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Telstra Ventures

Last cheque observed Apr 2023. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietNew fund $350M, Sept 2022VC firmNow at ti.vc

SeedSeries ASeries BPrivacyLmsAudio

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 44 on record
Since the last cheque1281days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$27MCheque size, as they say$4.0M – $15MRounds led1 of 44Sole investor9 roundsExits2 from the portfolioMostly inUnited States, 75%
Pitch Telstra Ventures

Telstra Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    44 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series C and Series B: 61% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 9 rounds, median $11M

  4. 04

    2 exits from the portfolio

What they do

Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$4.0M – $15M as they say
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
PrivacyLmsAudio
Based in
San Francisco, Australia
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first44 appearances

  1. 2023

    1 round

  2. Apr
    Super.comGrowth · US · Lightbank VC$85MWith 14 others
  3. 2019

    5 rounds

  4. Oct
    NS1Series C · US · FinSMEs$33MWith 10 others
  5. Sept
    TrifactaUS · Fortune$100MWith 4 others
  6. Aug
    IncortaSeries C · US · FinSMEs$30MWith 5 others
  7. May
    AttackIQSeries B · US · FinSMEs$18MWith 3 others
  8. May
    BoomtownSeries B · US · FinSMEs$12MLed
  9. 2018

    8 rounds

  10. Dec
    SnapTravelSeries A · CA · FinSMEs$13MWith 1 other
  11. Oct
    HeadSpinSeries B · US · FinSMEs$20MWith 11 others
  12. Oct
    IncortaSeries B · US · FinSMEs$15MWith 1 other
  13. Sept
    SingularSeries B · US · FinSMEs$30MWith 4 others
  14. Jul
    C88SG · TechCrunch$28MWith 9 others
  15. May
    UbechtSeries C · CN · China Money Network$820MWith 6 others
  16. Jan
    Matrixx SoftwareSeries C · US · FinSMEs$40MWith 5 others
  17. Jan
    AnomaliSeries D · US · FinSMEs$40MWith 7 others
  18. 2017

    5 rounds

  19. Dec
    SkillzSeries C · US · FinSMEs$25MWith 4 others
  20. Sept
    NS1US · FinSMEs$20MWith 5 others
  21. Jun
    Auth0Series C · US · FinSMEs$30MWith 4 others
  22. May
    CrowdStrikeSeries D · US · FinSMEs$100MWith 3 others
  23. Apr
    HealthEngineSeries C · AU · Zdnet$20MWith 3 others
  24. 2016

    3 rounds

  25. Nov
    AttackIQSeries A · US · FinSMEs$8.8MWith 2 others
  26. Nov
    SingularSeries A · US · FinSMEs$15MWith 2 others
  27. Jun
    ZimperiumSeries C · US · Prnewswire$25MWith 8 others
  28. 2015

    2 rounds

  29. Mar
    Cohere TechnologiesSeries C · US$35MWith 4 others
  30. Feb
    ZIMPERIUMSeries B · US$12MWith 3 others
  31. 2014

    11 rounds

  32. Dec
    Elemental TechnologiesSeries D · US$15MWith 5 others
  33. Dec
    PanvivaAUUndisclosedSole investor
  34. Nov
    BigcommerceSeries D · US$50MWith 4 others
  35. Oct
    NearSeries B · SG$19MWith 3 others
  36. Oct
    AdNearSeries B · SG$19MWith 3 others
  37. Oct
    DocuSignSeries E · US$30MWith 8 others
  38. Jul
    TeleSign CorporationSeries B · US$9.0MSole investor
  39. Jun
    KonySeries E · US$50MWith 5 others
  40. May
    MATRIXX SoftwareUSUndisclosedSole investor
  41. Mar
    DocuSignSeries E · US$85MWith 13 others
  42. Jan
    NexmoSeries C · GB$18MWith 3 others
  43. 2013

    5 rounds

  44. Dec
    OoyalaSeries F · US · techcrunch.com$43MSole investor
  45. Dec
    BoxSeries F · US · gigaom.com$100MWith 6 others
  46. Aug
    HealthEngineGrowth · AU · afr.com$10MWith 1 other
  47. Jun
    KonySeries D · US · finsmes.com$11MSole investor
  48. Jun
    VerdiAUUndisclosedSole 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.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration3 named

FMFrederic Michel HervouetDirectoriFiling they signed
JPJonathan Peter YoungDirector of the General Partner of the General PartneriFiling they signed
TRThomas Richard ChamberlainDirector of the General Partner of the General PartneriFiling they signed

We also hold 65 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.

Who backs their funds

1 LP on record in Telstra Ventures's funds

Funds
1

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: an LP list.

What they claim to have backed

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 listed2 in all

Elemental TechnologiesBought by Amazon$500MSept 2015
OoyalaBought by Telstra$270MAug 2014

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

Who they invest alongside

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

Recently backed

The latest companies Telstra Ventures put money into.

On podcasts

1 episode naming Telstra Ventures in the title, and 1 more that mention it.

Mentioned in

Quick answers about Telstra Ventures

What does Telstra Ventures invest in?

Telstra Ventures invests most often at Series C and Series B (61% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Privacy, Lms and Audio.

How active is Telstra Ventures?

44 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Apr 2023.

What has Telstra Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Super.com (Growth, Apr 2023), NS1 (Series C, Oct 2019) and Trifacta (Undisclosed round, Sept 2019).

How big are Telstra Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $27M. It says it writes cheques of $4.0M to $15M.

Does Telstra Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 44 investments on record (2%).

Where does Telstra Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (75%), Australia (10%) and Singapore (8%).

Is Telstra Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Apr 2023.

Who does Telstra Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Google Ventures (4 rounds together), Salesforce Ventures (4 rounds together) and General Catalyst (3 rounds together).

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