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Dating app Bumble sold in $1.9 billion deal after value plummets

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Six ANZ startups that raised $211.1 million this week

Roundup of six Australian and New Zealand funding rounds, headlined by Heidi Health and Octopus Deploy, also covering Nexl, OpenSolar, Lucent and PAM, with past acquisitions of Stella AI, MagicBrief and Codefresh noted.

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Sunroom Co-Founder Michelle Battersby on knowing your strengths and the power of intuition

Interview with Sunroom co-founder Michelle Battersby on her path from Citibank and Bumble to Kic and Sunroom; Blackbird partner Nick Crocker recalls backing the company.

Sunroom Co-Founder Michelle Battersby on knowing your strengths and the power of intuition

Interview with Sunroom co-founder Michelle Battersby on her path from Bumble's first Australian employee and Kic CMO to founding the creator platform, plus investor Nick Crocker on backing the team.

Clinical trials startup HealthMatch lands $10 million Series C

Sydney clinical trials platform HealthMatch raised a $10 million Series C led by Folklore Ventures with Square Peg participating, after laying off half its staff in June; funds will support rehiring and US expansion.

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Investment Notes: Voyantis $19m Seed

Square Peg's investment note explains why it co-led predictive growth platform Voyantis' $19 million seed round with Target Global, covering the founders' backgrounds and the market shift toward predicting customer lifetime value.

Winklevoss twins and global decacorn invest in Volopay's $29M Series A

Singapore-based spend management startup Volopay has raised a $29 million Series A mixing equity and debt, led by Justin Mateen's JAM Fund, with several other backers joining, to fund expansion into APAC and MENA markets.

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Mosh raises $25 million to break down taboos in men's healthcare

Australian men's health startup Mosh has secured $25 million in fresh capital from Hims co-founder Joe Spector, Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Regal Funds Management, with existing backers Parc Capital and Thorney also participating.

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Innovative Experience & Dating Platform with Former Tinder/Uber Advisors | 100+ B2B Partners

Wholesale Investor profiles UMEGO, a platform pairing shared-interest experiences with dating and friend-matching, citing 100-plus B2B partners and advisors formerly at Tinder and Uber, plus an investment offering.

Romance is big business: Bumble's Valentine's weekend IPO makes a billionaire of founder Whitney Wolfe Herd

Bumble's IPO valued the US dating app at US$13 billion, making co-founder Whitney Wolfe Herd a billionaire; the piece also recounts Bumble's history and its 2019 majority-stake sale to Blackstone.

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Bumble's IPO makes Whitney Wolfe Herd a billionaire, and youngest woman to take a tech unicorn public

Bumble's multibillion-dollar IPO makes co-founder Whitney Wolfe Herd a billionaire. The piece recaps the company's origins, its 2019 Blackstone majority-stake deal, and Match Group's announced acquisition of Hyperconnect.

Whitney Wolfe Herd becomes youngest woman to take tech unicorn public

Bumble's founder has listed the dating app on Nasdaq, becoming the youngest woman to take a tech unicorn public; the piece recalls Blackstone's 2019 majority purchase and details payouts around the offering.

Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

Morning roundup covering US pressure over Australia's news bargaining laws, Deliveroo's big raise, Volopay's seed round before its Australian launch, AgriWebb's Series B, plus crypto and Samsung briefs.

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Fitfam Findr becomes Fitafy, raises $430K

An interview with the founders of Fitafy, a Perth dating app for active people, covering its $430,000 seed round, its origins as an Instagram joke, and its rebrand from Fitfam Findr.

Mosh raises $1 million, including from Tinder co-founders, for tech tackling men's health taboos

Sydney men's health startup Mosh has raised $1 million in a bridging round backed by Parc Capital and Tinder's co-founders, as it expands into sexual health, skincare and mental health products.

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