Company
Retailer on Cashrewards' roster
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Chemist Warehouse raised.
Companies Chemist Warehouse 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Gance | Founder | Startup Daily, AFR Technology |
Stories naming Chemist Warehouse. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Australia Post has acquired delivery-tech startup Rendr, undisclosed terms, to expand same-day delivery. Rendr previously raised $2.1 million in 2021.
Cashrewards, a shopping rebates platform once bought by ANZ's venture arm, is shutting down and returning member balances. It had earlier acquired Little Birdie, previously backed with $30 million by Commonwealth Bank.
Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily
Finder has bought rewards business Grow My Money, founded by Pascale Helyar-Moray, at a price it did not disclose; the business and its staff stay on as a separate unit in the Finder Group.
British Pay by Bank firm Banked has bought Australian payments startup Waave, deepening its Australian market push and gaining Waave's merchant pipeline, led by Chemist Warehouse, which plans a launch in early 2025.
Manufacturing roundup: IDT Australia and Genetic Signatures announce capital raisings; Memphasys and Genetic Signatures appoint new chief executives; NIOA opens a US office; DefendTex holds acquisition talks with Brazil's Avibras; a cobotics PhD ends.
Grant Thornton receivers sold children's snack company Nourish Foods to Tempo Group after a crowdfunding target fell short; founder Monica Meldrum stays on under the new ownership.
Recap of a Shark Tank Australia episode: ice-mould maker Contour Cube and bushfire device Fire Halo struck investment deals with the Sharks, while two other pitches left without backing.
Also SmartCompany
Voluntary administrators now control Nourish Foods, the business behind Whole Kids, after a funding attempt fell short, and interested backers or buyers must come forward by mid-September.
Feature on Australian manufacturing scaleups profiles The Hygiene Co, Harvest B and Gilmour Space, recounting past raises and founders' views on capital raising, ecosystems and government procurement, plus comment from Breakthrough Victoria.
Also Blackbird Ventures portfolio·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily
Payments startup Waave has raised a $4.7 million seed round from individual backers including Jack Gance, who also joins as advisor, ahead of an enterprise rollout of its Pay by Bank product.
Roundup of manufacturing news: Hino picks SEA Electric drivetrains, a hydrogen grant for Nyrstar's Port Pirie plans, Imagion's funding facility, K-TIG's raise, and Quantum Brilliance's CEO change.
Manufacturing roundup: Amaero appoints Guggenheim to review strategy, Cann completes its Mildura facility, ADN lines up a $4.5m placement, Imugene starts an MSD cancer trial, ABT collects an R&D tax refund.
A roundup of 19 Australian startup funding announcements totalling over $851 million in early February 2022, covering raises by Cyara, Karbon, Slyp, Reejig and others, alongside record 2021 venture investment figures.
Also webbikeworld.com·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily
AFR healthcare and fitness section roundup: Early Bird raised $2 million led by Hyper Ventures; Resmed sold MatrixCare; Radiopharm seeks $16 million; plus Mayne Pharma, Healthscope, Sigma and policy stories.
Also SmartCompany