Sam Crowther

Six ANZ startups that raised $568.1 million this week

Funding roundup led by Airwallex's US$330 million Series G at a $12 billion valuation, with raises from Kasada, Hnry, All G, Bless Payments and Emanda, plus earlier rounds recalled.

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Data-scraping bot blocker backed by Malcolm Turnbull pockets $30 million

Bot defence firm Kasada has secured $30 million from EQT plus earlier backers Turnbull & Partners, Reinventure, Main Sequence, OIF, StepStone and Ten Eleven, with founder Sam Crowther back in Sydney.

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How Sam Crowther turned a high school gig into an international bot-blocking empire

Profile of Kasada founder Sam Crowther, a Forbes Australia 30 Under 30 listee, tracing the bot-mitigation firm from a $50,000 angel-backed launch in Newcastle to global operations and lifetime funding of $39 million.

Blast OIF | 23 things from 2023

OIF Ventures' year in review: full Eftsure exit, Opportunity Fund close, Visory, DataMasque and Nullify backed, follow-ons at Inspace and Dataweavers, new team members and portfolio milestones.

Tech founders pile in as VC fund raises $55m in a week

OIF Ventures has gathered $55 million toward a new Opportunity Fund with a $75 million goal, backed by several tech founders, and has put $4 million into Advanced Navigation's $108 million round.

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BLAST OIF | Edition VI

OIF Ventures' newsletter announces leading Nullify's pre-seed round, two investment team hires, portfolio company awards and product launches, and Go1's acquisition of Anders Pink.

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Malcolm Turnbull helps Newcastle hacker bank $23m to fight NFT bots

Bot-security firm Kasada, founded by Sam Crowther, raised $23m in a Series C led by StepStone, with OIF and Turnbull & Partners among existing backers; StepStone had recently acquired Greenspring Associates.

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Pets, cars and cybersecurity: 10 Aussie startups that raised a combined $372 million this week

A weekly roundup reporting ten Australian startups that together raised about $372 million, spanning pet e-commerce, marketplace software, fintech, used cars, cybersecurity, freight, data tools, genetic testing and payments anti-fraud.

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Aussie cybersecurity startup Kasada raises $14 million amid COVID-19 online crime spike

Cybersecurity firm Kasada has raised a Series B round led by Ten Eleven Ventures, with existing backers participating, as the pandemic drives a surge in online fraud and bot attacks.

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The CIA’s VC fund has backed Australian malicious bot blocker Kasada

Cybersecurity firm Kasada completed a $7 million Series A with CIA-backed venture fund In-Q-Tel as a new investor, adding to earlier backing from Main Sequence Ventures and Reinventure Group.

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Anti-bot startup Kasada raises $7M in Series A from CIA's venture fund In-Q-Tel

Bot-fighting startup Kasada has raised $7 million in a Series A joined by In-Q-Tel, the US intelligence community's venture arm, its first Australian investment, and hired Pascal Podvin to drive revenue operations.

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How this 23-year-old founder secured 500% revenue growth, and bagged $6.5 million in funding to boot

Security startup Kasada has banked fresh capital from Main Sequence Ventures and Reinventure to drive American expansion, reporting rapid revenue gains; an earlier round involving Our Innovation Fund is also noted.

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Reinventure backs cyber security start-up Kasada

Reinventure's blog announces its seed investment in Kasada, a bot-detection cybersecurity startup from 22-year-old founder Sam Crowther, with proceeds earmarked for local hiring and US expansion.