Startup · $3.7m raised
Melbourne, VIC
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Shebah raised.
Companies Shebah 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 |
|---|---|---|
| George McEncroe | CEO · Founder | Startup Daily, SmartCompany (Mon 16 Dec 2019), Women's Agenda (Sun 17 Mar 2019), Women's Agenda (Thu 14 Feb 2019), SmartCompany (Wed 13 Feb 2019) |
| Georgina McEncroe | Chief Executive · Founder | Women's Agenda, SmartCompany, Startup Daily |
| Carol O’Hanlon | Marketing Director | Crunchbase News |
Stories naming Shebah. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Crowdfunding platform Birchal has opened a new raise on its own site, seeking $3 million; the piece recalls its 2022 raise, 2023's top platform raises and several CSF-funded failures and a listing.
Techboard's monthly roundup cataloguing April 2022 Australian startup funding: megadeals, seed rounds, grants and crowdfunding, nine acquisitions, several ASX listings, and venture firms' fund news.
Roundup of female-founder wins: Reejig raises $15m, Healthy Mummy acquired by Halo Food Co for $17m, Shebah exits administration, Canva donates to Afghanistan relief, and CBA buys into Paypa Plane.
Weekly roundup reporting Australian raises including Zero Co, MOBI and CipherStash, Cashrewards' takeover agreement, Shebah's collapse, WeWork's NYSE listing, crypto regulation recommendations and SiteMinder board appointments.
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Household products startup Zero Co set an Australian crowdfunding record, raising $5 million in under seven hours on Birchal, on top of earlier backing from Square Peg and private investors; rival Shebah entered voluntary administration.
Melbourne women-only rideshare firm Shebah has entered voluntary administration after pandemic lockdowns cut revenue, with administrators seeking a sale, while the article recalls its record 2019 crowdfunding raises.
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Zero Co's $5 million crowdfunding campaign on Birchal sold out in six hours, breaking Australia's record, after the startup revealed a $6 million Square Peg round and an earlier $2 million private raise.
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Waste-reducing household products maker Zero Co secured $6 million from Square Peg Capital, with its Birchal crowd-funding target lifted to a record $5 million before opening to the public.
Melbourne bubble tea kit startup Bubble Tea Club has launched a Birchal equity crowdfunding raise, setting an Australian record for expressions of interest, with nearly 3000 people pledging and $2 million in shares offered.
A weekly roundup reporting fresh raises by Deferit, Karbon, VendorPanel, Symple and Thrive, plus Klarna's US$1 billion round at a US$31 billion valuation.
Commentary on women backing women: Adore Beauty's record ASX float, Kate Morris and George McEncroe investing in Whole Kids' crowdfunding raise, Pronto's campaign launch, and other recent female-led listings.
Organic kids' snack maker Whole Kids has exceeded its half-million-dollar Birchal equity crowdfunding target, drawing backers including several well-known founder-investors, with one campaign day remaining.
A Techboard funding report shows Victorian fintechs took nearly 80% of $2 billion allocated to Australian startups last financial year, led by PEXA's $1.6 billion acquisition and Judo Bank's $930 million raise.
SmartCompany's year-end roundup profiles nine businesses that scaled rapidly in 2019, including Shebah's record equity crowdfunding and follow-up round, July's Strandbags-led raise, and Louis Mittoni's revival of the Toys 'R' Us brand.
Techboard's quarterly report tallies record funding for Australian startups in early 2019, led by the PEXA sale and Airwallex's raise, while flagging that private investment growth may be slowing.
Techboard's March 2019 quarterly report records over $2.6 billion in startup funding, driven by CBA's PEXA acquisition, Airwallex's unicorn round, several large raises, and a warning that early-stage deal flow is shrinking.
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Techboard's quarterly report finds March 2019 Australian startup funding passed $2.7 billion, driven by the PEXA sale, while Airwallex's Series C created the period's second local unicorn, though a downturn is forecast.
Ride-sharing service for women opens a $3 million equity crowdfunding campaign to fund technology and overseas growth, with its founder describing fruitless talks with venture capitalists.
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