Driva

🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #173, 9th August 2026

Weekly roundup: Firmus completes its $2.85b round; Procore acquires DroneDeploy; Atlassian rebounds while Canva cuts guidance; plus fresh raises for Zabidou, BioScout, Vexev, Enrola, Spacetalk and others.

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Driva partners with Carsales to enable seamless digital finance experience

Fintech Driva launches a multi-year partnership letting carsales shoppers see personalised finance options on private vehicle listings; the article also recalls Carthona Capital's earlier backing of the startup.

Fintech Driva lands $6 million raise to become famous for car financing

Driva has raised $6 million in a round led by Carthona Capital, with follow-on backers and angels joining, to double headcount, build its brand, and expand into trade-ins and vehicle listings.

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Ignition Lane Weekly Wrap: M&A mania, Tesla trademarks, African fintech, another SoftBank implosion & NFTs explained

Weekly roundup covering ANZ trade sales including A Cloud Guru's multibillion-dollar sale, several Australian raises, Tenacious Ventures' agritech fund close, Xero and Cochlear appointments, and global deals such as Etsy buying Depop.

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The startup funding round: NFTs in your cereal box, $1.5 million for high-tech ticketing, and an SME banking solution

Weekly roundup of startup funding: raises by Paytron, Kanopi, Listing Loop, Driva, Tixel, Alt Saints, Travello, Hey Bud and Volt, Tenacious Ventures closing a $35 million agritech fund, and Forter's Series F.

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Car finance platform Driva banks $3m in seed funding

Australian car finance comparison platform Driva closed a A$3 million seed round led by Carthona Capital, with angels Stephen Dash and Nicolas Scudamore-Smith joining existing backers Peter and Daniel Gammell.

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Online car financing marketplace lands $3 million seed round

Australian FinTech company profile #107 – Driva

Question-and-answer profile of Driva, a Sydney car-loan platform, covering its founders, its January 2020 pre-seed raise, lending milestones and its focus on the Australian auto-finance market.