Reflecting on 2024, we're reminded of the privilege we have to see some of the world’s biggest problems being tackled by passionate, innovative people, and how fortunate we are to play a part in that journey. To our portfolio companies DASH, Flippa.com, Vantari VR, and Diraq, thanks for having us with you on your journey, and for your impressive growth, energy, and achievements this year. We're delighted to have two new investments we will announce shortly, at Seed and Series A. To the startup ecosystem of VCs, Family Offices, Advisors, government-backed programs, and accelerators - thanks for your teamwork and support. When we gave CoAct its name, the 'Co' was in recognition of the importance of collaborating with you, and you've been one of the best parts of 2024. To our Investors, thanks for your support, trust in CoAct's Partners, and the wisdom you share from the businesses you’ve founded, grown, listed, advised, and chaired. 2025 brings much to look forward to, to get better at, and to hope for - both in the venture community and on a global level. For now, our sincere thanks for working with us, and very best wishes to you and your families for a safe and happy holiday season. The CoAct Capital Team James, Ash, Kate & James OneVentures, Gandel Invest, Main Sequence, Allectus Capital, Uniseed, Quantonation, Rampersand, Scalata, OIF Ventures, Archangel Ventures, Prosus Ventures, MedTech Actuator, EVP, Possible Ventures, Ecotone Partners, LaunchVic, Significant Early Venture Capital, Remarkable Ventures, EnergyLab, CDL-Melbourne, Purpose Ventures, Innovation Bay, Jelix Ventures, IQT (In-Q-Tel), Bailador Technology Investments (ASX:BTI), 1835i, Era Ventures, CAR Group, Seek Ventures, Perennial Ventures, LLC, Cremorne Digital Hub, Breakthrough Victoria
CoAct Capital
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Leadership in Growth Capital for Australia’s best Start-ups
About us
Co:Act is an investment partnership of experienced venture investors with a network of founders, business leaders and family offices. Co:Act Venture Fund I is focused on early-stage Australian technology and innovation led companies at the Series A stage. Our experience includes founding start-ups that have grown into ASX listed companies, leading venture investment funds, managing significant Australian family offices, and leading established Australian businesses. We seek to provide innovative Australian start-up companies with more than capital and experience. We deliver an extensive network that provides those companies with a vast range of experience across multiple sectors and stages of development to mobilise capital, source talent, and develop and promote their technology, innovation, product, or service.
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http://www.coact.vc
External link for CoAct Capital
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- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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- 2-10 employees
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- Melbourne
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- Privately Held
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- 2022
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Employees at CoAct Capital
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Kate Bennett Eriksson
Partner Co:Act Capital | Founder helloEd Health Tech | Growth, Technology & Governance
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Håkan Eriksson
APAC Executive at Quokka, Non-Executive Director, Venture Capital Advisor and Technical Expert
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Andrew Walsh
Investor, Advisor, Board Member, Former CEO
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Simon Doggett
Partner Co:Act VC, Non Executive Director at Ball & Doggett, Experienced CEO & MD / M&A / Strategy / Change Management / CA / GAICD
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CoAct is excited to join Rampersand, Cremorne Digital Hub & some of Australia's most active VCs and Angel Investors for the Giant Warm Intro as part of Tech Week. This is a great opportunity to meet with Investors in a 1:1 supportive and collaborative environment to get advice, test your pitch, create connections, or learn about the fundraising process. You'll be matched with like-minded VCs with expertise in your field. Pre-seed tech founders looking to raise capital in the next 12 months can apply here: https://lnkd.in/geaa6T6Q Date: Thursday October 31st, 12:30-2:30pm Where: Carsales, Cremorne VIC See you there! Rampersand, Blackbird, GiantLeap Capital, Square Peg, Skalata, Artesian Partners, Gandel Invest, SEEK Investments, CoAct Capital
📣 THE GIANT WARM INTRO IS BACK! 📣 Rampersand has partnered with Cremorne Digital Hub as part of Tech Week ‘24 to bring GWI to the Vic startup ecosystem in a new in-person format. GWI connects Australia’s most accomplished and active VCs and Angel Investors with the brightest startup minds. 💡 Featuring: Rampersand, Blackbird, Giant Leap, Square Peg, Skalata, Artesian (Alternative Investments), Gandel Invest, The Alice Anderson Fund (LaunchVic), SEEK Investments and CoAct Capital. You’ll have the opportunity to meet 1:1 in a supportive, collaborative environment to ask for advice, test your pitch, create connections, or learn about the fundraising process. Think of it like speed dating. You will be matched with like-minded VCs with expertise in your category. We actively encourage pre-seed tech founders looking to raise capital in the next 12 months, and we especially welcome women and underrepresented groups to apply here: https://lnkd.in/geaa6T6Q #startupaus #startupevents #startupnews #techweek2024
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CoAct is excited to join Rampersand, Cremorne Digital Hub & some of Australia's most active VCs and Angel Investors for the Giant Warm Intro as part of Tech Week. This is a great opportunity to meet with Investors in a 1:1 supportive and collaborative environment to get advice, test your pitch, create connections, or learn about the fundraising process. You'll be matched with like-minded VCs with expertise in your field. Pre-seed tech founders looking to raise capital in the next 12 months can apply here: https://lnkd.in/geaa6T6Q Date: Thursday October 31st, 12:30-2:30pm Where: Carsales, Cremorne VIC See you there! Rampersand, Blackbird, GiantLeap Capital, Square Peg, Skalata, Artesian Partners, Gandel Invest, SEEK Investments, CoAct Capital
📣 THE GIANT WARM INTRO IS BACK! 📣 Rampersand has partnered with Cremorne Digital Hub as part of Tech Week ‘24 to bring GWI to the Vic startup ecosystem in a new in-person format. GWI connects Australia’s most accomplished and active VCs and Angel Investors with the brightest startup minds. 💡 Featuring: Rampersand, Blackbird, Giant Leap, Square Peg, Skalata, Artesian (Alternative Investments), Gandel Invest, The Alice Anderson Fund (LaunchVic), SEEK Investments and CoAct Capital. You’ll have the opportunity to meet 1:1 in a supportive, collaborative environment to ask for advice, test your pitch, create connections, or learn about the fundraising process. Think of it like speed dating. You will be matched with like-minded VCs with expertise in your category. We actively encourage pre-seed tech founders looking to raise capital in the next 12 months, and we especially welcome women and underrepresented groups to apply here: https://lnkd.in/geaa6T6Q #startupaus #startupevents #startupnews #techweek2024
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Congratulations to the whole team at DASH for the outstanding growth during FY24, and for your relentless focus on serving Advisors to help them make financial advice more accessible to Australians.
We’re pleased to share that we have had another year of solid growth, with double-digit uplift across the group driven by platform growth and digital advice contracts. DASH’s growth strategy has been, and will continue to be, centred around delivering the most complete and scalable solution in the market. This includes delivering a digital advice solution for financial advisers to service low to medium balance clients easily. You can read the full release below.
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CoAct Capital is delighted to congratulate Diraq on their oversubscribed Series A-2 round, and to be an investor in the round. We're super impressed with the calibre of Andrew Dzurak and his entire team, their vision, patents and progress. Whilst quantum computing is a long game, Diraq's team are among the world's top talent, their spin silicon technology is well patented, their qubits are designed to fit millions per chip, testing in the early stages demonstrates 99.9% accuracy (refer recent announcement), and production can be delivered utilising existing semiconductor foundries like imec and Global Foundries (instead of requiring a new builds). From the team at CoAct Capital, outstanding work Diraq! We look forward to supporting your journey, and ultimately to the benefits that quantum will unlock. James Douglas Ash Lambert James Blythe Kate Bennett Eriksson Kerri Lee Sinclair Andrew Walsh Håkan Eriksson https://lnkd.in/d-PA7xsX
Diraq is pleased to announce the second close of our oversubscribed Series A-2 investment round of USD $22 million. We welcome our new investors Main Sequence, Taronga Ventures, Uniseed, UniSuper, and CoAct Capital, alongside Allectus Capital, Quantonation, UNSW Sydney and John Higgins Family Investments, and look forward to partnering together as we work towards delivering the world's first fault-tolerant quantum computer. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gbcdWksU Andrew Dzurak Stefanie Tardo Dr. Lasantha T. Arne Laucht Andre Saraiva Chris Escott Wee Han Lim Henry Yang Bill Bartee Alejandra Romero Avi Naidu Jonathan Hannam Anjalika Singh Paul Butler Laura Droessler-Dansie Kate Bennett Eriksson James Douglas Ash Lambert Matthew Gould Jason Cheong William Zeng Christophe Jurczak Eliathamby Ambikairajah Stephen Rodda Dax Kukulj Stuart White William Jeffrey Hemang Shah Jeremy Manuelpillai
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Go-To-Market part 5 of 5! Kate Bennett Eriksson discusses how Founders can sharpen their pitch to investors by succintly communicating the GTM strategy.
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Go-To-Market part 4! James Douglas and Kate Bennett Eriksson share some historical GTM mistakes and highlight how we can help Founders refine their approach.
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Go-To-Market part 3! James Douglas and Kate Bennett Eriksson outline key elements of a detailed GTM strategy, with specific examples from enterprise sales and partnership distribution approaches.
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Go-To-Market part 2! Kate Bennett Eriksson and James Douglas highlight the importance of defining your approach and understanding your ICP (Ideal Customer Profile).
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Go-To-Market part 2! Kate Bennett Eriksson and James Douglas highlight the importance of defining your approach and understanding your ICP (Ideal Customer Profile).