FUNDED APRIL 2022
Techboard's monthly roundup cataloguing April 2022 Australian startup funding: megadeals, seed rounds, grants and crowdfunding, nine acquisitions, several ASX listings, and venture firms' fund news.
Company
Melbourne, VIC
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round LVLY raised.
The transaction that ended LVLY's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.
| Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limitless Technology | Acquisition | 23 May 2022 | $35m | Techboard, Startup Daily (23 May 2022), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (26 Apr 2022) |
Companies LVLY acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Hannah Spilva | CEO · Founder | SmartCompany, Startup Daily |
| Verity Tuck | Founder | SmartCompany, Startup Daily |
Stories naming LVLY. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Techboard's monthly roundup cataloguing April 2022 Australian startup funding: megadeals, seed rounds, grants and crowdfunding, nine acquisitions, several ASX listings, and venture firms' fund news.
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Also Startup Daily
Melbourne flower and gift delivery business LVLY bought by Asian e-commerce group for $35 million, founders reportedly pocketing $20 million; one co-founder joins the buyer's board, the other departs.
Melbourne gifting startup LVLY has been bought by Malaysia's Limitless Technology for about $35 million, with co-founders receiving around $20 million; the deal is financed via a convertible and venture debt raise.