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Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Slack raised.
Investors whose own portfolio pages list Slack, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| TDM Growth Partners | its portfolio page ↗ |
Companies Slack 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 |
|---|---|---|
| April Underwood | Exec (former) | Startup Daily |
| Stewart Butterfield | CEO (former) | Startup Daily (20 Dec 2022), Startup Daily (20 Jan 2022) |
Stories naming Slack. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Freckle, whose tool cleans and enriches CRM data for revenue operations teams, announces a $4 million seed round with Gradient and 1984 Ventures at the helm, plus product plans and open roles.
Column on Atlassian's $935 million takeover of the Arc and Dia developer, arguing the deal fits its workplace software strategy amid intensifying competition in AI browsing tools.
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Project Manda, whose AI platform trims wasteful meetings, has collected more than $2 million at pre-seed, with Tech Labs Capital and Black Sheep Capital leading, as it eyes the US market.
Weekly roundup covering seven Australian companies' fresh capital: EV charging, satellite IoT, sovereign cloud, wearables, workplace messaging, plus two crowdfunding raises on Birchal.
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Shark Tank Australia founders are forming lasting networks through Davie Fogarty's Daily Mentor community, and Clutch Glue's founder raised pre-seed capital after declining a televised offer.
A Blackbird partner argues AI has revived vertical software by turning hard-to-sell customers into product-led buyers, noting the firm recently backed three such startups and recalling Aconex's sale to Oracle.
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Atlassian has acquired Melbourne data quality startup AirTrack for undisclosed terms, its second October purchase after the US$975 million Loom deal, with several earlier acquisitions also recalled.
Atlassian is buying US video-messaging firm Loom for $1.5 billion in a mostly-cash deal, folding its async video tool into Jira, Confluence and Trello while it stays standalone; regulatory sign-off still pending.
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Canva launched Magic Studio, ten generative AI tools bundled into existing subscriptions at no extra cost, alongside a royalty program for creators and an enterprise security platform.
KPMG data shows Australian startup funding fell sharply in early 2023, though AI and climate tech stayed strong, with several large raises listed and a new Main Sequence fund announced.
Also Startup Daily
Presentation startup Chronicle, based in Sydney and San Francisco, announced a $7.5 million seed round led by Accel and Square Peg, with angels from several major tech companies participating.
Fingerprint for Success, an AI coaching platform, has closed a $6.5 million second seed round led by Investible, with Canva's founders investing again; its lifetime funding now totals $9.2 million.
Fingerprint for Success, maker of AI coach Marlee, raised $5 million in an Investible-led seed round, lifting total funding to $9 million, with participation from Five V Capital, Salesforce Ventures and several high-profile angels.
Also SmartCompany
Ignition Lane's year-end review of 2022 tech news: shifting VC sentiment, record Australian fund raises, grocery delivery failures and shutdowns, local M&A, crypto fallout, awards, and global stories from Twitter to ChatGPT.
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Investible interviews bluesheets co-founder Clare Leighton about building the financial-automation company remotely from her co-founder, her earlier roles at Uber and DishDash, and its growth and partnerships.
Devops startup Buildkite has raised a US$21 million Series B led by OneVentures and AirTree, with General Catalyst and angel Dom Pym participating, to build new developer products and grow teams.
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Airwallex has secured a $100 million Series E-2 extension at an unchanged $5.5 billion valuation, joined by existing backers plus HostPlus, to fund growth, new products and acquisitions.
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OIF Ventures' note explains why the fund co-led an $8m seed round in video-testimonial software maker Vouch with US-based Stage 2 Capital, profiling the product, founders and go-to-market model.
Melbourne link-management startup Linktree has raised a $152 million Series B extension at a claimed $1.8 billion valuation, led again by Index Ventures and Coatue, a year after its $59 million Series B.
Customer research platform Dovetail has raised US$63 million led by Accel at a near-unicorn valuation, with Blackbird and Felicis also taking part, as co-founders Benjamin Humphrey and Bradley Ayers plan global growth.
OIF Ventures' investment note setting out why it put AUD$1.3 million into Arcade, a gamified employee-engagement software startup co-founded by David Cherrie and James McLaren, aimed at deskless frontline staff.
HR software maker Enboarder lands $45 million from US growth backer NewSpring, with a NewSpring partner joining the board; the piece also recaps its earlier Series A top-up and other recent local rounds.
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Shipping platform Shippit took a AU$2.2 million Series A led by Aura Group, with Addventure Fund and RTL Group participating, turning down a larger oversubscribed offer to bankroll Asia-Pacific expansion and hiring.
Also Startup Daily