That JIRA Idea (You've Had for Years), Could Get Backing!

Did you know Atlassian operates its own venture fund?

Atlassian Ventures launched in 2020 with an initial £40M investment, and has since deployed over £85M in funding across 50+ companies, strategically investing in solutions that solve the exact problems you encounter daily.

Take Hipporello, which raised £1.4M to transform Trello into a no-code business process platform. The team recognised that Trello users needed more sophisticated workflows without the complexity overhead. Today, they're used in 105 countries and recently secured additional seed funding.

Or Opus Guard, which just secured funding in October 2024 to tackle information governance and retention management for Confluence and JIRA. They're solving the compliance headache that enterprise teams face when content builds up unchecked across Atlassian tools.

Meetical took a different approach, creating meeting notes and calendaring extensions that integrate seamlessly with Confluence.

Meanwhile, Split.io focused on feature flagging and analytics – addressing the deployment challenges development teams face.

The fund doesn't just provide capital. Portfolio companies receive mentorship from Atlassian's executive team, product integration opportunities, co-marketing support, and global exposure at Atlassian events.

They've built a £4 billion marketplace ecosystem that your solution could tap into.

That workflow optimisation idea you've been sketching out during frustrating JIRA sessions, could have a home!