Stuart Cook: Ledger

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

Role	Organisation	Sources
Chairman	Fitstop	SmartCompany
Chief Executive (former)	Zambrero	SmartCompany (16 Dec 2022), SmartCompany (3 Nov 2022)

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Christmas comes early for 14 Aussie startups that raised $260 million this week

Weekly roundup covering 14 startup raises totalling over $260 million, headlined by Synchron's $110 million round, plus Roller's shareholder liquidity payout, Partly's record New Zealand Series A, and several government grants.

SmartCompany 16 Dec 2022 Avarni BiomeBank FairSupply GeoMoby Hysata Neighbourlytics Partly Pathzero Roller SiteHive Synchron The Yield Willow Zetifi Zipline.io 7-Eleven Aconex Artesian VC Coles LaunchVic Lendlease Microsoft TechnologyOne the New South Wales government Treasury Wine Estates Walmart Yamaha Motor Co Zambrero Acadian Software Agreement Hub AirTree Ventures Aliavia Ventures Alice Anderson Fund Antler Australia Arch Venture Partners Bezos Expeditions Birchal Blackbird Ventures Carthona Capital Clyde Bank Holdings Common Sense Ventures Ellerston Capital EVP Gates Frontier Khosla Ventures King River Capital Main Sequence Ventures METS Ignited Minderoo Foundation NSW Physical Sciences Fund Octopus Ventures Partners for Growth Previously existing shareholders QIC Ventures SecondQuarter Ventures South Australian Venture Capital Fund Square Peg Capital Sypkes Family Office The Hospital Research Foundation Tidal unnamed investors based in Europe VentureCrowd Vulpes Ventures Adrian Di Marco Leigh Jasper Rob Phillpot Anuj Paudel Dr Arne Geschke Carl Prins Jessica Christiansen-Franks Kimberly Randle Levi Fawcett Lucinda Hartley Luke Finn Mark Finn Misha Cajic Dr Rob Bryant Ros Harvey Samantha Wong Dr Sam Costello Stuart Cook Tony Yammine

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Unnamed stage $3.3m

Aussie fitness chain Fitstop is taking on the US with the help of a local industry expert

Fitness franchise Fitstop, built by Peter Hull, is expanding to California in 2023, supported by a US$2.5 million raise and the appointment of ex-F45 figure Peter Pisani as North American athletic director.

SmartCompany 3 Nov 2022 Fitstop F45 Zambrero Peter Hull Peter Pisani Stuart Cook

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Christmas comes early for 14 Aussie startups that raised $260 million this week

Aussie fitness chain Fitstop is taking on the US with the help of a local industry expert