Shares in hotel commerce platform, SiteMinder jumped 38% on debut on Monday, adding $500 million to the value of the business. SiteMinder’s IPO raised $627 million at $5.06 a share, for a market capitalisation of $1.36 billion. Shares in the business (ASX:SDR) closed at $7.10 on Monday for a $1.88 billion market cap. Equity funds… Read more »
Judo Bank made its ASX debut today, delivering comparatively modest gains for investors in the fintech’s IPO compared to some recent tech listings. Judo (ASX: JDO) ended its first day up trade up 7.6%, closing at $2.26 from a listing price of $2.10. More than 19.5 million shares changed hands. The float raised $657 million… Read more »
Digital share trading and superannuation platform Superhero has raised $15 million in a new round to support international expansion plans. The round was led by Perennial Value Management and included other high-profile investors, including Regal Funds Management, Ophir Asset Management and Alex Waislitz’s Thorney Investment Group. The fresh cash injection follows a $25 million raise… Read more »
Business payments startup Novatti Group has $10.5 million in series A commitments for its new banking venture. The listed fintech (ASX:NOV) is launching a banking subsidiary, Novatti B Holding Company (NBHC), and has applied for a restricted banking licence from the regular, APRA, setting itself and investors a deadline of February 2022 for approval. In… Read more »
Touch Ventures Ltd became a rare Australian company today – an ASX-listed venture capital firm – and investors keen to back high-growth companies embraced to chance to grab a slice of the action. Touch (ASX: TVL) raised $100 million for its IPO at 40 cents a share. The company, previously known as AP Ventures, is… Read more »
Shares in PPK Group spin-off battery tech company Li-S Energy skyrocketed by 175% on listing on the ASX today, pushing the company’s market cap to unicorn levels on debut. At one stage Li-S Energy shares (ASX:LIS) were up more than 250% to a peak of $3.05 before closing at $2.33. The company raised $34 million at… Read more »
ASX-listed buy-now-pay-later Zip is ramping up its offshore presence in one of the world biggest markets, taking a US$50 million (A$70m) stake in Indian BNPL ZestMoney. The six-year-old Indian fintech is the country’s market leading BNPL, with more than 11 million registered users, more than 10,000 online merchants and 75,000-plus physical stores on its customer… Read more »
Sydney-based materials technology company Xefco is launching a joint venture company to produce revolutionary face masks with the ability to kill the Covid-19 virus within minutes. Xefco developed masks coated in an ultra-thin layer of copper in a collaboration with Deakin University. Studies by the Doherty Institute found that the patent-pending technology has the ability… Read more »
ASX-listed voice data company Dubber (ASX: DUB) has acquired Brisbane tech startup Notiv in a deal worth $6.6 million. The M&A deal will see Dubber accelerate its artificial intelligence program and capabilities. Notiv was founded by tech industry veterans Chris Raethke, a BugCrowd co-founder, and Dr Iain McCowan in 2018 to improve meeting note taking.… Read more »
Australian digital broker Stake is turning its attention from Wall Street to the local bourse, launching a beta version of its trading platform for the ASX. The fintech has also launched a viral referral campaign among users, offering free ASX trades until the end of the year. People who sign on are put on the… Read more »
Raiz Invest founder and Group CEO, George Lucas appears to be locked in a power struggle with his own board and is seeking to remove three of the company’s four Non-Executive Directors, including chair Kevin Moore. The listed fintech’s board issued a statement late last week saying it had received notice from Lucas through his… Read more »
ASX-listed PropTech Group (ASX: PTG) has enlisted the support of fintech startups to build a buy now pay later (BNPL) real estate play. The joint venture project, called PropPay, is a payments platform that will allow real estate agents and third-party platforms to offer payments and solutions to their customers for property-related services in Australia… Read more »
ASX-listed BNPL Afterpay helped generate an impressive $21 billion in sales in FY21, up 90% on the previous year, thanks to 16 million customers. But the company also did a stellar job growing its losses, which jumped 600%, from a $19.8m statutory loss in FY20 to $156.3 million last financial year. With a $39 billion… Read more »
Ecommerce retailer Kogan.com saw its shares fall nearly 16% after the company reported an 87% drop in net profit after tax in the 2021 financial years to just $3.5 million. Kogan shares (ASX: KGN) lost $2.07 to close at $11.06, after the company reduced margins and ramped up marketing to shift an excess of stock.… Read more »
● Revenue of $26.6M up 38% on FY20 ● GMV of $153.1M, up 35% YoY ● Underlying pro forma EBITDA of $0.0m compared with $(4m) in FY20 ● Positive operating cash flow of $5.5m, ahead of prospectus forecast of $0.1m Casual jobs marketplace Airtasker (ASX: ART) has posted a 38% jump in revenue for… Read more »
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