CAPITAL RAISED

Cross-border payments start-up Airwallex has strengthened its Melbourne and Chinese development teams and accelerated R&D of its international payments platform following a US$3 million pre-Series A investment round led by Shanghai-based VC Gobi Partners.

Botanix is a medical dermatology company developing new prescription medicines to treat serious skin diseases, including acne, psoriasis and atopic dermatitis.

The inaugural Optus Future Makers program, launched earlier this year, is designed to foster digital innovation that has the ability to change the social landscape.

The Venture, luxury whisky Chivas Regal’s search to find and support the most innovative startups from across the world, rewarded five social enterprises the remaining share of their $1million annual fund at their Final Event in New York City.

Following the success of its first fund, rampersand is looking to raise another $50m to provide early growth stage funding for Australian tech businesses.

Australian peer-to-peer business lending platform ThinCats Australia has been boosted by a commitment of $30 million in funding for loans to small business

followit, Australia’s first real estate dedicated social media platform that supplies live property information via a friendly, ‘Instagram-like’ feed, to any smart phone, device...

Marketplacer, one of Australia’s fastest growing technology companies, recently successfully raised an additional AUD$11 million from private investors to enable it to accelerate global...

Food and beverage start-up Ordermentum has assembled an enviable list of star investors, entrepreneurs and corporate heavyweights for its $2.5m Series A

Clarity Pharmaceuticals, one of Australia’s few, clinical-stage biotech startups has recently raised $2 million to progress its world first cancer therapy

Market leader in the online equipment rental space, iSeekplant.com.au has attracted Seven Group Holdings to acquire a 25 per cent stake for over $2 million

Firstmac, Australia’s largest non-bank mortgage lender, has continued to narrow the funding gap with the major banks, recently raising $500 million capital

Blockchain entrepreneur and Digital X founder Zhenya Tsvetnenko and international fintech investor Neal Cross invested $500,000 seed funding in Future Penny

Fairfax Media’s Domain Group has invested $15 million in Oneflare, Australia’s fastest growing online marketplace connecting consumers with home services

Australian start-up, Meeco, has opened an office in Europe off the back of an A$3.2 million seed funding round from a syndicate of private investors

Optus has launched its new Future Makers program aimed at fostering digital innovation and bringing to life bold ideas that can change the social landscape

One10 has accepted healthtech start-up Health Delivered as the first participant in its Social Accelerator and made a undisclosed amount of seed funding

hipages, one of the top Australian platforms for finding and hiring home service providers, recently acquired StartLocal to expand its offering in Australia

Rimon has invested $100,000 in tech start-up Jayride as part of a larger capital raise and helped it raise over $500,000 in government incentives and grants

Consumer fintech start-up MoneyMe has raised $30 million after just two years in operation, signaling increasing confidence by investors in fintech