Key hire
Company
Menulog
Sydney, NSW
Funding history
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Shutdown
Investors
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Menulog raised.
Disclosed deals
Every published round Menulog took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
Portfolio
Companies Menulog has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio companies recorded yet. | ||||
Funds
Fund closes reported for Menulog, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Portfolio companies acquired
Companies Menulog has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Menulog did.
| Company | Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio company of Menulog is recorded as having been acquired. | ||||
Who bought Menulog
The transaction that ended Menulog'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Just Eat | Acquisition | 2015 | $855m | Startup Daily (13 Nov 2025), Startup Daily (12 Nov 2025), SmartCompany (30 Jan 2025), SmartCompany (3 Feb 2022) |
What Menulog bought
Companies Menulog acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Company | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EatNow | Merger | Jan 2015 | - | Startup Daily (4 May 2026), Startup Daily (13 Nov 2025), SmartCompany (30 Jan 2025), Startup Daily (21 Jan 2025), SmartCompany (3 Feb 2022) |
People
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Lipschitz | Executive (former) | SmartCompany |
| Gary Munitz | Executive (former) | SmartCompany (7 Jun 2022), SmartCompany (28 Mar 2022) |
| Morten Belling | MD | Startup Daily (12 Nov 2025), Startup Daily (19 Apr 2023), SmartCompany |
| Tim Chandler | MD (former) | Startup Daily, SmartCompany |
Coverage
Stories naming Menulog. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
3 deals
Gabby and Hezi Leibovich-backed Fingertip acquired by rival Linktree – and will close
Linktree has bought Melbourne rival Fingertip and will shut it down in 2026, with its cofounders joining; the piece also recaps Linktree's earlier acquisitions and the Leibovich brothers' failed ventures.
Also Dealroom·Forbes Australia
Exit / M&A
Did nobody say Menulog? Pioneering Australia food delivery service shuts after 19 years
Menulog, the Sydney-founded food delivery pioneer, shuts down this month under owner Just Eat Takeaway, recently acquired by Prosus; the article recalls its 2015 merger and sale and a string of failed delivery rivals.
Also Startup Daily
13 deals
Unnamed stage
$80m
Catch: A business timeline, in their words
Retrospective timeline of Catch's journey from its 2006 launch through Tiger Global's investment, the Menulog and Luxury Escapes deals and Wesfarmers' $230 million acquisition, to Wesfarmers' announced wind-down.
Also Startup Daily
Unnamed stage
$30m
The one that got away: After paying $230 million for Catch, Wesfarmers is shutting it down
Wesfarmers is closing Catch, the online retailer it bought for $230 million in 2019, citing local ecommerce competition; the story also recalls Catch's venture backers and Little Birdie's $30m stake, pause and rescue.
Also Startup Daily
Seed
$4.7m
Open banking payments fintech Waave lands $4.7 million Seed round
Payments startup Waave has raised a $4.7 million seed round from individual backers including Jack Gance, who also joins as advisor, ahead of an enterprise rollout of its Pay by Bank product.
2 deals
Catering marketplace FoodByUs raises $12 million in Series B
A wholesale hospitality procurement marketplace has closed a Series B led by a South African venture firm, with a New York investor, a Melbourne group and its founding backer also participating, after a 2021 raise.
4 deals
Cafe ordering app merges with Sydney courier service
Sydney courier firm Drive Yello and cafe ordering app Hey You have combined as 4You Innovation, aiming to raise funds next year; the piece also recalls past raises and recent collapses among delivery startups.
Also Startup Daily
11 deals
The Ignition Lane Wrap: Sunrise. Demise. No more pies.
Ignition Lane's weekly tech roundup covering record Australian VC fund raises, several green-tech startup funding rounds, Deliveroo's administration, the FTX collapse, and takeover offers for ELMO and Nitro.
Also Techboard
Funding announcement
How FoodByUs grew its supplier network from 200 to 2200 in less than 12 months
Profile of FoodByUs covering its supplier network growth, customer-focused strategy, and its past $10 million Series A raise, with co-founder Ben Lipschitz sharing lessons on innovation.
Funding announcement
At-home entertaining startup Gathar taps Curtis Stone's star power for US expansion
Gathar, an Australian private chef platform, expands into the US with Curtis Stone, following a post-seed raise; the piece also recalls FoodByUs' series A and notes other food-tech players.
Exit / M&A
Bookwell to be acquired by global rival Fresha
Australian beauty booking marketplace Bookwell is being acquired by London-based rival Fresha, with Bookwell's high-profile investors receiving Fresha shares. The piece also recalls the founders' earlier EatNow merger and Fresha's Series C extension.
Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily