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Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round ausbiz raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Sprint Ventures | Series A | - |
Companies ausbiz 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Geoghegan | Presenter | Startup Daily |
| Ben Haylock | Head of Product | Startup Daily |
| David Koch | Chair | Startup Daily |
| David Koch | Chairman | Startup Daily |
| David Scutt | Presenter | Startup Daily |
| Ingrid Willinge | Markets Editor | Startup Daily |
| Kyle Rodda | Presenter | Startup Daily |
| Kylie Merritt | Managing Director · Founder | Startup Daily (Fri 28 Mar 2025), Startup Daily (Thu 21 Apr 2022), Startup Daily (Thu 3 Oct 2019) |
| Nadine Blayney | Head of Content | Startup Daily (Thu 21 Apr 2022), Startup Daily (Thu 3 Oct 2019) |
| Ross Kidd | Head of Partnerships | Startup Daily |
Stories naming ausbiz. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Sydney business channel ausbiz has taken equity in Perth share-investing platform company Marketech, embedding its analyst video content in Marketech's Focus platform, and is seeking crowdfunding for its AI venture ausbiz LABS.
The platform's media page promotes a televised interview in which its co-founder and chief executive discusses recession conditions, volatile markets and generating income through alternatives.
Stropro's CEO tells AusBiz that rate uncertainty is driving investor appetite for alternatives such as private credit and green infrastructure.
Ignition Lane's year-end review of 2022 tech news: shifting VC sentiment, record Australian fund raises, grocery delivery failures and shutdowns, local M&A, crypto fallout, awards, and global stories from Twitter to ChatGPT.
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Ignition Lane's weekly tech roundup covering record Australian VC fund raises, several green-tech startup funding rounds, Deliveroo's administration, the FTX collapse, and takeover offers for ELMO and Nitro.
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Startup Daily profiles ShopAssist, an Antler-backed pre-seed startup whose marketplace gives local retailers shared online checkout and delivery, as part of a series covering Antler Australia's thirteen newest investments.
Queensland early-stage investor Sprint Ventures reached an $8 million first close toward its $50 million Expansion Capital Fund, hired Georgia Barkell as COO, and has recently backed ausbiz, VAPAR and YouPay.
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Startup Daily profiles Bobbob, a high-interest savings and investment platform, covering its pre-seed backing by Antler Australia, app launch traction, carbon rewards partnership with Betacarbon, and founders' plans for follow-on capital.
Startup Daily profiles Wellbase, a workplace wellness platform that Antler Australia backed at pre-seed as part of its portfolio reveal of thirteen newly funded startups.
Ignition Lane's weekly tech roundup covering fresh Australian startup raises, new venture funds and closes, a wave of acquisitions, delistings and a liquidation, executive moves, and Canva's product launch.
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Profile of Casu, a platform matching casual construction workers with employers, covering its pre-seed backing by Antler within a 13-startup intake, plus founder commentary, traction and hiring plans.
Profile of Quantflo, a no-code portfolio platform for institutional fund-of-fund investors, covering its pre-seed backing by Antler within a series on 13 recent Antler Australia investments; an added note records its later liquidation.
Startup Daily profiles Avert AI, an Antler Australia pre-seed portfolio company building AI compliance writing software, covering its founders, pilot customer UNO Home Loans, and plans for a beta launch.
Supply chain traceability startup Orijin Plus appoints ex-FlyBuys chief John Merakovsky as chair, alongside a new board member and CTO, as it prepares to launch in Singapore.
Ignition Lane's weekly wrap reports falling Australian venture funding, lists several startup raises and fund raises, covers Chargefox's acquisition, Volt's closure, the Zip-Sezzle merger termination, and global tech news.
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Weekly tech wrap: cloud-market trends, Tiger Global's cheques into Stake, Shippit and Carma, new VC funds, several acquisitions, grocery delivery startups Send and Quicko collapsing, and Elaine Stead joining M8 Ventures.
Also Startup Daily
Brisbane VC Sprint Ventures has invested in business news streamer ausbiz, whose Series A+ raise continues; the company also added a new Head of Product and an extra market commentator to its on-air desk.
Profile of Sydney news-aggregation app Ukufu, which has passed 50,000 Android installs. Founder Kevin Garber discusses its AI-curated newsfeeds, planned premium and B2B versions, and its earlier seed backing from local angel investors.
Startup Daily's weekly SUDS podcast wrap: UK laws threatening jail for tech executives, interviews with founders of SpaceDraft, Flowingly and Book An Artist, Sun Cable's solar export ambitions, and NFT tax guidance.
Ignition Lane's weekly roundup: Zip's deal for Sezzle, Zeller's unicorn raise, several Australian funding rounds, Startmate backing Provvy, a space manufacturing grant, NZVC's first close, and tech's response to Russia.
Ignition Lane's weekly technology roundup: climate-tech funding activity, Grok's bid for AGL, King River Capital's digital asset fund, a batch of Australian startup raises, Maropost acquisitions, GigSuper's collapse and a National AI Centre appointment.
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Household products startup Zero Co set an Australian crowdfunding record, raising $5 million in under seven hours on Birchal, on top of earlier backing from Square Peg and private investors; rival Shebah entered voluntary administration.
Weekly roundup covering Canva's huge raise and rich-list climb, a run of Australian startup funding rounds including SiteMinder and Mable, Domain's purchase of IDS, and Mailchimp's sale to Intuit.
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Sydney gaming startup Immutable raised $82 million in Series B funding co-led by BITKRAFT Ventures and King River Capital to expand its NFT trading platform; co-founder Robbie Ferguson interviewed on the show.
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Weekly venture roundup covering Scalapay's giant series A, numerous Australian raises, acquisitions of Clipchamp, Paidy and CipherTrace, Houseparty's closure, crypto regulation developments, and Atlassian appointing a Cloudflare founder as director.
Weekly roundup reporting Invoice2go's sale to Bill.com, raises by Go1, Employment Hero, InDebted and others, Rokt's secondary sale, Wildcard Ventures' launch, plus global deals including Zoom-Five9 and Salesforce-Slack.
Weekly roundup reporting Gilmour Space's raise, several startup funding rounds, KKR's Education Perfect deal, ASX listings, new funds from Accel and the Albert family, and global tech listings and acquisitions.
Also Forbes Australia
Antler Australia has backed 13 early-stage startups in its fourth cohort, taking 12% equity per company, and unveiled a new capital-raising platform; managing partner Bede Moore outlines its plans.
A weekly technology roundup reporting a New Zealand booking software firm's sale, an Australian beauty retailer's acquisition, several venture raises, executive share sales at an e-commerce firm, and a new government fund committee.
Ignition Lane's weekly roundup reports Tyro buying Medipass, several startup raises, ASX listings, Hey Tiger shutting down, Airwallex culture complaints, CSIRO's technology spending plan, and Musk's bitcoin antics.
Also Startup Daily
Weekly technology roundup covering Australia's digital economy budget, multiple startup raises including SafetyCulture's unicorn round, Data Republic's administration, TikTok's new permanent CEO, and Bill.com's purchase of Divvy.
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Weekly roundup covering Main Sequence's second-fund close, operating partner hires at Blackbird and AirTree, raises by Sea Forest, Adventus.io, Halter and others, acquisitions by Equiem, Stripe and Toyota, plus Big Tech earnings.
Daily tech roundup: Blackbird Ventures appoints Tesla chair Robyn Denholm as operating partner; Apple and Epic's court fight begins; Victoria launches EV subsidies; SpaceX returns a station crew; Blue Origin teases seat sales.
Daily tech roundup covering Alphabet and Microsoft quarterly results, Songtradr's purchase of Tunefind, Facebook banning Craig Kelly, and NSW consultation on food delivery rider insurance.
Also Startup Daily
Ignition Lane's weekly column rounds up Australian raises including Octopus Deploy, Neara, Mr Yum and Archistar, ThinkTilt's sale to Atlassian, Latitude's ASX listing, and US moves by Tiger Global, UiPath and Squarespace.
Also Startup Daily
Daily tech roundup covering Epic Games' billion-dollar raise, Degreed reaching unicorn valuation with a Series D, Gryphon's carbon-neutral bitcoin mining funding, Apple's announced event, and DigitalX's share surge.
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Ignition Lane's weekly roundup covers Canva's US$71 million raise, several Australian payments acquisitions and mergers, local raises by Cyble, Enboarder, Rendr and Basiq, plus overseas deals including Plaid, Box, Ramp and Coinbase's listing.
Roundup covering Deliveroo's cut IPO price range, ACCC clearance for NAB's purchase of neobank 86 400, Compass Education acquiring Momentum ESR, Victorian government funding for Startmate, and NSW's digital lost property system launch.
Ignition Lane's weekly technology roundup: Seequent and Neto acquisitions, imminent listings for AirTasker and MadPaws, large venture rounds at Stripe, Yotpo, PatSnap, SecurityScorecard, Appfire and OpenSea, plus new fund plans and ecosystem news.
Also SmartCompany·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Business News Australia
Weekly roundup by Ignition Lane covering Vend's sale to Lightspeed, Roblox's listing, raises at Pipe, DataGrail, Mastt, Sonnant and Corvus, LaunchVic's new fund for women founders, and Scale Investors' new co-CEOs.
Also Startup Daily·LaunchVic