Impactful News

20 November 2023
Let’s Talk, the health, wellness & psychosocial risk management platform for enterprises launched by a series of leading Australians including Ash Barty and Ian Thorpe  in partnership with AIA.

20 October 2023
Integral Acquisition Corporation 1 (INTE) to Combine with Flybondi, the Ultra Low Cost Airline caring for people and the planet.

24 September 2023
Wategos Estate, Luxury Homes in Wategos, Byron Bay, now available for luxurious holiday home rentals on one of the most famous beaches in Australia

9 November 2021
Integral Acquisition Corporation IPO on the NASDAQ, the first SPAC focussed on Australian & New Zealand Tech companies to provide a platform for an ANZ Tech company to fast track growth in the USA.

5 March 2021
Uluwatu Capital becomes founding sponsor of Integral Acquisition Corporation, the first SPAC focussed on Australian & New Zealand Tech companies, to provide a platform for an ANZ Tech company to fast track growth in the USA with a NASDAQ Listing.

26 Febuary 2021
Lexer, the leading data analytics platform to optimise the performance  of brands and retailers, raises $33.5m Series B round from leading Australian VCs, following on from Uluwatu Capital’s seed round in 2014 and a Series A round in 2016. Lexer, recognised as the Customer Data Platform for Retailers allowing customers to optimise marketing ROI, customer loyalty and revenue, using machine learning and proven marketing models to help drive international growth ambitions.

3 September 2020

Op Central has announced an increase to its franchise relief fund from $200,000 (announced in March) to $2,000,000 for eligible Australian franchise groups impacted by COVID-19. Op Central’s software is used by 7,700+ Australian businesses (8,900+ globally) to manage and share internal policy updates, online learning, news, compliance auditing, marketing resources, staff engagement surveys and business performance reporting. Op Central is also an Uluwatu Capital Portfolio Company. 

22 July 2020
Impact Masks, Reusable Washable face masks with 95%+ Filtration Efficiency (Up to 45 times better than cotton masks) with 25% of Profits to the Ocean Cleanup (now needed for disposable masks) now available for purchase on leading Australian eCommerce site.

12 June 2020
Tech 4 Good Launch Impact Masks – Reusable Washable face masks with 95%+ Filtration Efficiency (Up to 45 times better than cotton masks) with 25% of Profits to the Ocean Cleanup (now needed for disposable masks).

18  February 2020
Uluwatu Capital invests in OpCentral, the world’s leading operations, training compliance management software platform for managing standard operating procedures (SOPs), training, audits, actions, communications incidents for franchises and organisations with multiple sites or outlets.

13 February 2020
Uluwatu Capital supports Tech4Good to become a leading Australian supplier of Protective Equipment (PPE), including COVID 19 Isolation Gowns, Masks, Coveralls, Safety Goggles, Protective Face Shields Nitrile Examination Gloves.

1 December 2019
Uluwatu Capital launches Pungle, a Charity Donation Platform that creates an annuity stream to great causes. Pungle gives donors the ability to donate to their preferred cause, on their birthday, every year, for the rest of their life. 100% of the donated funds go to the charity as a result of the generous philanthropic support that Pungle has received to develop and manage the platform.

10 November 2019
Melbourne-founded Allegro Live, the startup behind Australia’s largest musician marketplace that wants to make it easy to book a musician or band for your wedding or event, has closed a seed funding round led by Uluwatu Capital. Allegro Live will have a huge impact on musicians who are tired of being ripped off by traditional agents.

11 June 2019
Moovosity, a tech startup focused on physical education and movement software for children, is hoping to launch in schools across Australia after scoring $300,000 in seed funding from CMO Software founder James Cotton’s VC fund Uluwatu Capital.

14 May 2019
Uluwatu Capital partners with Kent Picture Hanging on Impact Gallery in Sevenoaks

4 May 2019
Uluwatu Capital investment in leading battery storage technology delivers electric ferry with a ‘record-breaking’ battery has completed its maiden voyage in the south of Denmark.

10 February 2019
Graciosa Project, an Uluwatu Capital Impact Investment, on track to be the only island in the world with 70% of its power sourced from renewable energy with a 20+5 year power purchase agreement now in place with EDA.

17 November 2018
Sustainify founded by Uluwatu Capital to save the ocean and create a cleaner planet for future generations by sustainifying end of life plastics into fuel, thus preventing harmful plastic from pollute the environment or going to landfill.

10 January 2018
My Doctor Online founded by Uluwatu Capital and Simon Gilchrist, to become the the Online Doctor for Women and Children with the ability to access doctors anywhere anytime from an App, with all doctors being GMC registered and NHS trained.

18 April 2017
Epic Negociants, a producer of the most brilliant and sustainably grown wine from iconic Australian vineyards in regions including the Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Coonawarra and Margaret River, co founded by Uluwatu Capital and Andrew Browne, previously working in his family business, Scotchmans’ Hill, with 10% of profits going to The Ocean Cleanup.

20 December 2016
Blue Sky VC Funds invests in Uluwatu Capital Portfolio Company, Lexer, the Customer Data Platform for Retailers allowing customers to optimise marketing ROI, customer loyalty and revenue, using machine learning and proven marketing models to help drive international growth ambitions.

15 August 2016
Waste Tech Limited, now MER GROUP, recieves an investment from Uluwatu Capital to commercialise its technology with global patents to recover precious metals from electronic waste on an industrial scale

16 April 2016
Vivid Industrial, an early stage investment of Uluwatu Capital, lists on ASX with its  Award Winning Intelligent Internet of Things  LED Lighting System delivering businesses up to 90% light energy efficiency and smart site-based data. 

10 March 2016
Uluwatu Capital founder, James Cotton, breaks the world record for the longest waved surfed, surfing 17.2km on the Bono tidal bore on the Kampar River, Sumatra, Indonesia, on 10 March 2016. The record attempt was to raise funds for the Human Variome Project, a project dedicated to sharing genetic data to save lives and reduce disease.

19 June 2015
Uluwatu Capital invests in Squirrel Super, a 100% Australian owned fintech, with an innovative SMSF platform that removes paperwork and allows clients from every state and territory in Australia to self manage their super funds and take control of their finances.

7 June 2015
Uluwatu Capital becomes a founding investor in Graciosa, the world’s first megawatt-scale renewable energy plus storage system, to be built on the island of Graciosa, Azores, Portugal, which is expected to be a game-changing renewable energy project

21 May 2015
HydroChile, an Uluwatu Capital investment established to develop and operate numerous run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plants in Chile, typically in the capacity range of 10 to 50 MW, submits plans to build a US$158 million 90 MW PV plant in Chile’s Atacama region. 

17 April 2014
Uluwatu Capital becomes founding seed investor in Lexer, the Customer Data Platform for Retailers allowing retail clients to drive marketing ROI, customer loyalty and revenue, using machine learning and proven marketing models to create intelligent analysis and predict what customers will do next.

16 April 2014
Uluwatu Capital becomes a founding investor in Green Earth Energy, an Award Winning Intelligent Internet of Things MATRIXX LED Lighting System delivering businesses up to 90% light energy efficiency and smart site-based data.