Key hire
Hello Clever nabs former Bolt exec for global AI-payments push
Payments fintech Hello Clever has hired ex-Bolt president Justin Grooms to lead its US expansion and build an AI-powered consumer payments experience.
Company
Bolt
Funding history
Investors
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Bolt raised.
What Bolt bought
Companies Bolt acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
People
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Justin Grooms | President and CEO (former) | Startup Daily |
Coverage
Stories naming Bolt. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
5 deals
Australia’s Top 5 Most Well-Funded Fintech Startups in 2025
Ranking of Australia’s five best-funded fintechs — Airwallex, Athena, Zeller, InDebted and Brighte — profiling each one’s total raised, most recent raise, backers, valuation and growth moves.
12 deals
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Blue Stripes, Nukoko land rounds for alt chocolate, OroraTech snags deal for wildfire detection
Roundup of agrifoodtech news: alternative-chocolate funding for Blue Stripes and Nukoko, new capital for OroraTech and other climate startups, an Australian plant-based firm's liquidation and sale, executive moves, and a forest fund's first close.
Unnamed stage
$16m
Aussie e-bike subscription startup rides away with $16 million in funding and a brand new name to boot
E-bike subscription startup Bolt Bikes has raised $16 million and rebranded as Zoomo, with co-founders Michael Johnson and Mina Nada citing rapid growth and overseas expansion during the pandemic.
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