Series A
Investment Notes: Elyos
Blackbird's post explains why it led Elyos's Series A with PiLabs, YC and 468 Capital, profiling the AI phone-agent startup for trade businesses, its traction and its three founders.
Startup · $490m raised
Simpro
Vertical CRM
Brisbane, QLD
Funding history
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Unnamed stage : US$350,000,000 (A$490,000,000)
Investors
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Simpro raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| K1 Investment | Unnamed stage | - |
What Simpro bought
Companies Simpro acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
People
Coverage
Stories naming Simpro. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Fund close
$15m
Brisbane SaaS investor VentureOn Partners moves into proptech, acquiring Story Bridge Ventures
Software investor VentureOn Partners has bought Brisbane proptech backer Story Bridge Ventures; SBV's two partners join it, and its $15m fund was set up by four ex-Simpro identities.
Unnamed stage
$485m
Customer experience platform Cyara sets Australian VC record with $495 million raise
CX assurance software firm Cyara, co-founded in Melbourne, has shelved ASX listing plans and instead raised US$350 million from K1 Investment Management, with existing backers PeakSpan and Greenspring selling down stakes.
11 deals
“Perfect storm”: Startup funding in ANZ topped $10 billion in 2021
SmartCompany reviews 2021's record ANZ startup funding, topping $10 billion per Cut Through Venture, highlighting mega-rounds by SimPRO, Rokt, Canva and Airwallex, plus early-2022 raises by Dovetail, Milkrun and TradeSquare.
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20 deals
The final FUNDED for 2021
Techboard's year-end roundup catalogues November funding activity: big raises for Rokt, Harrison.ai and Pet Circle, five acquisitions, Investible's second fund closing at $51.6m, plus a watchlist of companies still seeking capital.
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9 deals
Rokt raises $458 million, as Aussie startups continue to cash in
Rokt's Series E tops a week of Australian raises including Dovetail, Inventia, DiviPay, Atomi, 6clicks, Replica Studios and ProForm Foods, with SimPro's recent raise noted.
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