Australia link-in-bio platform Linktree has acquired two-year-old competitor Koji from its parent company GoMeta for an undisclosed figure. In the tortured syntax beloved of tech titans. Linktree said in a blog post that Koji’s link-in-bio product “will be sunset” on January 31. We take that to mean shut down rather than a glowing golden light… Read more »
Link-in-bio startup Linktree has cut staffing again, with 27% of its workforce, mostly in Australia and New Zealand, to depart as the company turns its attention to the US. Cofounder and CEO Alex Zaccaria told staff in an email that with the US being their largest market, with the White House and the Denver Nuggets… Read more »
If Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wasn’t so obsessed with his avatar wandering around on Web3, perhaps he would have called the parent company Lyrebird, rather than Meta, when it rebranded in 2021. The Australian native bird is famed for its mimicry – not just of other birds but everything from cameras clicking to chainsaws, babies… Read more »
Melbourne link-in-bio startup Linktree has made three key US-based hires to build out its executive team under CEO and cofounder Alex Zaccaria. Snap’s former VP of Engineering Farnaz Azmoodeh has signed on as chief technology officer, while the business now has its first chief product officer in former Headspace chief product and content officer at… Read more »
Melbourne-based link-in-bio startup Linktree has been caught up in the latest changes to Twitter under its quixotic new owner, Elon Musk. Linktree boss Alex Zaccaria, ironically, took to Twitter to argue Musk’s latest diktat was “anti-creator and antithetical” to the foundations of the Internet and Twitter, pointing out that Linktree drives double the traffic to… Read more »
Link-in-bio startup Linktree is cutting around 50 jobs from its global workforce, reducing staffing by 17%. Cofounder Alex Zaccaria told staff in an email that “the news I have to share with you all today harder than anything I have ever done”. “Our people have built Linktree into what it is today: trusted by millions… Read more »
Melbourne-based social media venture Linktree has $152 million (US$110m) in a raise the company describes as a Series B extension. This third round of fresh capital comes 12 months after its initial $59 million Series B. The business is claiming a $1.8 billion valuation on the back of its latest cash injection. Linktree has been… Read more »
Melbourne-based social media venture Linktree has tapped the market for more cash, just five months after its A$15 million series A, raising another US$45m (A$59m) in a Series B The round was co-led by European VC Index Ventures, and New York’s Coatue. AirTree Ventures and Insight Partners returned as investors with a Who’s Who of… Read more »
Melbourne-based social media venture Linktree has ended four years of bootstrapping, taking on $15 million (US$10.7m) in a series A round to expand globally. Linktree is a free tool to optimise internet presence for a celebrity, company or blogger, curating content across social media sites such as Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Twitch, sending viewers to other… Read more »
Happy Monday all. Let’s kick off the week 1. Zoom goes security shopping Video communication site du jour, Zoom, is working on beefing up its security, with CEO Eric Yuan implementing a 90-day plan focusing on privacy and security, after a string of incidents with strangers – hello Hamish Blake – dropping uninvited… Read more »
If you tell me you’re creating a website for your startup, I’ll ask you if your dial-up internet and fax machine are installed too. You might think I’m exaggerating, because well, I am. But only a little bit. That’s because dial-up internet was once seen as the cutting edge development of a digitally empowered business,… Read more »
Linktree co-founders Zaccaria, Nick Humphreys and Anthony Zaccaria Melbourne-based social media venture Linktree is the only Australian startup to make the cut in US business site CNBC’s list of the world’s most promising startups. The annual list by CNBC looks for the top 100 venture-backed startups globally with the potential to transform industries and become… Read more »
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