Startup
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round CreditorWatch raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Warburg Pincus | Unnamed stage | - |
The transaction that ended CreditorWatch's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.
| Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| InfoTrack | Acquisition | 2017 | - | Startup Daily, Nightingale Partners |
Companies CreditorWatch acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming CreditorWatch. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Warburg Pincus has agreed a growth-equity stake in Sydney credit bureau CreditorWatch, terms undisclosed, completion expected in the third quarter of 2026 — extending the firm's record of backing data businesses.
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Australian wealth-tech firm Briefcase has hired Michael Wang, previously at MLC Asset Management, RoZetta Technology and CreditorWatch, as Lead Portfolio Manager to advance its direct indexing, tax optimisation and AI portfolio capabilities.
CreditorWatch has added a generative-AI feature that produces instant plain-language summaries of business credit reports, aiming to speed credit risk decisions; CEO Patrick Coghlan says the tool is now live for all customers.
Colin Porter, who founded CreditorWatch, has launched PayOK, an invoice-verification tool, backed by a $3 million oversubscribed round led by Nightingale Partners; the piece also recalls hedge fund Levitas Capital's collapse after fraud losses.
PayOK, a platform verifying bank details to stop invoice fraud, raised a $3 million Series A led by Nightingale Partners at a $10 million valuation; founder Colin Porter previously started CreditorWatch and Avenue Bank.
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Nightingale Partners' blog records its October 2020 investment, alongside Phoenix Development Fund, in PayOK, a payments-verification venture from CreditorWatch founder Colin Porter, with Lindsay Phillips joining PayOK's board.
Digital SME bank Avenue Bank has received a restricted ADI licence from APRA, counts Liberty Financial Group among its backers, and has appointed Steve Kinsella as chief financial officer.
Sydney neobank Avenue Bank has received a restricted banking licence from APRA, letting it lend working capital to small businesses, with a full licence targeted for mid-2022.
Nightingale's post announcing its participation in Avenue's 2019 Series A, profiling the SME-focused neobank's leadership team and recalling founder Colin's earlier credit bureau, since acquired by InfoTrack.
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Organic grocer About Life has entered voluntary administration and shut its eight stores amid supplier legal disputes. Its backer Green Capital Partners also backed THR1VE, which SumoSalad acquired this month.