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Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round University Co-operative Bookshops raised.
The transaction that ended University Co-operative Bookshops's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.
| Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booktopia | Acquisition | 2020 | - | Startup Daily (Tue 3 Nov 2020), Startup Daily (Thu 6 Feb 2020) |
Companies University Co-operative Bookshops acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming University Co-operative Bookshops. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Booktopia has lodged a prospectus to float on the ASX in December at a valuation near $315 million, raising $43.1 million while existing holders sell $18.1 million of stock; it earlier raised $20 million.
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Online bookseller Booktopia secured a $20 million private capital raise led by Su-Ming Wong and John Sampson, following a cancelled crowdfunding attempt, and had recently acquired the University Co-operative Bookshops.
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