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Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Pedestrian Group raised.
The transaction that ended Pedestrian Group'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinyl Group | Acquisition | 13 Jun 2026 | - | Capital Brief, This Week in Australian Startups, Startup Daily (10 Jun 2026), Startup Daily (9 Jun 2026) |
Companies Pedestrian Group acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Pedestrian Group. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Weekly roundup: five raises totalling $87.48m, Fresho buying UK software firm Nation Wilcox, Vinyl Group adding Pedestrian Group and Time Out Australia, and robot maker Andromeda scaling production in a larger facility.
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.
Also Startup Daily·This Week in Australian Startups·Capital Brief
Weekly roundup of seven startup raises: OCR Labs' Series B, Zoomo's Series B extension, plus new funding for Lumi, Upflowy, Linkby, Fortiro and Licorice, alongside Scalapay's unicorn round and Arkon Energy's pre-seed.
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