Ledger. Australian venture funding, tracked

Company

Yahoo

Coverage

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

Funding announcement

‘We believed in what we were building’: Canva’s Melanie Perkins on raising capital and achieving big goals

Women's Agenda interview with Canva co-founder Melanie Perkins on her SXSW Sydney conversation with investor Mary Meeker, covering Fusion Books, Silicon Valley rejections, and the early backers who funded the design platform.

Seed $1.5m

Aussie cooking app ReciMe entices high-profile investors in $1.5 million seed round

Cooking app ReciMe has banked a $1.5 million seed round led by Even Capital, drawing angels such as Marissa Mayer and Deb Liu, as its founders shift to New York to chase US growth.

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2 deals

Shippit rejects $5M and secures a strategic $2.2M Series A

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.

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