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Stories naming Nathan Walsh. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Square Peg podcast episode with Athena Home Loans' founders Nathan and Michael on lessons from building the mortgage challenger, their earlier ventures iSelect and NABTrade, and its record raise from local backers.
Square Peg explains its rationale for leading Athena's Series B, joined by Hostplus and Airtree, with analysis of the Australian mortgage market, the challenger lender's model, and its founding and senior team.
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Square Peg's post explains why it led mortgage platform Athena's $70 million Series C, with Hostplus and Airtree reinvesting and Australian Super, NAB Ventures and Salesforce Ventures joining as new backers.
A weekly technology roundup reporting a New Zealand booking software firm's sale, an Australian beauty retailer's acquisition, several venture raises, executive share sales at an e-commerce firm, and a new government fund committee.
A weekly roundup reporting raises by Athena, Comestri, Mass Dynamics and CircleSource, plus Malcolm Turnbull investing through Turnbull & Partners in UK cloud forensics startup Cado Security.
Afterpay, Airwallex and Up Bank took major prizes at the 2019 Finnie awards in Melbourne; Airwallex's $141 million raise won biggest raise and Liberty's purchase of MoneyPlace took deal of the year.
A year-end roundup of Australia's largest 2018 startup capital raises, covering Judo Capital, Deputy, Airwallex, Inflazome, SafetyCulture, Culture Amp, Canva, Havven, Athena, Ansarada and Data Republic, with investors and earlier rounds recalled.
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