Lyre’s Non-Alcoholic Spirit Company, an Australia-based maker of non-alcoholic spirits, has raised $11.5m in its seed round split into three tranches from a consortium including Doehler Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of Germany-based ingredients supplier Döhler Group.

Other investors in the seed round included VC firms VRD Investment and DLF Venture, and Maropost Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of Canada-based customer engagement platform Maropost, and undisclosed angel investors.

Since its launch in July 2019, Lyre’s has developed 13 products with…

James Mawson

James Mawson is founder and chief executive of Global Venturing.