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Stories naming APEX Capital. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

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The Victorian SportsTech being adopted by the world’s top teams

LaunchVic case study profiling Dan Pelchen's sports analytics startup Traits Insights, its ASTN accelerator roots, backing from Artesian and athlete-backed APEX Capital, advisory board, and adoption by AFL and international clubs.

2 deals

FinTech Archa closes $24 million funding round backed by high profile investors

Corporate-card fintech Archa closed a $24 million pre-Series A round of debt and equity led by Wisr's Anthony Nantes, and secured a new institutional debt facility from Roadnight Capital.

Also Techboard

3 deals

Gaming startup Immutable scores $82 million for NFT trading tech

Blockchain gaming company Immutable has raised an $82 million Series B led by BITKRAFT Ventures to grow its NFT trading platform and games, with King River, AirTree and several other investors taking part.

Also Startup Daily

8 deals

The startup funding round: Digital ID verification, smart insurance, and nasal spray to protect against COVID-19

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.

Also SmartCompany·Startup Daily·SmartCompany

Seed $15.5m

BNPL founders pile into record $15.5 million seed round for insurtech startup Honey

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.

Seed $15.5m

Honey Insurance launches with $15.5M AUD, the largest seed round ever for an Australian tech startup

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.

Also Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Forbes Australia

6 deals

The startup funding round: Athena’s record-breaking raise, $1.5 million for biotech, and Turnbull backs forensics startup

A weekly roundup reporting raises by Athena, Comestri, Mass Dynamics and CircleSource, plus Malcolm Turnbull investing through Turnbull & Partners in UK cloud forensics startup Cado Security.

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Fintech lender Athena banks $90 million series D

Mortgage lender Athena has raised a $90 million Series D led by Square Peg Capital with earlier backers returning. The piece recalls its earlier Series A, B and C raises and lists other investors.

Also Australian FinTech·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Australian FinTech

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Zeller, a fintech founded by Square alumni, raises $25M AUD Series A led by Lee Fixel's Addition

Melbourne fintech Zeller announced a Series A led by Addition with Square Peg and Apex Capital returning, and recalled its 2020 seed round, ahead of launching payments services for small businesses.

Also SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Australian FinTech·Crunchbase News·Cut Through Venture·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Australian FinTech·TechCrunch Venture

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