Startup · $81m raised
Delivery logistics company
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Sendle raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Federation | Unnamed stage · Series B | $7,310,000 |
| Touch Ventures | Series C | - |
Investors whose own portfolio pages list Sendle, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| Alberts | its portfolio page ↗ |
| Giant Leap | its portfolio page ↗ |
The transaction that ended Sendle'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAST Group | Merger | 8 Aug 2025 | - | SmartCompany (23 Jul 2026), Startup Daily (2 Mar 2026), SmartCompany (27 Feb 2026), Startup Daily (22 Jan 2026), SmartCompany (20 Jan 2026), SmartCompany (15 Jan 2026), SmartCompany (13 Jan 2026), Startup Daily (12 Jan 2026), SmartCompany (12 Jan 2026), SmartCompany (8 Aug 2025) |
Companies Sendle 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Apurva Chiranewala | Executive (former) | SmartCompany, Australian FinTech |
| Geraldine Chin-Moody | retailtechinnovationhub.com, SmartCompany | |
| James Chin Moody | CEO · Founder | SmartCompany (23 Jul 2026), Startup Daily (2 Mar 2026), SmartCompany (27 Feb 2026), Startup Daily (22 Jan 2026), SmartCompany (20 Jan 2026), Startup Daily (12 Jan 2026), SmartCompany (12 Jan 2026), SmartCompany (8 Aug 2025) |
| James Chin-Moody | Founder | Startup Daily, retailtechinnovationhub.com, SmartCompany |
| Laura Hill | Managing Director | SmartCompany |
| Zway Yee | Vice President of Marketing (former) | Australian FinTech |
Stories naming Sendle. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
The Sendle delivery brand, liquidated earlier in 2026 after a troubled merger, has been bought by logistics executive Andrew McKenna, who expects a September relaunch with Quantium Solutions handling deliveries.
Touch Ventures twice marked its Sendle holding down to nothing during 2025, first over a harsh Federation financing, then after claims against merger partner ACI Logistix, before Sendle's sudden shutdown.
Federation says ACI Logistix hid its finances before merging with Sendle and FirstMile into Fast Group, now winding down, killing the courier; the article also recalls past Sendle and Strongroom raises.
Directors at Sendle's parent FAST Group voted to shut the delivery business after it could not raise the money needed to survive; Federation had propped it up while rivals Aramex and Interparcel courted customers.
Alternative parcel delivery firm Sendle stopped taking bookings five months after merging into US parent Fast Group, whose financial troubles led investor Federation Asset Management to suspend fund withdrawals and inject emergency capital.
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Sendle has halted new parcel shipments, disrupting small business customers. The article recalls its 2021 Series C, a 2024 raise, its merger creating FAST Group, and emergency capital from Federation Asset Management.
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Sendle has merged with US firms FirstMile and ACI Logistix to form FAST Group, combining Australian small-business shipping with US parcel networks; ACI Logistix's Keith Somers will lead the combined group.
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Shopfront, a re-commerce platform for selling second-hand goods across multiple marketplaces, raised a pre-seed round backed by Antler, Co Ventures, 5H Values Capital, Jampad and angel syndicates, plus eBay grant funding.
Melbourne startup Shopfront has secured $800,000 in a pre-seed round led by Antler, Co-Ventures, 5H Values Capital and Jam Pad Investments, with angel syndicates joining; its founders met through an Antler program.
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Roundup of six Australian funding rounds this week: InDebted, Evolt, Restoke.ai, Mary Technology, Matilda and Demtech.ai, with investors, amounts, InDebted's valuation and a secondary component for early backers and staff.
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ASX-listed venture fund Touch Ventures is parting with chief executive Hein Vogel; the piece recalls its 2021 $100 million listing, heavy write-offs on PlanPay and Till Payments, and Basiq's sale to Cuscal.
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.
Debt collection startup Indebted raised $22.5 million led by Perennial, doubling its valuation, while cutting 40 jobs; the article also recalls earlier raises and an acquisition.
Reports that a fund backed by government and major banks has taken a minority stake in a parcel pick-up network, profiling its patient investment model and recalling an earlier cheque to a clean-energy maker.
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Block Earner appoints Apurva Chiranewala as general manager, with other senior hires named, as the blockchain fintech prepares to launch its decentralised finance platform for Australian consumers.
Commentary piece on VC exit strategies (IPO, trade sale, secondary sale) referencing recent Australian tech M&A deals and venture funding rounds including Sendle, UpGuard, Sonder and others.