Founder, eQ8

Chris Hare

Roles

Role	Organisation	Sources
Executive (former)	Qantas	SmartCompany
Executive (former)	nbn	SmartCompany
Founder	eQ8	SmartCompany, Our Innovation Fund
General Manager of Planning, Rewards and Sourcing (former)	NBN Co	Our Innovation Fund

Coverage

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6 deals

Six Aussie startups that raised more than $54 million this week

Weekly roundup covering six Australian startup raises totalling over $54 million, including Sapia.ai's Series A, rounds for Abyss Solutions, HMC Group and eQ8, plus smaller raises for Oceanfarmr and Subpod.

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Series A $5.5m

This start-up ‘kissed a lot of frogs’ before landing an Aussie backer

Workforce planning software firm eQ8, started by two ex-Qantas and NBN executives, has raised A$5.5 million in a Series A led by OIF Ventures, with customers including Metlife and the United Nations.

OIF Ventures portfolio 22 Nov 2022 eQ8 Advanced Navigation Barclays ExxonMobil Go1 Mercer NBN Co Nestle Qantas United Nations OIF Ventures Alicia Roach Chris Hare

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