Company · Education
Auckland
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Crimson Education raised.
Companies Crimson Education 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Robertson | Board Observer | SmartCompany |
| Jamie Beaton | Founder | - |
| Jamie Beaton | CEO (former) · Founder | AFR Technology, Business News Australia, SmartCompany, HEAL Partners |
| Mark Vivian | Board Member | SmartCompany |
| Martin Dalgleish | Board Member | SmartCompany |
| Shori Hijikata | Country Manager (former) | Startup Daily |
Stories naming Crimson Education. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Shareholder acceptances are building for Crimson Education's hostile tilt at ASX-listed tutoring firm Kip McGrath, a bid that wobbled when ally Regal Partners sold out; the suitor may lift its offer to 74 cents.
Two raises reported: Superhero has banked $20m of a hoped $30m round led by Salter Brothers at a $176m valuation, while New Zealand crime-intelligence startup Azonic took NZ$1m in a Blackbird-led pre-seed.
Crimson Education launched an unsolicited $38.3 million takeover bid for Australian tutoring franchise Kip McGrath, offering a 62 percent premium and backed by shareholder Pie Funds Management.
Crimson Education has completed a NZ$67 million Series D with Movac leading and a valuation above NZ$1 billion; fulfilment-robotics maker Nexobot has raised $400,000 pre-seed from Skalata and Antler.
AfterWork Ventures explains why it reinvested in OwnHome's $31 million Series A led by Square Peg with Commonwealth Bank, having backed the rent-to-buy startup's pre-seed round in July 2021.
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HEAL Partners led a US$10 million round in Crimson Education at a US$460 million valuation, with earlier backers topping up; the post also recalls Crimson's 2019 Series C and other companies HEAL has backed.
Profile of Feather, a Sydney platform helping creators host and monetise online classes, built and backed by Antler ahead of its Demo Day, introducing its three founders and product plans.