CEO · Founder, Roller

Luke Finn

Roles

Role	Organisation	Sources
CEO · Founder	Roller	SmartCompany (22 Dec 2023), Startup Daily, SmartCompany (10 Nov 2023), SmartCompany (10 Nov 2023), SmartCompany (16 Dec 2022)

Coverage

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

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The 10 biggest capital raises by Australian startups in 2023

A year-end SmartCompany roundup counting down 2023's ten largest Australian startup raises, headed by Employment Hero's $263m Series F, with investor details and commentary on fewer mega-rounds and continued under-representation of women co-founders.

SmartCompany 22 Dec 2023 Employment Hero Loam Bio One Model Pet Circle Roller Saluda Medical Secure Code Warrior Skykraft Songtradr Till Payments Airbnb Atlassian Aware Super Blackbird Ventures CSIRO Equity Clear Regal Funds Management Scalapay SmartCompany Spotify Techstars WiseTech Argo AV8 Epic Games Fidelity Management & Research Company Foresight Australia ForgePoint Capital Geekdom Goldman Sachs Insight Partners Main Sequence Ventures OPTrust Paladin Capital Group Perennial Private Investments Prysm Capital Queensland Investment Corporation Queensland Investments Corporation (QIC)Riverwood Capital Silva Fortune Technology Crossover Ventures Tekkorp Capital TPG Wellington Management Mike Cannon-Brookes Richard White Ben Thompson Chris Butler David Wilson Jim Schuermann Luke Finn Mark Finn Matias Madou Matthew Wilton Mike Frizell Paul Wiltshire Pieter Danhieux Rachel Geller Shadi Haddad Tegan Nock

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Seven Aussie startups that raised $93.6 million this week

Seven Australian startups together banked over $90 million in the past seven days across venue software, hydrogen aviation, social media, craft brewing, plastics alternatives, aged-care robotics and accountant training.

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Melbourne software startup Roller straps in for global growth with $78.5 million raise

Venue-management software firm Roller has raised $78.5 million led by Insight Partners, one of the year's biggest raises, following earlier rounds in 2018 and 2022, with a managing director set to join its board.

SmartCompany 10 Nov 2023 Roller Foreign Investment Review Board Lume Insight Partners Luke Finn Mark Finn Rachel Geller

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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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