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Australian SME lender BiiGGA hires Lee Slattery as chief commercial officer to own commercial strategy, distribution and growth after its strongest quarter on record.
Australian fintech youX has hired Matt Perry, who joins from Pepper Asset Finance, as chief commercial officer, tasking him with commercial strategy and growing lender, dealer and broker programs.
Cleaning products maker Zero Co, backed by Square Peg and crowdfunded via Birchal, is closing down solvent and will hand leftover funds to shareholders after failing to find a workable path forward.
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Australian brokerage Stake names former Perpetual and MLC chief Geoff Lloyd as board chairman, citing his three decades of financial services leadership as the firm reports growth in assets and customers.
Zip Co has hired Travis Tyler, previously a founding leader at neobank 86 400 with past roles at Westpac and St George, as its Australian Chief Product Officer, starting January 2022 and joining the ANZ leadership team.
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.
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.
Reusable household packaging startup Zero Co raised a $2 million seed round led by Kim Jackson's Skip Capital, with returning backer Rob Chapman and Koala's co-founders joining, after earlier pre-seed funding and a Kickstarter campaign.
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