Chief Commercial Officer, Zepto
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Listed investor Scalare Partners has taken an undisclosed early-stage stake in Sydney AI scent startup Auric, which has opened a lab at Tank Stream Labs after earlier backing from Antler and Sputnik ATX.
Scalare Partners has bought Fishburners out of administration, keeping the founder community operating within Scalare's ecosystem, with planned hub access, revived pitch nights and a future investment vehicle for startups.
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Grant Arnott's Click Frenzy and Power Retail have entered liquidation and receivership, drawing warm public messages from e-commerce peers; Tanarra Capital, which invested in 2016, no longer holds a stake.
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Scalare Partners has launched The Founders Union, an AI-driven hub connecting founders to education, community, services and investment providers; Westpac, MYOB, Atlassian and Zoho are among its partners.
Scalare Partners has bought 100% of Planet Startup, a Brisbane vCFO firm serving early-stage tech founders — its fifth purchase since 2023 — with co-founder CEO Marc Orchard staying on to lead.
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Scalare Partners has agreed to buy Tank Stream Labs, an Australian flexible workspace operator for tech companies, its fourth purchase since 2023, bringing TSL chief executive Bradley Delamare into the group.
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ASX-listed Scalare Partners is acquiring coworking operator Tank Stream Labs in a deal of as much as $5.5 million, paid in cash, shares and earn-outs; three earlier Scalare acquisitions are also recalled.
Scalare Partners announces it has acquired Inhouse Ventures, an Australian platform linking tech founders with investors, after taking a minority stake in 2023; the deal is the accelerator's third purchase.
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Scalare Partners' first results since its ASX debut show an EBITDA loss with revenue up 115%; its November listing raised $4.3 million and its 27 startups are worth $10.7 million.
ASX-listed accelerator Scalare Partners has seen its shares fall 28% in the month since listing, cutting its market value, while listed peers Touch Ventures and Bailador back Tixel, Dash and Updoc.
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Scalare Partners announces its investment in Brauz, an omnichannel retail platform, and that chief executive Carolyn Breeze will take a non-executive board seat at Brauz.
Payments platform Zepto, rebranded from Split Payments, has hired Carolyn Breeze as Chief Commercial Officer and Matthew O'Leary as Chief People Officer as it pursues a growth strategy built on open banking.