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Three ANZ startups that raised $81 million this week

Roundup of three trans-Tasman raises: Ordermentum landed $55m from Five V Capital, defence-tech firm Arkeus closed $25m, and music platform Lume gathered NZ$1.3m from well-known backers before its launch.

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ReciMe, the shared recipes app you need for the perfect meal, just chowed down on $500,000 in pre-Seed funding

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Investment Notes: Bella Acton - Our Creative Director!

AfterWork Ventures announces Bella Acton as its Creative Director, describing her storytelling background, her startup Never Liked It Anyway, her role at Kin Group, and why the fund hired a creative lead.

Ignition Lane’s Weekly Wrap: Airtasker lists, Culture Amp revenue jumps, Spotify’s $5bn payout, Andreessen Horowitz bets on NFT

Ignition Lane's weekly technology roundup: Seequent and Neto acquisitions, imminent listings for AirTasker and MadPaws, large venture rounds at Stripe, Yotpo, PatSnap, SecurityScorecard, Appfire and OpenSea, plus new fund plans and ecosystem news.

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Ignition Lane’s Weekly Wrap: the State of the Cloud, Belong’s multi-series, SPAC warnings and Roblox IPO delivers big

Weekly roundup by Ignition Lane covering Vend's sale to Lightspeed, Roblox's listing, raises at Pipe, DataGrail, Mastt, Sonnant and Corvus, LaunchVic's new fund for women founders, and Scale Investors' new co-CEOs.

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