PlanWerk raises $28 million Series A, led by an investor who has read the deck twice

MELBOURNE, Australia, 19 May 2026 (PlanWerk Wire). PlanWerk today announced a $28 million Series A led by Marginal Ventures, with participation from Tailwind Adjacent Partners and existing seed investors, who were “enthusiastic about being existing.”

The round was oversubscribed by a single investor, who was thanked for their interest and given a lanyard. It follows the company’s seed round, which raised $4.2 million and a number of questions.

PlanWerk says the new capital will allow it to move from “idea” to “the stage where the idea has a logo,” a milestone the company reports has already been achieved.

“Their deck was the clearest I have read on the subject of resource capacity. I read it once to understand it and once to check I hadn’t missed the product. I hadn’t. I was still very impressed.”

Marguerite Loh, Partner, Marginal Ventures

Where the money goes

• $9 million to replace 270 sticky notes with 270 digital sticky notes.
• $6 million to expand The Framework onto a second wall.
• $4 million to the Office Pot Plant Wellbeing Programme.
• $3 million for a Head of Product, whose job description is “to find out.”
• The remainder to offsites, and to the founder’s keynote circuit.

“Some people say you need a product to raise a Series A. We are thrilled to have found a more efficient path.”

Sebastian Klett, Founder & CEO