Jessica Christiansen-Franks: Ledger

Role	Organisation	Sources
CEO · Founder	Neighbourlytics	SmartCompany (5 Mar 2026), Startup Daily (28 Nov 2025), SmartCompany (16 Dec 2022), Startup Daily (28 Mar 2022), theceomagazine.com

Seed $1.3m

Women-founded lifestyle data platform Neighbourlytics finds a home with REA

REA Group has acquired Melbourne lifestyle-data platform Neighbourlytics, delivering exits to investors including Aliavia Ventures and LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund. Terms were undisclosed; the company had raised $1.3 million in 2022.

Startup Daily 28 Nov 2025 Neighbourlytics Aliavia Ventures Alice Anderson Fund LaunchVic Myer Foundation Portable REA Group Scale Investors Trawalla Group Jessica Christiansen-Franks Kris Matthews Lucinda Hartley

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Christmas comes early for 14 Aussie startups that raised $260 million this week

Weekly roundup covering 14 startup raises totalling over $260 million, headlined by Synchron's $110 million round, plus Roller's shareholder liquidity payout, Partly's record New Zealand Series A, and several government grants.

SmartCompany 16 Dec 2022 Avarni BiomeBank FairSupply GeoMoby Hysata Neighbourlytics Partly Pathzero Roller SiteHive Synchron The Yield Willow Zetifi Zipline.io 7-Eleven Aconex Artesian VC Coles LaunchVic Lendlease Microsoft TechnologyOne the New South Wales government Treasury Wine Estates Walmart Yamaha Motor Co Zambrero Acadian Software Agreement Hub AirTree Ventures Aliavia Ventures Alice Anderson Fund Antler Australia Arch Venture Partners Bezos Expeditions Birchal Blackbird Ventures Carthona Capital Clyde Bank Holdings Common Sense Ventures Ellerston Capital EVP Gates Frontier Khosla Ventures King River Capital Main Sequence Ventures METS Ignited Minderoo Foundation NSW Physical Sciences Fund Octopus Ventures Partners for Growth Previously existing shareholders QIC Ventures SecondQuarter Ventures South Australian Venture Capital Fund Square Peg Capital Sypkes Family Office The Hospital Research Foundation Tidal unnamed investors based in Europe VentureCrowd Vulpes Ventures Adrian Di Marco Leigh Jasper Rob Phillpot Anuj Paudel Dr Arne Geschke Carl Prins Jessica Christiansen-Franks Kimberly Randle Levi Fawcett Lucinda Hartley Luke Finn Mark Finn Misha Cajic Dr Rob Bryant Ros Harvey Samantha Wong Dr Sam Costello Stuart Cook Tony Yammine

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Funding announcement

Here are the 10 female-led startups in SBE’s new global tech accelerator program

SBE Australia unveils the ten women-led startups joining its new Global Tech program for international scaling, while noting Evolve alumni have drawn over $1 billion in capital since 2012 without the accelerator taking equity.

Startup Daily 28 Mar 2022 BindiMaps Castlepoint Systems GGWP Academy HEX Neighbourlytics SafeStack SBE Australia Dr Anna Wright Jeanette Cheah Jessica Christiansen-Franks Kerri Lee Sinclair Lucinda Hartley Nicole Cook Racheal Greaves

Funding announcement

Manuri Gunawardena is changing the future of medicine with HealthMatch

Profile of HealthMatch founder and chief executive Manuri Gunawardena, covering the patient-trial matching platform's investor backing and her win at Veuve Clicquot's Bold Future Award.

theceomagazine.com 13 Jul 2021 FloodMapp HealthMatch January Capital Neighbourlytics Square Peg Capital Jessica Christiansen-Franks Juliette Murphy Lucinda Hartley Lucy Turnbull Malcolm Turnbull Manuri Gunawardena

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Women-founded lifestyle data platform Neighbourlytics finds a home with REA

Christmas comes early for 14 Aussie startups that raised $260 million this week

Here are the 10 female-led startups in SBE’s new global tech accelerator program

Manuri Gunawardena is changing the future of medicine with HealthMatch