Exit / M&A
Hello Clever appoints payments veteran Mark Tibbles as advisor
Hello Clever has brought in Mark Tibbles, a payments industry veteran with a career across major banks and payment firms, to advise the company as it grows.
Startup · $4.5m raised
Hello Clever
Australian real-time payments fintech
Sydney, NSW
Funding history
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Seed : $4,500,000
Investors
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Hello Clever raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Bosco Tan | Seed | - |
| Boson Ventures | Seed | - |
| CrossFund | Seed | - |
| Daniel Johnson | Seed | - |
| Ken Cheung | Seed | - |
| Magnivia Ventures | Seed | - |
| Son Tech Ventures | Seed | - |
| Vectr Fintech Partners | Seed | - |
| Yolo Investments | Seed | - |
What Hello Clever bought
Companies Hello Clever acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
People
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Caroline Tran | Founder and CEO | Australian FinTech (12 Aug 2026), Fintech News Australia, Startup Daily (7 Jul 2026), Australian FinTech (24 Sep 2025), Australian FinTech (2 Sep 2025), Australian FinTech (13 Feb 2025), Startup Daily (25 Aug 2022), Australian FinTech (23 Aug 2022), SmartCompany |
| Gavin Nguyen | Co-founder & CTO | Startup Daily (7 Jul 2026), Australian FinTech (24 Sep 2025), Startup Daily (25 Aug 2022), Australian FinTech (23 Aug 2022), SmartCompany |
| Justin Grooms | President | Startup Daily |
| Kaido Chiwata | Head of Japan & Global Expansion | Australian FinTech |
| Oliver Liggayu | Country Lead, Philippines | Australian FinTech |
| Raj Kasi | General Manager, International Markets | Australian FinTech |
| Sandra Lin | APAC Growth & Partnership Lead | Australian FinTech |
Coverage
Stories naming Hello Clever. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
News
Hello Clever Launches Clever Connect for Real-Time Payouts
Hello Clever has released Clever Connect, which gives software platforms and marketplaces dedicated accounts for instant merchant payments over Australian and Japanese rails, with a US launch planned later this year.
Key hire
Hello Clever nabs former Bolt exec for global AI-payments push
Payments fintech Hello Clever has hired ex-Bolt president Justin Grooms to lead its US expansion and build an AI-powered consumer payments experience.
News
Clever AI Data Analyst launches: The intelligence layer merchants have been waiting for
Hello Clever has unveiled an AI analyst embedded in its payments-and-rewards platform, giving merchants conversational answers plus automatic alerts on risks and opportunities in their business data.
Key hire
Hello Clever appoints Kaido Chiwata as Head of Japan & Global Expansion
Australian payments fintech Hello Clever hires Kaido Chiwata to lead its new Japan office and regional growth, drawing on his past roles at Stripe, Moneytree, Spenmo and his startup BillPay.
Key hire
Hello Clever announces new hires to drive APAC growth
Australian payments fintech Hello Clever appoints new APAC leaders, including Sandra Lin and Oliver Liggayu, as it expands regionally with Singapore as its headquarters and Raj Kasi overseeing international markets.
Seed
$4.5m
Sydney fintech Hello Clever bags $4.5 million in seed funding, as it pits ‘buy to earn’ model against BNPL
Sydney payments startup Hello Clever closed a seed round led by Vectr Fintech Partners to grow its cashback spending platform and expand use of PayTo, which its system recently used for Australia's first such payment.