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Angel investor · CTO · Founder, CultureAmp

Doug English

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Funding announcement

From 0 to 4.5 billion: how the Startmate pay-it-forward mentorship model built a startup powerhouse

Startmate reflects on a decade of backing founders, profiling breakout alumni across its cohorts and describing how its mentors reinvest in newer startups, alongside its fund model and returns.

Exit / M&A

Culture Amp snaps up US workplace values startup Disco

Employee experience platform Culture Amp has bought San Francisco values-recognition startup Disco for an undisclosed sum, with Disco's former CEO joining Culture Amp and an Asana executive added to the board.

Also Startup Daily

Unnamed stage $14.5m

Mike Cannon-Brookes backs $41.5 million raise for social impact startup Who Gives a Crap

Melbourne social impact startup Who Gives A Crap has raised its first outside capital in nine years, led by Verlinvest, with Grok Ventures, other funds and several angel investors also taking part.

Also SmartCompany·Business News Australia·SmartCompany·privateequitywire.co.uk·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·onimpact.com.au

5 deals

The startup funding round: Tech for developers, EV chargers and fine dining for doggos

Weekly roundup reporting Butn's ASX listing, Cicada Innovations' renewed health-sector partnership, and fresh raises by Kāhu, FL0, Lyka, Sourse AI and Evos.

Series A $10.7m

Linktree raises $10.7M for its lightweight, link-centric user profiles

The Melbourne link-in-bio platform has secured its first outside capital, a Series A led by two venture firms with several individual backers joining, to grow its analytics and product functionality.

Also TechCrunch Venture·Crunchbase News·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·TechCrunch Venture

Accelerator $75k

How Adelaide startup Good Thnx facilitated $1 million in charity donations, and built a Slack integration for speedy sales

Profile of Adelaide charity-donations startup Good Thnx after Startmate's demo day, covering its Slack integration, fast enterprise sales, mentor network, a $75,000 investment and $1 million in donations facilitated.

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