Founder, Karta
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Executive (former) | Red Balloon | Forbes Australia |
| Founder | Karta | Forbes Australia, Australian FinTech |
Stories naming David Anderson. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Karta, an Australian gift-card platform, has struck a US deal with Visa, having earlier raised a pre-seed round above $21 million, most of it from Commonwealth Bank.
Australian gift card startup Karta has signed a multi-year deal with Visa, making it the first non-bank private label issuer able to transact over Visa's US network.
Plastiq.it, a cashback rewards startup co-founded by Andrew Banks, closed its $400,000 equity crowdfunding offer ahead of schedule, valuing the business at $12.9 million after an earlier $1.15 million raise.