Startup · $37m raised
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round MoneyMe raised.
Every published round MoneyMe 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.
Companies MoneyMe has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
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| No portfolio companies recorded yet. | ||||
Fund closes reported for MoneyMe, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies MoneyMe has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal MoneyMe did.
| Company | Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price |
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| No portfolio company of MoneyMe is recorded as having been acquired. | ||||
Companies MoneyMe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SocietyOne | Acquisition | 17 Dec 2021 | $14.5m+ | Australian FinTech (16 Mar 2022), Techboard, Startup Daily, Australian FinTech (17 Dec 2021) |
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron Bassin | Head of Strategy (former) | Our Innovation Fund (11 Jun 2024), Our Innovation Fund (21 Mar 2022), Australian FinTech, Our Innovation Fund (15 Sep 2021) |
| Clayton Howes | Managing Director and CEO | Australian FinTech (16 Mar 2022), Startup Daily, Australian FinTech (17 Dec 2021) |
Stories naming MoneyMe. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Bridging lender Bridgit has banked a $14.6m equity round through OIF Ventures plus a $125m debt facility, positioning the Surry Hills startup for Australia's looming intergenerational wealth handover.
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Melbourne proptech Listing Loop has banked $2.1m toward its Series A, led through Allectus Capital with more commitments pending, and recently bought negotiation firm Hello Haus.
Techboard's September 2022 roundup reports Australian raises led by Morse Micro's $140m Series B, several acquisitions including ResApp Health to Pfizer, fund closes by Telstra Ventures, OIF and Main Sequence, and open raises.
Techboard's monthly roundup tallies August 2022 private funding at $207m across 22 deals, listing the month's raises, BlackRock's acquisition of Akaysha Energy, One Click Life's reverse takeover listing, and several fund closes.
Also Startup Daily
Techboard's monthly roundup logs June 2022 Australian funding events, including GO1's Series E, Edrolo's Series B, two acquisitions, several new funds reaching closes, and accelerator intake announcements.
Also Techboard
Online home loans marketplace Joust adds Virginia Marshall and Stuart Stoyan as non-executive directors, drawing on their banking and fintech backgrounds at Westpac, SocietyOne, MoneyPlace and Fintech Australia.
Investment note announcing the firm's lead of Bridgit's $7.7 million Series A. Covers the bridging-loan fintech's product, traction, market, and founders' backgrounds at Stake, MoneyMe and KPMG.
KPMG's half-yearly fintech report finds Australian fintech funding rebounded in 2021, recapping local raises, listings and acquisitions alongside record global deal figures and a bullish outlook for 2022.
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Techboard's year-end roundup catalogues November funding activity: big raises for Rokt, Harrison.ai and Pet Circle, five acquisitions, Investible's second fund closing at $51.6m, plus a watchlist of companies still seeking capital.
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ASX-listed lender MoneyMe has agreed a scrip-based acquisition of SocietyOne valued at $132 million, with major shareholders escrowing their stakes; the deal completes in March 2022 pending shareholder approval.
ASX-listed lender MoneyMe is acquiring rival consumer credit fintech SocietyOne in a scrip-based deal valued at $132 million, aiming for scale, cost synergies and revenue growth.
OIF's write-up of bridging-loan startup TechLend: a two-month-old lender fielding heavy loan demand, already holding $50 million in venture debt from a Silicon Valley fund, now chasing a larger facility plus equity.