Alex Andrews

Women-focused fintech Verve Super joins Simon Sheikh's Future Group

Future Group has acquired Verve Super, a super fund aimed at women, with terms undisclosed; the piece also recalls earlier raises by Verve and by Future Super.

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All-women founded Verve Super's acquisition is the business story we need

Future Super is buying Verve Super, a women-led super fund whose co-founders stay in charge as it joins the Future Group; the piece also recalls the startup's oversubscribed $3 million mid-year raise.

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Eight Aussie startups that secured $30.2 million this week

Weekly roundup of eight Australian startups raising a combined $30.2 million, spanning SME lending, quantum computing grants, proptech, consumer apps and recycling, plus Stylerunner's earlier sale to Accent Group.

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Verve raises $3 million to level the playing field for women investors

Verve, an Australian women-focused financial services company, announced an oversubscribed $3 million pre-Series A round led by family office Alberts, funding its newly launched ethical investing app Verve Money and its superannuation product.

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Celebrating pioneering women on IWD: Christina of Verve

An International Women's Day profile of Christina Hobbs, who leads women-focused superannuation fund Verve, covering her United Nations career, the fund's origins and its expansion into an investing app.