The state of the Australian VC market heading into 2025

We can all agree it’s been a tough couple of years in the startup funding market with funding drying up, bridge rounds, flat rounds and down rounds.

On the start-up side, there’s been lots of work to extend runways, usually at the cost of slowing growth and job losses. And in some cases, companies have had to close their doors.

But … we’re starting to see an uptick in the market - from a drop in interest rates in the US and a discerned increase in US investment in the last few quarters across most stages. Locally, from the latest Cut Through Quarterly Q3 2024 while we all got our hopes up in Q2 with the highest raise amount in the last two year, Q3 has dropped again, reflecting perhaps a bumpy re-start. Notably though this was mainly due to the absence of large deals, with deals under $50M at near the highest levels since late 2022.

So in this time of cautious optimism is now the time to start planning your next raise, to get ready to come out of the blocks in early 2025?

With all the necessary cut backs in growth, how will this be viewed by investors who are always looking for metrics up and to the right.

Come along to our near year end panel event and hear directly from the funders, with speakers from Aussie Angels, Tractor Venture, Rampersand and Five Capital.

We will then round off the panel with a live Q&A, where you’ll be able to ask our speakers all of your state of the market questions.