Company
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round AFL raised.
Companies AFL acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Brayshaw | Executive (former) | SmartCompany |
| Kai Bloomfield | Data Analyst (former) | SmartCompany, Startup Daily, Dealroom |
| Gabrielle Trainor AO | Commissioner | Alberts Impact Ventures |
Stories naming AFL. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Melbourne investment firm Salter Brothers has anchored a new funding round for EngageRM, a SaaS platform serving sports leagues and venues such as the NBA, AFL and NRL.
Roundup of eight Australian and New Zealand startups whose late-July funding totals $102 million across space capsules, medical devices, livestock breath analysis, sports analytics and AI crop forecasting.
Blackbird's post explains why it led Superstat's seed round alongside Startmate and angel backers, praising the founding trio's decade-long shared focus and rapid early growth in amateur basketball analytics.
Roundup of seven trans-Tasman raises worth $93.1m this week, headlined by IND Technology's $50m round, with LawVu also acquiring ClauseBase.
Alberts' year-in-review post recounts its 140th anniversary, board and staff appointments, follow-on venture investments in three portfolio companies, music education advocacy, a philanthropy strategy review, and reconciliation and gender-lens finance commitments.
Also SmartCompany
Terem Capital's founder analyses Catapult: origins, acquisitions, capital raises, the 2014 listing, market size, rivals and financial performance.
OIF Ventures' year in review: full Eftsure exit, Opportunity Fund close, Visory, DataMasque and Nullify backed, follow-ons at Inspace and Dataweavers, new team members and portfolio milestones.
Weekly roundup of funding rounds at eleven Australian startups, including a $28 million Series B, a $14 million raise paired with an acquisition, and a neural-implant company appointing a new chief executive.
Satirical awards column recalling 2021 business failures and wins: Hosking's Redbubble share sale, Greensill's collapse, GetSwift's downfall, Better.com's layoffs and funding, Moviepass's sale, and Digital World's Trump SPAC deal.
Cision is acquiring Australian media monitoring firm Streem, with founders and staff staying on, pending regulatory clearance. The article also recalls Access Intelligence's June purchase of iSentia for $67 million.
Also Techboard
Melbourne body-scanning startup Bodd is preparing a capital raise to fund global expansion, with William Buck advising, while Bosch manufactures its scanners and uniform and fashion clients deploy the technology.
Profile of Bramp, a platform co-founded by Benni Weller and Joe Mathew letting small businesses build brands without agency costs; the founders met through Antler's program, with a limited launch planned for late August.
Digital health agency Curve Tomorrow has acquired Perth startup Progressive Medical, opening a WA office and adding its VR surgery simulation and cervical screening apps to Curve's product range.