Startup · $14m raised
Melbourne, VIC
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Liven raised.
Every published round Liven took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
Companies Liven has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio companies recorded yet. | ||||
Fund closes reported for Liven, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Liven has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Liven did.
| Company | Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio company of Liven is recorded as having been acquired. | ||||
Companies Liven acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Company | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OrderUp | Acquisition | 24 Jul 2023 | - | Startup Daily, Forbes Australia, Australian FinTech, SmartCompany |
| Abacus | Acquisition | 24 Jul 2023 | - | Startup Daily, Forbes Australia, Australian FinTech, SmartCompany |
| Zeemart | Acquisition | 24 Jul 2023 | - | Startup Daily, Forbes Australia, Australian FinTech, SmartCompany |
| Copper | Acquisition | 24 Jul 2023 | - | Startup Daily, Forbes Australia, Australian FinTech, SmartCompany |
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Grace Wong | Chief Strategy Officer · Founder | Forbes Australia, Australian FinTech, SmartCompany |
| Shahrooz Chowdhury | Co-founder and co-CEO | Startup Daily, Australian FinTech, SmartCompany |
Stories naming Liven. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Melbourne hospitality tech firm Liven has bought four software startups, two Australian plus one Singaporean and one American, for a combined $152 million, expanding its all-in-one restaurant technology offering.
Techboard's quarterly report tallies record funding for Australian startups in early 2019, led by the PEXA sale and Airwallex's raise, while flagging that private investment growth may be slowing.
Techboard's March 2019 quarterly report records over $2.6 billion in startup funding, driven by CBA's PEXA acquisition, Airwallex's unicorn round, several large raises, and a warning that early-stage deal flow is shrinking.
Also Startup News (WA)
Techboard's quarterly report finds March 2019 Australian startup funding passed $2.7 billion, driven by the PEXA sale, while Airwallex's Series C created the period's second local unicorn, though a downturn is forecast.
Order-ahead app Hey You, born from the Beat the Q and Posse merger and backed by Reinventure, has brought in Uzair Moosa as chief executive as it plans growth into food and new cities.