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Folklore Ventures
Venture capital · Redfern, NSW, Australia · Asia Pacific
Folklore Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Australia that invests in early-stage founders, partnering with them from the first cheque onward. The firm is made up of former founders and builders who support Australian and New Zealand tech founders and their teams.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningEducation
In its own wordsearly-stageaustralianew zealandtechnologyfounder-led
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Or find every investor that fitsFolklore Ventures lists 32 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (24%), Education (18%) and Fintech (13%). 53% of its companies are based in Australia. It invests most often alongside Startmate, New Zealand Growth Capital Partners and Blackbird.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Folklore Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Folklore Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 32. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 33% |
| Series A | 67% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 70th | 32 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 64th | 33% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 68th | 6% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 30th | 24% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 24% | 18% |
| Education | 18% | 7% |
| Fintech | 13% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 9% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 15% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| Media & Entertainment | 4% | 4% |
| Legal & Compliance | 4% | 2% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Startmate | 4 |
| New Zealand Growth Capital Partners | 3 |
| Blackbird | 2 |
| IQT | 2 |
| Springboard | 2 |
| Square Peg Capital | 2 |
| Y Combinator | 2 |
| Advisors.Fund | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers3197%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company13%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Folklore Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
from public registers and its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Folklore Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Jul 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 4 Nov 2025 | Series A |
Round details for Folklore Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Folklore Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
32 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adviser Ratings provides a platform for finding, rating, and reviewing financial advisers, as well as offering educational resources and tools. | FintechEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Ansarada provides virtual data rooms and dealmaking tools powered by artificial intelligence | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Arkeus builds AI-powered sensing systems for autonomous platforms | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Auror provides a platform for retailers and law enforcement agencies to resolve and prevent retail crime | CybersecurityLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Blunge provides an AI design agent that helps create on-brand social posts, ads, posters, and more | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Featureflow provides a feature flag management platform for teams to control the release of their features | Space & DefenseFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Forever Network creates and distributes sports media content across various platforms | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform for hiring freelancers and finding freelance jobs online. | EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Sphere provides global tax compliance software for VAT, GST, and sales tax | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| HappyCo provides property maintenance management software and an AI platform | Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| HealthMatch connects patients to clinical trials. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Hullbot provides an autonomous frequent cleaning service for vessel hulls to reduce drag and fuel consumption | Industrial & ManufacturingEnterprise Software | Nov 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| Kanopi provides a modular full-stack insurance platform for insurers, MGAs and brokers to launch and scale insurance products | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Komodo provides a data-driven wellbeing platform for schools to make positive and effective interventions for their students | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Kry10 provides mathematically proven foundations that help keep critical services resilient by design | Healthcare & BiotechCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Lived provides an AI for informational and entertainment purposes to help users maximize their life | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Mentorloop provides mentoring software to easily match people in various organizations and communities. | EducationHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Octopusbot helps growers and agribusinesses plan with confidence and make data-driven decisions earlier in the season using AI forecasts | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Jul 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Oslo AI builds AI operators that conduct phone conversations as if they have been working with a company for years | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- folklore.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 4 Nov 2025
- Companies checked
- 32
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