Investment Notes: Joyous NZ$15m Series A
Square Peg led employee-feedback software firm Joyous' NZ$15 million Series A and profiles its three co-CEOs, noting the founders' earlier ventures including Sonar6 and Cyberelves.
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Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Sonar6 raised.
The transaction that ended Sonar6's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.
| Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornerstone Ondemand | Acquisition | 2012 | US$13m ($12.2m) | Startup Daily (Wed 18 Jul 2018), Startup Daily (Wed 11 Jul 2018) |
Companies Sonar6 acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Sonar6. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Square Peg led employee-feedback software firm Joyous' NZ$15 million Series A and profiles its three co-CEOs, noting the founders' earlier ventures including Sonar6 and Cyberelves.
A New Zealand property management software firm has raised NZ$2.3 million; an electric car sharing startup there secured NZ$1 million from corporates; and an Auckland HR venture announced seed backing led by an Australian VC.
AirTree Ventures invests in Auckland HR startup Joyous's $1.5 million seed round alongside Sam Morgan and Tuhua Ventures. The piece also recalls founder Mike Carden's earlier company Sonar6 being sold to Cornerstone OnDemand.
Also Startup Daily