Software startup GoGenerosity, which helps New Zealand businesses and charities make generosity easier, has raised NZ$1.3 million in a seed round. The raise was led by local private investors, with support from Icehouse Ventures. The funds are to expand the team and additional develop of the GoGenerosity software for new features such as EFTPOS integration. Recent… Read more »
Healthtech startup Perx Health has landed a $3 million (US$2.2m) seed round for its launch into the US market. The raise was led by AirTree Ventures. Perx launched in 2017 as behaviour change platform that supports people with chronic health conditions such as diabetes by creating engagement to help them adhere to daily treatment plans. The healthtech… Read more »
Kiwi startup Junofem, which has build a tech-enabled medical device to help women improve their pelvic floor health has raised NZ$1 million in seed funding amid ambitions to launch globally. The raise was led by local VC Global from Day One (GD1), which recently raised NZ$130 for its Fund 3. The business has previously been… Read more »
New Zealand cyber security education company SafeStack Academy has raised a NZ$2.3 million seed round. The raise was led by Sydney VC Jelix Ventures alongside trans-Tasman investors including Carthona Capital, the wittily named NZ VC K1W1 and the country’s growth capital fund, NZGCP. The cash injection will seek to to capitalise on the startup’s early traction,… Read more »
Queensland tech startup GreaseBoss, which keeps the wheels of industrial machinery spinning, has raised $2.5 million in a seed round. The Sunshine Coast business now counts San Francisco 49ers footballer “Joe Cool” Montana among its investors in the round led by Michael Dempsey from Pipeline Capital, with PioneerVC and Cathexis. GreaseBoss received initial funding from… Read more »
Early stage venture capital fund Tidal Ventures has put together a supergroup of the smartest and most successful tech company founders and C-suite execs to launch a new investment network called Tidal’s Expert Network (#ten). The #ten members invest in Tidal’s Seed Fund, connect with each other and the VC, and offer support to its… Read more »
Construction contracting tech startup ProcurePro has raised $2.6 million in a seed round. The funding round included several local construction industry executives, including Geoff Tarrant, co-founder of construction progressive payments fintech Payapps, as well as several Australian and US-based investors. It will be used to accelerate Australian and international growth plans. Founder and CEO Alastair… Read more »
Psylo, a preclinical biotech firm, has raised $1.1 million as part of an ambitious plan to treat mental illness with naturally occurring psychedelic drugs. The Sydney-based startup, part of Startmate‘s current W21 cohort, has been backed in a round led led by Chris Hitchen’s global micro-VC fund Possible Ventures. The venture’s prominent angel investors also include Airtree’s… Read more »
Sustainability-focused tech startup Greener has raised $1 million in a seed round. The funds raised will be used to accelerate the development of the Greener app, secure further commercial partnerships, and prepare the world-first solution for a national launch next year. The Greener app makes it easier for consumers to identify brands with a focus… Read more »
A Western Australian cleantech startup making a plastics replacement from seaweed has raises $1.3 million seed round. ULUU has been backed by the CSIRO’s VC fund Main Sequence, as well as Sydney impact investment fund Alberts Impact Ventures and syndicated private investment and family office firm The Eights to further develop its plastic replacement of… Read more »
Here’s the story of how Carted raised one of the largest seed rounds in Australian history and the strategy behind it. Holly and Mike from Carted ran the most effective fundraising campaign to gather support of world-class VCs with a record AU$13m Seed round. These headlines and deals don’t just happen, there is a process… Read more »
Canberra-based computing science startup Quantum Brilliance has raised US$10 million (A$13m) in seed funding. The investment into the Australian-German full-stack quantum accelerator startup, which emerged from The ANU’s research group in diamond quantum science in 2019, was co-led by the QxBranch founders’ and the CSIRO’s VC fund, Main Sequence, with other backers including CP Ventures, Investible,… Read more »
Performance monitoring and assurance platform Operata has raised $2.2 million in a seed round to help call centres in the shift to remote working operations. Sydney VC Tidal Ventures led the seed funding supported by Black Nova, Flying Fox Ventures and prominent angels. The Melbourne software startup, founded in 2018 and already profitable, has bootstrapped… Read more »
Marketplace startup Warrp has extended its seed funding window to the end of August as the company’s new user signups jumped 138% in July. The startup is in discussions with prospective seed funding partners after receiving competitive interest from investors and has decided to keep expressions of interest open over the next month. The seed… Read more »
US investment giant Andreessen Horowitz has led a $10.3 million (US$8m) investment in a Sydney startup tackling better workplace communication. Pyn was founded by Joris Luijke, the former VP of People at Atlassian and Squarespace, and CultureAmp co-founder, Jon Williams. The startup launched last year and raised a US$2.1m pre-seed round led by Accel Partners,… Read more »
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