Company
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round WME raised.
Companies WME 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Bell | Founder | campaignbrief.com, SmartCompany |
Stories naming WME. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Eaton Square advised ASX-listed Credit Clear on its acquisition of debt recovery firm ARMA Group for $46 million plus earnout; the post also recalls WME's sale to Melbourne IT and a Drawbridge Pharmaceuticals raise.
Nick Bell expands his Asia-based digital agency First Page into Australia, installing Byron Redhead as Melbourne CEO, four years after selling WME; launch clients include Godfrey Hirst and James Said.
Web.com Group has agreed to acquire Arq Group, rebranded Webcentral Group, for around $12.2 million at $0.10 per share, following a strategic review; the article also recalls earlier acquisitions of Dreamscape Networks and Webcentral.
Medicinal cannabis platform CannVaLate oversubscribed its Series A within a week, collecting $4 million largely from doctor investors, six months after launching, with funds spent on licensing and technology and a Series B planned.
Daily venture briefing rounding up fresh startup funding rounds, two venture fund closes, the BitTorrent and Flipgrid acquisitions, departures from Social Capital, a Khosla hire and other technology news.