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Financial Review owner Nine has scrapped its deal with Joe Aston's Rampart after editor James Chessell quit the masthead for the venture, which recently banked $2.3 million from five backers including David Gyngell.
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Long-serving Financial Review editor James Chessell departs Nine to edit Joe Aston's new venture Rampart, which has recently banked $2.3 million from five backers; Cosima Marriner steps up to lead the masthead.
Everlab, a preventative health firm, has tapped agency Outside In to shape its brand and debut campaign, due in October; the piece also cites its $65 million Series A.
A liquidator suspects the Big Smoke, Alexandra Senter's publishing and marketing agency, spent years unable to pay debts before collapsing owing over $4 million, much of it to the tax office and her family.
Queensland government screen agency awards its third online production grants round, giving four local online series $50,000 each in production funding.
Bigdatr has released a compliance platform letting Australian advertising regulators screen creative against industry codes, assign risk ratings, and review concerning ads shortly after publication.
Sydney careers platform Anyway appoints two commercial directors from Accenture and Scentre Group; the piece also notes that Vinyl Group acquired Val Morgan Digital, a recent appointee's former employer.
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Live entertainment and ticketing group TEG has promoted Karen Chapple to an expanded customer and product leadership role and hired Cameron Curtis, previously at News Corp Australia, into a new marketing and data position.
India's biggest PR firm Adfactors PR has bought most of Australian communications consultancy SenateSHJ, which keeps its brand, leadership and Sydney and Melbourne offices while gaining regional scale.
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Talent and influencer agency Click is broadening past gaming into new categories, appointing Gianni Borrelli and promoting Tilly Barker, under a year after GameSquare acquired it.
KK Press, publisher of the Australian Cosmopolitan and T magazine titles, has gone into liquidation with roughly $1.1 million owing to creditors, including the tax office, staff and suppliers.
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Short-term rental manager Hometime has hired Alison Walsh, previously CMO at Chatime Australia and a 17-year Guzman y Gomez veteran, as its chief marketing officer, reporting to co-founder and CEO Billy Crock.
Australian adtech firm Veridooh adds ex-Interpublic chief executive David Bell to its advisory council; the write-up also covers his career and Veridooh's 2022 Series A raise.
Melbourne behavioural-intelligence startup Flowing Bee hires Jonny Hanratty from The Lab to lead applied research and strategy amid rapid growth; named backers include Archangel Ventures, Antler and LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund.
Fabulate, an Australian creator-marketing platform, has completed an oversubscribed 4.5-million-dollar raise valuing it at 84.5 million dollars post-money, largely from returning shareholders, to fund Asia-Pacific growth.
Rampart, Joe Aston's 18-month-old business news outlet, raised $2.3 million from five investors at a $28.75 million valuation, with proceeds earmarked for hiring, new verticals, events and technology.
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KK Press, the independent publisher that relaunched Cosmopolitan Australia, has entered voluntary liquidation, ending the magazine and T: Australia after five years.
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Deals recorded from Mumbrella's coverage. A round is listed once, however many of their articles mention it.
Companies named in Mumbrella's articles, most-covered first.
| Company | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Nine | Australian media company that acquired Pedestrian TV | 4 |
| Australian Financial Review | 3 | |
| Rampart | Business publication founded by Joe Aston | 3 |
| Australian Taxation Office | 2 | |
| Bespoke Approach | 2 | |
| KK Press | Independent publisher of Cosmopolitan Australia and T: Australia | 2 |
| The New York Times Company | Licence holder for T: Australia | 2 |
| Accenture | 1 | |
| Ad Council | 1 | |
| Ad.net | 1 | |
| Adfactors PR | India's largest public relations firm | 1 |
| Advertising Educational Foundation | 1 | |
| AFR | 1 | |
| Airbnb | US home-sharing platform | 1 |
| Allianz | Insurance provider that previously underwrote SafetyCulture's business. | 1 |
| Allure Media | 1 | |
| Amazon | Global e-commerce and technology company | 1 |
| American Advertising Federation | 1 | |
| American Association of Advertising Agencies | 1 | |
| Antler Australia | Global early-stage VC investing in founders from first check to IPO | 1 |
| AOL | 1 | |
| Archangel Ventures | 1 | |
| Booking.com | Online travel agency and Cover Genius client | 1 |
| Bozell Worldwide | 1 | |
| Ceres Capital | 1 | |
| Convent of the Sacred Heart School | 1 | |
| Cosmopolitan Australia | 1 | |
| Deloitte | Professional services and advisory firm | 1 |
| Dentsu | 1 | |
| Dstillery | 1 | |
| Ellerston Capital | Investment management services for equities and private assets | 1 |
| ESOMAR | 1 | |
| Everlab | AI-powered preventative healthcare platform | 1 |
| Fabulate | Leading APAC influencer marketing and technology platform | 1 |
| Fairfax Media | 1 | |
| Flowing Bee | Behavioural intelligence company helping organisations solve complex customer and growth … | 1 |
| Technology company operator of Firebase, referenced as comparison | 1 | |
| Guzman y Gomez | 1 | |
| Hearst Magazines International | Partner for Cosmopolitan Australia revival | 1 |
| Helm Advisory | 1 | |
| Hometime | Australia’s largest short-term rental property management company | 1 |
| Interpublic Group | 1 | |
| Ive Group | Printer | 1 |
| Junkee Media | 1 | |
| Kenvue | 1 | |
| LaunchVic’s Alice Anderson Fund | 1 | |
| M&C Saatchi | 1 | |
| M8 Ventures | 1 | |
| Macalester College | 1 | |
| Madison Logic | 1 | |
| MARKETECH APAC | 1 | |
| Mayo Clinic | 1 | |
| McDonald's | 1 | |
| Mercedes | Automotive company with deals lined up with Sila | 1 |
| National Forest Foundation | 1 | |
| News Corp | 1 | |
| News Corp Australia | 1 | |
| Oracle | Enterprise software company that acquired Aconex | 1 |
| Outside In | 1 | |
| PebblePost | 1 | |
| Pepsi | 1 | |
| Pitcher Partners | Liquidator | 1 |
| Scentre Group | 1 | |
| SenateSHJ | Melbourne-based communications consultancy | 1 |
| Seven Network | 1 | |
| Sony | 1 | |
| Stayz | 1 | |
| Sun-Herald | 1 | |
| Suncorp | 1 | |
| T: Australia | 1 | |
| Telstra | Telecommunications company | 1 |
| The Behavioural Architects | 1 | |
| The Iconic | Australian online fashion and lifestyle retailer | 1 |
| The Lab | 1 | |
| The Squiz | Handles sales, distribution and subscriptions for Rampart | 1 |
| Ticketek | 1 | |
| TikTok | Social media platform | 1 |
| Time Inc. | 1 | |
| True North Communications | 1 | |
| Uber | Ride-hailing and delivery platform | 1 |
| Uber Eats | 1 | |
| Unilever | Brand using Zitcha's platform | 1 |
| University of Melbourne Genesis Pre-Seed Fund | 1 | |
| Val Morgan Digital | Publishes a range of online US media brands under licence | 1 |
| Valtech | 1 | |
| Veridooh | 1 | |
| Vinyl Group | 1 | |
| Woolworths | Australian grocery retailer using electric truck delivery fleets | 1 |
Investors named in Mumbrella's articles, most-covered first.
| Investor | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Screen Queensland | Australian agency supporting screen content creation | 1 |
| Nightingale Partners | Private equity firm backing business owners for long-term returns | 1 |
| Centerstone Capital | Capital and expertise for tech in professional services | 1 |