Brisbane workplace learning platform Go1 has acquired five-year-old rival British content curation startup Anders Pink. The deal went through late last year for an undisclosed sum amid as part of Go1’s push into the European market after also acquiring Swiss-French edtech Coorpacademy, which delivers French and German language content. It was a busy year for… Read more »
Venture capital investors aren’t the only ones burnt by the collapse of upmarket furniture retailer Brosa, with customers left around $5 million out of pocket on products they paid for but didn’t get, a report on the startup’s finances by administrators, KordaMentha, reveals. Brosa was placed in Voluntary Administration on December 14 with assets of… Read more »
Atlassian cofounder and billionaire investor Mike Cannon-Brookes has lent Sun Cable, the startup behind a $30 billion project to send solar power to Singapore, $65 million to keep operating as the company’s voluntary administrators look to sell the business. Cannon-Brookes is making the no interest loan through his family venture capital firm, Grok Ventures after… Read more »
Northern NSW subscription butcher service Our Cow has snapped up the brand and other assets of failed Sydney grocery delivery startup Voly. The deal was finalised before Christmas, ahead of a second Voly creditors meeting on December 23. Our Cow bought the database, app and brand, hoping to grab a bigger slice of capital city… Read more »
Richard White, the Sydney-based billionaire founder of ASX-listed freight logistics business WiseTech Global, has acquired recently delisted data services company Kyckr. The deal is worth around $43.5 million, and was made throughWhite’s personal investment vehicle RealWise KYK AV Pty Ltd. Kyckr provides real-time Know Your Customer (KYC/KYB) and and Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) data from… Read more »
A $30 billion project to send solar-generated power made in Australia to Singapore has been placed in voluntary administration (VA) amid a reported falling out between its key backers, the tech and mining billionaires Mike Cannon-Brookes and Dr Andrew Forrest. Cannon-Brookes and Forrest are cornerstone investors in Singapore-based Sun Cable – the Atlassian co-founder through his private… Read more »
Nearly 100 staff at real estate and infrastructure digital twin startup will be looking for next jobs in the new year after the company cut 22% full-time employees and contractors, less than 10 days after announcing it had raised US$28.8 million (A$42m). The Sydney- and US-based startup is backed and chaired by former Macquarie CEO Nicholas… Read more »
Monogramed luxury fashion startup The Daily Edited (tde.) has new owners, with the owners of budget fashion brand Colette by Colette Hayman (CBCH), acquiring the brand from administrators KordaMentha. Parent business BJM is owned and chaired by former Myer boss Bernie Brookes. The sale price was not disclosed. Founded in 2014 by Perth-based former corporate… Read more »
ASX-listed online retailer Kogan.com has swooped on another distressed asset, acquiring failed furniture brand Brosa a week after it was placed in voluntary administration. Administrators KordaMentha reached a deal with Kogan.com (ASX:KGN) to buy Brosa’s assets for $1.5 million after more than 30 parties expressed interest in the 48 hours after the business was placed… Read more »
The deal to merge share trading platform Superhero and crypto exchange Swyftx, which was supposed to create a fintech unicorn, is over. Superhero founders John Winters and Wayne Baskin are resuming control of their business as Swyftx grapples with the fallout from the collapse of US crypto exchange FTX and concerns of money laundering by… Read more »
Global live entertainment and ticketing giant TEG has taken a majority stake in three-year-old Sydney startup FAN+. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. FAN+ was founded by former Sydney Kings CEO Rod Hary in 2019, getting its initial momentum as part of the Qantas AVRO accelerator, and the following year, the sports-focused HYPE… Read more »
Longevity has not been enough to save nine-year-old Melbourne delivery service YourGrocer, which shuttered its doors on Friday, just weeks after seeking to raise more than $1 million via crowdfunding. YourGrocer CEO Morgan Ranieri, a cofounder of profit-for-purpose venture, Thankyou, launched his grocery venture in 2013, taking a more boutique approach, working with around 85… Read more »
Online furniture retailer Brosa is up for sale after the business was placed in voluntary administration this week. Richard Tucker and Michael Korda of KordaMentha were appointed Voluntary Administrators of the 8-year-old ecommerce company, which raised more than $7 million in venture capital from the likes of Airtree and ASX-listed Bailador Technology Investments. While Bailador… Read more »
Deliveroo was losing around $3 million a month on its Australian operations, administrators KordaMentha found, with revenue sliding this year in the wake of 2021’s pandemic lockdowns. The business has put a Deed of Company Arrangement (DOCA), backed by the administrators, on the table offering a total of $18.8 million to staff, delivery riders and… Read more »
Technology community Tank Stream Labs has launched a portfolio of business services spanning areas such as recruitment and law to help founders build their business. The Tank Stream Labs (TSL) Group is a collection of service companies providing startups and SMEs with specialised services to support business development, audio and video content production, talent acquisition… Read more »
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