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Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Hotelscombined.com raised.
Companies Hotelscombined.com acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Hichame Assi | Boss (former) | Startup Daily (Fri 3 May 2024), Startup Daily (Sun 25 Oct 2020), Startup Daily (Tue 20 Oct 2020) |
| Tim Freestone | Managing Analytics (former) | SmartCompany |
Stories naming Hotelscombined.com. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Shutterstock is buying creative marketplace Envato for US$245 million (A$373m), with completion expected in the third quarter, closing out an 18-year run for its three cofounders.
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Sydney software firm Factory.app has banked a $1.05 million seed round, Investible leading alongside angel and venture backers, to digitalise manufacturing workflows for small fabricators before expanding overseas.
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Ignition Lane's weekly roundup reports MyDeal and Adore Beauty listing on the ASX, Rokt's US$80 million Series D, several trans-Tasman raises, Quibi shutting down, Westpac trimming its Zip stake, and local executive appointments.
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Envato has named travel industry executive Hichame Assi as its new CEO after a year-long search, succeeding founder Collis Ta'eed, who steps back from operations but stays as chair of the Melbourne marketplace.
Recruitment testing startup alooba has raised $1.1 million in seed funding from angel investors, giving founder Tim Freestone runway to survive the coronavirus downturn, while the article also recalls HotelsCombined's acquisition by Booking.com.
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