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Side Stage Ventures
Venture capital
Side Stage Ventures is a founder-led seed fund that writes first cheques into early-stage companies and then supports founders with hiring, fundraising and reaching product-market fit. It invests across all sectors and business models, often backing companies that are pre-revenue.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordssector agnosticpre-seedseedfounder-ledearly stage
Your fit with Side Stage Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsSide Stage Ventures lists 20 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (34%), Industrial & Manufacturing (9%) and Healthcare & Biotech (9%). 55% of its companies are based in Australia. It invests most often alongside GD1, Icehouse Ventures and Airtree.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Side Stage 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 Side Stage Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 20. 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 | 33% |
| Seed | 67% |
| Series A | 0% |
| 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 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 51th | 20 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 86th | 15% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 63th | 34% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 34% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 9% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 15% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 9% | 6% |
| Fintech | 9% | 12% |
| Consumer | 6% | 3% |
| Media & Entertainment | 6% | 4% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 3% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| GD1 | 3 |
| Icehouse Ventures | 3 |
| Airtree | 2 |
| Archangel Ventures | 2 |
| Crane Venture Partners | 2 |
| Outset Ventures | 2 |
| Peak XV Partners | 2 |
| Basis Set Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers1995%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company15%
- 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 Side Stage 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 Side Stage Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Jul 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 17 Apr 2026 | Seed | |
| 16 Sept 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Side Stage Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Side Stage Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
20 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arca produces critical metals and durable carbon removal from mine waste | Industrial & ManufacturingClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| The company discovers alternatives to critical minerals and develops new materials through simulation and lab synthesis. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Apr 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Dragonfly acquires people-intensive businesses and re-architects them into AI-native platforms | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Dreamsake produces and sells Japanese sake | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Elita provides a longevity platform for dogs, offering personalized health guidance and care services. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Fabra provides a product design studio where users can design products in 2D or 3D and send production-ready specs | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Harth gives architecture teams access to the latest AI tools and image rendering, connected to your actual 3D building data. | AI & Machine LearningReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Anna provides a personal assistant service to help families manage their daily tasks and schedules | AI & Machine LearningConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Kantoko provides online ADHD assessment and care for adults | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Klaro provides a visual, AI-powered workspace for numbers to help businesses make better decisions and build convincing business cases | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
Gaming | Portfolio page | |||
| MoreGoodDays offers a comprehensive pain-management and recovery solution for chronic pain conditions | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| One Click Switch helps users compare and switch energy plans using their real usage data | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Outlier Space provides access to microgravity through a scalable, reusable, uncrewed satellite platform | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Jul 2026Pre-Seed | Page + round | |
| The company develops and manufactures autonomous pipe inspection robots. | Robotics & HardwareIndustrial & Manufacturing | Sept 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Superdesign creates designs using artificial intelligence | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Thanks is a company that provides an AI-first loyalty and rewards platform to help businesses monetize customer interactions and create personalized experiences | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company engineers intelligence around consequential decisions to drive better outcomes at scale for complex businesses | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Fastlane creates, launches and scales ads with AI for businesses | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Basis makes and sells a switchboard that provides energy insights, control, and digital safety for homes. | Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 8 Nov 2026- Site
- sidestage.vc
- Last read
- 8 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 16 Sept 2025
- Companies checked
- 20
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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