Head of New Ventures, Barker Street Ventures, a new digital investment platform specialising in deep tech startups, has launched with the backing of the University of New South Wales
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UNSW has backed the launch of Barker Street Ventures, an online marketplace linking investors with the university's research spinouts in fields like quantum and AI; three unnamed ventures are raising.
Insurtech LifeBid has secured $700,000 from industry partners plus the Stride Group and opened a crowd-sourced funding campaign on Stride Equity's platform, the investor's first backing and first campaign.
Three ex-Investec executives launch Stride Equity, a crowdfunding platform where vetted startups get crowd raises plus co-investment from the Stride Lead fund; the founders previously backed firms including Vocus and Airtasker.