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Runway May 24: The 7 startups revealing venture raises this week

Weekly roundup covering seven ANZ startup raises — Bare Funerals, Humii, WeMoney, CLT Toolbox, Clean Slate Clinic, SpatialGPT and Great Wrap — plus LaunchVic's $900,000 into Paul Little's Skalata fund.

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Seven Aussie startups that raised $17.7 million this week

Weekly roundup listing seven Australian startups and their raises, totalling $17.7 million across AI, packaging materials, fintech, digital health, music licensing, construction software and swimwear.

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WeMoney reaches maiden profitability milestone

The article reports WeMoney achieved its first profitability in late 2022, with strong revenue and user growth, and notes it may fundraise in 2023 after raising $9m to date from several backers.

Financial wellness platform WeMoney raises a further $7M to accelerate growth

WeMoney closed a $7 million round in March 2022, led by Full Circle VC and Betterlabs with new backers, following its 2020 seed raise, to fund product development.

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Dubber is ramping up its AI capabilities after acquiring Brisbane startup Notiv for $6.6 million

ASX-listed voice data company Dubber has bought Brisbane AI meeting-transcription startup Notiv for $6.6 million via its US parent Pinch Labs; Notiv had earlier raised $1.4 million in 2019.

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WeMoney bursts out of stealth mode with $2 million raise for platform boosting financial, and emotional, wellbeing

Perth fintech WeMoney has launched publicly with a $2 million round led by RAC's venture arm BetterLabs, joined by Full Circle VC and several angel investors, for its community-based money management app.

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5 things you should know about tech today

Roundup covering Jodie Fox's book on Shoes of Prey's failure, Google's agreed purchase of Fitbit, the return of Brisbane's RiverPitch investor night, Uber's new ventures, and Monica Lewinsky's anti-bullying Twitter bot.

BugCrowd co-founder raises $1.4 million for new startup that takes meeting notes for you

Brisbane AI transcription startup Notiv has raised $1.4 million from three investors. The article profiles co-founders Chris Raethke and Iain McCowan, whose earlier venture Dev-Audio was acquired by Biamp in 2014.

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