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John Wylie

Coverage

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

Fund close ~$49m

Tennis Australia's VC fund aces first close with nearly $50 million from blue chip investors

Tennis Australia's venture arm AO Ventures has reached a first close on its new sports, media and health tech fund with about $49 million committed by local and international backers.

2 deals

Affinda named fastest growing AI company in Australia, closes further $10m raise

Melbourne document-AI firm Affinda, founded by Tim and Ben Toner, closed a $10m round from family offices and wealthy individuals after an earlier $13m raise; Deloitte ranked it the nation's fastest-growing AI company.

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Key hire

The march of passive investors and high price of money: Why activists are having their way

Analysis of rising shareholder activism: Lendlease's chairman departs under Tanarra pressure, activists push Karoon over dividends, Tanarra surfaces on Bapcor's register, and L1 Capital runs an activist fund.

3 deals

Melbourne Uni launches two investment funds, worth $115 million, to back research commercialisation startups

University of Melbourne launches a $15m pre-seed fund with Breakthrough Victoria and a $100m fund run by Tanarra Capital for research commercialisation; the piece also recalls ANU's Instaclustr sale to NetApp.

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