President and Co-founder, Airwallex
Stories naming Lucy Liu. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
A year-end list profiling women leaders worldwide, from presidents to tech founders; it recalls Airwallex's landmark capital raise and Mira Murati's new AI venture with its record seed round.
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Fintech Airwallex raised a $498 million Series G led by Addition, lifting its valuation to $12 billion; Square Peg and Airtree joined, and Blackbird's $60 million May Series F backing is recalled.
Blackbird's head of impact Kate Glazebrook reports the venture firm's FY25 gender diversity data, noting improved backing of female-founded startups while pipeline volume of women founders remains the main challenge.
Airwallex adds ex-Optus chief Kelly Bayer Rosmarin and four other directors to its subsidiary's board while it pursues an Australian banking licence; the article also recaps the fintech's US$300 million Series F.
Payments firm Airwallex closed a large Series F at a $9.6 billion valuation, led by Square Peg with several local and global backers, while the piece recalls its earlier raises back to 2016.
Airwallex has wrapped a $465 million Series F at a $9.6 billion valuation; Blackbird joins for the first time and half the round is a secondary sale for early backers.
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Square Peg's post explains why it led a US$300 million Series F in cross-border payments company Airwallex, its seventh investment since first backing the founders in 2017, citing market scale and regulatory depth.
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A retrospective on Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia alumni, covering Timee's Japanese listing, Canva's secondary share sale, Airwallex's series E and acquisition, and Kopi Kenangan's unicorn round.
Square Peg's blog carries an AGM conversation in which co-founder Paul Bassat interviews Airwallex co-founder Lucy Liu about scaling the payments fintech, rivals, product strategy and how founders delegate as firms grow.
Airwallex has secured a $100 million Series E-2 extension at an unchanged $5.5 billion valuation, joined by existing backers plus HostPlus, to fund growth, new products and acquisitions.
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Square Peg looks back on putting US$6 million into Airwallex's Series A+ alongside Tencent, Sequoia China, Gobi Partners and MasterCard, explaining why cross-border payment infrastructure needs fixing.
Cut Through Venture's debut quarterly newsletter rounds up Q1 2021 raises across Australian and New Zealand startups, highlighting crowdfunding, fintech dominance, active investors, and two newly launched startups currently seeking backers.
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