lilly-ventures)[**NIPR** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nipr)[**Southern Cross Venture Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/southern-cross-venture-partners)[**Technology Venture Partners** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/technology-venture-partners-2)[**UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ups-ventures)[**Versant Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/versant-ventures)

## Quick answers about Starfish Ventures

### What does Starfish Ventures invest in?

Starfish Ventures invests most often at Series A and Series B (64% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Environnement, Environment and Renewables.

### How active is Starfish Ventures?

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

### How big are Starfish Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $3.8M.

### Does Starfish Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 43 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Starfish Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (51%) and Australia (49%).

### Is Starfish Ventures investing now?

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

### Who does Starfish Ventures invest alongside?

Most often 500 Global (3 rounds together), Accede Capital Venture Partners (2 rounds together) and Deutsche Bank (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Starfish Ventures?

Starfish Ventures is a VC firm based in Melbourne, Australia.

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