# Telstra Ventures: portfolio, investments and team > Telstra Ventures is a vc firm based in Australia. 44 investments on record, latest Apr 2023. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/telstra-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Australia · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Telstra Ventures Last cheque observed Apr 2023. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Quiet New fund $350M, Sept 2022 VC firm Now at ti.vc Seed Series A Series B Privacy Lms Audio Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 44 on record Since the last cheque **1281** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$27M** Cheque size, as they say **$4.0M – $15M** Rounds led **1 of 44** Sole investor **9 rounds** Exits **2 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 75%** Pitch Telstra Ventures ## Telstra Ventures highlights - 01 44 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series C and Series B: 61% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 9 rounds, median $11M - 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:** Seed Series A Series B - **Sectors:** Privacy Lms Audio - **Based in:** San Francisco, Australia - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **44 appearances** - **2023** 1 round - **Apr** **[Super.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/super-com)** Growth · US · Lightbank VC **$85M** With 14 others - **2019** 5 rounds - **Oct** **[NS1](https://millionrounds.com/company/ns1)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$33M** With 10 others - **Sept** **[Trifacta](https://millionrounds.com/company/trifacta)** US · Fortune **$100M** With 4 others - **Aug** **[Incorta](https://millionrounds.com/company/incorta)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$30M** With 5 others - **May** **[AttackIQ](https://millionrounds.com/company/attackiq)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$18M** With 3 others - **May** **[Boomtown](https://millionrounds.com/company/boomtown)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$12M** *Led* - **2018** 8 rounds - **Dec** **[SnapTravel](https://millionrounds.com/company/snaptravel)** Series A · CA · FinSMEs **$13M** With 1 other - **Oct** **[HeadSpin](https://millionrounds.com/company/headspin)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$20M** With 11 others - **Oct** **[Incorta](https://millionrounds.com/company/incorta)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$15M** With 1 other - **Sept** **[Singular](https://millionrounds.com/company/singular)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$30M** With 4 others - **Jul** **[C88](https://millionrounds.com/company/c88)** SG · TechCrunch **$28M** With 9 others - **May** **[Ubecht](https://millionrounds.com/company/ubecht)** Series C · CN · China Money Network **$820M** With 6 others - **Jan** **[Matrixx Software](https://millionrounds.com/company/matrixx-software)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$40M** With 5 others - **Jan** **[Anomali](https://millionrounds.com/company/anomali)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$40M** With 7 others - **2017** 5 rounds - **Dec** **[Skillz](https://millionrounds.com/company/skillz)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$25M** With 4 others - **Sept** **[NS1](https://millionrounds.com/company/ns1)** US · FinSMEs **$20M** With 5 others - **Jun** **[Auth0](https://millionrounds.com/company/auth0)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$30M** With 4 others - **May** **[CrowdStrike](https://millionrounds.com/company/crowdstrike)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$100M** With 3 others - **Apr** **[HealthEngine](https://millionrounds.com/company/healthengine)** Series C · AU · Zdnet **$20M** With 3 others - **2016** 3 rounds - **Nov** **[AttackIQ](https://millionrounds.com/company/attackiq)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$8.8M** With 2 others - **Nov** **[Singular](https://millionrounds.com/company/singular)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$15M** With 2 others - **Jun** **[Zimperium](https://millionrounds.com/company/zimperium)** Series C · US · Prnewswire **$25M** With 8 others - **2015** 2 rounds - **Mar** **[Cohere Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/cohere-technologies)** Series C · US **$35M** With 4 others - **Feb** **[ZIMPERIUM](https://millionrounds.com/company/zimperium)** Series B · US **$12M** With 3 others - **2014** 11 rounds - **Dec** **[Elemental Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/elemental-technologies)** Series D · US **$15M** With 5 others - **Dec** **[Panviva](https://millionrounds.com/company/panviva)** AU **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Nov** **[Bigcommerce](https://millionrounds.com/company/bigcommerce)** Series D · US **$50M** With 4 others - **Oct** **[Near](https://millionrounds.com/company/near)** Series B · SG **$19M** With 3 others - **Oct** **[AdNear](https://millionrounds.com/company/adnear)** Series B · SG **$19M** With 3 others - **Oct** **[DocuSign](https://millionrounds.com/company/docusign)** Series E · US **$30M** With 8 others - **Jul** **[TeleSign Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/company/telesign-corporation)** Series B · US **$9.0M** Sole investor - **Jun** **[Kony](https://millionrounds.com/company/kony)** Series E · US **$50M** With 5 others - **May** **[MATRIXX Software](https://millionrounds.com/company/matrixx-software)** US **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Mar** **[DocuSign](https://millionrounds.com/company/docusign)** Series E · US **$85M** With 13 others - **Jan** **[Nexmo](https://millionrounds.com/company/nexmo)** Series C · GB **$18M** With 3 others - **2013** 5 rounds - **Dec** **[Ooyala](https://millionrounds.com/company/ooyala)** Series F · US · techcrunch.com **$43M** Sole investor - **Dec** **[Box](https://millionrounds.com/company/box)** Series F · US · gigaom.com **$100M** With 6 others - **Aug** **[HealthEngine](https://millionrounds.com/company/healthengine)** Growth · AU · afr.com **$10M** With 1 other - **Jun** **[Kony](https://millionrounds.com/company/kony)** Series D · US · finsmes.com **$11M** Sole investor - **Jun** **[Verdi](https://millionrounds.com/company/verdi)** 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. ## The team Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **3 named** FM **Frederic Michel Hervouet** Director i Filing they signed JP **Jonathan Peter Young** Director of the General Partner of the General Partner i Filing they signed TR **Thomas Richard Chamberlain** Director of the General Partner of the General Partner i Filing 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. - [**KPN Ventures** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kpn-ventures) Fund Vintage Committed Telstra Ventures - - ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **51** of 60 we have independently watched raise [ACQUIRED](https://millionrounds.com/company/cumulus-networks)[ACQUIRED](https://millionrounds.com/company/zimperium)[ACQUIRED](https://millionrounds.com/company/velocloud)[ACQUIRED](https://millionrounds.com/company/varmour)[ACQUIRED](https://millionrounds.com/company/trifacta)[ACQUIRED](https://millionrounds.com/company/rancher-labs)[ACQUIRED](https://millionrounds.com/company/opengov)[ACQUIRED](https://millionrounds.com/company/ns1)[ASAPP](https://millionrounds.com/company/asapp)[Airspace Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/airspace-technologies)[Algoblu](https://millionrounds.com/company/algoblu)[Alvys](https://millionrounds.com/company/alvys)[Anomali](https://millionrounds.com/company/anomali)[AttackIQ](https://millionrounds.com/company/attackiq)[Auth0](https://millionrounds.com/company/auth0)[Bedrock Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/bedrock-energy)[BforeAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/bforeai)[Bigcommerce](https://millionrounds.com/company/bigcommerce)[Blockdaemon](https://millionrounds.com/company/blockdaemon)[BuildOps](https://millionrounds.com/company/buildops)[Cequence Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/cequence-security)[Closedloop](https://millionrounds.com/company/closedloop)[Cohere-technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/cohere-technologies)[Cranium](https://millionrounds.com/company/cranium)[Document Crunch](https://millionrounds.com/company/document-crunch)[Docusign](https://millionrounds.com/company/docusign)[Fintell](https://millionrounds.com/company/fintell)[Flex](https://millionrounds.com/company/flex)[Healthengine](https://millionrounds.com/company/healthengine)[IPO](https://millionrounds.com/company/crowdstrike)[IPO](https://millionrounds.com/company/whispir)[IPscape](https://millionrounds.com/company/ipscape)[Incorta](https://millionrounds.com/company/incorta)[Nasuni](https://millionrounds.com/company/nasuni)[Omaze](https://millionrounds.com/company/omaze)[OpenSolar](https://millionrounds.com/company/opensolar)[OvationCXM](https://millionrounds.com/company/ovationcxm)[Pexapark](https://millionrounds.com/company/pexapark)[RapidCanvas](https://millionrounds.com/company/rapidcanvas)[Rethoughtinsurance](https://millionrounds.com/company/rethought-insurance)[Ripcord](https://millionrounds.com/company/ripcord)[Safe Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/safe-security)[Samsara Eco](https://millionrounds.com/company/samsara-eco)[Singular](https://millionrounds.com/company/singular)[Sleeper](https://millionrounds.com/company/sleeper)[Springboard](https://millionrounds.com/company/springboard)[Super](https://millionrounds.com/company/super-com)[Upbound](https://millionrounds.com/company/upbound)[Wealth](https://millionrounds.com/company/wealth-com)[Xtransfer](https://millionrounds.com/company/xtransfer)[certn](https://millionrounds.com/company/certn) ACQUIRED ACQUIRED ACQUIRED ACQUIRED ACQUIRED ACQUIRED ACQUIRED ACQUIRED ACQUIRED and 27 more 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 **2 in all** **[Elemental Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/elemental-technologies)** Bought by [Amazon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amazon) **$500M** Sept 2015 **[Ooyala](https://millionrounds.com/company/ooyala)** Bought by [Telstra](https://millionrounds.com/fund/telstra) **$270M** Aug 2014 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. New fund on file **$350M** raised in Sept 2022 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$27M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$11M** Led 1 of 44 rounds **2%** - **Said size:** $4.0M – $15M - **Sole investor:** 9 rounds - **Last cheque:** Apr 2023 - **Exits:** 2 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Series C *10* - Series B said *9* - Series D *5* - Series E *4* - Series A said *3* - Seed said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2012 2023 Often in the room with - [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) 4 - [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) 4 - [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) 3 - [Sierra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sierra-ventures) 3 - [Flybridge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flybridge) 2 - [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) 2 **Pitching Telstra 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 *→* ## 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. [**Google Ventures** Corporate VC **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv)[**Salesforce Ventures** Corporate VC **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures)[**General Catalyst** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst)[**Sierra Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sierra-ventures)[**Flybridge** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flybridge)[**Global Brain Corporation** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation)[**Index Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures)[**Lazarus Israel Opportunities Fund** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lazarus-israel-opportunities-fund)[**M12** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m12)[**Mitsui & Co** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsui-and-co)[**NTT DoCoMo** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ntt-docomo)[**Sequoia Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) ## Recently backed The latest companies Telstra Ventures put money into. [**Super.com** $85M · Apr 2023](https://millionrounds.com/company/super-com)[**NS1** $33M · Oct 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/ns1)[**Incorta** $30M · Aug 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/incorta)[**AttackIQ** $18M · May 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/attackiq)[**HeadSpin** $20M · Oct 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/headspin)[**Singular** $30M · Sept 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/singular) ## On podcasts 1 episode naming Telstra Ventures in the title, and 1 more that mention it. - [VC10X](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/vc10x) 30 Mar 2023 · 36 min VC10X - Investing in Esports, Gaming & Web3 - Yash Patel, Telstra Ventures Mentions [Telstra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/telstra-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page ### Mentioned in - [The Silicon Valley Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/the-silicon-valley-podcast) 12 Jul 2023 · 39 min Ep 193 Unlocking Venture Capital With Yash Patel Apple PodcastsShow page ## 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? 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