Startup · $83.5m raised · Financial services
R&D tax credit consulting and processing services
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Earnd raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Alvin Singh | Unnamed stage | - |
| Andrew Birch | Unnamed stage | - |
| Balderton Capital | Series C | - |
| BlackRock | Series C | - |
| Bosco Tan | Unnamed stage | - |
| Fair By Design | Series C | - |
| John Banfield | Unnamed stage | - |
| NAB Ventures | Unnamed stage | - |
| Northzone | Series C | - |
| Rob Lederer | Unnamed stage | - |
| Smash Capital | Series C | - |
Investors whose own portfolio pages list Earnd, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| Five V Capital | its portfolio page ↗ |
The transaction that ended Earnd's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.
| Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wagestream | Acquisition | 25 Mar 2021 | - | Startup Daily, Australian FinTech (Thu 14 Apr 2022), SmartCompany, Australian FinTech (Thu 25 Mar 2021) |
Companies Earnd acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Josh Vernon | CEO | Startup Daily |
| Serge Kotlyarov | CTO | Startup Daily |
Stories naming Earnd. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Humanforce has bought Wagestream's Australian arm, formerly Earnd, for an undisclosed sum. The article recalls Earnd's 2019 raise, its sale to Greensill, rescue by Wagestream, an A$81m Series C, and Humanforce's earlier acquisitions.
Techboard's anniversary roundup catalogues a month of Australian startup funding: megadeals, three acquisitions, large debt deals, grants, accelerator intakes, and fund news including Archangel Ventures' committed capital.
Also Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Forbes Australia·Business News Australia
UK pay-access fintech Wagestream, formed from Sydney's Earnd, secured a A$236 million Series C — equity led by Smash Capital with Silicon Valley Bank debt — to expand beyond Britain, including across Australia.
Swedish communications firm Sinch is buying Melbourne-based MessageMedia for US$1.3 billion, in an article rounding up a surge of Australian tech acquisitions including A Cloud Guru, Big Ant, Neto and Vend.
A roundup of recent Australian tech acquisitions: Vend, Neto, Powered Local, Insync and Earnd have been bought, while Xero is purchasing Planday and plans to acquire Tickstar.
Sydney earned-wage-access startup Earnd has raised $2.5 million from NAB Ventures and several angels, with a NAB Ventures executive joining its board as it pushes product development and hiring.