WiseTech Global’s billionaire former CEO Richard White may be on leave from the company he founded 30 years ago, but he’s keeping busy on the business front, increasing his stake in ASX-listed Vinyl Group via a deal involving another one of his investments, the music licensing startup Songtradr. White stepped down as WiseTech’s boss last… Read more »
Patience and persistence have paid off for US-based music licensing marketplace Songtradr, founded by expat Australian songwriter and entrepreneur Paul Wiltshire, after raising US$70 million (A$106m) in a Series E after a 20-month hunt for investors. That figure is well short of ambitions for a US$170m (A$235m at the time) raise at a US$500m valuation,… Read more »
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