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Companies Unilever 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Keith Weed | Exec (former) | SmartCompany |
| Paul Polman | CEO (former) | esade.edu, onimpact.com.au, privateequitywire.co.uk, SmartCompany, Business News Australia |
| Troy Warfield | Customer Development Director (former) | Wholesale Investor |
Stories naming Unilever. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
PubX has raised a US$5 million Series A led by Chicago Ventures and acquired media quality firm Compliant, whose CEO Jamie Barnard becomes PubX's President of Global Demand Growth; acquisition terms were undisclosed.
Weekly roundup reporting Australian startup funding rounds and government grants, a venture fund close, agreed acquisitions, an IPO pricing, a collapse, plus executive hires and AI policy developments.
Paperbark, a Sydney startup helping ecommerce retailers recover lost revenue, was founded by Bryce Antoine and Eli Simic, took $120,000 from Josh Parsons, and has signed Onnit and Olly, two Unilever-owned brands.
A monthly Crunchbase roundup of five lesser-known AI funding deals: Greyparrot's Series B, Emesent's equity-plus-debt package, SoundHealth's Series A, Forge Industries' round and Cascade's seed raise.
Australian adtech firm Veridooh adds ex-Interpublic chief executive David Bell to its advisory council; the write-up also covers his career and Veridooh's 2022 Series A raise.
AgFunderNews roundup of agrifood deal news: eleven startup funding rounds, Generate Capital selling Equinox Growers, executive appointments including a new FFAR board member, and other industry items.
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The surplus-food marketplace has entered liquidation with its assets for sale; the piece recalls its 2024 seed raise led by Investible vehicles and its founder's next steps.
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Weekly agtech and foodtech roundup: multiple venture raises, Carbon Direct's purchase of Pachama, two food-focused funds closing, board and C-suite appointments, and an Australian delivery firm shutting down.
Zitcha, an Australian retail-media advertising technology company, has secured $15 million in Series A funding, with US firm VMG Partners leading and OIF Ventures also involved, to support its American expansion.
The Australian renewable energy agency awards federal grants for ten studies at food, wine and water businesses, seeking replicable ways to cut industrial emissions and save power.
ARENA awards $1.98 million in feasibility-study grants to ten businesses, from meat processors to a water corporation, to investigate renewable energy and efficiency projects that cut industrial emissions.
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup: Hysata's green-hydrogen Series B, Rize's Series A, other raises, Ocean 14 and Peakbridge fund closes, Uber buying Delivery Hero's Taiwan unit, executive hires, and an accelerator's cohort selection.
Esade honours the Klarna co-founder at its alumni day; he describes Norrsken's mission to support companies with positive impact and reflects on entrepreneurship, networking and mentoring.
Roundup of venture-funded startups reengineering everyday foods with unusual ingredients, detailing recent raises by Onego Bio, Planet A Foods, Savor, Perfect Day, Ripple Foods and Sydney-based Eden Brew.
Publisher's manufacturing roundup: Anagenics completes a $1.3m placement, Harvest B hires an NPD lead, Great Wrap launches a compostable wrap product, AICRAFT and GoMicro partner on agtech, and Transmutation wins a Telstra business award.
Roundup of five Australian startups that secured new capital this week: Amber Electric's $29m Series C, ProcurePro's $6.15m, Yume's $2m seed, Alt.Leather's $1.1m seed, plus an undisclosed Tenacious Ventures investment in Nbryo.
Melbourne food-waste startup Yume announced a A$2 million seed round from Investible's Climate Tech Fund, Launch VIC, Goodrich Group, Veolia and angel Pitzy Folk, bringing its total funding to A$7 million.
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Weekly agrifoodtech roundup: Paine Schwartz closes its $1.7bn food-and-ag fund; several seed and Series A rounds; Tangelo acquires Diet ID; Infarm declared bankrupt; layoffs and partnerships across the sector.
Australian micro-influencer marketplace Tribe has secured $5.5 million in pre-IPO funding from Saville Capital, Cyan Capital and SG Hiscock, with chief executive Anthony Svirskis weighing an IPO amid strong public-market appetite for tech stocks.
Antler Australia streamed its first virtual Demo Day to over 2000 viewers, presenting twelve startups built through its five-month program, and unveiled two new initiatives supporting women founders and online company-building training.
Profile of RightPaw, a marketplace connecting vetted dog breeders with buyers, which joined Antler Australia's accelerator, received Antler investment, and presents at its Demo Day.
Surf Lakes, the wave-pool technology company, has appointed Troy Warfield, previously a senior executive at Topgolf, British Airways, Avis Budget Zipcar and Kimberly Clark, to its board as a non-executive director.
Irish grocery delivery firm Buymie closed a €1.6 million round led by Haatch Ventures with HBAN and BVP Investments, while former Unilever Ventures co-founder Jan Harley joined its board.
Galileo Ventures reflects on backing Relevance AI from its VectorAI origins, recalling its seed and Series A rounds and celebrating the company's newly announced Series B.
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