Ledger. Australian venture funding, tracked

Company

BuzzFeed

Coverage

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

Unnamed stage $2.4m

Now Vinyl is taking Time Out

Josh Simons-led Vinyl Group raised $2.4 million and is adding Time Out Australia and Pedestrian Group to its media portfolio for little outlay, alongside earlier buys of Concrete Playground and Val Morgan Digital.

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Venture debt ≤$10m

Richard White-backed Vinyl buys rival BuzzFeed and PopSugar publisher Val Morgan Digital from Hoyts

Vinyl Group is buying Val Morgan Digital, publisher of BuzzFeed and PopSugar, from Hoyts for $10.5 million, with funding via a shareholder facility and Hoyts CEO Damian Keogh joining the Vinyl board.

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