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Recent portfolio news

  • Austrade Commissioner Daniela Assis and Matrak CEO Shane Hodgkins with staff and suppliers in China.

    MATRAK - Tracking building supplies from China

    Canberra Times - Nov ‘24

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  • James Allston’s software start-up Orkestra was funded by revenue from his previous consulting business before the start-up raised venture capital.

    ORKESTRA - Innovators think big on solar-powered mansions

    AFR - Oct ‘24

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  • Restoke Founders

    RESTOKE - Hospo-tech raises $5.1 million to save restaurants

    Forbes - Sep '24

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  • Restoke restaurant intelligence startup funded by Rampersand Venture Capital Fund

    RESTOKE - Melbourne start-up is saving cafes a bundle

    The Australian - Sep' 24

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  • Bridget Loudon is Telstra’s youngest ever board member, and her tech start-up grew more than in the past year than it did in the past seven.

    EXPERT360 - Gig economy’s multi-million dollar boost

    The Australian - Aug' 24

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  • A box of hungry maggots like the ones used at the Hyatt at Darling Harbour.

    GOTERRA - Australia’s biggest hotel bringing in maggots

    AFR - Aug' 24

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  • Sam Kroonenburg says he sees a similar convergence of technology capability and market opportunity for Cuttable that he enjoyed with A Cloud Guru.

    CUTTABLE - Aussie who sold start-up for $2b jumps on AI for ads

    AFR - Jul' 24

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  • The Cuttable team at their office in Melbourne, Australia.

    CUTTABLE - Sam Kroonenburg raises $5.5M for Cuttable

    SmartCompany - Jul' 24

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  • JigSpace AR App receives $13M VC Funding Australia

    JIGSPACE - AR startup secures $13M amid Apple release

    Smart Company - Jul ‘24

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  • Olympia Yarger (left) introduces Lord Mayor Clover Moore to the maggots that will soon be handling Sydney's food scraps.

    GOTERRA - Maggots to munch on Sydney residents' scraps

    ABC - Jun' 24

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  • Expert360 CEO Bridget Loudon says demand for optimisation experts has grown.

    EXPERT360 - The bright spot in professional services

    AFR - May'24

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  • Shane Hodgkins, CEO and co-founder of Melbourne-based construction start-up Matrak, has opened a China office.

    MATRAK - Aussie tech pushes into China, Taiwan

    AFR - Apr' 24

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  • Hatch & Rampersand VC Funding

    HATCH - ‘Seek for Gen Z’ start-up raises $7 million

    Sydney Morning Herald - Feb ‘24

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  • Zac & Numa from JigSpace

    JIGSPACE - The Aussies hoping to make a fortune from Apple

    AFR - Feb ‘24

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The latest Rampersand news

  • Barb Hyman - sapia.ai

    'We're in a global race': Australian AI's 'Goldilocks' moment

    Capital Brief - Jun ‘25

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  • Andrew Poesaste Venture Capital Investor in Sydney

    Australia's top VCs aren't just investing in AI — they're using it

    Capital Brief - Apr ‘25

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  • Abhishek Maran

    Three young VCs get creative to break through

    AFR - Mar ‘25

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  • Rampersand Venture Capital Funding Australia and New Zealand

    VC’s moment of truth in 2025

    Capital Brief - Feb ‘25

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  • Abhishek Maran Rampersand Venture Capital Australia Partner

    Meet Australia’s Inaugural FORBES 30 UNDER 30 list

    Forbes - Sep '24

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  • ‘Land of dreams’: The Australian high-flyers on edge

    The Sydney Morning Herald - Sep' 24

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  • Rampersand venture partner Rod Hamilton and co-founder Paul Naphtali.

    VC fund Rampersand ramps up hunt for next Aussie unicorn

    The Age - Sep' 24

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  • Will merger rules lead to 'oligopolies outbreak'?

    ABC - Jul' 24

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  • Opinion: AI rockets are taking off, but can they land?

    Smart Company - Jul' 24

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  • Featuring, Andrew Poesaste, partner at Rampersand

    Glimmers of hope for startups with capital raises in 2024 up 30%

    Smart Company - Jun ‘24

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  • Rampersand partner Paul Naphtali says the startup ecosystem is already being affected by the proposed changes. Supplied.

    Unrealised Gains

    Capital Brief - May' 24

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  • Taryn Pieterse - Partner at Rampersand

    Two new partners ahead of 'golden decade' for VC

    Capital Brief - Apr ‘24

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  • Paul and Helen from Rampersand Venture Capital Firm Australia

    Start-up funding plummets, but investors hopeful

    Sydney Morning Herald - Feb ‘24

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  • ABR Article

    Investors reveal the best pitch decks they’ve seen and why

    The Australian Business Review - May ‘23

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  • Rampersand, run by Paul Naphtali, last year secured more than $40 million for its next fund including from the billionaire Smorgon family and has been deploying the money.

    The fog of fear lifting as VC splashes $810m

    AFR - Jul'23

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  • EVP's Justin Lipman, Rampersand's Taryn Pieterse, Startup Daily editor Simon Thomsen, and Square Peg's James Tynan

    VC investors share their insights on the state of Aus funding

    Startup Daily - Feb '23

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  • Rampersand cofounder Paul Naphtali talks to the crowd

    Rampersand’s Paul Naphtali reviews 2022 and what lies ahead

    Startup Daily - Jan ‘23

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