Funding & Finance
News, opinions and advice on capital raising and finance strategy.
The real reason why Domenic Carosa’s Future Capital Development Fund has launched a pre-IPO...
This week, Domenic Carosa's Future Capital Development Fund (FCDFL), Australia's only internet-focused Pooled Development Fund, announced its plans to raise a new round of capital in the lead up to an IPO. It's current portfolio consists of approximately 15 companies, including MP3.com.au, which he bought back from Destra last year.
First it was tech talent, now Wellington is wooing Aussie start-ups across the Tasman
A new campaign targeting Australian start-ups, as the next stage in its efforts to put Wellington on the map for Aussie businesses looking to...
Future of Work tech startup BenchOn has raised $650,000 in a seed funding round
BenchOn, a B2B talent mobility platform that solves the problem of employee underutilisation by matching a business’s idle staff to short-term contracts, has raised...
7 tips every entrepreneur should know about raising capital for a second venture
Even if you have a strong track record of business success, sourcing funding that fits your needs and goals isn’t easy. Doubly so if you are already running a business that absorbs your attention around the clock. You simply don’t have the time to play games or make rookie errors.
Are you Australia’s most innovative startup? Investible is looking for you to represent the...
Over the month of May, Investible will hold seven pitch battles across Australia and Southeast Asia, to find the most innovative startups...
Oxford University spinout Zegami has secured £1.25 million to transform how businesses deal with...
Zegami, the augmented intelligence company helping businesses unlock their data potential through visual data exploration, has raised £1.25M in equity funding....
Aussie smart energy tech startup raises $3.2 million in crowdfunding rush for device that...
Ecocentric’s funding to date includes $3.2 million raised from equity investors with the support of Merchant Corporate Advisory.. Equity crowdfunding legislation was introduced in January 2018. Previously, everyday investors didn’t have access to these types of investments.
Why I’m raising capital during a pandemic: The strange benefit of raising capital during...
Who would have thought that a pandemic would be the right time to raise capital? When lockdown started, my team and I were simply focused on being able to keep the business going so that we would see a future
Longtail UX secures $2.25 million supplementary investment led by Woolworths Group’s VC arm W23
The investment will further support Longtail UX’s international expansion and delivery of its full self-service platform, as well as enhancing the launch of Longtail UX’s new product - LUX Shopping.
Airbnb of dinner parties, Gathar, raises $600,000 in seed investment funding
Food-tech startup Gathar, described as the Airbnb of dinner parties, has just closed $600,000 in seed investment funding, at a time when eating at home is surging in popularity.
Australia’s first real estate social media platform has been valued at $20 million following...
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...
Social networking app Travello raises AUD$5 million to build the world’s largest online community...
Founded in 2015 by two footy mates from northern Queensland, Travello connects travellers from all corners of the globe, recommends experiences and allows users to browse and book more than 50,000 activities. The social networking app is currently used by more than 350,000 travellers in 180 countries. In July 2018 alone, Travello recorded 1.8M events on the Travello feed.
Australian deep web intelligence platform attracts $500k in seed funding round
ACT-based startup WorldStack has raised $500,000 in seed round investment from angel investors to meet the demands of the global market for a better way to source and analyse data across the entire internet, including the deep web and dark web.
This Internet-of-Things startup has closed $23.8 million in a series A funding round
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semiconductorIoT start-up, Morse
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has secured $23.8 million in Series A funding to take its ultra low power Wi-Fi HaLow chip...
Australian tech company Culture Amp raises US$82m (A$122m) to create a better world of...
The financing, which brings the total funds raised by the company to over USD$158million, will be used to accelerate Culture Amp’s global expansion and the development of innovative products and offerings that enable companies to build a better world of work.
Prospection raises $10m Series A round to fuel innovation in healthcare analytics
Australian healthcare analytics pioneer Prospection has raised A$10 million in its first external funding round, led by Main Sequence Ventures’ CSIRO Innovation Fund and Horizons Ventures.
Torpago analyses the future of the Fintech market basing on the trends for 2022
From the Robinhood fiasco to a startup boom reminiscent of the dotcom craze, average consumers and venture capitalists are keeping a finger on the FinTech pulse.
Vistaprint dives deeper into design, joining forces with the creative platform, 99designs
The combination of 99designs’ large network of talented freelance designers and Vistaprint’s more than 20 million customers will create a global platform which will make it easy for small businesses to access both professional design services and great marketing products in one place.
Do you really need a cofounder or can you go it alone? [VIDEO]
Some of the most successful startups and tech companies have have two founders - Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak (Apple), Larry Page and Serge...
Proptech startup ActivePipe raises $1.8m pre-Series A round to drive global growth
ActivePipe, a Melbourne based automated communications platform for real estate has announced a successful $1.8m pre-Series A funding round to accelerate current Australian growth and secure international distribution.
