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PubX has raised a US$5 million Series A led by Chicago Ventures and acquired media quality firm Compliant, whose CEO Jamie Barnard becomes PubX's President of Global Demand Growth; acquisition terms were undisclosed.
Financial Review owner Nine has scrapped its deal with Joe Aston's Rampart after editor James Chessell quit the masthead for the venture, which recently banked $2.3 million from five backers including David Gyngell.
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Long-serving Financial Review editor James Chessell departs Nine to edit Joe Aston's new venture Rampart, which has recently banked $2.3 million from five backers; Cosima Marriner steps up to lead the masthead.
Everlab, a preventative health firm, has tapped agency Outside In to shape its brand and debut campaign, due in October; the piece also cites its $65 million Series A.
A liquidator suspects the Big Smoke, Alexandra Senter's publishing and marketing agency, spent years unable to pay debts before collapsing owing over $4 million, much of it to the tax office and her family.
Queensland government screen agency awards its third online production grants round, giving four local online series $50,000 each in production funding.
Bigdatr has released a compliance platform letting Australian advertising regulators screen creative against industry codes, assign risk ratings, and review concerning ads shortly after publication.
Sydney careers platform Anyway appoints two commercial directors from Accenture and Scentre Group; the piece also notes that Vinyl Group acquired Val Morgan Digital, a recent appointee's former employer.
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Live entertainment and ticketing group TEG has promoted Karen Chapple to an expanded customer and product leadership role and hired Cameron Curtis, previously at News Corp Australia, into a new marketing and data position.
India's biggest PR firm Adfactors PR has bought most of Australian communications consultancy SenateSHJ, which keeps its brand, leadership and Sydney and Melbourne offices while gaining regional scale.
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Talent and influencer agency Click is broadening past gaming into new categories, appointing Gianni Borrelli and promoting Tilly Barker, under a year after GameSquare acquired it.
KK Press, publisher of the Australian Cosmopolitan and T magazine titles, has gone into liquidation with roughly $1.1 million owing to creditors, including the tax office, staff and suppliers.
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Short-term rental manager Hometime has hired Alison Walsh, previously CMO at Chatime Australia and a 17-year Guzman y Gomez veteran, as its chief marketing officer, reporting to co-founder and CEO Billy Crock.
Australian adtech firm Veridooh adds ex-Interpublic chief executive David Bell to its advisory council; the write-up also covers his career and Veridooh's 2022 Series A raise.
Melbourne behavioural-intelligence startup Flowing Bee hires Jonny Hanratty from The Lab to lead applied research and strategy amid rapid growth; named backers include Archangel Ventures, Antler and LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund.
Fabulate, an Australian creator-marketing platform, has completed an oversubscribed 4.5-million-dollar raise valuing it at 84.5 million dollars post-money, largely from returning shareholders, to fund Asia-Pacific growth.
Rampart, Joe Aston's 18-month-old business news outlet, raised $2.3 million from five investors at a $28.75 million valuation, with proceeds earmarked for hiring, new verticals, events and technology.
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KK Press, the independent publisher that relaunched Cosmopolitan Australia, has entered voluntary liquidation, ending the magazine and T: Australia after five years.
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| Investor | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Centerstone Capital | Capital and expertise for tech in professional services | 1 |
| Nightingale Partners | Private equity firm backing business owners for long-term returns | 1 |
| Screen Queensland | 1 |