Skip Capital has led a $6.6 million raise for a construction tech platform that keeps track of quality and compliance during a build. The first raise for three-year-old Melbourne startup Visibuild was also backed by unnamed private and non-institutional investors, with the funding earmarked for product development as the business looks to expand across Australia… Read more »
The board of ASX-listed Genex Power Limited (ASX: GNX) have rejected a takeover bid by Altassian co-founder Scott Farquhar as undervaluing the business. Last Monday, after building up a 19.9% stake in Genex via a consortium controlled by Skip Capital, the family VC run by Farquhar’s wife Kim Jackson, in a partnership with US alternative… Read more »
Two months after Mike Cannon-Brookes made an audacious but ultimately doomed takeover bid for AGL, his Atlassian co-founder and co-billionaire Scott Farquhar is making his own energy play with a $320 million tilt at ASX-listed Genex Power Limited (ASX: GNX). Genex shares jumped as much as 50% on the news on Monday before closing 45%… Read more »
Atlassian co-founders Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar have backed electric delivery bike startup Zoomo in an A$80 million series B. The round was led by Grok Ventures, Cannon-Brookes’ family VC, supported by Farquhar’s private VC, Skip Capital and ArcTern Ventures. Existing investors, AirTree Ventures, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), Contrarian Ventures and Maniv Mobility also participated in the round.… Read more »
Reejig, the workforce intelligence platform that uses audited ethical AI to allow enterprise businesses to make smart and informed decisions around talent, has raised $6 million in a series A. The round was led by Kim Jackson’s Skip Capital, with participation from Airtree Ventures; Culture Amp’s Didier Elzinga and his opera singer wife, Greta Bradman;… Read more »
Airwallex has topped up its US$160 million (AU$254m) series D raise from April with an extra US$40 million ($57m) with Skip Capital, the family investment fund run by Kim Jackson with her husband, Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar. Regular backer Square Peg Capital also returned for the latest cash injection, which continues to value the… Read more »
Employment platform DCC Jobs has raised $1 million in seed funding and rebranded to WORK180 as it continues on its mission to connect women with roles at organisations with a focus on gender equality.
The one that got away: After paying $230 million for Catch, Wesfarmers is shutting it down 
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Tennis Australia is using facial recognition at the Australian Open to monitor fans 
Applications for Catalysr’s ‘migrapreneur’ startup accelerator program are about to close 
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