Christina Hobbs

Alberts Impact Ventures: 2023 in review

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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Women-focused fintech Verve Super joins Simon Sheikh's Future Group

Future Group has acquired Verve Super, a super fund aimed at women, with terms undisclosed; the piece also recalls earlier raises by Verve and by Future Super.

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All-women founded Verve Super's acquisition is the business story we need

Future Super is buying Verve Super, a women-led super fund whose co-founders stay in charge as it joins the Future Group; the piece also recalls the startup's oversubscribed $3 million mid-year raise.

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Eight Aussie startups that secured $30.2 million this week

Weekly roundup of eight Australian startups raising a combined $30.2 million, spanning SME lending, quantum computing grants, proptech, consumer apps and recycling, plus Stylerunner's earlier sale to Accent Group.

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Women-focused super fintech Verve raises $3 million pre-Series A

Verve, a superannuation fintech for women, has banked a $3 million pre-Series A led by Alberts and is rolling out an investing app, adding to a 2021 raise that drew prominent female backers.

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Verve raises $3 million to level the playing field for women investors

Verve, an Australian women-focused financial services company, announced an oversubscribed $3 million pre-Series A round led by family office Alberts, funding its newly launched ethical investing app Verve Money and its superannuation product.

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Celebrating pioneering women on IWD: Christina of Verve

An International Women's Day profile of Christina Hobbs, who leads women-focused superannuation fund Verve, covering her United Nations career, the fund's origins and its expansion into an investing app.

Female investors back female-founded Verve Super in latest $2.6 million raise

Women-focused superannuation fund Verve Super raised $2.6 million from first-time female and impact investors including Carol Schwartz, after failing to win over mission-blind venture capitalists.

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Some massive success & powerful examples of women supporting women in business

Commentary on women backing women: Adore Beauty's record ASX float, Kate Morris and George McEncroe investing in Whole Kids' crowdfunding raise, Pronto's campaign launch, and other recent female-led listings.