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AskNicely

Customer experience platform

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Company	Kind	Announced	Price	Sources
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Name	Role	Sources
Aaron Ward	Founder	Startup Daily, SmartCompany

Coverage

Stories naming AskNicely. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

11 deals

Cheque-in: 8 startups raised $113 million this week to end October

Weekly funding roundup covering eight raises totalling over $113 million across aerospace, biotech, materials, health and software, plus a pharmacy firm's acquisition out of administration.

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Eight ANZ startups that raised $113 million this week

Weekly roundup of eight trans-Tasman startup raises worth a combined $113 million-plus, alongside Joe Zhou's buyout of StrongRoom AI from administrators.

SmartCompany 31 Oct 2025 ENA Respiratory Huckleberry Human Health Hypersonix Launch Systems SecurePII StrongRoom AI Tala Thrive Uluu 800x Limited Amazon AskNicely BroadSource Canva Cricket Health Foundervine Joe Zhou Kantar M-Com Mineral OIF Ventures Papinelle Quiksilver TradeMe AirTree Ventures Aliavia Archangel Ventures Brandon Capital Burda Principal Investments EVP Fairground Flu Lab Gates Foundation High Tor Capital LocalGlobe Main Sequence Ventures National Reconstruction Fund Corporation Novel Investments Oregon Venture Fund Queensland Investment Corporation RKKVC Saab Scale Investors Skip Capital Startmate Stoic Venture Capital Tidal Ventures Trinity Ventures Uniseed Arvind Rajan David Shein Duncan Gould Eric Salama Feike D Izzy Obeng Nathan Christensen Rowan Simpson Serge Van Dam Aaron Ward Bill Placke Christophe Demaison David Gall Diogo Böhm Georgia Vidler Haydn Faltyn Jason Thals Joe Zhou Dr Julia Reisser Kate Lambridis Michael Kingsbury Sonia Kaurah

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Funding announcement

Kiwi workflow automation startup Flowingly raises NZ$4.5 million pre-Series A

New Zealand workflow automation company Flowingly raised NZ$4.5 million in a pre-Series A round led by GD1 with Icehouse Ventures, to fund US expansion and double headcount.

Startup Daily 11 Mar 2022 AskNicely Jon Kalaugher

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Ignition Lane's Weekly Wrap: The Great Reengagement, backing Web3, riding the markets & the big local raises

Ignition Lane's weekly tech roundup: AirTree raises $700m across three new funds, dozens of Australian startups announce rounds, a wave of acquisitions including Block completing its Afterpay buy, plus Web3 commentary and US market moves.

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