Company
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Pinstripe Media raised.
Companies Pinstripe Media 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AJ Koch | Managing Director | Startup Daily |
| David Koch | Chairman | Startup Daily (Thu 21 Apr 2022), Startup Daily (Thu 3 Oct 2019), Startup Daily (Fri 5 Jul 2019) |
Stories naming Pinstripe Media. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Brisbane VC Sprint Ventures has invested in business news streamer ausbiz, whose Series A+ raise continues; the company also added a new Head of Product and an extra market commentator to its on-air desk.
Interview with Andrew Paykel about Play Travel, a holiday booking and instalment payment startup; AP Ventures, 44% owned by Afterpay, invested over $10 million last year.
David Koch and Kylie Merritt are preparing to launch ausbiz, a free live-streaming business and startup news channel, in early 2020, with a Koch-led seed raise nearing completion and partnerships including Adviser Ratings and Iress.
Adviser Ratings, a Sydney-based startup that rates financial advisers, has launched a Series A crowdfunding campaign on Birchal, seeking $1.5 million toward marketplace and licensee-rating products; shareholders had already put in $1 million.
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.