Company
Online job marketplace
Every published round Hipages took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
Companies Hipages has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio companies recorded yet. | ||||
Fund closes reported for Hipages, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Hipages has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Hipages did.
| Company | Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio company of Hipages is recorded as having been acquired. | ||||
Companies Hipages 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Builderscrack | Acquisition | 10 Dec 2021 | $11.8m | Startup Daily (13 Dec 2021), Startup Daily (10 Dec 2021), SmartCompany |
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Inese Kingsmill | Chair | SmartCompany |
| Roby Sharon-Zipser | CEO · Founder | Startup Daily, SmartCompany |
Stories naming Hipages. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Weekly roundup: Hipages takes a majority stake in VIZ Insurance, Side Stage Ventures banks $40m for fund two, Airwallex unveils the Latitude 37 program, Anthropic appoints an ANZ general manager, Atlassian shares jump.
Vively, founded by triathlete Tim Veron after reversing his pre-diabetes, raised $1.6 million seed funding led by Archangel Ventures with Bupa Ventures, and has partnered with Bupa to make continuous glucose monitoring more affordable.
Lendi Group has appointed four senior leaders across content, marketing, creative and PR, rounding out its growth leadership as the Aussie Home Loans owner also flags further roles.
Roundup of January raises: Sonder took $16 million in a Series B extension, Ultra Violette landed $15 million from Aria Growth Partners, VAPAR added $5 million; Sonder also named a new chairman.
Fingerprint for Success, an AI coaching platform, has closed a $6.5 million second seed round led by Investible, with Canva's founders investing again; its lifetime funding now totals $9.2 million.
Weekly roundup reporting many startup funding rounds, Investible's fund close, Skalata's committed capital, hipages buying Builderscrack, Stack Sports acquiring Team App, and Level Equity's stake purchase in Eftsure.
Also SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily
Trades marketplace hipages Group is buying New Zealand platform Builderscrack for $11.8 million, with co-founder Jeremy Wyn-Harris staying on to run it; the deal follows hipages' recent investments in Bricks + Agent and Tradiecore.
Commentary piece on VC exit strategies (IPO, trade sale, secondary sale) referencing recent Australian tech M&A deals and venture funding rounds including Sendle, UpGuard, Sonder and others.