Proptech ResVu has raised $1.5 million in a strategic investment from real estate software company MaxSoft Group. The Adelaide startup has built a white label mobile app and management platform for strata companies. It plan to use the funds intends to build its sales and marketing team ahead of an international push, as well as… Read more »
Byron Bay eco-startup, Zero Co, rewrote the history of Australian crowd-sourced funding (CSF) on Tuesday after raising $5 million in just 6 hours and 27 minutes. It’s the largest CSF campaign in Australian history – $5 million is the maximum under law – and beats the previous record by $2 million. It also broke several… Read more »
Melbourne construction tech startup BuildPass has raised $1 million in a pre-seed round. The raise was backed by local construction industry companies and strategic US-based investors with the company looking to expand into the US market in the next 1-2 years. BuildPass was co-founded by Matt Perrott and Aaron Vanston, who met with principle engineer, James… Read more »
Mum and dad investors eager to invest in plastics waste reduction startup Zero Co have flooded the website of crowd-sourced funding (CSF) platform Birchal ahead of the company’s $5 million raise. More than 2500 people pre-registered for the Birchal campaign during the expressions of interest phase. With the offer due to open to investors at… Read more »
Environmental startup Zero Co has raised $6 million from VC firm Square Peg Capital just as the venture launches the biggest crowd-sourced funding (CSF) campaign in Australian history. The 11-month-old Byron Bay company, which is reducing plastic waste generated from common household products, is already generating more than $1 million a month in sales of refillable… Read more »
Live entertainment startup, Muso, has cranked up the volume as the nation emerges from lockdown with a $2 million seed-plus raise for international expansion plans. The round was led by Melbourne VC Rampersand, with a syndicate headed by Athena Home Loans co-founder Michael Starkey also chipping in alongside Alberts Impact Capital, Flying Fox VC and… Read more »
GovConnex, a political intelligence and relationship management platform, has raised $1 million in a round led by local VC Black Nova. The funds will be used to scales platform to organise all of Australia’s government data amid plans to expand internationally by the end of 2021. The GovConnex platform, which launched in 2019, captures information… Read more »
Move over Banksy. While the anonymous UK street artist is grabbing headlines today after his semi-destroyed artwork, Love is in the Bin, sold for $34 million a Sydney sneaker marketplace has raised $1.2 million in a pre-seed round. PUSHAS was founded in 2017 by Justin Truong and Sandy Li and offers a secondary market for… Read more »
Marketplace lending platform CrowdProperty Australia has raised $1.5 million in a seed round as it aims to ramp up finance for SME property development. The raise was led by developer Oscar Done, supported by several property, financial services, and tech investors including Black Nova VP Alex Retzlaff and former TripAdvisor technology VP Jeff Lewis. CrowdProperty launched… Read more »
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 »
Sydney legal tech firm Smokeball, a cloud-based practice management software startup that automatically tracks a lawyer’s time and activity for billing, has raised $30 million in its first capital round. The investment from private investors and employee shareholders will be used to fast-track the expansion of its 200+ person team, based in Sydney and Chicago, as… Read more »
You may not realise it, but your cloud platform plays a crucial part in scaling your business and attracting funding. Here’s a typical scenario: Your development team is missing deadlines for new product features or paid feature requests because they’re constantly getting pulled away from development to put out operational fires on your cloud platform.… 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 »
The CEO of Rocket Lab, Peter Beck, has doubled down on his investment in a New Zealand data startup tackling the vehicle parts industry in a NZ$3.7 million pre-series A raise. The round into Partly values the business at NZ$46 million. It was led by existing investor Blackbird Ventures, with Beck, also an existing backer,… Read more »
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