Telstra
VC Fund
Melbourne, Australia
Telstra is an Australia-based telecommunications and information services company offering a full range of communications services. The company has built a fully integrated IP network and a reliable mobile network for its clients. Through its strategic investments over the years and the recent acquisition of Pacnet in Asia, it now has the largestprivately owned subsea cable network in Asia Pacific, have licenses throughout Asia, Europe, and the Americas and it facilitates access to more than 2,000 PoPs in 230 countries and territories.Telstra’s international operations are headquartered in Hong Kong, where it provides wholesale and enterprise customers with a full breadth of holistic and end-to-end solutions across data, voice, satellite, and managed network services. The company was founded in 1975 and is locally headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 44%
Last updated:
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Industries Telstra invests in
Stages Telstra invests in
Countries Telstra invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 10 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $1.5M–$83M
- Series A
- $2M–$50M
- Series C
- $16M–$35M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (33%)
- Market Research 2 (22%)
- Information Technology 2 (22%)
- AgTech 1 (11%)
- Farming 1 (11%)
Stage
- Series A 3 (33%)
- Seed 2 (22%)
- Series C 2 (22%)
- Angel 1 (11%)
- Series F 1 (11%)
Country
- Australia 4 (44%)
- United States 3 (33%)
- Singapore 1 (11%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alex Stefan
National General Manager
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National General Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Andy Lumsden
Head of Network Services
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Head of Network Services | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Chris Mohan
General Manager Threat Research and Intelligence and Security Controls
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General Manager Threat Research and Intelligence and Security Controls | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Gary Traver
Director of Media Networks
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Director of Media Networks | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jim Fagan
Director, Global Platforms
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Director, Global Platforms | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 10 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| To advance the development and commercialisation. | $50.4M / Series A / Jul 25, 2023 | ||
| Zetifi has developed wireless network technology that provides mobile broadband coverage extension for farms, vehicles and machinery. | $8.1M / Series A / Dec 07, 2022 | ||
| Farmbot was established in Sydney in 2014 and is a leading Australian Agtech company in the Internet of Things (IoT) of Agriculture. The company monitors and reports on-farm water ecosystems delivering real-time reporting on water trends, consumption and alerts. As water is the lifeblood of all agricultural endeavours, a detailed understanding ofits usage helps farmers make better management decisions around asset utilisation, resource allocations and carrying capacities. One of the key challenges of the agriculture industry is feeding an ever-growing population, with fewer resources, in a sustainable way. Farmbot sees a growing opportunity in the agricultural industry to provide monitoring solutions that have the capabilities to enable more sustainable and efficient practices. Farmbot has developed an extensive range of monitoring devices which connects to the core monitor enabling farmers to check water, diesel and trough levels, rainfall, staff movements via a safety check-in module, electric fences voltages, flow and pressure rates remotely. We are continuing to build a portfolio of connected devices, expanding the ecosystem. | $2M / Series A / Oct 12, 2021 | ||
| Skillz is the marketplace platform that helps players discover mobile games and compete against other players around the world. At the same time, the company helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling social competition in their games. Leveraging its patented technology, Skillz has hosted over 2 billion tournaments entriesfor 30 million mobile players worldwide and distributes over $60 million in prizes each month. Headquartered in San Francisco and Portland, the company is backed by leading venture capitalists, media companies, and professional sports leagues and franchises including the investment arm of the NFL and owners of the New England Patriots, Milwaukee Bucks, New York Mets and Sacramento Kings. Skillz has also earned recognition as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, CNBC’s Disruptor 50, Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000. | $16.4M / Series C / Dec 13, 2017 | ||
| InsightzClub uses smart technology to enable various companies to uncover valuable insights from data to realize smarter decision-making. InsightzClub's platform delivers highly personalized insights by integrating & analyzing data from multiple sources including passive data through a dashboard for marketing. | $1.5M / Seed / Oct 14, 2017 | ||
| Next generation of consumer insights for the omnichannel world. Understanding the why behind the buy. | Angel / Aug 29, 2017 | ||
| To advance the development and commercialisation. | $83M / Seed / Aug 22, 2017 | ||
| Cohere Technologies is a leading pioneer for software enhanced 4G & 5G networks. The company has developed a 3GPP compliant software solution to dramatically improve today’s 4G and 5G networks. Cohere is the inventor of OTFS for 6G. Founded in 2009, Cohere Technologies is headquartered in San Jose, California. | $35.5M / Series C / Mar 24, 2015 | ||
| Box is an online file sharing and cloud content management service offering unlimited storage, custom branding, and administrative controls. Box provides more than 8 million users with secure cloud content management and collaboration. Box platform "allows personal and commercial content to be accessible, sharable, and storable in any formatfrom anywhere." It also helps businesses of all sizes in every industry securely access and manages their critical information in the cloud. | $100M / Series F / Dec 05, 2013 |
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FAQ
What does Telstra invest in?
Telstra invests primarily in Software, Market Research and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Telstra's check size?
Telstra typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$83M at Seed, $2M–$50M at Series A and $16M–$35M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Telstra participates in.
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Who are the partners at Telstra?
The team at Telstra includes Alex Stefan (National General Manager), Andy Lumsden (Head of Network Services) and Chris Mohan (General Manager Threat Research and Intelligence and Security Controls), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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