Telstra

About

Telstra is an Australia-based telecommunications and information services company offering a full range of communications services.

Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
10001 - max
https://www.telstra.com.au

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Grant
Last Funding Money Raised: $7M
Industries: Android,iOS,Mobile,Public Relations,Telecommunications
Founded date: Jul 1, 1975
Number Of Employee: 10001 - max
Operating Status: Active
Stock Symbol: asx:TLS
Legal Name: Telstra Corporation Limited
Investor Type: Venture Capital

Telstra is an Australia-based telecommunications and information services company offering a full range of communications services. The company has built a fully integrated IP network and a reliable mobile network for its clients. Through its strategic investments over the years and the recent acquisition of Pacnet in Asia, it now has the largest privately owned subsea cable network in Asia Pacific, have licenses throughout Asia, Europe, and the Americas and it facilitates access to more than 2,000 PoPs in 230 countries and territories.

Telstra’s international operations are headquartered in Hong Kong, where it provides wholesale and enterprise customers with a full breadth of holistic and end-to-end solutions across data, voice, satellite, and managed network services. The company was founded in 1975 and is locally headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

2

$7M

Telstra has raised a total of $7M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 19, 2018 from a Grant round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Jul 19, 2018	Grant	$7M	1	—	—	Detail
Nov 17, 1997	IPO	—	—	—	—	Detail

Investments

Number of Investments

Number of Lead Investments

6

4

Telstra has made 6 investments. Their most recent investment was on Dec 7, 2022, when Zetifi raised $12M.

Date Company Name	Round	Money Raised	Industry	Lead Investor
Dec 7, 2022 Zetifi	Series A	$12M	Electronics	Yes
Oct 12, 2021 Farmbot	Series A	$2.70M	Agriculture	Yes
Oct 14, 2017 InsightzClub Pte Ltd	Seed	$500K	Advertising	Yes
Aug 29, 2017 The U Group & Co.	Angel	—	Big Data	—
Mar 24, 2015 Cohere Technologies	Series C	$35.45M	Communications Infrastructure	Yes

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

—

1

Telstra is funded by 1 investors. Vic are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
Vic	—	Grant

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles

55

Telstra has 55 current employee profiles, including Executive Ben Hogan

Executive

Executive

Advisor

Employee

Employee

Exits

Telstra has had 1 exits. Telstra most notable exits include Box

Date	Company Name	Exit Type	Industry
Jan 23, 2015	Box	IPO	Cloud Computing	Detail

Acquisition

Telstra has acquired 22 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Norstar Media on Jun 27, 2008. They acquired Norstar Media for 0.

Date Company Name	Industry	Acquisition Type	Price
Jun 27, 2008 Norstar Media	Media and Entertainment	acquisition	—	Detail
Jun 30, 2008 Autohome	Automotive	acquisition	—	Detail
Apr 5, 2011 iVision	Video	—	—	Detail
Aug 22, 2013 NSC Group	Communications Infrastructure	acquisition	—	Detail
Aug 30, 2013 Database Consultants Australia	Information Technology	acquisition	—	Detail