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Me&u takes on American Express and DoorDash as it eyes first profitable year
Me&u launches a new AI-powered reservations platform to compete with Resy and SevenRooms, targeting profitability in 2026 after merging with Mr Yum.
Company · Software
Squarespace
Funding history
Investors
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Squarespace raised.
What Squarespace bought
Companies Squarespace acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
People
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Joris Luijke | Vice President (former) | Startup Daily (Mon 31 May 2021), Startup Daily (Mon 31 May 2021), SmartCompany (Fri 28 May 2021), SmartCompany (Wed 29 Jul 2020) |
Coverage
Stories naming Squarespace. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
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$8m
The makings of billionaires: A brief history of Afterpay
A retrospective of Afterpay's journey from its 2014 founding and only venture raise to its ASX listing, US and European expansion, and its agreed $39 billion takeover by Square, alongside partnerships and controversies.
13 deals
Ignition Lane Weekly Wrap: Australian space takes off, edtech learnings, Facebook hits $1 trillion
Weekly roundup reporting Gilmour Space's raise, several startup funding rounds, KKR's Education Perfect deal, ASX listings, new funds from Accel and the Albert family, and global tech listings and acquisitions.
Also Forbes Australia
15 deals
Ignition Lane's Weekly Wrap: CBA's cash splash, NZ's Hi-Tech awards, the biggest tech news from around the world
Weekly roundup covering CBA's strategic stakes in Little Birdie and Amber, several Australian funding rounds, Zip's BNPL acquisitions, Tritium's planned NASDAQ listing, Amazon's MGM purchase and other global tech news.
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2 deals
HR tech startup Pyn raises $10.4 million as Silicon Valley's Andreessen Horowitz comes to Sydney
Australian HR tech company Pyn has raised $10.4 million led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Atlassian's Scott Farquhar and BambooHR's Ryan Sanders participating, following a $3.1 million seed round last year.
Also Startup Daily
22 deals
Ignition Lane's Weekly Wrap: Tiger is the new Softbank, Accel's 40x, more marketplaces, Zooming into VC
Ignition Lane's weekly column rounds up Australian raises including Octopus Deploy, Neara, Mr Yum and Archistar, ThinkTilt's sale to Atlassian, Latitude's ASX listing, and US moves by Tiger Global, UiPath and Squarespace.
Also Startup Daily
4 deals
The startup funding round: Fintech frenzy continues, $50 million for cancer biotech, and Stripe's $122 billion valuation
Weekly roundup reporting QBiotics' $50 million raise, LAB Group's $4 million from Costa Asset Management, Hudled's $640,000 backing, and Stripe's US$600 million round at a US$95 billion valuation.
Also Cut Through Venture
Exit / M&A
“A successful Australian exit”: E-commerce startup OneSaas acquired by Intuit Quickbooks
Sydney e-commerce integration startup OneSaas, founded by Corneliu Tusnea in 2010, has been bought by Intuit Quickbooks for an undisclosed sum, supporting the new Quickbook Commerce product.
2 deals
Atlassian and Culture Amp alumni launch Pyn and bag $3 million to improve how companies communicate with remote workers
Culture Amp and Atlassian alumni founded Pyn, which raised seed funding led by Accel with Skip Capital and Jay Simons taking part, to improve employer communication with remote workers.