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Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round ausbiz raised.
Investors whose own portfolio pages list ausbiz, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| Sprint Ventures | its portfolio page ↗ |
Companies ausbiz 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nadine Blayney | Head of Content | Startup Daily |
| Kylie Merritt | Managing Director · Founder | Startup Daily (28 Mar 2025), Startup Daily (21 Apr 2022) |
| Kyle Rodda | Presenter | Startup Daily |
| David Scutt | Presenter | Startup Daily |
| David Koch | Chair | Startup Daily |
| Ben Haylock | Head of Product | Startup Daily |
| Andrew Geoghegan | Presenter | Startup Daily |
Stories naming ausbiz. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Sydney business channel ausbiz has taken equity in Perth share-investing platform company Marketech, embedding its analyst video content in Marketech's Focus platform, and is seeking crowdfunding for its AI venture ausbiz LABS.
Ignition Lane's year-end review of 2022 tech news: shifting VC sentiment, record Australian fund raises, grocery delivery failures and shutdowns, local M&A, crypto fallout, awards, and global stories from Twitter to ChatGPT.
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Ignition Lane's weekly tech roundup covering record Australian VC fund raises, several green-tech startup funding rounds, Deliveroo's administration, the FTX collapse, and takeover offers for ELMO and Nitro.
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Startup Daily profiles ShopAssist, an Antler-backed pre-seed startup whose marketplace gives local retailers shared online checkout and delivery, as part of a series covering Antler Australia's thirteen newest investments.
Queensland early-stage investor Sprint Ventures reached an $8 million first close toward its $50 million Expansion Capital Fund, hired Georgia Barkell as COO, and has recently backed ausbiz, VAPAR and YouPay.
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Startup Daily profiles Bobbob, a high-interest savings and investment platform, covering its pre-seed backing by Antler Australia, app launch traction, carbon rewards partnership with Betacarbon, and founders' plans for follow-on capital.
Startup Daily profiles Wellbase, a workplace wellness platform that Antler Australia backed at pre-seed as part of its portfolio reveal of thirteen newly funded startups.
Ignition Lane's weekly tech roundup covering fresh Australian startup raises, new venture funds and closes, a wave of acquisitions, delistings and a liquidation, executive moves, and Canva's product launch.
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Profile of Casu, a platform matching casual construction workers with employers, covering its pre-seed backing by Antler within a 13-startup intake, plus founder commentary, traction and hiring plans.
Profile of Quantflo, a no-code portfolio platform for institutional fund-of-fund investors, covering its pre-seed backing by Antler within a series on 13 recent Antler Australia investments; an added note records its later liquidation.
Startup Daily profiles Avert AI, an Antler Australia pre-seed portfolio company building AI compliance writing software, covering its founders, pilot customer UNO Home Loans, and plans for a beta launch.
Supply chain traceability startup Orijin Plus appoints ex-FlyBuys chief John Merakovsky as chair, alongside a new board member and CTO, as it prepares to launch in Singapore.
Ignition Lane's weekly wrap reports falling Australian venture funding, lists several startup raises and fund raises, covers Chargefox's acquisition, Volt's closure, the Zip-Sezzle merger termination, and global tech news.
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Weekly tech wrap: cloud-market trends, Tiger Global's cheques into Stake, Shippit and Carma, new VC funds, several acquisitions, grocery delivery startups Send and Quicko collapsing, and Elaine Stead joining M8 Ventures.
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Brisbane VC Sprint Ventures has invested in business news streamer ausbiz, whose Series A+ raise continues; the company also added a new Head of Product and an extra market commentator to its on-air desk.
Profile of Sydney news-aggregation app Ukufu, which has passed 50,000 Android installs. Founder Kevin Garber discusses its AI-curated newsfeeds, planned premium and B2B versions, and its earlier seed backing from local angel investors.
Startup Daily's weekly SUDS podcast wrap: UK laws threatening jail for tech executives, interviews with founders of SpaceDraft, Flowingly and Book An Artist, Sun Cable's solar export ambitions, and NFT tax guidance.
Ignition Lane's weekly roundup: Zip's deal for Sezzle, Zeller's unicorn raise, several Australian funding rounds, Startmate backing Provvy, a space manufacturing grant, NZVC's first close, and tech's response to Russia.
Ignition Lane's weekly technology roundup: climate-tech funding activity, Grok's bid for AGL, King River Capital's digital asset fund, a batch of Australian startup raises, Maropost acquisitions, GigSuper's collapse and a National AI Centre appointment.
Nightingale Partners revisits Control Bionics, which it backed in 2005 and still holds a stake in, marking the assistive-tech firm's December 2020 ASX debut and sharing a chief executive interview.