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Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Marley Spoon raised.
Companies Marley Spoon 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kate Whitney | Chief Marketing and Growth Officer | Australian FinTech |
Stories naming Marley Spoon. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Sydney app Upstreet, which gave shoppers fractional shares for their spending, is closing; the founders gave no reason, 18 months after a Wattle Hill-led seed round and a lifetime raise near $5 million.
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Profile of Subundl, a SaaS platform co-founded by Jess Wright and Jamie Turner letting eCommerce retailers build customised subscription models, after Antler backed the startup at pre-seed stage.
Wisr has appointed Marley Spoon marketing chief Kate Whitney as a non-executive director from April 2022, following Cathryn Lyall's January appointment and lifting female board representation to 40%.
Upstreet, which gives shoppers fractional share rewards, has raised a $3 million seed-plus round led by Wattle Hill Capital, with funds earmarked for retail partnerships and platform upgrades.
Ignition Lane's weekly tech roundup: AirTree raises $700m across three new funds, dozens of Australian startups announce rounds, a wave of acquisitions including Block completing its Afterpay buy, plus Web3 commentary and US market moves.
Meal-kit startup My Foodie Box has listed on the ASX, raising $6 million at $0.20 a share for a roughly $13.4 million market cap, with shares up 25% on debut before easing the next trading day.
Sydney freight logistics startup Ofload raised a $20 million Series A at a $100 million valuation, with existing backers reinvesting and King River Capital, Flexport and Bay Grove joining.
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Roundup of recent raises: a New Zealand legaltech Series A, plant-based meat seed funding with a celebrity chef tie-in, hospitality software capital, and battery materials funding, plus board additions.
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Aera VC co-founder Derek Handley explains why the firm joined Fable Food Co's seed round, citing the Brisbane shiitake-mushroom meat alternative startup's retail traction, low-carbon product and experienced founding team.
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Vegan cheesemaker Hello Friend Foods exceeded its Birchal crowdfunding minimum, collecting $672,000 from 572 backers to lift production, packaging and product development.
Plant-based meat maker V2food has closed a large Series B with Asian backers to finish a Wodonga factory and enter Asian markets, following an earlier round the year before.
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SafetyCulture makes its first acquisition, buying training startup EdApp in a deal valuing it at $40 million, after previously investing $9 million including a convertible note.
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Blackbird's post announces its seed investment in Fable, a mushroom-based meat alternative maker co-founded by Michael Fox, Jim Fuller and Chris McLoghlin, describing the plant-based protein opportunity and the founders' backgrounds.
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