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Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Virgin raised.
Companies Virgin 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jonno Elliot | Managing Director | Startup Daily |
Stories naming Virgin. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the fund led by Bill Gates, took part in a $17.24 million round for Perth climate startup Rumin8, whose cattle feed additives cut methane; Prelude Ventures, Aware Super and Harvest Road also invested.
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Square Peg explains its rationale for leading Athena's Series B, joined by Hostplus and Airtree, with analysis of the Australian mortgage market, the challenger lender's model, and its founding and senior team.
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Blackbird presents its seven new investment associates, profiling their varied backgrounds across elite sport, science, banking, consulting and startups, plus prior roles at firms including Sprint Ventures, NZ Growth Capital Partners and AustralianSuper.
SendGold has appointed Maria Loyez, formerly a marketing executive at Volt Bank, SocietyOne and OFX, as Chief Customer Experience Advisor ahead of its global launch.
Roundup covering Zip's acquisition of QuadPay, Openpay's UK debt facility, Snapchat restricting Trump, Atlassian's DevOps feature additions, Beam's Series A raise, and an upcoming capital-raising webinar.
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