Company · Media and entertainment
London, OS
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Platoon raised.
Investors whose own portfolio pages list Platoon, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| Side Stage Ventures | its portfolio page ↗ |
The transaction that ended Platoon'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | Acquisition | undated | - | Australian FinTech, SmartCompany |
Companies Platoon acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Grabiner | Founder | Australian FinTech, SmartCompany (7 Aug 2023), SmartCompany (6 Apr 2022) |
Stories naming Platoon. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
SmartCompany reports Side Stage Ventures has completed a $15 million first close of its debut fund, backed by founders of Airtasker, Linktree and Go1 plus LocalGlobe, targeting $30 million and already backing early startups.
Linktree's co-founders have launched Side Stage Ventures, a collective investing in very young creative-tech companies; it has already backed several startups, and associate Ben Grabiner's music platform Platoon was bought by Apple.
Also Australian FinTech