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Six ANZ startups that raised $211.1 million this week

Roundup of six Australian and New Zealand funding rounds, headlined by Heidi Health and Octopus Deploy, also covering Nexl, OpenSolar, Lucent and PAM, with past acquisitions of Stella AI, MagicBrief and Codefresh noted.

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Sunroom Co-Founder Michelle Battersby on knowing your strengths and the power of intuition

Interview with Sunroom co-founder Michelle Battersby on her path from Citibank and Bumble to Kic and Sunroom; Blackbird partner Nick Crocker recalls backing the company.

Sunroom Co-Founder Michelle Battersby on knowing your strengths and the power of intuition

Interview with Sunroom co-founder Michelle Battersby on her path from Bumble's first Australian employee and Kic CMO to founding the creator platform, plus investor Nick Crocker on backing the team.

Lucy Mort on what it takes to build an app to rival Instagram and OnlyFans

Interview with Sunroom co-founder Lucy Mort on founder life and product lessons, recalling three funding rounds totalling $10.4 million from backers including Blackbird and Red Swan Ventures.

Spotlight On: Lucy Mort, Sunroom

Blackbird profiles Lucy Mort, co-founder and CEO of creator monetisation app Sunroom, covering its origins, her Hinge background, and the seed round's majority-female investor base.

How former Hinge and Bumble execs built a new platform helping women make money

Profile of Sunroom, a subscription platform letting women and non-binary creators earn from content, started by two dating-app veterans and backed in a seed round by Blackbird.