Every round, fund close and exit we can source, with the article it was reported in and what it actually said.
Open banking firm TrueLayer has hired Rob Hale from Regional Australia Bank as its Head of Banking in Australia, as it expands locally after gaining CDR accreditation.
Hotel commerce platform SiteMinder listed on the ASX, raising $627 million and closing its debut up 38% at a $1.88 billion valuation, after a $100 million pre-IPO raise.
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Mod.io, which lets gamers build and share in-game content, has raised $34 million from Tencent, LEGO's venture arm, Our Innovation Fund and earlier backers.
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Bondi Partners' Joe Hockey and Ellerston Capital's Ashok Jacob closed fundraising for 1941, a private national security investment club with about 30 backers; the article also recalls Digicel's sale to Telstra.
Database vendor MongoDB has hired Splunk veteran Simon Eid as its Asia-Pacific senior vice president, working from Melbourne to grow the business across ANZ, ASEAN and Japan.
Devops security firm Sysdig has established its ANZ headquarters in Sydney, months after raising US$188 million in Series F funding, following similar Australian expansions by Jellysmack, Podium and Peloton.
Weekly roundup of agrifoodtech deals: Nick's $100m Series C, Twiga's $50m raise, Nuro's $600m round, ReGen Ventures' $50m fund close, accelerator alumni updates and Bezos' climate pledge.
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Wholesale Investor profiles Cityzenith, a US digital twin platform, highlighting its World Economic Forum recognition, a Regulation A+ offering nearing $4 million of a $15 million target, rising share price, and city contracts.
A Carlyle-managed fund has proposed acquiring Link Group, offering cash plus a PEXA share distribution valuing each share at $5.38. The board is reviewing the non-binding proposal with advisers; no deal is agreed.
Blackbird's investment note sets out why the firm led identity-verification software maker First AML's Series B, citing its years as a customer and the data network effect building in First AML's onboarding platform.
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Photon Energy has proposed a huge South Australian solar-plus-storage plant using RayGen's technology. The article also recalls RayGen's recent $55 million round backed by Chevron, Schlumberger, Equinor and Photon, plus AGL and ARENA support.
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Five WA medtech companies receive voucher grants from MTPConnect's WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub, sharing $450,000 matched by $600,000 in co-contributions to advance medical manufacturing projects.
Crypto investment app Bamboo has closed a $4 million Series A backed by Orthogonal Trading, Mountain Ash Investment Management and VP Capital, funding Australian growth, product features and a planned US expansion.
Brisbane music-tech startup Splash raised a $27 million Series A co-led by Amazon's Alexa Fund and BITKRAFT Ventures, with King River Capital and Khosla Ventures participating, to expand its Roblox music game.
Five Western Australian medtech companies received grants totalling $450,000 under the MTP Manufacturing Voucher Program, delivered via MTPConnect's WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub with government and university backing.
Munro Partners and GSFM have jointly launched an Australian managed fund targeting companies positioned to benefit from decarbonisation, giving local investors exposure to the green economy transition.
New VC firm ReGen Ventures, with ex-Patagonia chief Rose Marcario and other cleantech figures, has committed $20 million toward a $50 million fund targeting regenerative technologies.
Climate-focused VC ReGen Ventures, based in Byron Bay, has completed a US$20 million first close toward its US$50 million debut fund and added ex-Patagonia chief Rose Marcario as partner to back regenerative technology startups.
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Byron Bay venture firm ReGen Ventures has closed its debut US$50 million fund targeting early-stage climate and health startups; ex-Patagonia chief Rose Marcario joins as partner, with Hide Biotech and Seqana as first investments.
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Fintech entrepreneur Amreeta Abbott has been appointed a non-executive director of CarExpert and is investing in the company. The piece also recalls her 2020 sale of NowInfinity to Class Ltd for $25 million.
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Cut Through Venture's November newsletter rounds up October 2021's record deal count for Australian startups, listing raises across climate, fintech, cybersecurity and legal tech, plus Startmate Demo Day graduates and active investors.
Nightingale Partners' blog records its October 2020 investment, alongside Phoenix Development Fund, in PayOK, a payments-verification venture from CreditorWatch founder Colin Porter, with Lindsay Phillips joining PayOK's board.
A roundup of climate-focused startups that secured investment during 2021, led by Loam Bio's $40 million carbon sequestration round, spanning clean energy, waste, lithium, and plant-based protein companies across Australia and New Zealand.
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Tidal Ventures sets out why it recently backed Renewtrak, a platform automating technology renewal workflows, covering the market opportunity, leadership team, business model and customers such as HP, Lenovo and VMWare.
Fortescue's clean energy arm has bought the assets of two hydrogen technology businesses, Xergy Inc and Xergy One Ltd, folding them into a new US-based entity, FFI Ionix, to commercialise electrolysis membrane technology.
Geelong metal additive manufacturing firm Conflux has raised $8.5 million in a Series A backed by AM Ventures and Acorn Capital to expand capacity, equipment and production capability.
New Zealand investment platform Sharesies raised NZ$50 million in a Series C led by Amplo at a NZ$500 million valuation, with funds earmarked partly for growing its Australian arm launched in April.
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KPMG's Fintech Landscape 2021 counts 718 active Australian fintechs and highlights record corporate M&A, including NAB buying 86 400, Latitude buying Symple Loans and Square's pending Afterpay takeover.
Recruitment tech firm Applyflow has signed Hudson as the first major client of its Applypay instalment product for recruitment fees, and separately disclosed a recent $5.7 million capital raise from institutional investors.
Australian microbial carbon-removal startup Loam Bio raised a $40 million Series A led by TIME Ventures, with CEFC, Main Sequence, Horizons Ventures and others joining; Virescent Ventures says it has invested $5.8 million.
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Analysis of how card networks, payments firms and installment providers are partnering and buying their way into BNPL, citing PayPal's completed purchase of Paidy and Square's proposed Afterpay deal.
Munro Partners' investment chief Nick Griffin talks through the firm's funds, a new climate-focused vehicle, and the MCGG ticker's ASX debut.
Vertus Energy, a New Zealand green-fuel startup, has closed a NZ$1.2 million pre-seed round with Icehouse Ventures leading, to advance its BRIO waste-to-fuel technology; its four founders are Startmate accelerator alumni.
Sparc Technologies is partnering with the University of Adelaide on a hydrogen joint venture and has secured committed funding via a share placement to cover its share of the project.
Accelerator Startmate is lifting its per-startup investment to $120,000 and valuations to $1.5 million from the Summer22 intake, citing higher startup costs, with applications now open.
Blackbird interview with Edrolo co-founder Ben Sze covering the company's origins, broad mission, learning products used across secondary schools, and its evolution from optional resource to essential teaching tool.
Profile of Neutopia, an alumni engagement and lifelong learning software platform, highlighting its 2019 pre-seed raise, early revenue growth, and recent client onboardings.
Wholesale Investor profiles MyDAPPwallet.com, a fiat-to-blockchain payments product whose team says it has begun raising $2M and plans an ICO within 12 months; related betting platform Unity888 is also described.
Profile of The Experience Exchange, an employee upskilling platform piloted by PwC, Deloitte, Apple and Cisco. Co-founders Darren Scott and Shane Grove lead it; a safe-note is open and a VC-led equity round is being sought, but nothing has closed.
Zepto announces it is the first non-bank accredited as both an NPP Connected Institution and a CDR data recipient, reports $3 billion in monthly payment volumes, and joins the Tech Council of Australia.
Virtual inspection platform Inspace has secured A$4 million in fresh capital, with Our Innovation Fund leading the round alongside Leigh Jasper, Investible and Artesian. OIF partner Geoff Levy joins the board.
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Weekly roundup reporting Australian raises including Zero Co, MOBI and CipherStash, Cashrewards' takeover agreement, Shebah's collapse, WeWork's NYSE listing, crypto regulation recommendations and SiteMinder board appointments.
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Roundup of Australian manufacturing news: Hemideina's $10 million raise, ARENA funding an electric bus fleet trial, Pure Hydrogen taking a stake in H2X, plus updates on Carbon Revolution, Li-S Energy and Lynas.
A finance commentator evaluates Judo Bank, an SME lender built by ex-big-bank executives, covering its growth, government funding lines, planned ASX listing at a $2.317 billion valuation, and which businesses it suits.
Searchable encryption startup CipherStash has raised a $3.3 million seed round led by AirTree and Nexus Venture Partners with several angel backers, as it prepares to expand into the US market.
Hearing implant developer Hemideina has closed a $10 million Series A with new investors Escala Partners, InterValley Ventures and Geoni Capital, to grow its team and advance pre-clinical testing of its wireless cochlear device.
Drinks marketplace Kaddy has been bought by Digital Wine Ventures, WineDepot's parent, for $34.25 million in cash and shares, with over $5 million set aside for the platform; it raised $3.5 million in 2020.
Blackbird's investment notes announce its participation in the seed round of EnergyBank, a New Zealand battery storage startup, and profile the founding team's backgrounds in engineering, renewables and offshore construction.
Startup Daily reports the Atlassian co-founder and his wife have pledged a billion dollars via their family firm Grok Ventures to climate-focused startups, plus half a billion to philanthropy.