CEO · Founder, Zero Co
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| CEO · Founder | Zero Co | Startup Daily (1 Sep 2025), Dealroom, SmartCompany (23 Apr 2025), Startup Daily (22 Apr 2025), SmartCompany (16 Nov 2022), Startup Daily (22 May 2022), Square Peg Capital |
| CEO (former) | ANZ Bank | Australian FinTech |
| Board Advisor | Yondr Money | Australian FinTech |
Stories naming Mike Smith. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Birchal lifts its charges and shrinks its team under a new chief executive; the piece also recalls past raises on the platform and the collapses of Zero Co and Equitise.
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Mike Smith's Australian refillable cleaning-products startup Zero Co will shut at April's end after packaging troubles; the piece recalls its Kickstarter, Birchal and Square Peg raises and its Smart50 Rising Star award.
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Cleaning products maker Zero Co, backed by Square Peg and crowdfunded via Birchal, is closing down solvent and will hand leftover funds to shareholders after failing to find a workable path forward.
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SmartCompany names its 2022 Smart50 winners: July tops the list, Ofload ranks second after a $60 million raise, and Mad Paws, Zero Co, Code Like a Girl and Hero Packaging take out category awards.
Startup Daily promotes its Money Milestones panel with SAP Concur, featuring founders of Zero Co, Unhedged and Her Black Book discussing revenue building and fundraising, recalling several earlier raises.
Square Peg announces a $6 million Series A investment in Zero Co, a refillable home and personal care startup that this week set an Australian crowdfunding record, raising $5 million from 3,082 retail investors.
Melbourne neobank Yondr Money plans a capital raise to fund expansion, and reports commitments already gathered from an initial angel round; former ANZ chief Mike Smith advises the company.
Square Peg Capital's year-in-review recaps its 2021 portfolio: raises it led or joined, SPAC listing decisions, Vend's acquisition, new investment-team hires, and its newsletter and podcast output.
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