Paloma is the leading venture studio in ANZ. Our 100+ team has forged an AUD $250M+ Venture Portfolio, and helped steer firms like Afterpay to billion-dollar acquisitions.
Helping scale-ups and corporates build world-class digital products that are used every month by millions of people.
With the best track record in ANZ, we’re busy helping ambitious founders build successful companies from scratch.
Our venture capital arm is investing in the next generation of game changing companies. Many say they invest in day 1 founders, we actually do.
Entrepreneurship is in our DNA
We know how hard it is to build successful ventures and the common pitfalls that founders typically fall into, because we've been in your shoes. The odds are against non-technical founders, in particular, but for all new startup founders across Australasia, securing your first $1m remains a big challenge. Despite being able to access support from a thriving Australasian startup ecosystem, most startups will fail.
That's where we come in.
Co-creation in its truest form
Our dedicated team works shoulder-to-shoulder with early-stage founders from day one, essentially fulfilling the role of your own internal product development team, until you establish product-market fit, gain substantial traction, and ultimately, branch out on your own with our ongoing advisory.
The proof is in the Paloma
As of this year 87% of our ventures have reached the $1m ARR milestone and 90% have raised over a million in capital.
200+
Jobs that we've helped to create so far
10
Ventures currently in flight
$250m
Combined value of our portfolio companies
Some of our ventures
We have co-created and invested in some incredibly successful companies over the years across a huge range of industries including fintech, disability services, chemicals, and more. We partner with ambitious founders to build startups that disrupt the status quo.
Runn is resource management software for the modern workforce. Runn helps companies manage the complex interplay of people, projects, deadlines and profits.
Authsignal provides drop-in MFA solutions to secure customer access and customer journeys in high-risk applications
Are you our type of founder?
It takes more than a compelling vision to create a successful business. We rigorously select the founders we work with, as we essentially become an extension of your founding team. We are agnostic to industry but are looking for venture scale businesses in large or growing markets that are tech or tech enabled.
We're after founders who:
Have an idea and a compelling vision (obviously)
Have grit and determination
Have capital or are willing to raise it (with our help!)
Want us involved early in your journey
Willing to part with a small equity stake
Have deep domain experience in their startup's industry or vertical
Our partnership with Paloma has been invaluable. The venture studio model has enabled us to accelerate our business faster than we ever imagined.
Runn was little more than an idea when we first approached Paloma, and they have subsequently become a strategic partner, critical to our success.
We wouldn’t be where we are without Paloma.
Paloma have done an excellent job of supporting Afterpay with creativity, agility and technical proficiency. I would enthusiastically recommend Paloma to any business looking for a genuine partner to work with.
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