Startup · $30m raised
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Finder raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Future Now Capital | Unnamed stage | $30,000,000 |
Companies Finder acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Finder. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Origin Energy is buying Energy Locals, the membership-based power retailer founded to disrupt Australia's major gentailers. Its current owners, a consortium led by Palisade Impact, purchased it from Quinbrook about a year ago.
Sydney enterprise AI startup Collabra.ai appoints ex-Finder chief Chris Ellis as CEO as it moves from building its back-office automation product into selling it; cofounder Neill Miller has also put money in.
Crypto lender Block Earner, fighting ASIC in court, has closed an $8 million Series A at a $75 million valuation, led by CMCC Global's Titan Fund with King River Capital taking part.
Share trading and super platform Superhero has raised $11 million from existing backers, lifting its post-money value to $150 million, with plans to build tools that give investment advice.
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Finder is shutting its crypto wallet business Wallet Ventures four years after launch, moving users to Swyftx, which recently acquired Easy Crypto; Finder earlier won in court against ASIC over its Earn product.
Scaleup Mediafund swapped ad space for equity in Finder and ASX-listed insurer NobleOak, the latter worth $1.5m, among six investments from its third fund backed by major media companies.
Airwallex has named Jennifer Snell as its ANZ marketing director, drawing on her experience at Finder, amaysim and BrickX, as the fintech expands its New Zealand payments offering.
Finder has bought rewards business Grow My Money, founded by Pascale Helyar-Moray, at a price it did not disclose; the business and its staff stay on as a separate unit in the Finder Group.
A partner memo profiling Licode, a no-code platform for AI web apps founded by ex-Finder engineer Kelvin Htat, which took pre-seed backing from Antler Australia and is seeking follow-on capital.
Investor's own year in review: five new portfolio companies, a follow-on into ULUU, the Verve Super exit, the Equity Clear gender-reporting initiative, a first founders' retreat, and a sweep of awards for portfolio companies.
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BetaCarbon has launched a blockchain platform letting Australians buy tokenised Australian carbon credits from one dollar, having already sold over four million dollars of tokens, with backing from several investment funds.
Car loan platform CarClarity appoints Damon Pezaro, who held product roles at Domain, Prospa and Finder, as a non-executive director to advise on product strategy during its 2022 expansion.
Comparison platform CIMET has raised $26.6 million from ASX-listed iSelect as part of a strategic partnership, funding expansion into new financial verticals and international markets.
Carbon accounting platform for small businesses secures a seven-figure round from a broad backer group including a family office and angels, with founders ex-Finder and Macquarie, and an earlier pre-seed recalled.
Weekly roundup reporting many startup funding rounds, Investible's fund close, Skalata's committed capital, hipages buying Builderscrack, Stack Sports acquiring Team App, and Level Equity's stake purchase in Eftsure.
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A weekly roundup reporting ten Australian startups that together raised about $372 million, spanning pet e-commerce, marketplace software, fintech, used cars, cybersecurity, freight, data tools, genetic testing and payments anti-fraud.
Australian comparison website Finder has raised $30 million from Future Now Capital after 15 years bootstrapped, valuing it at $650 million, as it pursues cryptocurrency and Web 3 opportunities.
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Weekly roundup reporting Australian raises including Zero Co, MOBI and CipherStash, Cashrewards' takeover agreement, Shebah's collapse, WeWork's NYSE listing, crypto regulation recommendations and SiteMinder board appointments.
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Weekly venture roundup covering Scalapay's giant series A, numerous Australian raises, acquisitions of Clipchamp, Paidy and CipherTrace, Houseparty's closure, crypto regulation developments, and Atlassian appointing a Cloudflare founder as director.
Comparison site Finder hires Damon Pezaro from Prospa as its first Chief Product Officer, tasking him with international product strategy, while continuing a hiring spree and expanding offices globally.
An Envestnet | Yodlee executive argues open banking and data aggregation have helped Australian fintechs grow through the pandemic, citing sector investment figures and past raises by Finder, Judo Bank, AfterPay and Airwallex.
Australian investing platform Superhero raised $25 million at a valuation above $100 million, with repeat angel backing from Nick Molnar and Larry Diamond plus Fred Schebesta, Regal Funds Management and Thorney Investment Group.
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Digital gold platform SendGold took two Finder Innovation Awards, including one for its co-founder and chief executive, and reports the first tranche of its Series A funding has closed with a second to follow.
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Antler Australia streamed its first virtual Demo Day to over 2000 viewers, presenting twelve startups built through its five-month program, and unveiled two new initiatives supporting women founders and online company-building training.
Comparison site Finder appoints ViacomCBS executive Chris Ellis as its first CEO of Finder Australia after an 18-month search, with co-founders Schebesta and Restuccia focusing on global expansion.
Profile of Sydney fintech Lodex, a loans and deposits marketplace, covering its founders, staff, achievements including total funds raised, licences, and plans to launch digital e-wallets.