OUR PORTFOLIO

Clare Ventures invests in a broad portfolio of female-founded businesses across many sectors and industries. Explore below our current portfolio…

Baymatob

Series A 2022, Series A2 2024.

Founded after a traumatic birth experience, and inspired to prove to the world we can do better, Baymatob uses AI-guided solutions to improve health outcomes for mothers and their babies. Oli PPH, Baymatob's AI-guided maternity sensor, a monitoring and diagnostic platform, empowers healthcare providers to acquire, interpret and predict critical information on pregnancy progression and risks to mothers and their babies. Oli PPH is aiming to save lives and reduce the occurrence of preventable maternal death around the world.

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Baymatob

Better Packaging Co

Series A 2022.

Better Packaging Co. (BPCo) is a global-leader in developing regenerative packaging solutions that leave the world a better place. By partnering with ambitious brands looking to reduce their environmental footprint and make positive impact through their packaging, the BPCO. range of POLLAST!C mailing satchels and bags enables the recycling of certified Ocean Bound Plastic waste into uniquely sustainable products.

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Better Packaging Co

Daisy Lab

Pre-Seed 2022.

Using precision fermentation to produce identical dairy proteins without the harm to the land, rivers or animals, Daisy Lab is on a mission to pioneer precision fermentation technology for dairy protein production. As the the largest exporter of dairy proteins, New Zealand's exports deliver nutrition to those who need it and create prosperity for farmers and  communities, yet it also comes at a cost to our environment, polluting our waterways and generating substantial greenhouse gas emissions. What if there was another way? Daisy Lab believes there is.

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Daisy Lab

Dennisson Technologies

Pre-Seed 2022.

Dennisson, developed AURAFLEX, an artificial muscle that harnesses the power of smart material technology (materials that are designed to move or change shape as a response to external stimuli), inspired by the experiences of a family member suffering from polio. When irradiated with bright light, AURAFLEX contracts, pulling weight several hundred times its own within seconds, enabling new functionalities within Soft Robotics and Wearable Technologies to become possible, and helping users regain freedom, confidence, and connection in their lives.

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Dennisson Technologies

Femmi

Pre-Seed 2023, Seed 2024.

Femmi was founded by two elite female runners, coaches and powerhouses who have created an app designed to redefine how women get in sync with their cycle and unlock their potential – whatever that looks like for them. Femmi founders Lydia and Esther grew up as elite female athletes who faced pressure to train in a way that was right for men, but not for them. Femmi believes it's time that women learn more about their bodies and how to move in a way that gives them confidence, and have. brought together a team of women's health experts and running coaches with a proven track record and a strong vision.

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Femmi

GoFIGR

Seed 2023.

GoFIGR connects the skills and aspirations of employees to existing opportunities within your business, helping develop, upskill and retain critical talent. GoFIGR blends expertise in HR, tech, behavioral science and user-behavior to truly understand what makes people tick, helping businesses boost their team's potential, achieve their goals and ensure every workday is both fulfilling and fun.

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GoFIGR

Heatseeker

Pre-Seed 2024.

Heatseeker helps marketing, innovation, strategy, and in-house venture teams at mid-to-large enterprises get market insights they can trust. Whether it’s a new brand, product, campaign, or messaging, these teams need large-scale research fast, and data they can rely on. Heatseeker delivers exactly that by running controlled market tests on social media to see what works and what doesn’t, so teams can invest with confidence and conviction.

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Heatseeker

Kai’s Education

Series A 2022, Series A2 2024.

Kai's Education crafts award-winning Mixed Reality robotics to enhance STEM learning and collaboration in the classroom, for Grades K – 10. Kai’s Education has a mission to sprinkle the magic of coding across classrooms worldwide, with innovative educational tools and gadgets designed to transform the minds of all children, embracing every unique ability and need, ensuring no child, regardless of disability or special needs, is left behind.

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Kai’s Education

Multitudes

Seed 2024.

Multitudes helps engineering teams move faster without burning people out. Metrics like DORA, SPACE, and DevEx are brought to life with nudges in Slack, helping teams take action for sustainable productivity. Multitudes provides engineering insights, using integrations with GitHub, Linear, Jira, PagerDuty, Google Calendar, and more to uncover everything from what work is blocked to who’s missing out on feedback and who’s at risk of burnout. The tool then helps teams take action with alerts, dynamic 1:1 guides, and more.

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Multitudes

Orbis Diagnostics

Seed 2021, Seed 2022.

Orbis Diagnostics is a next-generation point of care diagnostics company that is transforming personal healthcare. Powered by microfluidic and photonic innovations, Orbis’ automated desktop system has miniaturised medical labs to deliver real-time, actionable test results from a finger-prick of blood. Orbis is developing a comprehensive portfolio of diagnostic solutions that will improve health outcomes by making routine blood testing more convenient and accessible.

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Orbis Diagnostics

ReciMe

Pre-Seed 2022, Seed 2024.

The world's most popular recipe organiser, revolutionising the way home cooks organise, plan and shop for their recipes.  Originating in Australia in late 2022, the app was founded by a trio of passionate home-cooks, with the app allowing for recipes on social sites, websites and blogs, printed out or recipes that grandma has written down for you to be easily imported and organised.

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ReciMe

RespirAq

Seed 2024.

RespirAq is the result more than 10 years of research into improving respiratory humidification, and is the first fundamentally new medical airway humidification technology in decades. Patients on artificial ventilation need the air they breathe to be artificially humidified to prevent airway damage. The RespirAq active humidifier is a heated humidifier complete with an integrated filter that humidifies without the need for additional water. The smart fabric at the core of the RespirAq active humidifier is the invention of Dr Sandra Grau Bartual, a trained chemical engineer originally from Spain who completed her PhD that resulted in development of the smart fabric at AUT in 2019.

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RespirAq

Sharesies

Series A 2020, Series B 2021.

Sharesies exists to make investing easy and accessible. Before, investing was too hard, too complex, and too damned scary for too many. Deciding to build an accessible digital investment platform was a no-brainer. Sharesies' investing experience works towards giving people the confidence and control to invest, with the belief that by giving someone the opportunity to invest—while supporting them to learn— they can create a community of financially empowered people.

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Sharesies

Woolchemy

Seed 2022, Pre-Series A 2024.

Woolchemy emerged due to a collective of women dissatisfied with personal care products that failed to cater to their specific requirements. Woolchemy has created high-performing materials that enable manufacturers to meet changing consumer, shareholder and legislative demand, a thriving new market for coarse wool growers, a product consumers can trust to protect their health and wellbeing without compromising themselves or the environment. With the collaboration of a marketer proficient in personal hygiene products and an engineer specialising in wool nonwoven and absorbent technology, the team at Woolchemy possesses a unique ability to grasp the discerning demands of modern consumers who value convenience, performance, and environmental sustainability.

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Woolchemy