Blast OIF | 23 things from 2023
OIF Ventures' year in review: full Eftsure exit, Opportunity Fund close, Visory, DataMasque and Nullify backed, follow-ons at Inspace and Dataweavers, new team members and portfolio milestones.
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Stories naming Justin Liang. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
OIF Ventures' year in review: full Eftsure exit, Opportunity Fund close, Visory, DataMasque and Nullify backed, follow-ons at Inspace and Dataweavers, new team members and portfolio milestones.
Weekly roundup detailing nine Australian startup funding rounds totalling $107.35 million, spanning pet e-commerce, quantum sensors, proptech, agtech, EV charging, sailing apparel, marketing tools, consumer goods and pregnancy wearables.
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OIF's blog republishes an AFR report: Inspace has banked a $6 million round backed by B Capital and OIF, plans AI features and US growth, while proptech peers :Different and Yabonza have failed.
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OIF Ventures' third monthly portfolio roundup: XM Cyber's roughly billion-dollar sale to Schwarz Group, Assignar's secondary raise, new investments in Inspace, mod.io and Atelier, plus portfolio awards, customers and product launches.
Virtual inspection platform Inspace has secured A$4 million in fresh capital, with Our Innovation Fund leading the round alongside Leigh Jasper, Investible and Artesian. OIF partner Geoff Levy joins the board.
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VR property startup Inspace XR raised $750,000 led by Investible, with Artesian, Taronga Group and Sydney Angels participating; founders Justin Liang and Eric Fear credit Liang's venture capital background.
Sydney VR startup Inspace XR has raised seed funding from Sydney Angels, Artesian and Investible to develop its design-visualisation product and expand into China and the US.