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Ignition Lane’s Weekly Wrap: Kiwi ‘funtech’, buying Maccas with BTC, Aussie exits, Twitter’s Facebook move

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.

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Salter Brothers lead $6.5m capital raise for global digital payments platform Verrency

Melbourne fund manager Salter Brothers led a $6.5 million Series A in payments platform Verrency, with Perennial Value Management and existing shareholders also investing; Simon Jones joins the board.

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Pelikin launches its multi-currency banking app and travel card backed by Visa & Heritage Bank

Melbourne travel payments startup Pelikin has gone to market with card partners including Visa and Heritage Bank, having raised $400,000 mid-year, and has added a payments executive to its advisory team.