About Cardinia Ventures
Cardinia Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. It is primarily based out of Sydney, Australia. As of Apr 2023, Cardinia Ventures has invested in 17 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in Germany based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Blockchain Technology. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of VycoLend Overall, Cardinia Ventures portfolio has seen 4 acquisitions, namely Chronosphere, Select Star and Nura. A lot of funds co-invest with Cardinia Ventures, with names like Picus Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.Key Metrics
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Cardinia Ventures' List of Top Investments
Cardinia Ventures has a portfolio of 17 companies. Their most notable investments include Chronosphere and Sonder.Their portfolio spans across Australia, United States, France and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Blockchain Technology and 14 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of top investments by Cardinia Ventures:1. Chronosphere
Provider of a cloud based platform for infrastructure monitoring. It offers an open-source, SaaS based monitoring platform that can be used for infrastructure monitoring such as monitoring of containers, VMs, physical servers, network switches, application monitoring, and business monitoring.
Key facts about Chronosphere
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Issaquah (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $369M
- Employee Count: 149 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Glynn Capital, Google Ventures and 20 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jan 06, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. Sonder
Provider of integrated safety, medical, and mental health support platform. The platform offers personal safety tools, real-time assistance, and self-help resources. It facilitates access to health professionals, including nurses, doctors, and psychologists. The platform delivers early intervention and evidence-based responses to critical incidents. It also provides expert support and guidance for managers.
Key facts about Sonder
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Waterloo (Australia)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $72.6M
- Employee Count: 309 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Hostplus, Five V Capital and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Mar 11, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Select Star
Provider of the data discovery software solution. It provides an intelligent data discovery platform that allows data discovery and analytics. It also provides data catalogs, data transparency and visibility, auto detects and displays the column level data lineage, data security and governance for maintaining confidentiality.
Key facts about Select Star
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $20M
- Employee Count: 17 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Sozo Ventures, Uncommon Capital and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jan 31, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. NextRoll
Provider of data-driven marketing technology for B2B and D2C businesses. This platform uses machine learning to gather data, provide insights, and offer tools for strategic buyer targeting. It serves two distinct business units: one focusing on display ads, social ads, behavioral email, and insights for direct-to-consumer brands; the other providing an account-based platform for B2B growth, encompassing account identification, cross-channel engagement, and campaign effectiveness measurement. The technology supports businesses of all sizes, assisting with growth through tailored solutions.
Key facts about NextRoll
- Founded Year: 2006
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $94M
- Employee Count: 485 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Western Technology Investment, Section Partners and 21 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Venture Debt, May 25, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Tribe
Tribe is an influencer marketplace platform where brands and social influencers can connect. Brands can post a brief to an influencer segment aligned to their product and invite the type of influencer it would like the spread the message. Influencers who like the style of the content would submit a post of approval. Brands would quote a price and the influencer could accept or decline the offer. Brands pay the influencers for the posts they purchase.
Key facts about Tribe
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: South Melbourne (Australia)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $15.2M
- Employee Count: 110 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Gresham House Ventures, Cardinia Ventures and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Cardinia Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Cardinia Ventures has invested in 17 companies over the last 5 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in VycoLend.Cardinia Ventures' Investments by Stage
Cardinia Ventures has made 2 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $750K.Cardinia Ventures' Investments by Sector
Cardinia Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Blockchain Technology, High Tech, Blockchain - Industry Applications, Enterprise Applications and FinTech. Notably, it has invested in 14 Tech companies, 13 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 8 Software companies and at least 6 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Blockchain Technology | 2 |
High Tech | 2 |
Blockchain - Industry Applications | 1 |
Enterprise Applications | 1 |
FinTech | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Cardinia Ventures' Investments by Geography
Cardinia Ventures has made most investments in Germany (1), followed by United States where it has made 1 investment.Cardinia Ventures' recent investments
Cardinia Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Cardinia Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 17, 2023 | Germany | Seed | 6087 | [+1] | |
Oct 14, 2021 | United States | Seed | 3135 | [+6] |
Acquired companies in Cardinia Ventures' Portfolio
4 companies from Cardinia Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Select Star in Nov 2025 by Snowflake for $*****.Here are Cardinia Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 24, 2025 | - | - | 5575 | |
Nov 19, 2025 | - | - | 8061 | |
Apr 21, 2023 | - | - | 8893 | |
Nov 08, 2018 | - | - | 6669 |
Co-investors of Cardinia Ventures
Over the past 5 years, 16 investors have co-invested in Cardinia Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Top Co-investors of Cardinia Ventures: 9 investors entered a company along with Cardinia Ventures. These include investors like Picus Capital (1 company).
- Invested after Cardinia Ventures: A total of 7 investors have invested in Cardinia Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Blackbird Ventures (1 company), Basis Set Ventures (1 company) and Asymmetric (1 company).
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