Manager of Leverage and Portfolio Management, Firemark Ventures
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| CEO (former) | Fintech Australia | Startup Daily (Mon 28 Feb 2022), SmartCompany (Mon 2 Aug 2021), SmartCompany (Wed 16 Dec 2020), SmartCompany (Wed 29 Jul 2020), SmartCompany (Wed 13 May 2020), SmartCompany (Wed 29 Jan 2020), Startup Daily (Fri 7 Jun 2019), SmartCompany (Fri 7 Jun 2019) |
| Manager of Leverage and Portfolio Management | Firemark Ventures | Startup Daily |
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IAG's venture arm Firemark Ventures has committed a $75 million second fund, already deployed into Texas 3D imaging startup Plnar; earlier backing included UpGuard, Myriota, Hyper Anna, Airtasker and Life360.
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Australian buy-now-pay-later firm Afterpay has agreed to a US$29 billion acquisition by Square, with founders Nick Molnar and Anthony Eisen expected to join the payments company once the deal completes in early 2022.
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Neobank Xinja is shutting its Australian banking operations, handing back its ADI licence and returning deposits, blaming COVID-19 and difficult fundraising, while pivoting to its US share trading product.
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Roundup of ten Australian fintechs that raised capital between March and July 2020, including Payright, Zeller, Judo Bank and Airwallex; PictureWealth raised $12 million and acquired NEO Financial Solutions.
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NAB is buying neobank 86 400 for roughly $220 million, folding it into UBank, shortly after rival Xinja said it would quit banking, leaving fewer independent Australian neobanks standing.
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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.
FinTech Australia's 2019 Finnies awards recognised Airwallex with three trophies including Biggest Raise, Afterpay as FinTech Organisation of the Year, plus wins for Up, Zuper, Xinja, Athena and others.