Executive Chair and Co-founder, Afterpay · angel in 3 deals
Every published round Anthony Eisen took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Role | Alongside | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steppen | Seed | 27 Oct 2022 | $1.6m | Participant | SmartCompany, Startup Daily, Flying Fox Ventures portfolio | |
| Steppen | Pre-seed | Aug 2021 | $500k | Participant | Startup Daily (Thu 27 Oct 2022), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (Mon 13 Sep 2021) | |
| Honey Insurance | Seed | 18 Jun 2021 | $15.5m | Participant | Forbes Australia, SmartCompany (Fri 12 Apr 2024), SmartCompany (Fri 18 Jun 2021), Startup Daily, TechCrunch Australia |
Companies Anthony Eisen has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honey Insurance | 18 Jun 2021, Seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Steppen | Aug 2021, Pre-seed | 2 | 0 |
This is a stake in the fund itself, money that the fund's manager invests, not a stake in the fund manager.
| Fund | Manager | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Skalata Fund II | Skalata Ventures | Skalata Ventures, Startup Daily |
Companies Anthony Eisen has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Anthony Eisen did.
Stories naming Anthony Eisen. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Touch Ventures' investment lifts commitments in Skalata's second fund beyond $25 million, with Afterpay co-founder Anthony Eisen investing personally; Touch also recently headed a $5.5 million raise for portfolio company Preezie.
Steppen, whose app builds fitness habits for Gen Z, has closed a $1.65 million seed round from Galileo Ventures, Flying Fox, LaunchVic's Alice Anderson fund, Startmate, Anthony Eisen and the Jagen family office.
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LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund reveals its first five women-led startups, with $727,167 invested directly and private co-investors adding over $2.3 million; the three-year, $10 million Victorian sidecar fund plans 40-60 investments.
Weekly roundup reporting many startup funding rounds, Investible's fund close, Skalata's committed capital, hipages buying Builderscrack, Stack Sports acquiring Team App, and Level Equity's stake purchase in Eftsure.
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A retrospective of Afterpay's journey from its 2014 founding and only venture raise to its ASX listing, US and European expansion, and its agreed $39 billion takeover by Square, alongside partnerships and controversies.
Square is acquiring ASX-listed buy-now-pay-later firm Afterpay in a US$29 billion (A$39 billion) scrip deal, with co-founders Anthony Eisen and Nick Molnar joining Square once it completes in early 2022.
A Matrix Partners venture investor reflects on Square's agreed merger with Afterpay, crediting the Sydney-founded buy-now-pay-later pioneer with sparking a global payments shift that rivals rushed to copy.
Australian buy-now-pay-later firm Afterpay has agreed to a US$29 billion acquisition by Square, with founders Nick Molnar and Anthony Eisen expected to join the payments company once the deal completes in early 2022.
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Square announced plans to acquire Melbourne-based buy now, pay later provider Afterpay in an all-stock deal, and the piece surveys the BNPL sector's backers, competitors and growth forecasts.
Square has agreed to acquire Australian buy-now-pay-later firm Afterpay in an all-stock transaction valued at $29 billion, expected to complete in early 2022, with Afterpay's co-CEOs set to join Square.
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Venture studio Dovetail, based in Sydney and Auckland, is raising a fund to back companies from its program; the piece recalls its Afterpay work and program alumni, plus a founder's earlier acquisition.
Weekly funding wrap covering several raises including Honey Insurance's record seed round, OCR Labs' Series A, and Ena Respiratory's COVID-19 nasal spray funding, plus Investible's second fund first close.
Honey Insurance has raised $15.5 million in seed funding backed by RACQ, PEXA, Metricon and founders of Zip and Afterpay, to launch its smart-home insurance offering.
Australian home insurer Honey Insurance launched with a A$15.5 million seed round, reportedly the country's largest, led by insurers and property firms alongside several fintech executives investing personally.
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A weekly roundup reporting fresh raises by Deferit, Karbon, VendorPanel, Symple and Thrive, plus Klarna's US$1 billion round at a US$31 billion valuation.
Afterpay brings co-founder Nick Molnar back as co-CEO alongside Anthony Eisen, and Molnar's AGM address revisits the company's purchase of Spanish fintech Pagantis and its global expansion.
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Tencent bought a five percent stake in Afterpay for $300 million, sending shares sharply higher. The buy-now-pay-later firm's founders welcomed the strategic Chinese investor, which also holds a stake in Airwallex.
Afterpay announced an underwritten share placement and purchase plan to raise A$330 million for US growth, while its founders and an executive sold $100 million of existing shares to US hedge funds.
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Stone & Chalk announces Leona Murphy as its incoming chairman and seven new board members drawn from fintechs and corporate partners, while two long-serving directors step down.