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Ignition Lane's Weekly Wrap: Venture capital is down, but a long way from out

Ignition Lane's weekly wrap reports falling Australian venture funding, lists several startup raises and fund raises, covers Chargefox's acquisition, Volt's closure, the Zip-Sezzle merger termination, and global tech news.

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A Kiwi filesharing startup that’s cut the time taken to collate mortgage documents by 65% just raised NZ$10 million

New Zealand document-collection startup FileInvite raised a Series A led by Icehouse Ventures, with new backers Forefront Venture Partners and Vulpes Ventures, to replace email for requesting and sharing documents.

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Home loan data protection fintech raises NZ$1 million

A New Zealand document-collection platform for mortgage brokers has raised a seven-figure sum led by an angel network, with backing from angel groups in two countries and an unnamed US venture capitalist.

FileInvite: $1 Million Raised and 100,000 Users

Document collection platform FileInvite closed an equity round above $1 million in March 2018, backed by New Zealand and Australian angel groups and NZVIF, and passed 100,000 users during 2018.