Startup · $30.1m raised

Expert360

Sydney, NSW

Investors

Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Expert360 raised.

Investor	Rounds	Invested
AirTree Ventures	Series B	-
Frontier Ventures	Series A	-
Rampersand	Series A	-

Who bought Expert360

The transaction that ended Expert360's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.

Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price	Sources
Swipejobs	Acquisition	1 Sep 2026	$16m	AFR Technology (16 Sep 2026), AFR Technology (8 Sep 2026), Startup Daily, SmartCompany, AFR Technology (2 Sep 2026)

What Expert360 bought

Companies Expert360 acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.

Company	Kind	Announced	Price	Sources
Expert360 is not recorded as having acquired anything.

People

Name	Role	Sources
Bridget Loudon-Harris	Founder	AFR Technology (8 Sep 2026), Startup Daily, SmartCompany, AFR Technology (2 Sep 2026)
Daniel Petrie		Startup Daily, SmartCompany
Emily Yue	Founder	Startup Daily, SmartCompany

Coverage

Stories naming Expert360. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

4 deals

Expert360's $16 million sale leaves founder, early investors with no share payout

Workforce platform Expert360 is being bought by AI hiring firm Swipejobs at a reported $16 million value, while its founder and earliest backers are set to receive nothing for their stakes.

SmartCompany 3 Sep 2026 Expert360 Airtasker Bain & Company Hyper Capital Startups Perennial Private Investments Swipejobs Telstra UniSuper AirTree Ventures Frontier Ventures Rampersand Bridget Loudon-Harris Craig Dunn Daniel Petrie Emily Yue Katrina Leslie

Also Startup Daily

5 deals

ENA Respiratory raises $3.0M Grant (Australia, September 2026)

Australian biotech ENA Respiratory, whose INNA-051 nasal spray targets respiratory viruses, has been granted $2.98 million via the Biointelect Venturer program to fund a trial in adults with asthma.

datapile.co 3 Sep 2026 Dela ENA Respiratory Expert360 GonGlobal Metacognition AI Biointelect Venturer Christophe Demaison

Exit / M&A

Investors wiped out as Swipejobs buys Bridget Loudon's Expert360

Bridget Loudon-Harris's recruitment platform Expert360 has been acquired by Swipejobs in a $16 million deal that wipes out its investors; the buyer is eyeing an ASX float.

AFR Technology 2 Sep 2026 Expert360 Swipejobs Bridget Loudon-Harris

Also SmartCompany·Startup Daily·AFR Technology·AFR Technology

Funding announcement

🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #166, 21st June 2026

Weekly newsletter edition recaps seven funding deals worth $82.5m, reports Expert360 is seeking a buyer, covers Airwallex's new AgentOS product, notes a proposed capital gains tax break for startups, and unveils a redesign.

This Week in Australian Startups 20 Jun 2026 Airwallex Expert360 Federal Government

79 deals

CTV Funding News - 1Q 2021

Cut Through Venture's debut quarterly newsletter rounds up Q1 2021 raises across Australian and New Zealand startups, highlighting crowdfunding, fintech dominance, active investors, and two newly launched startups currently seeking backers.

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