Startup · $1.2m raised
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Adatree raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Angus McBean | Seed | - |
| Equity Seed | Series A · Seed | - |
| Flying Fox Ventures | Series A | - |
| Gravel Road Ventures | Series A | - |
| Kerry Roxburgh | Seed | - |
| Kylie Frazer | Seed | - |
| Peter Haig | Series A · Seed | - |
| Rachael Neumann | Seed | - |
| Saniel Ventures | Series A | - |
| Stuart Stoyan | Series A | - |
The transaction that ended Adatree's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.
| Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fat Zebra | Acquisition | 5 Feb 2024 | - | Fintech News Australia (21 Aug 2026), Fintech News Australia (21 Aug 2026), Australian FinTech, Fintech News Australia (30 Mar 2026), Startup Daily |
Companies Adatree acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Jill Berry | CEO · Founder | Startup Daily (6 Feb 2024), Australian FinTech, Startup Daily (11 Jul 2022) |
| Shane Doolan | Founder | Startup Daily, Australian FinTech |
Stories naming Adatree. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Profiles four Australian fintechs worth watching in 2026: Fat Zebra, WeMoney, Swyftx and Block Earner, covering their growth, past acquisitions and previously secured funding rounds.
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Australian startups Diraq, Marqo, and Hatch secured funding rounds. Ansarada was acquired by Datasite. Bupa launched a new venture fund, and the Queensland government backed several VCs and accelerators.
Payments firm Fat Zebra has acquired open-banking platform Adatree, price undisclosed, with all staff moving across; the piece also recalls Adatree's 2021 seed round and the sector's slow consumer-data-right progress.
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Adelaide fintech Sherlok has raised $3.4 million led by Rampersand to expand its AI platform that helps brokers refinance clients' mortgages in one click using open banking data.
Techboard's September 2022 roundup reports Australian raises led by Morse Micro's $140m Series B, several acquisitions including ResApp Health to Pfizer, fund closes by Telstra Ventures, OIF and Main Sequence, and open raises.
Australian Consumer Data Right platform Adatree closed an oversubscribed second funding round, drawing re-investment from existing backers and new investors including Aconex's co-founders' family offices and MoneyPlace's founder.
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Adatree's founder recalls early grant and competition funding her startup won, then gives four tips for chasing government grants: research sources, check eligibility, treat applying rigorously, and partner with researchers.
Cut Through Venture's debut quarterly newsletter rounds up Q1 2021 raises across Australian and New Zealand startups, highlighting crowdfunding, fintech dominance, active investors, and two newly launched startups currently seeking backers.
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