Top 10 startup stories from March quarter
Startup News recaps its ten most-read first-quarter stories: an ASX listing, a multimillion-dollar raise, grant wins, a startup program intake, a partnership and a general manager appointment.
Startup · $2.7m raised
Perth, WA
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Complete Home Filtration raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Accelerating Commercialisation Grant program | Grant | - |
| Andrew Sypkes | Series A | - |
| BetterLabs Ventures | Series A · Grant | $300,000 |
Companies Complete Home Filtration 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Darren Glass | General Manager | Startup News (WA) |
| Suzanne Dodds | CEO · Founder | Startup News (WA) (Fri 29 Jan 2021), Startup News (WA) (Wed 9 Dec 2020), Startup News (WA) (Wed 11 Nov 2020), Startup News (WA) (Fri 8 May 2020) |
Stories naming Complete Home Filtration. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Startup News recaps its ten most-read first-quarter stories: an ASX listing, a multimillion-dollar raise, grant wins, a startup program intake, a partnership and a general manager appointment.
Perth water filtration firm Complete Home Filtration closed a $2.4 million Series A, with BetterLabs Ventures reinvesting and Tasmanian investor Andrew Sypkes joining, to fund expansion and its PFAS-removing Attapure technology.
Perth motoring club RAC has expanded its BetterLabs Ventures seed fund to $23 million after strong early demand, letting it back startups beyond seed into Series A and B rounds.
Also Startup News (WA)
Perth space-sharing startup SpacetoCo has received an equity investment from RAC-backed venture fund BetterLabs Ventures, its third deal, having earlier won Shark Tank backing from Steve Baxter and completed the Plus Eight accelerator.