Company
Every published round Foxtel took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
Companies Foxtel has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio companies recorded yet. | ||||
This is a stake in the fund itself, money that the fund's manager invests, not a stake in the fund manager.
Companies Foxtel has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Foxtel did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Kate Whitney | Head of Brand and Retail Marketing (former) | Australian FinTech |
| Richard Freudenstein | Chief (former) | Startup Daily, Wholesale Investor |
| Cynthia Scott | Chair (former) | Australian FinTech |
| Peter Tonagh | CEO (former) | Australian FinTech |
Stories naming Foxtel. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
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.
Scaleup Mediafund's $15 million third fund has made its first two investments, backing Hawke's Brewing and Bare with roughly $1 million in advertising apiece; oOh!media joined as an investor.
Rokt hires former Google and Amazon engineering executive Claire Southey for its Sydney engineering leadership, with other senior hires, as the ecommerce marketing firm eyes a future public listing.
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Wisr has appointed Marley Spoon marketing chief Kate Whitney as a non-executive director from April 2022, following Cathryn Lyall's January appointment and lifting female board representation to 40%.
Payments company Zip has hired Cynthia Scott, previously a senior executive at Scentre Group and Telstra, to run its Australian and New Zealand operations and join its global executive team.
Australian bill-payment platform Deferit has raised AU$15 million in an oversubscribed Series B round, led by returning backer Carthona Capital with new participant Alceon Group, to fund marketing, partnerships and hiring.
Former ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie joins adtech startup Hoppr's board as a non-executive director, while Vince Pizzica becomes co-chairman, as the Perth company readies a global rollout of its HopprTV platform.
Adelaide car-buying platform Mogo has secured a second million-dollar investment, this time from the NewsCorp-backed Scaleup Mediafund, to fund a national media push as it prepares to launch locally and overseas.
Also Startup Daily