Ledger. Australian venture funding, tracked

Company

XM Cyber

Attack path management company helping companies simulate how a breach could occur and exposing vulnerabilities that can be fixed before a real attack.

Coverage

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

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Five Aussie startups that raised $46.9 million this week

Weekly roundup of five Australian startups announcing raises: Stacked Farm, Sherlok, Readiitel's Readii, Nullify and Baresop, together bringing in $46.9 million from local investors.

Also SmartCompany

Pre-seed $1.1m

Software development cybersec startup Nullify banks $1.1 million pre-Seed round

Nullify, which uses AI to detect code vulnerabilities, has secured $1.1 million in pre-seed funding from OIF Ventures, Blacknova Ventures, Cyrise and two former XM Cyber founders now at Skylight Cyber.

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VC fund defies the downturn, raising $100m in 24 hours

OIF Ventures has closed its third fund at $140m, beating its original $100m target, with founder backers including Peter Lilley and Andrew Barnes; earlier trade sales underpin its strong returns.

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Funding announcement

NASDAQ giant swoops on Canberra start-up in $500m+ deal

OIF Ventures republishes an AFR report on NetApp buying Canberra data-technology firm Instaclustr for a reported $500 million-plus, covering founder paydays and the fund's returns, including a 20-times outcome on its early backing.

Seed $5m

Former Young Rich Lister scores $5 million for AdTech venture Linkby

OIF republishes AFR coverage of adtech startup Linkby raising $5 million in a seed round the fund led, profiling founder Chris Wirasinha, his Pedestrian TV sale, and Linkby's publisher advertising model.

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Unnamed stage US$350m

US growth firm Level Equity buys significant Eftsure stake

OIF Ventures reports New York's Level Equity has bought a large stake in Eftsure, letting the Australian backer sell most of its holding, with the same investor recently in simPRO's huge round.

Also OIF Ventures portfolio

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BLAST OIF | Edition III

OIF Ventures' third monthly portfolio roundup: XM Cyber's roughly billion-dollar sale to Schwarz Group, Assignar's secondary raise, new investments in Inspace, mod.io and Atelier, plus portfolio awards, customers and product launches.

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Founders tip in cash for upsized OIF

OIF has upsized its second fund's target to $100m from $75m, with $50m committed at an August 2020 first close and $30m more banked by February 2021; $20m deployed across twelve startups so far.

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