Company

Pedestrian TV

Millennial-focused media company sold to Nine

Investor	Rounds	Invested
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Who bought Pedestrian TV

The transaction that ended Pedestrian TV'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
Nine	Acquisition	undated (recalled in later coverage)	~$50m	SmartCompany, Startup Daily, Our Innovation Fund (17 Jun 2024), Our Innovation Fund (21 Feb 2022)

What Pedestrian TV bought

Companies Pedestrian TV 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 is not recorded as having acquired anything.

Name	Role	Sources
Chris Wirasinha	Founder	SmartCompany, Startup Daily, Our Innovation Fund (17 Jun 2024), Our Innovation Fund (21 Feb 2022)

Coverage

Stories naming Pedestrian TV. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

19 deals

Nine Aussie startups that raised $38.3 million this week

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.

SmartCompany 21 Jun 2024 Andromeda Robotics Archistar Linkby Liquid Instruments Loopit Maxme MGA Thermal Naked Rivals TrueState Australian Investment Network Australian National University Coles Disney Government of New South Wales HelloCars LaunchVic McKinsey QuantumBlack NASA Nine Pedestrian TV Pixar Woolworths AeroCorp AirTree Ventures Alice Anderson Fund Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)Breakthrough Victoria Common Sense Galileo Ventures Imprint Capital Partners Luxem NAB Ventures OIF Ventures Perennial Private Investments PEXA Purpose Ventures Royal Automobile Club of West Australia Shell Side Stage Ventures Skip Capital Tidal Upswell Prabhat Sethi Adrian Fagerlund Dr Alexander Post Andrew Chak Andrew Gordon Dr Benjamin Coorey Chris Wirasinha Professor Daniel Shaddock Dr Erich Kisi Grace Brown Kate Gordon Mark Croudace Michael Higgins Paul Higgins Renata Sguario Robert Coorey Will Ashford

Also Australian FinTech·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·AgFunderNews

2 deals

This Ex-Young Rich Lister built a top media company, now he's trying tech

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.

OIF Ventures portfolio 17 Jun 2024 Linkby Nine Pedestrian TV The Daily Aus OIF Ventures Perennial Private Investments Adrian Fagerlund Andrew Chak Chris Wirasinha

Also OIF Ventures portfolio·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily

Seed $5m

Former Young Rich Lister scores $5 million for AdTech venture Linkby

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.

OIF Ventures portfolio 21 Feb 2022 Linkby Brosa Condé Nast Enboarder Go1 Koala Modibodi Nine Pedestrian TV XM Cyber OIF Ventures Our Innovation Fund Adrian Fagerlund Andrew Chak Chris Wirasinha Jerry Stesel Oscar Martin

Also OIF Ventures portfolio·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily

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