Startup · $2.6m raised
Perth, WA
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Humm raised.
Companies Humm 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Iain McIntyre | CEO · Founder | Startup News (WA) (Thu 3 Mar 2022), Startup News (WA) (Fri 9 Jul 2021) |
| Rebecca James | CEO | Startup Daily |
Stories naming Humm. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Melbourne proptech Listing Loop has banked $2.1m toward its Series A, led through Allectus Capital with more commitments pending, and recently bought negotiation firm Hello Haus.
Startup News hands out its fifth annual community-voted awards, honouring WeMoney, Stuart Kidd and Paula Taylor, plus Spacecubed's Golden Ticket won by Matilda, and recaps the year's most-read stories including several funding rounds.
Voice AI company Curious Thing has secured $7 million in a pre-Series A round led by Hawkstone, with Blacksheep Capital, January Capital and returning backers Reinventure and Qualgro, to fund hiring and expansion.
Also TechCrunch Venture
Nodifi has hired Victoria Schmorl as a BDM covering Queensland and the Northern Territory, its latest addition amid rising dealership demand and a string of recent appointments.
Perth wearable tech startup Humm is shutting down after a failed Series A, five years after founding; its technology and CEO Iain McIntyre move to Californian startup Rogalife to develop an anxiety-relief wearable.
Car loan platform CarClarity hires three executives covering analytics, marketing and partnerships, following its Equity Venture Partners-led Series A and a period of rapid revenue and headcount growth.
Payments firm Monoova hires Salvatore Papaluca from hummGroup as Head of Growth, with CEO Christian Westerlind Wigstrom citing upcoming PayTo launches and Monoova's client base.
Perth-founded neurotech startup humm has opened a public beta of its brain-stimulation wearable designed to boost learning and memory, ahead of a full launch next year; it previously raised US$2.6 million.
Also Startup News (WA)
Sydney BNPL fintech Limepay has raised $21 million from existing investors in a pre-IPO round, seven months after a $6 million raise, with EB Games signed as a client.
Also SmartCompany·Australian FinTech·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Australian FinTech
Startup News recaps its most-read July-September 2019 stories, several of which reported WA funding rounds and a foundation fund launch, alongside growth of its HUBS database and subscriber base.
Five startups join the 2019 Plus Eight Accelerator, run by Spacecubed with muru-D, offering seed funding, mentoring and a Silicon Valley trip; the teams have just returned from San Francisco, visiting alumni Humm at Skydeck.