Company
Australian media company that acquired Pedestrian TV
Every published round Nine 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 Nine 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 Nine, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Nine has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Nine did.
| Company | Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price |
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| No portfolio company of Nine is recorded as having been acquired. | ||||
Companies Nine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrian TV | Acquisition | undated | ~$50m | SmartCompany, Startup Daily, Our Innovation Fund (17 Jun 2024), Our Innovation Fund (21 Feb 2022) |
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Gunn | Exec (former) | Startup Daily |
| David Gyngell | CEO (former) | Mumbrella (28 Sep 2026), Mumbrella (23 Sep 2026), SmartCompany, Mumbrella (6 Aug 2026), Startup Daily |
| James Chessell | Managing Director of Publishing (former) | Mumbrella, SMH Business, The Age Business |
| Nathan Powell | Exec (former) | Startup Daily |
| Tory Maguire | Publishing Chief | Mumbrella (28 Sep 2026), Mumbrella (23 Sep 2026), AFR Technology |
Stories naming Nine. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Long-serving Financial Review editor James Chessell departs Nine to edit Joe Aston's new venture Rampart, which has recently banked $2.3 million from five backers; Cosima Marriner steps up to lead the masthead.
Live entertainment and ticketing group TEG has promoted Karen Chapple to an expanded customer and product leadership role and hired Cameron Curtis, previously at News Corp Australia, into a new marketing and data position.
Weekly roundup: Firmus completes its $2.85b round; Procore acquires DroneDeploy; Atlassian rebounds while Canva cuts guidance; plus fresh raises for Zabidou, BioScout, Vexev, Enrola, Spacetalk and others.
Roundup of four Australian raises: Firmus Technologies' US$2 billion round at a $15 billion valuation, Eudaemon's $3.75 million, Zabidou's $3.5 million seed round, and Rampart's $2.3 million.
Josh Simons-led Vinyl Group raised $2.4 million and is adding Time Out Australia and Pedestrian Group to its media portfolio for little outlay, alongside earlier buys of Concrete Playground and Val Morgan Digital.
Vinyl Group is buying Nine's youth publisher Pedestrian Group for nominal consideration, ending Nine's costly ownership. The piece also recalls Nine's stake purchases, Linkby's Series B, and Vinyl's acquisitions and shutdowns.
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Canva has bought AI agent platform Simtheory and marketing software Ortto from the Sharkey brothers, who also founded Stayz — its fourth and fifth purchases this year, prices undisclosed.
Vinyl Group is buying Val Morgan Digital, publisher of BuzzFeed and PopSugar, from Hoyts for $10.5 million, with funding via a shareholder facility and Hoyts CEO Damian Keogh joining the Vinyl board.
ANZ is winding up DataCo, a customer-data startup built within its former venture arm 1835i, following Cashrewards' closure and its Airwallex stake sale, with media clients reportedly weighing compensation.
Southern Cross Media's chairman defends its proposed all-scrip merger with Seven West Media, saying major shareholders back it, while Sandon Capital's Radzyminski moves to block the share issue and rivals circle.
Sydney adtech firm Linkby secured US$15 million in a Volition Capital-led Series B to expand in the US; CEO Chris Wirasinha earlier founded Pedestrian.tv, later sold to Nine.
Weekly funding roundup covering eight local companies that together banked $80m, topped by twin $17m Series Bs at Safewill and Fresho, plus Celosia's $16.75m Series A and five smaller rounds.
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Roundup of nine local startups that together banked a combined $38m-plus this week, spanning precision instruments, proptech, adtech, robotics, food, energy storage and AI, with several earlier raises recalled.
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AFR profile of Linkby co-founder Chris Wirasinha covers the adtech firm's new $4 million raise, with Perennial Private Investments leading and OIF following on, and recalls his earlier sale of Pedestrian TV to Nine.
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Roundup of ten Australian startup raises totalling $38.8 million, topped by Heidi Health's Series A, also recording an Outstaffer executive appointment and the earlier sale of CarAdvice to Nine.
Crikey reports that Future Women, co-owned by Nine Entertainment, has drawn large government funding commitments while an independent evaluation of its programs' effectiveness is still pending.
Profile of Sendle managing director Laura Hill tracing her career from television and digital media through Gumtree to logistics leadership, with her views on transferable skills and women in the transport sector.
Sydney device-security software firm Devicie has raised a $14 million Series A led by Insight Partners with CyberCX, after an earlier seed round, to fund overseas growth and team expansion.
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Seven West Media's venture arm joins Antony Catalano and Alex Waislitz in backing their proptech consortium View Media Group, with cash, capital and media services pushing the package past $100 million; the piece also recalls earlier property media deals.
News startup The Daily Aus has raised a $1.2 million seed round led by former Nine CEO David Gyngell, with Canva executives and Untitled Group also investing, to grow its newsroom and expand internationally.
Property listings company Domain led childcare marketplace KindiCare's seed round with a $1.2 million stake within a $3.3 million total, deepening an existing data partnership; founder Benjamin Balk keeps majority ownership.
OIF republishes AFR coverage of adtech startup Linkby raising $5 million in a seed round the fund led, profiling founder Chris Wirasinha, his Pedestrian TV sale, and Linkby's publisher advertising model.
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Nightingale Partners and Phoenix Development Fund announce an initial investment in content marketing platform Fabulate, and outline its leadership team and a new director appointment.
SourseAI, an AI decision-support startup, announced a $1.5 million raise with Aligned Equity leading and broadcaster Southern Cross Austereo investing; the capital will scale its platform deployed across SCA's audio services.
AFR's Media & Marketing section roundup: Joe Aston's Rampart has raised $2.3m from five backers and TEG has locked in roughly $100m of fresh bank debt, alongside media policy, court and personality stories.
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