Investor · 1 deal
Every published round Binance took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Role | Alongside | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TravelbyBit | Unnamed stage | 20 Dec 2018 | $3.5m | Participant | Wholesale Investor (Thu 20 Dec 2018), Wholesale Investor (Mon 8 Oct 2018), SmartCompany |
Companies Binance has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TravelbyBit | 20 Dec 2018 | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Binance, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Binance has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Binance did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Wei Zhou | CFO (former) | Startup Daily, Australian FinTech |
Stories naming Binance. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Roundup of four Australian raises: MagnaTerra formed from a CSIRO merger, Mobile Tyre Shop backed by Sailun, Coinstash's Series A, and MogoPlus funded by New Model Venture Capital.
Also Startup Daily·Australian FinTech·Startup Daily·SmartCompany
Decentralised exchange GTE has raised a $15 million Series A led by Paradigm, positioning itself against Uniswap and PancakeSwap with an order-book model and citing a trillion dollars of 2025 trading volume.
Also endroid.com
Blackbird partners explain why the firm's 2022 fund led Factor House's $5 million seed round, profiling the Melbourne developer-tools startup, its Kafka and Flink management products, revenue growth and customers.
Also Startup Daily·LaunchVic
Ignition Lane's weekly wrap: Tiger Global's losses and past Australian bets, MilkRun and TradeSquare closures, Cyara's Spearline acquisition, a Co Ventures pre-seed fund, Square Peg's partner promotion and LaunchVic's 30×30 picks.
Fraud and identity verification company FrankieOne has added $23 million to its Series A, led by AirTree and Greycroft, with crypto exchange venture arms Binance Labs and Kraken Ventures joining as new strategic backers.
Melbourne identity verification startup FrankieOne raised a $23 million AUD Series A+ extension led by AirTree Ventures and Greycroft, with new strategic backing from Binance Labs and Kraken Ventures, to fund international expansion.
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.
Also Women's Agenda·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Techboard·SmartCompany
Profile of move-to-earn fitness app StepN, founded in Adelaide, covering its Sequoia-backed seed round, a later Binance investment, rapid user growth, token economics, and Axie Infinity's struggles.
Aura Group announces Calvin Ng's appointment as a director of portfolio company BNK Banking, then analyses Ray Dalio's work on shifting world orders and whether Bitcoin could become a global reserve currency.
Aura Ventures maps the Web3 ecosystem, separating private blockchains from four public layers, and argues genuine value will migrate to scaling and application layers, citing its portfolio firm Lygon and Australian protocol Synthetix.
Australian digital asset investment firm Monochrome has raised a A$2.4 million Series A from four investors including Wei Zhou, Charlie Lee, Samson Mow and Kain Warwick, valuing the company around A$20 million.
Also Startup Daily
Banxa completed a USD$2 million pre-IPO round led by OK Group to fund global expansion, while progressing its Toronto Stock Exchange listing, with quotes from Estrella Du and founder-chairman Domenic Carosa.
Melbourne cryptocurrency exchange Nauticus raised $16.8 million through an ICO, registered with AUSTRAC, and prepares to launch its trading platform within weeks with six listed coins.
Queensland crypto-payments startup TravelbyBit received a strategic investment from exchange Binance to expand cryptocurrency payments at airports worldwide, having earlier won Queensland government grant support, with roughly 300 merchants already using its platform.