Eloise Keating
Editor at Smart Company (Australia)
Editor at @SmartCompany / book lover / political nerd / Stevie Nicks fan / Mum and aunty. Views my own, unfortunately.
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6 days ago |
smartcompany.com.au | Eloise Keating
Digital business cards, AI agents and palm oil alternatives: this week’s funding round-up showcases just some of the exciting innovations being developed by Australian startups. Keep reading to learn more about five local companies that collectively raised $87.1 million this week. Melbourne-founded startup Blinq leads this week’s funding round-up with a $38.4 million (US$25 million) investment that is being billed as the largest Series A round by an Australian company so far this year.
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1 week ago |
smartcompany.com.au | Eloise Keating
A former Uber Eats engineer who decided to do something about the growing piles of outdated business cards on his desk has raised nearly $40 million for his startup from high-profile US investors, including the investment arm of customer relationship management giant HubSpot. Jarrod Webb began working on Blinq back in 2017 while in his role at Uber in Melbourne.
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1 week ago |
smartcompany.com.au | Eloise Keating
This week’s funding round-up includes a price comparison platform and a startup that wants to transform how companies manage their operations. Keep reading to learn more. Price comparison platform Zyft leads this week’s funding round-up with a $7.5 million private investment, led by PSC Insurance founder Paul Dwyer. The startup, which was founded in 2019 by iSelect co-founder Damian Waller, has also appointed Richard Stevens, the former top boss at LocalAgentFinder, as its new CEO.
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3 weeks ago |
smartcompany.com.au | Eloise Keating
This week’s funding round-up includes six Australian or Australian-founded startups that have together raised $62.2 million to scale their operations. With two shorter working weeks in a row, we’ve broadened our scope and included startups that have revealed new funding deals in the past few weeks. Keep reading to learn more about Superpower, WeMoney, InsightWise, Umps, Vively Health and Eugene Labs.
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3 weeks ago |
smartcompany.com.au | Eloise Keating
A who’s who of tech and celebrity investors have backed Australian entrepreneur Max Marchione and his US co-founders in a $47 million (US$30 million) Series A funding round that values their health startup Superpower at more than $300 million.
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