Startup · $350k raised

Gecko

Makes it easy to hire event items securely

Investors

Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Gecko raised.

Investor	Rounds	Invested
Goodwater Capital	Pre-seed	-
Launch House	Pre-seed	-
NSW Government	Accelerator	-
Techstars	Pre-seed	-

What Gecko bought

Companies Gecko 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
Gecko is not recorded as having acquired anything.

People

Name	Role	Sources
Ben Kennedy	Founder	SmartCompany, Startup Daily, Cut Through Venture
Cody Fisher-Peel	Founder	SmartCompany, Startup Daily
Lal Birch	Founder	SmartCompany, Startup Daily, Cut Through Venture

Coverage

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

10 deals

Five Aussie startups that raised $58.5 million this week

Weekly roundup covering five Australian startups that announced a combined $58.5 million in new funding, spanning quantum computing, advertising software, mining safety technology and event rental software, alongside government grant programs.

Also Startup Daily·SmartCompany

Pre-seed $350k

Sydney's new TechStars accelerator backs events rental startup Gecko in $350,000 pre-Seed round

Gecko, an events equipment rental marketplace, drew a pre-seed round led by Techstars' new Sydney accelerator, with two US investors also taking part; it joins the program's first intake of twelve startups.

Startup Daily 21 Jul 2023 Gecko NSW Government Vibes AV & DJ Hire Goodwater Capital Launch House Techstars Ben Kennedy Cody Fisher-Peel Lal Birch Oscar Jamieson

Also Startup Daily·SmartCompany

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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