Startup · $8m raised
An Australian crypto platform for buying, selling and managing digital assets and crypto-backed loans
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Block Earner raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| CMCC Global | Series A | - |
| King River Capital | Series A | - |
Companies Block Earner 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Apurva Chiranewala | Executive (former) | SmartCompany, Australian FinTech |
| Baris Yilmaz | Head of Finance | Australian FinTech |
| Charlie Karaboga | CEO · Founder | Startup Daily, SmartCompany, Australian FinTech (8 Mar 2022), Australian FinTech (10 Dec 2021) |
| Colin Williamson | Head of Digital and Growth | Australian FinTech |
| James Coombes | CCO | SmartCompany |
| Tawanda Mangere | Head of Risk and Compliance | Australian FinTech |
Stories naming Block Earner. 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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Crypto lender Block Earner, fighting ASIC in court, has closed an $8 million Series A at a $75 million valuation, led by CMCC Global's Titan Fund with King River Capital taking part.
Block Earner raised $8 million in a Series A led by CMCC Global's Titan Fund with King River Capital, to grow its Bitcoin-backed home loan deposit product after beating ASIC in court.
Finder is shutting its crypto wallet business Wallet Ventures four years after launch, moving users to Swyftx, which recently acquired Easy Crypto; Finder earlier won in court against ASIC over its Earn product.
Roundup of six Australian funding rounds this week: InDebted, Evolt, Restoke.ai, Mary Technology, Matilda and Demtech.ai, with investors, amounts, InDebted's valuation and a secondary component for early backers and staff.
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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.
Also Techboard
Block Earner appoints Apurva Chiranewala as general manager, with other senior hires named, as the blockchain fintech prepares to launch its decentralised finance platform for Australian consumers.
Weekly roundup reporting many startup funding rounds, Investible's fund close, Skalata's committed capital, hipages buying Builderscrack, Stack Sports acquiring Team App, and Level Equity's stake purchase in Eftsure.
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Block Earner closed a $6.4 million seed round led by Framework Ventures at a $56.4 million post-money valuation, ahead of an early-2022 launch of its DeFi yield platform for everyday savers.