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Simon Pound

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Pre-seed $2m

Manifest raises $2 million to help ad agencies eliminate timesheets

Adtech startup Manifest has launched with a $2 million pre-seed round, led by Brand Fund with Antler, Icehouse Ventures, Techstars, family offices and industry angels taking part, aiming to replace agency timesheets.

SmartCompany Wed 29 Apr 2026 ManifestAppetiseBWM DentsuIdeallyIPG MediabrandsMicrosoftMumbrellaMutinexPreviously UnavailableProphetSling & StoneTaboo GroupTechstars SydneyTRATracksuitAntler AustraliaBrand FundHuljich & Bhatnagar Family OfficesIcehouse VenturesConnon BrayHenry InnisJames HutchinsonJamie MackayJonathan IsaacsJordan Taylor-BartelsMark CoadTim BurrowesFreddie McKenzieHenry CollinsonSimon PoundTom Reid

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Seed $3.4m

Former Kiwi TikTok boss gives PowerPoint an AI makeover with NZ$3.8 million Seed round

Aether, a New Zealand AI presentation startup co-founded by a former TikTok NZ manager, raised NZ$3.8 million in seed backing from Icehouse Ventures and Brand Fund 2 after spinning out of studio New+Improved.

Startup Daily Fri 22 Aug 2025 AetherIdeallyNew+Improved VenturesTikTokTimelyTracksuitXeroBrand Fund 2Icehouse VenturesBarnaby MarshallCarsten GrueberSimon PoundUrsula von Keisenberg

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