Startup · $10m raised
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Spaceship raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| AirTree Ventures | Bridge / extension | - |
| Grok Ventures | Bridge / extension | - |
| Mike Cannon-Brookes | Bridge / extension | - |
Companies Spaceship 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Bennetts | Chief Executive (former) | SmartCompany |
| Anna Cheng | AP Growth (former) | Australian FinTech |
| Andrew Moore | CEO | Australian FinTech (Thu 26 Sep 2024), SmartCompany (Tue 13 Apr 2021), Australian FinTech (Thu 5 Nov 2020), SmartCompany (Thu 20 Aug 2020) |
Stories naming Spaceship. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
eToro has agreed to buy Australian investing app Spaceship in a deal worth as much as A$80 million, bringing superannuation products into the trading platform's offering.
Techboard's monthly roundup tallies August 2022 private funding at $207m across 22 deals, listing the month's raises, BlackRock's acquisition of Akaysha Energy, One Click Life's reverse takeover listing, and several fund closes.
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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.
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.
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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Weekly roundup covering Canva's huge raise and rich-list climb, a run of Australian startup funding rounds including SiteMinder and Mable, Domain's purchase of IDS, and Mailchimp's sale to Intuit.
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Australian crypto micro-investing platform Bamboo hires Josh Thillagaratnam, Colton Dillion and Anna Cheng from Xero, Acorns and Spaceship. Its Series A is only in final stages, so no round is recorded.
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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Investment platform Spaceship reports its customer base passed 100,000 in October, with funds under management above $530 million. Backers include Grok Ventures and AirTree Ventures, and it has received over $50 million in funding.
Investment platform Spaceship raised $10 million via convertible notes from existing backers including Airtree and Grok Ventures, reporting stronger funds under management and doubled users during the pandemic.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation and the Cannon-Brookes family vehicle commit cornerstone capital to Tenacious Ventures, a new Australian agrifood venture fund backing early-stage startups, and recalls Sundrop Farms' sale to Morrison & Co.