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Nine walks away from its $49 million digital media investment, Pedestrian, handing it to Richard White’s Vinyl

Vinyl Group is buying Nine's youth publisher Pedestrian Group for nominal consideration, ending Nine's costly ownership. The piece also recalls Nine's stake purchases, Linkby's Series B, and Vinyl's acquisitions and shutdowns.

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Proptech FoundIt settles on $2 million pre-Seed to put power back in the hands of home buyers

FoundIt, a property platform connecting buyers with buyers' agents, has landed a $2 million pre-seed round from founders of Realbase, Realtair and Propps before its public launch in August.

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Project Manda raises $2 million to cull pointless work meetings

Project Manda, whose AI platform trims wasteful meetings, has collected more than $2 million at pre-seed, with Tech Labs Capital and Black Sheep Capital leading, as it eyes the US market.

Seven backs real estate media baron Antony Catalano in $100 million proptech play

Seven West Media's venture arm joins Antony Catalano and Alex Waislitz in backing their proptech consortium View Media Group, with cash, capital and media services pushing the package past $100 million; the piece also recalls earlier property media deals.

FUNDED APRIL 2022

Techboard's monthly roundup cataloguing April 2022 Australian startup funding: megadeals, seed rounds, grants and crowdfunding, nine acquisitions, several ASX listings, and venture firms' fund news.

Ignition Lane's Wrap: the state of Cloud, VC advice, Tiger stripes, cattle class crypto, M&A fires up

Weekly tech wrap: cloud-market trends, Tiger Global's cheques into Stake, Shippit and Carma, new VC funds, several acquisitions, grocery delivery startups Send and Quicko collapsing, and Elaine Stead joining M8 Ventures.

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Domain invests $1.2 million in new kid on the block KindiCare’s seed round

Property listings company Domain led childcare marketplace KindiCare's seed round with a $1.2 million stake within a $3.3 million total, deepening an existing data partnership; founder Benjamin Balk keeps majority ownership.

Damon Pezaro joins FinTech disruptor CarClarity as Non- Executive Director

Car loan platform CarClarity appoints Damon Pezaro, who held product roles at Domain, Prospa and Finder, as a non-executive director to advise on product strategy during its 2022 expansion.

Ignition Lane's Weekly Wrap: the rise of the technouveau riche

Weekly roundup covering Canva's huge raise and rich-list climb, a run of Australian startup funding rounds including SiteMinder and Mable, Domain's purchase of IDS, and Mailchimp's sale to Intuit.

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Finder gets its first CPO as it looks to ramp up its headcount by 50%

Comparison site Finder hires Damon Pezaro from Prospa as its first Chief Product Officer, tasking him with international product strategy, while continuing a hiring spree and expanding offices globally.

Billionaire Alex Waislitz and regional media tsar Antony Catalano chip $6 million into AI-based proptech

Proptech chatbot startup Propic has raised a $6 million Series A from Antony Catalano and Alex Waislitz at a reported $22 million valuation, and joined a US real estate accelerator program.

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Ignition Lane's Weekly Wrap: CBA's cash splash, NZ's Hi-Tech awards, the biggest tech news from around the world

Weekly roundup covering CBA's strategic stakes in Little Birdie and Amber, several Australian funding rounds, Zip's BNPL acquisitions, Tritium's planned NASDAQ listing, Amazon's MGM purchase and other global tech news.

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Ignition Lane's Weekly Wrap: Intersekt highlights, $100m Kiwi exit, tech sucker trade, the week in raises

A weekly technology roundup reporting a New Zealand booking software firm's sale, an Australian beauty retailer's acquisition, several venture raises, executive share sales at an e-commerce firm, and a new government fund committee.

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Blys - Initial Investment

Wellness platform Blys took investment from Phoenix Development Fund in November 2020; the investor gained a board seat via Aizaz Syed, while founder Ilter Dumduz leads the at-home services marketplace.

More than 2000 people watched Antler Sydney's virtual Demo Day online

Antler Australia streamed its first virtual Demo Day to over 2000 viewers, presenting twelve startups built through its five-month program, and unveiled two new initiatives supporting women founders and online company-building training.

UberEats in reverse: Dining-out platform me&u bags $8 million from laundry list of high-profile investors

Dining-tech firm me&u has closed an $8 million series B to fund a countrywide rollout, with Merivale's Justin Hemmes and Tyro's Robbie Cooke among new backers; founder Stevan Premutico earlier sold Dimmi to TripAdvisor.

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5 things you should know about tech today

Roundup covering a new Startmate climate accelerator, BlueChilli's shift to scale-ups, Telstra reviewing muru-D, 86 400's home loan launch, Domain buying Real Time Agent, and Uber's Saudi backing.

This new property tech startup wants to use AI to massively disrupt the way real estate is sold and managed

Propic launches an all-in-one AI property platform with seed backing from private investors, ex-Domain executives leading, targeting agents and property managers in Australia.