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Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Vodafone raised.
Companies Vodafone acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Vodafone. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Superloop's board has rejected Aussie Broadband's merger proposal as too low, with Aussie already holding a 19.9% stake; the piece also recalls Superloop's VostroNet purchase and Aussie's Symbio buyout.
Roundup of eight local raises totalling roughly $81.5 million: generative AI, sustainable packaging, VR medical training, optical radar, drinks, preventive health and wholesale retail software.
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Roundup of eight Australian startup raises totalling $433m, topped by Employment Hero's $263m Series F and Skykraft's $120m round; Darwinium, Konvoy Kegs, The Martec and three Birchal crowdfunds complete the week.
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The Martec, a Sydney talent-marketing platform, has secured an $8 million round led by family office AS1 with Airtree backing, to grow its offshore presence; its customers include Telstra, Coles and Adobe.
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Car subscription software firm Loopit hires Nima Idel to lead product growth, shortly after completing its first external capital raise of $3.6 million as it plans further expansion.
Brazilian digital firm CI&T is buying Melbourne consultancy Transpire for $23.4 million, adding about 100 specialists, with completion expected in the third quarter of 2022 subject to closing conditions.
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Ignition Lane's weekly tech roundup: AirTree raises $700m across three new funds, dozens of Australian startups announce rounds, a wave of acquisitions including Block completing its Afterpay buy, plus Web3 commentary and US market moves.
CX assurance software firm Cyara, co-founded in Melbourne, has shelved ASX listing plans and instead raised US$350 million from K1 Investment Management, with existing backers PeakSpan and Greenspring selling down stakes.
Block Earner closed a $6.4 million seed round led by Framework Ventures at a $56.4 million post-money valuation, ahead of an early-2022 launch of its DeFi yield platform for everyday savers.
Regional telco Field Solutions Group received $7.75 million in federal Mobile Blackspots Program grants to trial roaming with Optus, build 15 towers, and pilot a neutral host model across regional Australia.
Wholesale Investor profiles TEX.inc, a B2B e-learning marketplace founded by former big-tech executives, detailing an open million-dollar convertible note offering ahead of a planned Series A.
Cognizant has agreed to buy cloud consulting firm Contino for an undisclosed sum, aiming to strengthen its cloud services, with the deal expected to complete in late 2019 pending approvals.
New Zealand chatbot platform Ambit has raised NZ$1.75 million from Lewis Holdings and K1W1 to grow into Australia and the US. The piece also covers UBank's new AI assistant Mia, built with FaceMe.