Startup · $500k raised
Melbourne, VIC
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round CoinJar raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Blackbird Ventures | Seed | $228,000 |
Companies CoinJar 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Asher Tan | CEO | Startup Daily |
Stories naming CoinJar. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Roundup of four Australian raises: MagnaTerra formed from a CSIRO merger, Mobile Tyre Shop backed by Sailun, Coinstash's Series A, and MogoPlus funded by New Model Venture Capital.
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Ignition Lane's year-end review of 2022 tech news: shifting VC sentiment, record Australian fund raises, grocery delivery failures and shutdowns, local M&A, crypto fallout, awards, and global stories from Twitter to ChatGPT.
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An Australian cryptocurrency exchange has been placed into voluntary administration, freezing tens of thousands of customer accounts, while rival exchanges respond to the FTX collapse with staff cuts.
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Crypto exchange CoinJar, backed by Blackbird, cut roughly a fifth of its Melbourne staff after FTX's failure; the piece recalls its 2013 half-million-dollar seed round led by Blackbird.
Weekly roundup reporting numerous Australian and New Zealand startup raises, Icehouse Ventures securing fund capital, GitLab's IPO, two acquisitions, Clover's closure, and Openpay's debt facility.
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Weekly roundup covering Main Sequence's second-fund close, operating partner hires at Blackbird and AirTree, raises by Sea Forest, Adventus.io, Halter and others, acquisitions by Equiem, Stripe and Toyota, plus Big Tech earnings.