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Nightingale Partners announces its completed sale of Academic Assessment Services to Janison Education Group, receiving nine million dollars upfront plus an earn-out, roughly fifteen times its capital after backing the company from 2016.
Nightingale Partners' blog records its October 2020 investment, alongside Phoenix Development Fund, in PayOK, a payments-verification venture from CreditorWatch founder Colin Porter, with Lindsay Phillips joining PayOK's board.
Nightingale Partners and Phoenix Development Fund announce an initial investment in content marketing platform Fabulate, and outline its leadership team and a new director appointment.
Nightingale Partners announces a backing of LiveWire, the new automation venture of experienced founder Peter Walsh, with Francisco Dias Costas appointed to its board.
Nightingale Partners and Phoenix Development Fund have invested in Larki, a Melbourne and Sydney 3D site-data platform for architects founded by Simon Cookes and Daniel Moore; the amount is not disclosed.
Wellness platform Blys took investment from Phoenix Development Fund in November 2020; the investor gained a board seat via Aizaz Syed, while founder Ilter Dumduz leads the at-home services marketplace.
Nightingale Partners revisits Control Bionics, which it backed in 2005 and still holds a stake in, marking the assistive-tech firm's December 2020 ASX debut and sharing a chief executive interview.
Stream Group's June 2020 announcement of its planned 100% acquisition of engineering group Mayfield, listing Mayfield's subsidiaries, expected shareholder vote and completion timing, and a director joining on completion.
Phoenix Development Fund took a minority stake in Spectainer, a container technology company, in January 2020; Lindsay Phillips came onto its board, and the piece profiles founder Nicholas Press and the COLLAPSECON product.
Nightingale's post announcing its participation in Avenue's 2019 Series A, profiling the SME-focused neobank's leadership team and recalling founder Colin's earlier credit bureau, since acquired by InfoTrack.
Nightingale's post announcing its May 2019 minority investment in Aurora Marketing, a tender advisory firm founded by Leann Webb, describing its track record, blue-chip clients, and plans to expand nationally.
Nightingale's post recalls its August 2018 investment in AccountAbility, an Australian-founded cloud ERP provider for advertising agencies, noting US expansion and a partnership with Freewheel Advertisers.
Deals recorded from Nightingale Partners's coverage. A round is listed once, however many of their articles mention it.
Companies named in Nightingale Partners's articles, most-covered first.
| Company | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Avenue Bank | 2 | |
| CreditorWatch | 2 | |
| Aerologix | 1 | |
| ATI Australia | Telecommunications network design, deployment and maintenance services | 1 |
| ausbiz | Live Australian news on business, markets, economy and startups | 1 |
| Australian Defence Force | 1 | |
| BAE Systems | 1 | |
| Control Bionics Limited | 1 | |
| CSIRO | Australia's national science research agency, from which Terria spun out | 1 |
| Deakin University | 1 | |
| Domain | 1 | |
| Downer | 1 | |
| Fabulate | Leading APAC influencer marketing and technology platform | 1 |
| Freelancer.com | 1 | |
| Get Blys Pty Limited | 1 | |
| GlamCorner | 1 | |
| HSBC Bank Australia | Retail banking arm of HSBC exiting Australian market | 1 |
| JLL | 1 | |
| John Holland | 1 | |
| Nine | Australian media company that acquired Pedestrian TV | 1 |
| Seven | 1 | |
| Strata | 1 | |
| Victorian Government | 1 | |
| Westpac | Australian bank | 1 |
| Yahoo | 1 |
Investors named in Nightingale Partners's articles, most-covered first.
| Investor | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Nightingale Partners | Private equity firm backing business owners for long-term returns | 9 |
| Phoenix Development Fund Limited | 6 | |
| Nightingale | 2 |