Blast OIF | 23 things from 2023
OIF Ventures' year in review: full Eftsure exit, Opportunity Fund close, Visory, DataMasque and Nullify backed, follow-ons at Inspace and Dataweavers, new team members and portfolio milestones.
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Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Enboarder raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Greycroft | Series A · Series A · Seed | - |
| NewSpring | Unnamed stage | - |
| Next Coast Ventures | Series A · Series A | - |
| Our Innovation Fund | Seed | - |
| Stage 2 Capital | Series A · Series A | - |
Investors whose own portfolio pages list Enboarder, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| OIF Ventures | its portfolio page ↗ |
Companies Enboarder acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Enboarder. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
OIF Ventures' year in review: full Eftsure exit, Opportunity Fund close, Visory, DataMasque and Nullify backed, follow-ons at Inspace and Dataweavers, new team members and portfolio milestones.
Biza.io appoints Joe D'Addio to its board, promotes Mark Perry to Chief Growth Officer, hires Peter Hill and Stella Kwok, and plans a Sydney office, recalling its 2022 Series A.
OIF Ventures' newsletter announces leading Nullify's pre-seed round, two investment team hires, portfolio company awards and product launches, and Go1's acquisition of Anders Pink.
OIF Ventures has closed its third fund at $140m, beating its original $100m target, with founder backers including Peter Lilley and Andrew Barnes; earlier trade sales underpin its strong returns.
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OIF republishes AFR coverage of adtech startup Linkby raising $5 million in a seed round the fund led, profiling founder Chris Wirasinha, his Pedestrian TV sale, and Linkby's publisher advertising model.
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A roundup of 19 Australian startup funding announcements totalling over $851 million in early February 2022, covering raises by Cyara, Karbon, Slyp, Reejig and others, alongside record 2021 venture investment figures.
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Ignition Lane's weekly roundup covers Canva's US$71 million raise, several Australian payments acquisitions and mergers, local raises by Cyble, Enboarder, Rendr and Basiq, plus overseas deals including Plaid, Box, Ramp and Coinbase's listing.
Weekly funding roundup: Enboarder raises US$5 million, Rendr secures $2.1 million, Good Empire passes its crowdfunding minimum, Blackbird leads Cyble's US$4 million seed, and Uniphore lands a US$140 million Series D.
Daily tech roundup: Google wins its long-running copyright case against Oracle; Facebook user data leaks online; and HR startup Enboarder banks a US$5 million series A2 round with Next Coast Ventures leading.
HR software maker Enboarder lands $45 million from US growth backer NewSpring, with a NewSpring partner joining the board; the piece also recaps its earlier Series A top-up and other recent local rounds.
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An Our Innovation Fund partner argues New York should be the first US expansion destination for Australian B2B SaaS founders, noting several portfolio companies recently raised from American venture firms.
Onboarding software firm Enboarder has raised $5 million co-led by Our Innovation Fund and Greycroft, its second backing, as rapid revenue growth fuels plans to expand sales teams and its US presence.