In 2024, Investible held position as one of APAC’s most active early-stage investors. The hard work and dedication from the founders we back, the Investible team, and our investor community are the major contributors to these results:
- 17 new portfolio companies
- 44 total investments
- 4 exits and 4 partial exits
- Ben Lindsay named Climate Salad’s Investor of the Year Award
Additionally, our portfolio companies opened new offices and facilities around the world, won major contracts with governments, signed blue chip customers, and secured growth capital to accelerate their impact.
Investing in tomorrow’s leading technology companies
This year saw a great deal of investment activity across our two strategies: A generalist mandate (Early Stage Fund 1 & 2), and a climate-tech mandate (Climate Tech Fund 1).
Both of these strategies were supported by Club Investible, a syndicate co-investing alongside our funds, with members taking the opportunity to invest in individual companies directly.
Notable things we celebrated:
- We made 44 investments overall and welcomed 17 new portfolio companies to the Investible Universe.
- The generalist mandate turned ten years old, with the genesis of Club Investible (more below). Our early investments from the Club Investible syndicate, and Early Stage Fund 1 (2018) are beginning to bear fruit for our partners as the mandate approaches a full cycle.
- The climate-tech mandate secured a first-of-its-kind partnership with UNSW’S TRaCE program that unlocks capital for UNSW’s technology spin-offs through a unique co-investment scheme; and
- Our Investment Principal, Ben Lindsay, won the award for Climate Salad’s Investor of the Year. Other finalists included two investors from Main Sequence, two investors from Giant Leap, and one investor from Tenacious Ventures.
Club Investible: Ten Years, and Onward
Club Investible turned ten this year.
To celebrate the milestone, we brought together our community for an intimate and inspiring evening featuring the founders of two Australian unicorns, Cliff Obrecht (Canva) and Ashik Ahmed (Deputy), plus live pitches from Harvest B (Co-founder & CEO Kristi Riordan) and Syenta (Co-founder & CEO Jeka Viktorova).
Our membership in Club is now more than 250 members — with 33 new investors, advisors, former entrepreneurs and executives joining the community. We hosted several events in Melbourne, Sydney and Singapore with our friends at EMT Cornwalls, Shaw and Partners, the Manila Angel Investors Network, and Enterprise Singapore plus many others.
Looking ahead to 2025
Our themes for the year ahead are clear.
- First, continue following through on our investment theses, by optimising our tools and team to systematically back the best founders.
- Second, continue scaling our portfolio companies through exits, with a bullpen of M&A experts on-call to engage when needed.
- Third, continue deepening our partner engagements that include our global Club network, universities, and our friends who fund innovation.
We're excited about what lies ahead.
Until next year,
Team Investible
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