Director, Euphemia · angel in 2 deals
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Chief Executive | Up Bank | Australian FinTech |
| Director | Euphemia | Australian FinTech |
| Founder | Pin Payments | Startup News (WA), Startup Daily |
Every published round Dominic Pym took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Role | Alongside | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloom Impact Investing | Seed | 16 Jan 2023 | $525k | Lead | Australian FinTech, Women's Agenda, Startup Daily, SmartCompany | |
| Gathar | Seed | 23 Mar 2022 | $1m | Participant | Techboard, SmartCompany, Startup Daily |
Companies Dominic Pym has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gathar | 23 Mar 2022, Seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Bloom Impact Investing | 16 Jan 2023, Seed | 1 | 1 |
Fund closes reported for Dominic Pym, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Dominic Pym has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Dominic Pym did.
Stories naming Dominic Pym. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Weekly roundup of Australian raises: Bloom's seed round, Vedi's animal-health funding, Alii's pre-Series A, and Code Like A Girl's government grant, alongside other WiSE grant recipients.
Also SmartCompany
Fintech startup Bloom Impact Investing has raised a $525,000 seed round led by angel investors Dominic Pym, Collis Ta'eed and Cyan Ta'eed to scale its ethical investment app and grow business development.
Gathar, an Australian private chef platform, expands into the US with Curtis Stone, following a post-seed raise; the piece also recalls FoodByUs' series A and notes other food-tech players.
Also Startup Daily·AgFunderNews·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Techboard·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily
Queensland catering platform Gathar has raised $1 million in post-seed backing from ACAC Innovation and new investors to enter the United States, with celebrity chef Curtis Stone joining the business.
Also SmartCompany·Techboard
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has agreed to buy fintech Ferocia, creator of the Up banking app, for up to $116 million in shares, internalising the digital platform and its team while Ferocia runs as a standalone division.
Perth-founded payments firm Pin Payments has been bought by London-based Checkout.com for an undisclosed sum, exiting founders and Allectus Capital; Checkout.com also bought Process Out in February.
Roundup covering Checkout.com's acquisition of Perth payments firm Pin Payments, Amazon's bid interest in Zoox, Google's office reopening plans, Twitter's Trump fact-check, and Virgin Orbit's failed rocket launch.
Australian neobanks enter a customer-chasing phase; Xinja's crowdfunding campaign quickly collected half a million dollars on top of earlier backing, while rival Up reports user growth.