Company
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Australian Competition and Consumer Commission raised.
Companies Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen Ridgeway | Commissioner | @AuManufacturing |
| Rod Sims | Competition Boss | @AuManufacturing, Australian FinTech, Startup Daily (Tue 30 Mar 2021), Startup Daily (Wed 24 Jun 2020), Startup Daily (Wed 12 Feb 2020) |
| Peter Kell | Deputy Chair (former) | Startup Daily |
| Gina Cass-Gottlieb | Chair | @AuManufacturing |
| Dr Philip Williams | Commissioner | Mirage News, @AuManufacturing |
| Catriona Lowe | Deputy Chair | Startup Daily |
Stories naming Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Australia's competition regulator approved Peter Warren Automotive's purchase of Wakeling Automotive's new car dealerships, on condition eight local dealership sites are divested to protect competition.
South Australian soft plastics recycler Recycling Plastics Australia, recipient of a $20m federal grant, has entered voluntary administration with KPMG appointed, after a major supplier's collapse derailed its plan to fill REDcycle's gap.
Tabcorp has agreed a $283 million takeover of BetMakers, a Melbourne-based racing technology provider, in a cash-and-scrip deal the target's board unanimously backs, pending shareholder, court and regulator approvals.
Competition regulator approval lets Hewitt proceed with its purchase of Queensland beef processor Nolan Meats, a deal flagged in May; Hewitt is mostly owned by a Canadian pension investment manager.
Renewable utility Zen Energy has entered voluntary administration despite regulators clearing Gunvor to buy its retail business; McGrathNicol is administrator and customers moved to AGL.
Competition regulator approval lets Swiss trading giant Gunvor proceed with buying Zen Energy's retail arm and power purchase agreements; terms undisclosed. Article weighs whether the newcomer will challenge Australia's dominant gen-tailers.
The competition regulator has cleared Swiss trader Gunvor to buy Zen Energy's retail arm and linked PPAs; terms undisclosed. The article asks whether the deep-pocketed newcomer will challenge Australia's big three gen-tailers.
Roundup of Australian manufacturing items: gold-nanoparticle cancer diagnostics research, a medical research endowment's ten-year mark, a footballer's ambassador role, EU research program accession talks, a pectin producer's government grant, and battle-tank trainers.
Startup Daily profiles care marketplace Mable, reportedly seeking a buyer, recalling its 2021 and 2019 raises, its purchases of two NDIS businesses, and a consumer regulator's action over unfair terms.
Analysis of ADNOC's proposed cash takeover of Australian gas producer Santos, arguing the deal may harm domestic gas supply and national interests, with government, regulators and shareholders able to block or condition it.
Manufacturing news roundup: GreenHY2 and Atomo Diagnostics receive government grants, Seaport Therapeutics closes a US$225m Series B, Orthocell secures $17m, Genevo Marine opens a crowdfunding offer, and the ACCC clears Accolade's wine acquisition.
Roundup: BrainChip's completed placement plus an LDA Capital stake sale, Arafura's committed raise, a $76m Queensland regional fund, ARENA and ACCC appointments, a Tryp advisory hire, and Steel Cement's licence approval.
Manufacturing roundup: Australian Vanadium and entX land government grants, Hexagon Energy Materials completes a $1 million round, Australian Dairy Nutritionals appoints a CEO, Aurora Labs adds a director, plus vessel, export and research briefs.
Cut Through Ventures' quarterly analysis shows Australian startup funding down 42% year-on-year at A$739 million over 77 deals, with Pet Circle's $75 million Series D from Prysm Capital the period's largest round.
Pfizer has completed its takeover of ASX-listed telehealth diagnostics company ResApp Health for $179 million, with the article recalling the company's 2015 listing, earlier raises and a Gates Foundation grant.
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
Pfizer has bid $100m for ResApp, a Brisbane healthtech firm whose app diagnoses respiratory conditions from coughs; its board backs the deal, and the piece recalls a 2021 $5.5m raise under Fidelity International's lead.
Also Startup Daily
Ignition Lane's weekly roundup covers Linktree's unicorn raise, several Australian funding rounds, Tiger and Insight's new mega-funds, falling SaaS valuations, the ACCC's action against Meta, and new accelerator and product launches.
Roundup reporting Singular Health's IMCRC grant for 3D-printed medical seals, Viva Energy's fuel security payment, a fine over a worker's death, and the national battery recycling scheme's launch.
Commonwealth Bank's venture scaler x15ventures is putting a further $700,000 into Payble, the payments subsidiary of ASX-listed Identitii, following its initial backing last year as Payble signs its first energy customer.
TrueLayer has launched its open banking platform in Australia after gaining CDR accreditation, promoting Brenton Charnley to regional CEO, following a recent US$130 million round led by Tiger Global with Stripe.
Also Australian FinTech
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.
News roundup: Das Studio to design Adelaide's Line Zero factory project, Adbri's Mawsons JV buys Milbrae, VEEM wins a modernisation grant, and Lithium Australia secures a European patent.
Common Bank's venture scaling entity x15ventures has invested $1 million for a minority stake in Payble, the bill-payments subsidiary of ASX-listed Identitii, its first minority equity investment, with Chris Austin joining Payble's board.
Australia's competition regulator approved NAB's $220 million takeover of neobank 86 400, while warning the decision sets no precedent and that future bank-fintech mergers reducing competition could be blocked.
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.
Morning roundup covering US pressure over Australia's news bargaining laws, Deliveroo's big raise, Volopay's seed round before its Australian launch, AgriWebb's Series B, plus crypto and Samsung briefs.
Also Australian FinTech
Australia's competition regulator has cleared Iress's proposed takeover of ASX-listed fintech OneVue, and OneVue's board recommends the offer after the sale was delayed in July.
An academic argues the ACCC is right to worry that Google's proposed purchase of Fitbit would hand it sensitive health data and entrench its dominance, while overseas regulators have yet to rule on the deal.
SoftBank-backed US online retailer Brandless shuts down. Also: IBM's big Slack deployment, an FBI supply-chain hacking alert, a journalist's Kindle data discovery, and NBN's half-year results.
Tech roundup: Casper's NYSE debut valued it far below its private mark, Antler raised US$75 million, Uber reported a large quarterly loss, Samsung leaked Galaxy S20 details, and Australia's consumer data rules arrived.
Roundup covering Australian angel investing awards, Peloton's US listing, CEO departures at WeWork, eBay and Juul, a McDonald's Beyond Meat pilot, and open banking permissions for fintechs.
Adviser Ratings, a Sydney-based startup that rates financial advisers, has launched a Series A crowdfunding campaign on Birchal, seeking $1.5 million toward marketplace and licensee-rating products; shareholders had already put in $1 million.