Company
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Lendlease raised.
Companies Lendlease 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Hennessy | CIO (former) | Startup Daily (Sun 14 Mar 2021), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (Tue 9 Mar 2021) |
| Michael Ullmer | Chairman (former) | Sandon Capital |
Stories naming Lendlease. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
An AFR managed-funds topic page: a star small-caps deputy goes solo with a new Sydney firm, Gigacomm buys rival DGtek, Google plans a multibillion-dollar domestic bond, plus fund manager and market stories.
Creditors have voted to wind up Canberra insect-protein startup Goterra after sale and recapitalisation efforts failed, with administrators reporting mounting losses and recoveries likely confined to their fees.
AndHealth has appointed Seer Medical's co-founder and former COO George Kenley as its 2026 ACTIVATE Executive in Residence; she will mentor Victorian digital health startups, with applications due 22 March.
Analysis of rising shareholder activism: Lendlease's chairman departs under Tanarra pressure, activists push Karoon over dividends, Tanarra surfaces on Bapcor's register, and L1 Capital runs an activist fund.
Weekly roundup of seven trans-Tasman raises totalling $27.4 million, headlined by Xefco's $10.5 million round, plus Hometime board appointments and Matrak's China expansion.
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Melbourne construction-tech firm Matrak has raised a $2.9 million Series A led by Singapore's G&M Capital, with Our Innovation Fund and Simon Yencken aboard, funding expansion into China and a new Suzhou office.
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.
Eaton Square says it acted for Extent Heritage, an archaeology and heritage consultancy, in the company's sale to RSK Australia, with principals Roger Collins-Woolcock and Mark Goodwin leading the mandate. No price disclosed.
Goterra, a Canberra venture that recycles food scraps with maggots into animal feed, has banked a $10 million bridge to grow its waste plants serving Woolworths, with a Series B planned this year.
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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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Weekly roundup covering 14 startup raises totalling over $260 million, headlined by Synchron's $110 million round, plus Roller's shareholder liquidity payout, Partly's record New Zealand Series A, and several government grants.
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Proptech CIM has raised a $10 million Series A led by Five V Capital, with Carthona Capital and property executives participating, valuing it above $100 million to fund expansion into Asia and North America.
Profile of construction technology startup CalcTree, founded by three engineers, whose platform connects engineering designs and calculations; the article covers its product aims and credits Antler's early investment and strategic guidance.
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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Newcastle-based workforce management software firm Pegasus has agreed to be acquired by Utah supply chain risk vendor Avetta, becoming its Australian base; Accel-KKR had earlier invested in Pegasus.
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Weekly roundup by Ignition Lane covering Vend's sale to Lightspeed, Roblox's listing, raises at Pipe, DataGrail, Mastt, Sonnant and Corvus, LaunchVic's new fund for women founders, and Scale Investors' new co-CEOs.
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Sandstone Technology has named Katherine Dziaman, formerly Group CFO at Tonic Health Media, as its Chief Financial and Operating Officer, replacing Pow-Chuan Lee, who recently departed the company.
Funding roundup covering raises by OpenMarkets, Mastt, Smrtr, The Nile Group and Preply, with Aconex's founders among Mastt's backers and Peter James joining The Nile as chairman.
Roundup: Square takes majority control of Jay Z's Tidal for US$297 million; WeLab banks a US$75 million Series C led by Allianz; construction software startup Mastt raises $2.2 million.
Zetaris, a Victorian analytics firm, received an investment and partnership from Ingram Micro after its Cloud Comet Competition, enabling global expansion, while Ingram Micro Australia appointed Trent Gomersall as cloud director.
A $131 million Cooperative Research Centre applying manufacturing techniques to construction has won federal support, with $28 million in government funding announced and industry partners contributing the remainder.
Two Sydney startups raise funding: Rockmelon secures $3 million from angels for international expansion, while Pendula raises $3.5 million led by Equity Venture Partners, which also recently closed a $35 million fund.