Bernadette Olivier

Learn how to raise money over dinner

WA venture fund Purpose Ventures stages a discounted founders' dinner on preparing for investment, backed by a state industry fund program and featuring WA founders; the event has since sold out.

Luxury for rent: The Volte's plans to disrupt fast-fashion

Fashion rental marketplace The Volte has secured $4 million in a Series A round headed by eBay's venture arm, coinciding with a commercial tie-up with eBay and royalty payments for designers.

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BetterLabs invests $2.7M into WA startups

RAC's corporate venture fund BetterLabs has made four recent investments totalling over $2.7 million, backing three WA female-founded startups — The Volte, Digii Social and Hey Lady — plus US insurtech Waffle.

Startup West podcast ep22: Dr Genevieve Hohnen, The Volte

Podcast conversation with Volte co-founder Dr Genevieve Hohnen covering the fashion rental platform's 2016 founding, its early angel fundraising and its plans to grow.

“Access is the new ownership”: Aussie clothes-sharing startup raises $700,000 for platform designed to empower all women

Clothes-rental platform The Volte has raised $700,000 from unnamed angel investors to upgrade its platform, improve user experience, expand its team and spend on marketing.

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