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British Pay by Bank firm Banked has bought Australian payments startup Waave, deepening its Australian market push and gaining Waave's merchant pipeline, led by Chemist Warehouse, which plans a launch in early 2025.
Waave's co-founder criticises the NSW Government's abrupt pause of the MVP Ventures grant program, arguing it will cripple startups, and mentions his company's recent seed raise and allocated grant.
A weekly roundup reporting seven Australian startups that together raised more than $66 million, including Novalith, Propeller, Cortical Labs, Waave, Restoplus, Empiraa and The Very Good Bra.
Payments startup Waave has raised a $4.7 million seed round from individual backers including Jack Gance, who also joins as advisor, ahead of an enterprise rollout of its Pay by Bank product.