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Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round PwC raised.
Companies PwC 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amir Vahid | Director (former) | SmartCompany, Our Innovation Fund |
| Dave Lemphers | Director of Cloud Computing and Saas (former) | Forbes Australia |
| David Bergmark | Executive (former) | Startup Daily |
| David Tattam | Executive (former) | Startup Daily |
| David Weber | Director (former) | SmartCompany, Our Innovation Fund (Tue 22 Feb 2022), Our Innovation Fund (Tue 22 Feb 2022) |
| Diana Shoolman | Director (former) | Wholesale Investor |
| Dominic Yap | Australian FinTech, Startup Daily | |
| Luke Sayers | CEO (former) | Startup Daily (Mon 26 Sep 2022), Startup Daily (Wed 9 Feb 2022), Startup Daily (Mon 1 Feb 2021) |
| Sean Quagliani | Director and Product Leader (former) | SmartCompany, Our Innovation Fund (Tue 22 Feb 2022), Our Innovation Fund (Tue 22 Feb 2022) |
| Suzanne Dodds | Consultant (former) | Startup News (WA) |
| Tom Seymour | Chief Executive | Our Innovation Fund |
| Tony Massaro | Partner | Wholesale Investor |
Stories naming PwC. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Skalata Ventures, the seed fund and founder-training program led by Paul Little and Rohan Workman, is raising a second vehicle plus growth capital, reporting 30 investments and a 44 per cent IRR.
Skalata's rebrand announcement explains its shift to year-round seed investing, wider cheque sizes and follow-on plans, recaps team hires including a Venture Partner and three associates, and notes portfolio companies' Series A raises.
Gridcog, an Australian-founded energy modelling platform now headquartered in London, has landed a US$10 million ABB-led Series A, with Axpo, DNV Ventures, VERBUND X Ventures, AlbionVC and CEFC joining.
Also pv-magazine-australia.com·gridcog.com·Cut Through Venture
Forbes Australia profiles billionaire Ed Craven's funding of MainCode, a Melbourne venture where chief executive Dave Lemphers leads a team building Australia's own large language model on home soil.
Sydney risk-and-compliance software firm Protecht has sold a majority stake to US firm PSG Equity for US$280 million, giving Arrowroot Capital an exit three years after leading the bootstrapped company's first raise.
Blackbird's annual review letter recaps a year of investing: sums deployed across dozens of rounds, distributions to its investors, four new investment-team members introduced, and foundation and community program highlights.
The Victorian government-backed venture fund's inaugural CEO Grant Dooley is resigning after nearly three years, with no replacement named; the fund's past backing of Neo-Bionica, Atmo Biosciences and RayGen is recalled.
Phonely, a Melbourne maker of AI receptionists, has secured US$500,000 from Y Combinator to fund team growth and new languages; shorter items note an AI board advisor, a government AI program, and OpenAI news.
Also SmartCompany
Folklore's blog introduces new CFO Clare Power, who brings a quarter-century of finance experience from firms including Deloitte, Deutsche Bank, BT and Income Asset Management.
Roundup of the week's funding news: nine companies across Australia and New Zealand secured investment spanning clean energy, construction logistics, legal tech, coaching, research tools, creator media, medtech and marketing software.
Also Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·LaunchVic
Melbourne tax app maker TaxLeopard has bought Airtax, a PwC-born tax tool with tens of thousands of users, and is now seeking new funding.
AgFunderNews' monthly roundup of agrifood leadership changes: a new CFO at Little Leaf Farms, co-CEOs at Incredo, Chobani's new CMO, plus appointments, departures and layoffs across sector companies.
Alberts Impact Ventures recaps 2022: six new portfolio companies, five follow-on investments, a led seed round in Abby Health, plus team events, a trade mission and investor recognition.
Also RenewEconomy·SmartCompany·Techboard·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·RenewEconomy
Australian crypto startup Clanz has launched Thematic investment products offering diversified blockchain exposure, and reports a $4 million seed round led by private investment, with further public funding still being raised.
Capitaliz has named Nic Foster as chief executive and Paul Cilia as a non-executive director, strengthening the succession planning platform built by advisory firm Succession Plus.
Property funds manager EG has launched proptech incubator EGX, which already holds a nine-figure portfolio and backs Willow, Reveal and FLNT, with fintech expansion flagged.
Insight Partners and AirTree have added NZ$20 million to LawVu's Series A, lifting the New Zealand legal software firm's total funding, with Insight's large recent cheques into SafetyCulture and Octopus Deploy also noted.
US IoT security vendor Armis has launched a Melbourne APAC office and hired nine staff under former Nutanix manager Andrew Draper; the piece also recalls its 2020 acquisition and 2021 investment round.
Ignition Lane's weekly technology roundup: climate-tech funding activity, Grok's bid for AGL, King River Capital's digital asset fund, a batch of Australian startup raises, Maropost acquisitions, GigSuper's collapse and a National AI Centre appointment.
Also Startup Daily
Weekly roundup of seven startup raises: OCR Labs' Series B, Zoomo's Series B extension, plus new funding for Lumi, Upflowy, Linkby, Fortiro and Licorice, alongside Scalapay's unicorn round and Arkon Energy's pre-seed.
Also SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Techboard·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Forbes Australia·Australian FinTech
OIF, an Australian VC, announces a $3.5 million investment leading Fortiro's seed round, profiling the document fraud-detection startup's technology, PwC-experienced founders, and customer traction.
Also OIF Ventures portfolio·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Australian FinTech
Australian lender Moneytech adds three senior executives: a new head of corporate sales from Commonwealth Bank, a chief financial officer from Thorn Group, and a chief technology officer from ScotPac, as its CEO flags a growth phase.
Receipts startup Slyp has raised a $25 million Series A, with new investors Sayers Group and the Leibovich brothers joining existing bank backers including NAB Ventures, Reinventure and ANZ.
Profile of The Experience Exchange, an employee upskilling platform piloted by PwC, Deloitte, Apple and Cisco. Co-founders Darren Scott and Shane Grove lead it; a safe-note is open and a VC-led equity round is being sought, but nothing has closed.
Fundsquire has launched Grant Advance, a non-dilutive funding product for businesses using government grants, across Australia, Canada and the UK, following a strategic investment from Fasanara Capital.
Blackbird's investment note explains why it co-led cyber intelligence startup Cyble's US$4 million seed round with Spider Capital, describing the dark web monitoring product, its founders, and its Y Combinator background.
OIF Ventures' newsletter rounds up portfolio achievements: award wins and list placements for several companies, new product launches, and partnerships including Go1 with Employment Hero and Adobe, plus community masterclasses and webinars.
Workplace culture platform Remote Social has secured $1 million in seed funding from Black Nova VC, NeuroPower, Antler Australia and five angel investors to grow its Culture-as-a-Service offering for distributed teams.
Skills-training platform Forage, which builds virtual work experience programs with employers, has raised a US$25 million Series B led by Blackbird Ventures, roughly a year after its US$9.3 million Series A.
Also Startup Daily
Insight Partners led a NZ$17 million series A into New Zealand legal tech firm LawVu, with AirTree Ventures returning; the article also recalls Insight's recent backing of Employment Hero, SafetyCulture and Octopus Deploy.
Anti-fraud fintech Eftsure, whose only venture backer is the publisher's fund, is fielding unsolicited takeover interest and testing the market via Monash Advisory; that fund was recently lifted to $100 million.
Wholesale Investor profiles TEX.inc, a B2B e-learning marketplace founded by former big-tech executives, detailing an open million-dollar convertible note offering ahead of a planned Series A.
Ignition Lane's weekly column rounds up Australian raises including Octopus Deploy, Neara, Mr Yum and Archistar, ThinkTilt's sale to Atlassian, Latitude's ASX listing, and US moves by Tiger Global, UiPath and Squarespace.
Also Startup Daily
A promotional profile of Elevation Digital, highlighting its executive team drawn from major financial firms and marketing a convertible note offering to fund development ahead of a planned Series A.
Roundup covering Zip's new chair, 6clicks' $5 million raise, a Koala data exposure, Andrew Forrest's criticism of Elon Musk, and Melvin Capital's bailout.
Xinja is handing back its banking licence and closing accounts after failing to secure promised funding, despite several past raises; it hopes to continue its delayed US share trading product Dabble.
Profile of behaviour-change SaaS firm Appellon, recalling its 2019 raise, noting PwC as channel partner and recent contract wins, while it seeks new investment.
A company update ahead of Food Mover's app launch, describing its food-industry marketplace, partnerships and client work, and noting the team is seeking seed funding through the publisher's platform.
A profile of Melbourne crypto exchange BlockBid, covering its 2017 raise, a family and friends round, and R&D financing accessed through Radium Capital to fund growth.