Startup · $7m raised
Melbourne, VIC
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Brosa raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| AirTree Ventures | Series B · Unnamed stage | $2,000,000 |
| Bailador Technology Investments | Series B | - |
| BMY Group | Series B | - |
The transaction that ended Brosa's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.
| Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kogan.com | Acquisition | 2023 | $1.5m | Startup Daily (Tue 21 Jan 2025), Startup Daily (Fri 30 Jun 2023), Startup Daily (Tue 24 Jan 2023), Startup Daily (Fri 23 Dec 2022), Startup Daily (Thu 22 Dec 2022), SmartCompany |
| Kogan | Acquisition | 22 Dec 2022 | $1.5m | Startup Daily, SmartCompany |
Companies Brosa acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Li | Founder | Startup Daily (Tue 24 Jan 2023), Startup Daily (Thu 22 Dec 2022), Startup Daily (Fri 16 Dec 2022), Startup Daily (Mon 17 Dec 2018) |
| Ivan Lim | CEO | Startup Daily, SmartCompany |
| David Wei | Founder | SmartCompany |
| Anna Stockley Davidson | Chief Operating Officer | SmartCompany |
Stories naming Brosa. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Wesfarmers is closing Catch, the online retailer it bought for $230 million in 2019, citing local ecommerce competition; the story also recalls Catch's venture backers and Little Birdie's $30m stake, pause and rescue.
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Property management startup Different has gone into administration with KPMG after failing to raise new capital, despite backing from AirTree and CBA's venture arm; the piece also recalls the failures of Milkrun and Brosa.
Eucalyptus buys Jenny Craig's online assets out of administration while stores shut; the health startup's recent raise and earlier rounds are recapped, alongside other distressed-brand acquisitions.
Administrators KordaMentha sold monogrammed fashion label The Daily Edited to Bernie Brookes' BJM, price undisclosed, while Kogan.com separately bought collapsed furniture retailer Brosa for $1.5 million.
Kogan.com has bought collapsed online furniture seller Brosa out of administration for $1.5 million, promising to fulfil customer orders, while the piece recalls Brosa's earlier venture raises and Kogan's past distressed-brand purchases.
Kogan has bought collapsed online furniture retailer Brosa out of administration for $1.5 million, a week after administrators KordaMentha were appointed, and will fund delivery of outstanding customer orders.
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Furniture ecommerce firm Brosa has entered voluntary administration with KordaMentha appointed and seeking buyers, after earlier venture raises from AirTree, Bailador and BMY Group.
Furniture e-commerce firm Brosa has entered voluntary administration after pandemic-era growth reversed, with administrators appointed to run a sale process; the article also recalls earlier backing rounds.
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OIF republishes AFR coverage of adtech startup Linkby raising $5 million in a seed round the fund led, profiling founder Chris Wirasinha, his Pedestrian TV sale, and Linkby's publisher advertising model.
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Homewares retailer Brosa has launched a paid parental leave policy giving all new parents sixteen weeks, which its chief operating officer describes as a long-term investment in staff.