Startup · $264m raised
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Brighte raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Skip Capital | Series C · Series C | - |
| Scott Farquhar | Series C · Series B | - |
| Qualgro | Series C · Series C | - |
| Naomi Milgrom | Series C · Series B | - |
| NAB | Venture debt | - |
| Mike Cannon-Brookes | Series B | - |
| Mike Cannon-Brokes | Series C | - |
| Grok Ventures | Series C · Series C | $78,000,000 |
| AirTree Ventures | Series C · Series C · Series B | - |
Companies Brighte acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Brighte. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Australian telco enablement group Advantai hires Ben Dobbin as Prvidr's COO and Julian Dell as Staqr's CTO, effective immediately, as it scales across the Trans-Tasman telecommunications market.
Climate Salad's report says Australia's climate tech sector has passed 7,000 workers across 730 startups and drew $680 million in venture capital; Sea Forest's ASX debut and fund commitments point to investor appetite.
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is putting up to $40m into Brighte through a federal program, letting the home-energy fintech offer cheaper green loans for solar, batteries and other household upgrades.
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.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency commits $5.4 million to a New South Wales trial electrifying 500 homes, working with Brighte, Rewiring Australia and Endeavour Energy on household electrification insights.
Salter Brothers Tech Fund has proposed a roughly $74 million buyout that would delist Prospa from the ASX; directors back the offer, and the article recaps the lender's corporate history.
Mike Cannon-Brookes' investment vehicle Grok Ventures has hired Tan Kueh, ex-Macquarie, UBS and BlackRock, as CEO, joining CIO Jeremy Kwong-Law, as it sharpens its strategy around climate investing.
Investor's own year in review: five new portfolio companies, a follow-on into ULUU, the Verve Super exit, the Equity Clear gender-reporting initiative, a first founders' retreat, and a sweep of awards for portfolio companies.
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Alberts profile of Brighte founder and CEO Katherine McConnell on her shift from Macquarie Bank to solar payments, the company's expansion and cutbacks, its culture, and her awards.
A rolling roundup of Australian energy-sector job moves, listing dozens of executives, directors and ministers joining or leaving utilities, regulators, developers and industry bodies between May and December 2023.
Startup Daily profiles Revisit, an information-management startup whose three founders met through Antler Australia's residency, received its pre-seed backing, and is now raising follow-on capital.
Q&A with Kirstin Hunter and Lauren Fong, who lead Techstars' new Sydney accelerator backed by the NSW Government, on their backgrounds and the first 12-company class starting in July.
Voice AI company Curious Thing has secured $7 million in a pre-Series A round led by Hawkstone, with Blacksheep Capital, January Capital and returning backers Reinventure and Qualgro, to fund hiring and expansion.
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Nodifi has hired Victoria Schmorl as a BDM covering Queensland and the Northern Territory, its latest addition amid rising dealership demand and a string of recent appointments.
Atlassian's Cannon-Brookes, via his family firm Grok Ventures, has invested $200 million in renewables project financier Infradebt days after his AGL bid was rejected; the capital is already funding a Queensland battery project.
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Profile of Sydney fintech GetReminded, whose app alerts consumers before recurring bills fall due so they can shop around; the founders recount its origins, past angel backing and a live crowdfunding raise.
Startup Daily reports the Atlassian co-founder and his wife have pledged a billion dollars via their family firm Grok Ventures to climate-focused startups, plus half a billion to philanthropy.
Weekly roundup covering Canva's huge raise and rich-list climb, a run of Australian startup funding rounds including SiteMinder and Mable, Domain's purchase of IDS, and Mailchimp's sale to Intuit.
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KPMG's annual review reports Australian fintech investment of US$1.4 billion in 2020, featuring eNett's acquisition, raises by Judo Bank and Brighte, a cryptocurrency-backed IPO, and global fintech trends.
Daily roundup reporting Databricks' billion-dollar Series G, Robinhood's emergency raise during the trading saga, DesignCrowd's $10 million pre-IPO funding, Xinja's wind-up vote, and record Australian venture capital in 2020.
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Weekly newsletter rounds up venture news: multiple Australian and regional VC fund closes, startup raises including Brighte and Judo, acquisitions of eNett and Sine, neobank collapses, and new revenue-based lenders.
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Energy and fintech firm Brighte has raised $100 million from existing backers, led by Grok Ventures, and is moving into retail energy with a new model combining generation and retail.
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A profile of open banking API provider TrueLayer, covering its founding, backers, Australian leadership and expansion plans, with no new funding, hires or transactions announced.
Techboard revises its analysis of large 2018 funding events won by female-founded companies, recounting raises by Airwallex, Canva, Judo Capital and others, earlier big rounds, and UrbanYou's acquisition.
AirTree Ventures closes a $275 million third fund backed by Australian institutions and announces staff moves; the piece also recalls Canva's raise, Prospa's ASX listing and :Different's new round.
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Brighte has raised $15.5 million in Series C funding led by AirTree Ventures, with backing from the Atlassian co-founders' funds, Naomi Milgrom and Qualgro, and will expand its financing platform into home improvement.
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Profile of five Australian renewable-energy startups covering wave power, wind forecasting, turbine monitoring, solar payment plans and battery materials, along with their recent grants and raises from ARENA, government programs, AirTree, NAB and others.
Interview profile of Brighte founder Katherine McConnell, covering her move from Macquarie Bank to founding the solar finance company and being named Fintech Leader of the year.