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Anthony Zaccaria

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Fund close $15m

Linktree cofounders back new $15 million VC fund

Founder-backed syndicate Side Stage Ventures has become a $15 million seed fund, with LocalGlobe and several founders as limited partners, three startups already backed, and portfolio company Joyn acquiring event firm Arinex.

Fund close $15m

Side Stage Ventures secures $15 million for its launch fund with support from Linktree, Airtasker

SmartCompany reports Side Stage Ventures has completed a $15 million first close of its debut fund, backed by founders of Airtasker, Linktree and Go1 plus LocalGlobe, targeting $30 million and already backing early startups.

Also Startup Daily·Australian FinTech

6 deals

Rovers, hypnotherapy and pocket farms: Five Aussie startups that scored $20 million this week

A weekly funding roundup covering Mindset Health's Series A, grants for two lunar rover consortiums, Pivot's raise, and Invest Inya Farmer's seed round.

Funding announcement

Linktree founders back creative startups with new venture fund

Linktree's co-founders have launched Side Stage Ventures, a collective investing in very young creative-tech companies; it has already backed several startups, and associate Ben Grabiner's music platform Platoon was bought by Apple.

Also Australian FinTech

Unnamed stage $150m

Seven growth secrets: How hyper-growth startup Linktree attracted 12 million users in just five years

Profile of Linktree's growth playbook, updated to note the company raised $150 million in March 2022 at a $1.7 billion valuation with 24 million users.

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Unnamed stage $1.3m

“Australia is playing catch up”: Heaps Normal bags $1.3 million, as investors get ahead of the booze-free beer trend

Non-alcoholic beer startup Heaps Normal has raised $1.3 million from angel investors including founders of Adore Beauty, Culture Amp and Linktree, while its co-founders were completing the Startmate accelerator.

Also SmartCompany·SmartCompany

Series A $10.7m

Linktree raises $10.7M for its lightweight, link-centric user profiles

The Melbourne link-in-bio platform has secured its first outside capital, a Series A led by two venture firms with several individual backers joining, to grow its analytics and product functionality.

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3 deals

From revitalising retail to liquidising almonds: Nine breakaway Aussie success stories of 2019

SmartCompany's year-end roundup profiles nine businesses that scaled rapidly in 2019, including Shebah's record equity crowdfunding and follow-up round, July's Strandbags-led raise, and Louis Mittoni's revival of the Toys 'R' Us brand.

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