Tag: Simon Ward
This start-up has raised $600,000 in just six weeks to improve the quality of...
Start-up consumer review platform Aged Care Reviews (ACR) has completed the first hurdle of its $1.4 million Series A capital raise, raising $600,000 in...
Who wants to back maker of anti-energy beverages? Tauro Capital finds a boutique fund
Anti-Energy Beverages Inc. makes what could be termed new age beverages. Its first product is an all-natural drink, refreshingly called Everyday Sunday and suggestive of a spirit people can still summon even if they can’t roll back the calendar.
Farmbuy.com raises $1.6 million, BuyMyPlace raises $1 million; Tauro Capital on a roll
Farmbuy.com, described as Australia’s largest dedicated rural and lifestyle property real-estate web portal, was founded in late 2009 by CEO Philip Sondhu, who grew up on a farm and has been quick to see virgin prospects in rural real estate and rural farm property.
The top five mistakes that cause most investment deals in Australia to fail
Mistake #1 – Assuming the other side are idiots
Mark Carnegie, the founder of M. H. Carnegie & Co. Investment Committee, was recently quoted as...
A plan that might just ease the pain of a visit to the dentist
Tauro Capital raised the first $500,000 in just two days, apparently the fastest in its history. It raised the total of $900,000 in cash and commitments on a valuation of $7.87 million in Round I and $11.74 million in Round 2.
Diary of an entrepreneur raising capital: The ‘Claytons’ Stock Market
When I embarked on my current search for new funding, I thought I was familiar with most of the likely sources: friends (relatives and fools), angels, angels with teeth - Venture Capital (VC), strategic investors (the Holy Grail), an IPO or Lotto.
But it turned out there was one I wasn’t aware of...
Diary of an entrepreneur raising capital: The 'Claytons' Stock Market
When I embarked on my current search for new funding, I thought I was familiar with most of the likely sources: friends (relatives and fools), angels, angels with teeth - Venture Capital (VC), strategic investors (the Holy Grail), an IPO or Lotto.
But it turned out there was one I wasn’t aware of...