Startup · $48m raised
Sydney, Australia-based online lending startup focused on home loans
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Athena raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Square Peg Capital | undisclosed | - |
| Salesforce Ventures | undisclosed | - |
| NAB Ventures | undisclosed | - |
| Hostplus | undisclosed | - |
| AustralianSuper | undisclosed | - |
| AirTree Ventures | undisclosed | - |
Companies Athena acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Athena. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Ranking of Australia’s five best-funded fintechs — Airwallex, Athena, Zeller, InDebted and Brighte — profiling each one’s total raised, most recent raise, backers, valuation and growth moves.
OwnHome has secured a $31 million Series A, with Square Peg Capital leading and Commonwealth Bank joining, as returning backers double down on its low-deposit route into home ownership.
Melbourne healthtech firm Heidi Health has pulled in A$10 million Series A capital, headed by Blackbird Ventures, to grow its AI scribe that lightens clinicians' documentation workload.
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Square Peg explains its rationale for leading Athena's Series B, joined by Hostplus and Airtree, with analysis of the Australian mortgage market, the challenger lender's model, and its founding and senior team.
Square Peg's post explains why it led mortgage platform Athena's $70 million Series C, with Hostplus and Airtree reinvesting and Australian Super, NAB Ventures and Salesforce Ventures joining as new backers.
OIF, an Australian VC, announces a $3.5 million investment leading Fortiro's seed round, profiling the document fraud-detection startup's technology, PwC-experienced founders, and customer traction.
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Square Peg Capital's year-in-review recaps its 2021 portfolio: raises it led or joined, SPAC listing decisions, Vend's acquisition, new investment-team hires, and its newsletter and podcast output.
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