Startup · $25m raised
Byron Bay
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Zepto raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| AirTree Ventures | Series A | - |
| Decade Partners | Series A | - |
Companies Zepto acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Zepto. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Zepto has promoted Emily Curlewis to General Manager, Commercial, heading sales, relationships and marketing after more than four years at the Australian payments company; she earlier held senior roles at PayPal and Atturra.
Payments firm Zepto has elevated long-serving security lead Mariana Paun to a newly created Chief Business Resilience Officer role, pulling information security, operations, risk and compliance together as Australian scam and payment rules tighten.
Payments company Zepto has promoted its first security hire, Mariana Paun, into a newly created executive role, Chief Business Resilience Officer, uniting security, operations, risk and compliance under one leader.
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup: Zepto and Getir raise big rounds, an Australian recycled-plastics startup lands $100 million backed by Lululemon, SoundHound acquires Allset, and several agrifood companies announce executive appointments.
Startup Daily's investor memo series profiles Skipped, a Sydney e-commerce inventory startup founded in 2023, recording its pre-seed investment from Antler Australia and its progress tackling stockouts for online retailers.
Byron Bay payments fintech Zepto has hired Laura Mineo as chief financial officer, returning from New York where she was CFO at Rokt and an executive director at Goldman Sachs.
Australian venture investors AirTree, Blackbird, Square Peg and OneVentures review their 2022 deployment and fund raises and predict capital efficiency, venture credit, consolidation and selective funding will shape 2023.
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Byron Bay payments firm Zepto won Business NSW's 2022 Business Awards top honour after an October innovation award; the profile also recalls its closed Series A raise and rapid headcount growth.
NSW government backing for Morse Micro's HaLow Wi-Fi expansion in Tech Central is still subject to a formal agreement, UTS plans a defence-compliant vault, and five scaleups are named as first recipients of accommodation rebates.
Techboard's March 2022 roundup of Australian funding: megadeals by Immutable, Saluda Medical, Linktree and Zeller, many smaller raises, acquisitions, an IPO, several fund closes, and companies still seeking capital.
Byron Bay payments fintech Zepto has secured a $25 million Series A led by AirTree Ventures and Decade Partners, funding domestic growth, hiring and expansion into New Zealand ahead of PayTo's launch.
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Weekly roundup of agrifoodtech deals: Nick's $100m Series C, Twiga's $50m raise, Nuro's $600m round, ReGen Ventures' $50m fund close, accelerator alumni updates and Bezos' climate pledge.
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Zepto announces it is the first non-bank accredited as both an NPP Connected Institution and a CDR data recipient, reports $3 billion in monthly payment volumes, and joins the Tech Council of Australia.
Payments platform Zepto, rebranded from Split Payments, has hired Carolyn Breeze as Chief Commercial Officer and Matthew O'Leary as Chief People Officer as it pursues a growth strategy built on open banking.