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Tiimely strengthens executive leadership with dual appointments across product, technology and lending operations

Tiimely appoints Faith Brockhoff as product and technology chief and elevates Deion Matulic to lead lending operations, coinciding with renewed deals with two key platform partners.

Four Australian startups that have raised almost $7 million this week

Weekly roundup of Australian raises: Bloom's seed round, Vedi's animal-health funding, Alii's pre-Series A, and Code Like A Girl's government grant, alongside other WiSE grant recipients.

Dom Pym and Envato founders back climate investment fintech Bloom in $525,000 Seed round

Brisbane climate investment app Bloom Impact Investing has raised a $525,000 seed round co-led by Dom Pym through his family office Euphemia, with Envato founders Collis and Cyan Ta'eed reinvesting, for a business development hire.

Ethical investment app Bloom lands $525,000 in seed funding for its anti-greenwashing platform

Fintech startup Bloom Impact Investing has raised a $525,000 seed round led by angel investors Dominic Pym, Collis Ta'eed and Cyan Ta'eed to scale its ethical investment app and grow business development.

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Three Australian startups that have already raised millions this year

Early-2023 roundup of startup raises: a solar software company closed a Series B, an adventure-tech firm landed Series A money, and an angel investing platform raised seed capital.

Startup Daily TV: Crowdfunding platform Birchal is raising $3 million to take CSF to the next level

Birchal opens an equity crowdfunding campaign on its own marketplace, an industry first, chasing $3 million with Up cofounder Dom Pym committed, while marking $100 million raised and unveiling secondary trading plans.

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DeFi startup Minke raises $650,000 in pre-Seed capital

Consumer crypto wallet startup Minke has secured pre-seed backing ahead of its app launch, with four angels participating. Its founders previously worked at SmartrMail, and the company is currently in Startmate's summer program.

The 10 most-read startup stories on SmartCompany in 2021

A year-end recap of SmartCompany's most-read startup stories of 2021, recalling raises by Carted, Octopus Deploy, Who Gives a Crap and Judo Bank, plus a bank acquisition, listings and a liquidation.