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Birchal’s new LaunchVic-backed investment syndicate has helped raise $1.9 million for hardware startups in 90 days

Startup Daily - December 5, 2024 2 MIN READ

Crowd-sourced funding (CSF) platform Birchal’s new Birchal First Syndicate has turbocharged $1.9 million in funding for Victorian hardware technology startups in 90 days since its launch. The angel syndicate, backed by a $300,000 LaunchVic grant, combines its lead investments with retail investor support on the crowdfunding platform’s equity capital raising campaigns. While battery-powered aircraft engine… Read more »

Venture Capital

3 angel investing groups just scored $900,000 in Victorian government grants

Simon Thomsen - August 17, 2022 2 MIN READ

The Victorian government has handed out $900,000 in grants to three new angel investor networks to back early-stage startups. Innovation, medical research and digital economy minister Jaala Pulford said Cut Through Angels, Climate Angel Network and Playbook Angel Network, each will receive $300,000. The grants will help the angel groups to establish operations in Victoria and… Read more »

Funding

Canberra medical imaging startup Aurabox banks $500,000 Angel round

Simon Thomsen - May 5, 2022 2 MIN READ

Canberra medical imaging startup Aurabox has raised $500,000 in Angel investment to transform how doctors and patients collaborate and share medical imaging. Founded in 2021, Aurabox is a software-as-a-service platform that enables the seamless sharing of medical imaging between doctors and patients. The medtech startup plans to use the funds to complete technical development and run… Read more »

Advice

Australia’s ’20/12 rule’ is stifling angel investment and any chance of younger generations backing startups

Cheryl Mack - December 1, 2021 4 MIN READ

When the topic of regulations that need to change to increase angel investment in Australia, an excuse that often comes up is: “Retail investors aren’t prevented from investing in startups, there’s the 20/12 rule!” Well let me tell you why that’s largely unhelpful. I recently spoke with someone who told me they were looking to… Read more »

Funding

Sneaker reselling marketplace PUSHAS raises $1.2 million pre-seed round

Simon Thomsen - October 15, 2021 2 MIN READ

Move over Banksy. While the anonymous UK street artist is grabbing headlines today after his semi-destroyed artwork, Love is in the Bin, sold for $34 million a Sydney sneaker marketplace has raised $1.2 million in a pre-seed round. PUSHAS was founded in 2017 by Justin Truong and Sandy Li and offers a secondary market for… Read more »

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Funding

The rise of angel investors continues with a new VC syndicate, Flying Fox

Simon Thomsen - June 21, 2021 2 MIN READ

The rapid rise in Australian early stage investment platforms has continued with the launch of Melbourne-based Flying Fox. Early stage investment was considered “the valley of death” for startups in recent years due to a lack of capital. And while Australian early stage investment lags well behind the UK and US – $3.60 per capita… Read more »

Other tech

LaunchVic is investing in healthtech with a new angel network

Simon Thomsen - February 9, 2021 < 1 MIN READ

The Victorian government’s startup agency, LaunchVic, is on the hunt for investors to join it in a new angel network to back what it says is the state’s largest startup sector: healthtech. The plan follows through on the 2019 Angel Network report by Professor Josh Lerner, which recommended that LaunchVic establish sector specific angel networks… Read more »

Opinion

Australian universities will hasten their own demise if they try to save costs by ignoring startups

Alan Jones - June 16, 2020 5 MIN READ

Australia’s universities are in desperate trouble, and their first move has been to cut the entrepreneurship and innovation arms they should be defending at all costs. Sometimes, there’s no satisfaction in being right with predictions; like the time back in early March, when I predicted that the tech startup accelerator programs and incubators being offered by… Read more »

Topics

Home loan data protection fintech raises NZ$1 million

Simon Thomsen - October 10, 2019 < 1 MIN READ

A cloud-based New Zealand fintech for home loan brokers to protect customer data has raised NZ$1 million, led by the Flying Kiwi Angels. FileInvite, a cloud-based platform that streamlines how mortgage brokers and other financial advisers request, receive and store documents in loan applications has now raised NZ$2 million in 18 months as laws around… Read more »

Topics

The winners of the 2019 Australian Angel Investment Awards

Simon Thomsen - September 30, 2019 4 MIN READ

Scale Investors director Lynda Coker accepts the award for Best angel exit of the year from Techboard CEO Peter van Bruchem. The 2nd annual Australian Angel Awards recognised the most active investors in local startups. Brisbane led the sector in FY19. Women-focused Scale Investors won exit of the year for Trademark Vision’s sale to… Read more »

Topics

Come hear some of Australia’s best angel investors talk about how it’s done

Simon Thomsen - September 18, 2019 2 MIN READ

Startup ecosystem analysts Techboard will announce the winners of the Australian Angel Awards 2019 at the Sydney Startup Hub next Friday, September 27, and as part of the event, is holding a panel session featuring four of the country’s best angel investors. Investible’s Trevor Folsom, Jelix Ventures founder and CEO Andrea Gardiner, Follow [the] Seed founding… Read more »

Topics

3 things Australia’s most active angel investor does to succeed

Simon Thomsen - August 28, 2019 2 MIN READ

Bill Grierson is the best-known startup investor you’ve never heard of, although last year he was recognised as the country’s most active angel investor in Techboard’s Australian Angel Awards. Grierson earned the accolade with 22 investments in 16 companies in 2018. Four were new deal investments, with the remainder follow-ons. Over the past five years,… Read more »

Topics

The national angel investor awards are returning for 2019

Simon Thomsen - August 5, 2019 2 MIN READ

Startup ecosystem analysts Techboard will recognise the importance of angel investors in the sector’s growth with the second annual National Angel Awards to be held in Sydney this year. The awards recognise and celebrate people and companies active in the angel investment community, the role they play in the Australian startup and tech ecosystem… Read more »

Other

Autism support platform Rockmelon raises $3 million, customer communication startup Pendula raises $3.5 million

Gina Baldassarre - February 19, 2019 2 MIN READ

Sydney startup Rockmelon, which has created an education platform to help autistic children and their parents, has raised $3 million from angel investors to expand internationally.

Advice

What investors are really looking for

Startup Daily - August 27, 2018 4 MIN READ

After seven years of life in startups, and now on the investor side of the table, I’ve learned there are a few things many founders don’t know.

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