Startup · $17.9m raised
Auckland
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Joyous raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| AirTree Ventures | Series A · Seed | - |
| Icehouse Ventures | Series A | - |
| Square Peg Capital | Series A | - |
Companies Joyous 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Carden | co-CEO | Square Peg Capital |
| Mike Carden | co-CEO · Founder | Startup Daily (Thu 8 Sep 2022), Square Peg Capital, Startup Daily (Tue 28 Sep 2021), SmartCompany |
| Philip Carden | co-CEO · Founder | Square Peg Capital, SmartCompany |
| Phillip Carden | co-CEO | Startup Daily |
| Ruby Kolesky | co-CEO | Square Peg Capital, Startup Daily |
| Sukhinder Singh Cassidy | CEO (former) | SmartCompany |
Stories naming Joyous. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Xero has named Sukhinder Singh Cassidy as its next chief executive from February 2023, succeeding the retiring Steve Vamos; her background spans Google, StubHub, Boardlist and Joyus.
Square Peg Capital's year-in-review recaps its 2021 portfolio: raises it led or joined, SPAC listing decisions, Vend's acquisition, new investment-team hires, and its newsletter and podcast output.
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Square Peg led employee-feedback software firm Joyous' NZ$15 million Series A and profiles its three co-CEOs, noting the founders' earlier ventures including Sonar6 and Cyberelves.
Auckland employee-feedback software firm Joyous has raised NZ$4 million in seed funding led by AirTree Ventures, following an earlier NZ$1 million seed round, to grow its engineering team.
Also SmartCompany
AirTree Ventures closes a $275 million third fund backed by Australian institutions and announces staff moves; the piece also recalls Canva's raise, Prospa's ASX listing and :Different's new round.
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