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Startup · $33m raised

Buildxact

Melbourne, VIC

Coverage

Stories naming Buildxact. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

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Alternative liquidity investor SecondQuarter raises $83 million for 2nd fund backed by Andrew Forrest, Sam Kroonenburg & Dom Pym

Secondaries fund SecondQuarter has reached an $83m first close on its second vehicle, aiming past $100m, with founder-angels and Minderoo among new backers; its portfolio includes past sales of ActivePipe and A Cloud Guru.

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A Cloud Guru founder Sam Kroonenburg signs on as a partner in SecondQuarter Ventures

A Cloud Guru co-founder Sam Kroonenburg joins SecondQuarter Ventures as venture partner as it closes $100 million for fund two; the piece also recalls A Cloud Guru's sale to Pluralsight and Moxiwork buying ActivePipe.

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Series A $18.5m

Shearwater's investment in Buildxact - Shearwater Capital

Buildxact has completed an oversubscribed $18.5 million Series A, with Shearwater Capital among the backers and Regal Funds Management leading; several other investors also joined.

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Ignition Lane's Weekly Wrap: The Great Reengagement, backing Web3, riding the markets & the big local raises

Ignition Lane's weekly tech roundup: AirTree raises $700m across three new funds, dozens of Australian startups announce rounds, a wave of acquisitions including Block completing its Afterpay buy, plus Web3 commentary and US market moves.

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Exit / M&A

Founders Stories Podcast: Leigh Jasper and Robert Phillpot on transforming an offline industry

Square Peg's podcast interviews Aconex co-founders Leigh Jasper and Robert Phillpot about building the construction collaboration platform, its 2014 ASX listing, and its 2018 acquisition by Oracle for A$1.6 billion.

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Ignition Lane's Weekly Wrap: Atlassian's win in the Salesforce-Slack deal, Shopify sets new records, Afterpay's US sales are tops

Weekly roundup reporting Salesforce's Slack acquisition, several ASX listings, multiple Australian startup raises, OneVentures' fund tranche close, and international deals including Facebook buying Kustomer.

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Switched off over Christmas? Here’s the startup news you might have missed

A holiday roundup of startup headlines: several Australian funding rounds, Airwallex's funds frozen amid a fraud probe, Fintech Australia's policy submission, and Travis Kalanick selling his remaining Uber stake.

Unnamed stage $8.5m

5 things you should know about tech today

Buildxact raises $8.5m led by Aconex co-founder Leigh Jasper; Redbubble shares plunge on weak trading update; Amazon sues Pentagon over JEDI loss; ACS accredits Deakin cybersecurity courses.

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