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A fintech roundup: Bench's closure and sale to Employer.com, multiple acquisitions, fresh raises at Float Financial, Open Ledger, NomuPay and Buk, Robinhood's regulator settlement, and Groww's listing plans.
Profile of New Zealand fintech Sugar Wallet, cofounded by Dev Soni and Sophia Ritchie, which simplifies investing for beginners and has joined GD1-backed Phase One incubator, with backing from fintech angel operators.
Weekly tech wrap: cloud-market trends, Tiger Global's cheques into Stake, Shippit and Carma, new VC funds, several acquisitions, grocery delivery startups Send and Quicko collapsing, and Elaine Stead joining M8 Ventures.
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AfterWork Ventures reflects on backing Stropro in February 2020, explaining why the platform opening structured bank products to sophisticated investors fits its unbundling-of-banks thesis and Asia-Pacific ambitions.
Share trading app Stake secured a $50 million Series A extension from Tiger Global and DST Global Partners, a year after its initial $40 million round, lifting total funding to $90 million ahead of a crypto launch.
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US investor Tim Draper has led a pre-seed round in Australian drone reforestation startup Lord of the Trees, raising US$1.25 million (A$1.67 million) at a A$7 million valuation.
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New Zealand fleet inspection software firm Whip Around raised a Series B led by Punakaiki Fund and Amplo, to grow its product and engineering team.
Australian comparison website Finder has raised $30 million from Future Now Capital after 15 years bootstrapped, valuing it at $650 million, as it pursues cryptocurrency and Web 3 opportunities.
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Tidal Ventures' investment note explains why it backed FrankieOne from its 2019 seed and joined the KYC/AML platform's newly announced A$20 million Series A, co-led by Greycroft and Airtree Ventures.
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Weekly roundup reporting Gilmour Space's raise, several startup funding rounds, KKR's Education Perfect deal, ASX listings, new funds from Accel and the Albert family, and global tech listings and acquisitions.
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Australian investing platform Superhero raised $25 million at a valuation above $100 million, with repeat angel backing from Nick Molnar and Larry Diamond plus Fred Schebesta, Regal Funds Management and Thorney Investment Group.
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Australian micro-influencer marketplace Tribe has secured $5.5 million in pre-IPO funding from Saville Capital, Cyan Capital and SG Hiscock, with chief executive Anthony Svirskis weighing an IPO amid strong public-market appetite for tech stocks.
Daily roundup reporting Databricks' billion-dollar Series G, Robinhood's emergency raise during the trading saga, DesignCrowd's $10 million pre-IPO funding, Xinja's wind-up vote, and record Australian venture capital in 2020.
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Profile of a Brisbane bitcoin micro-investment startup, covering its founding team, its completed seed raise, backing from a university investment fund, and plans for a future Series A.