Why do enterprises repeatedly fail to innovate? In our latest white paper we outline some of the things enterprise can do to better emulate the success of startups and deliver successful innovation. Check it out and let us know what you think. hubs.la/Q02wTzSz0

Are there rules of thumb that are holding the Australian startup scene back? 🤔 We put them to the test: hubs.la/Q02xSBv00

Congrats to Grounded for being 1 of 4 companies chosen to access ASB's $20 million debt capital fund pilot helping them 🚀 overseas. Check out some of the work we did with them here: hubs.la/Q02J1h290

The latest wave of disruption is being driven by AI and LLMs. In our latest white paper we outline some of the things enterprise can do to better emulate the success of startups. It’s time to disrupt or be disrupted. hubs.la/Q02Jxc0v0

Working so intensively with ventures means we have to be very selective. For every~500 pitch decks we see we typically only work with 5. So what are we looking for? Our Venture Partnerships Director Poppy Trewhella walks us through our top three criteria. hubs.la/Q02L_xMG0

So you’ve got a great venture idea, you’d love to partner with Paloma… what’s next? Our Venture Partnerships Director, Poppy Trewhella walks us through the process here: hubs.la/Q02L_CQM0

We’re super stoked to be recognised again in New Zealand with two finalists in this years Best Design Awards 🎉 Shout out to WHEN and Universal Favourite with the WHEN Fertility product. And shout out to HUD and all our Doves who have contributed to this work

Congrats to WHEN Fertility for making it to the front page of The Australian! Now feels like a good time to announce that we've lead their $1.2m raise and are stoked to be on the journey with Brett Barnes & Maz Coote 💜 Find out more about WHEN here: hubs.la/Q02Mkg090

In the last 2 years 60% of the ventures we have signed term sheets with have at least 1 female co-founder. The industry benchmark sits around 26% (credit: Cut Through Venture) so we're pretty proud of our commitment to backing women 😁

It’s not often we’re described as ‘Kiwi Snowboarding Mates’ in the national press, but we’re here for it 🏂 We’re so excited to announce the launch of our second VC fund! Read the full article in the Australian here: hubs.la/Q02VNV960

We’re celebrating a milestone here at Paloma… Our portfolio has reached a quarter of a billion dollars in valuation 💸 It’s not a billion just yet (that’s next on the list) but we’re big believers in celebrating milestones along the way. Here’s to the next milestone 🍻*

'Paloma has provided stats up the Wazoo’… yes we have 😆 Thanks National Business Review for covering our fund announcement! Read the full article here: hubs.la/Q02VNWpN0

Our ventures take an average of 20 months to reach $1m ARR, roughly half the industry benchmark 🤓

On average our portfolio companies have grown ARR by 108% over the past year 🔥🤩

Headed to Sunrise Aotearoa? Don't miss Seb Cox and Simon Plant's session on building ventures at 12.10pm. You can find out more and buy tickets to Sunrise here: hubs.la/Q02YtvCT0

What a session at Blackbird Sunrise Aotearoa! 🤔 Is the MVP dead? 🤔How should you manage for customer feedback? 🤔What's the role of low code tools? AI? LLMs?? 😅 If you missed it and want to hear our thoughts, slide into our DM's.

There’s a few topics that come up repeatedly in our conversations with early stage founders when they’re figuring out how to build products. Our thoughts here: hubs.la/Q02-SSKB0 😎

Happy holidays from the Paloma team! We'll be back on January 6th 😎

Aaaand we're back for 2025 😎 Starting the year strong with a new joiner at our Sydney office... big welcome to Rolo 😍🐶

🚀❤️ Love is scaling this Valentines Day ❤️🚀 Huge congrats to After on launching into Texas today! It’s been incredible working together to build something that brings people closer—one match at a time. Read more about our partnership with After here: hubs.la/Q036xQG90