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Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Visa raised.
Companies Visa 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Pfisterer | Forbes Australia, Square Peg Capital | |
| Cietan Kitney | Head of Strategy, Asia Pacific | Australian FinTech |
| Julian Potter | Group Country Manager, Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific | Australian FinTech |
| Laura Long | Senior Director, Network Applications | Australian FinTech |
| Liza Gillooly | Global Director of FinTech BD | Forbes Australia, Australian FinTech |
Stories naming Visa. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Pismo announces Australian fintech Vivi Money will build its AI-driven financial platform on Pismo's core banking infrastructure, with Visa card services via Novatti's BIN sponsorship, ahead of a May/June launch.
Melbourne fintech pay.com.au has banked $25 million for a US push, Morgans Corporate leading, with Wilson Asset Management, Thorney Group and Ophir participating, at a pre-money valuation of $633 million.
TDM's podcast revisits Rokt chief executive Bruce Buchanan, covering the company's pandemic-era rebound, retail push, AI product suite and two-sided marketplace strategy, plus its early-2019 purchase of OfferLogic.
British Pay by Bank firm Banked has bought Australian payments startup Waave, deepening its Australian market push and gaining Waave's merchant pipeline, led by Chemist Warehouse, which plans a launch in early 2025.
Spend management firm Weel has expanded Damon Hauenstein's role to cover both chief financial and operating duties, alongside recent executive appointments and a new partnership with Nium and Visa.
Karta, an Australian gift-card platform, has struck a US deal with Visa, having earlier raised a pre-seed round above $21 million, most of it from Commonwealth Bank.
Australian gift card startup Karta has signed a multi-year deal with Visa, making it the first non-bank private label issuer able to transact over Visa's US network.
Spend management provider Weel has hired Marten Jagers as chief revenue officer and Nina Putica as head of marketing, weeks after unveiling a partnership with Visa and Nium.
Ten13's year-end post recaps nine new portfolio additions, follow-on support for existing holdings, the Mr Yum and Me&U merger, Go1's Blinkist acquisition, Smileyscope's FDA clearance, and community events.
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Weekly roundup of funding rounds at eleven Australian startups, including a $28 million Series B, a $14 million raise paired with an acquisition, and a neural-implant company appointing a new chief executive.
Startupbootcamp Australia profiles Redgrid, an energy software startup founded by Simon Wilson, recounting its equity crowdfunding raise, backing from Mirvac Ventures, a Microsoft partnership, and work for Monash University's microgrid project.
Payments company Cuscal is acquiring open banking data firm Basiq for an undisclosed price, letting backers NAB Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Reinventure and Visa cash out.
Also Australian FinTech·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Australian FinTech
US fintech investor Michael H. Giles has invested A$6.9 million in Brisbane-listed payments provider Change Financial, taking a 19.99% stake via his vehicle FinTech HQ to support its US expansion.
Sydney crypto card startup CryptoSpend, whose cofounders met in the UTS Startups hub, is seeking a Series A and new backers to expand into New Zealand and Asia; no money has been committed yet.
Home equity retirement funder Household Capital has completed a Series C raise, bringing Genworth in alongside Legal & General as strategic investors, while a Genworth executive joins its board.
Also Techboard
Payments sales leader Alexi Paxinos has been hired by Sydney fintech Shaype as Head of Business Development, with CEO Andrew Laycock welcoming him as the embedded finance platform accelerates growth.
Australian crypto card startup CryptoSpend has launched its first national advertising campaign and recently closed another funding round, with its founders reporting strong trading and everyday crypto spending despite market dips.
Banking SaaS firm Pismo has hired Simon Keys to lead business development across Oceania. The article also recalls the company's $108 million Series B, led by Amazon, SoftBank and Accel, in October 2021.
Podcast interview with Slyp co-founder Paul Weingarth on digitising receipts and loyalty, with all four major Australian banks having invested in the company.
Square Peg announces it led Zeller's AU$6.3 million seed round with Apex Capital co-investing, profiling co-founders Ben Pfisterer and Dominic Yap and their merchant payments and business banking offering ahead of launch.
Melbourne neobank Yondr Money plans a capital raise to fund expansion, and reports commitments already gathered from an initial angel round; former ANZ chief Mike Smith advises the company.
Australian comparison website Finder has raised $30 million from Future Now Capital after 15 years bootstrapped, valuing it at $650 million, as it pursues cryptocurrency and Web 3 opportunities.
Also Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily
Payments company Visa has taken a stake in open data platform Basiq to speed its API growth, with Visa and Touch Ventures each adding a representative to the company's board.