Dovetail
Funding

Customer insights startup Dovetail raises $5 million from Mike Cannon-Brookes & Culture Amp’s Didier Elzinga

- August 10, 2021 2 MIN READ

Sydney startup Dovetail has raised A$5 million in a round led by US VC Felicis Ventures. The raise was also supported by Mike Cannon-Brookes’ family investment vehicle Grok Ventures, Didier Elzinga, the co-founder of Culture Amp, and Blackbird Ventures. The software company enables teams to make better decisions through deep customer understanding, and will use… Read more »

NIck Hazell
Funding

Plant protein venture v2food raises $72 million second series B for global expansion

- August 6, 2021 2 MIN READ

Plant-based protein startup v2food has raised A$72 million in series B-plus with Europe’s largest impact investment fund, Astanor Ventures leading the round. The latest capital injection is to ramp up expansion into China and Europe and scaling its manufacturing. The plant protein joint venture between Hungry Jacks billionaire Jack Cowin and the CSIRO, previously raised… Read more »

R&D, science, man looking in microscope
Funding

The NSW government is offering tech “vouchers” worth up to $50,000 for research to tackle Covid-19 impacts

- August 5, 2021 2 MIN READ

The NSW government is offering to new funding schemes to help startups commercialise ideas to address impacts of Covid-19. The new $6 million R&D Fund targets innovative products developed by NSW businesses. Proposals to scale R&D products will be assessed by a panel of judges with expertise in commercialisation, venture capital, academia, government and industry.… Read more »

Call centre
Funding

Software startup Operata takes on $2.2 million seed round for call centres to go remote

- August 5, 2021 2 MIN READ

Performance monitoring and assurance platform Operata has raised $2.2 million in a seed round to help call centres in the shift to remote working operations. Sydney VC Tidal Ventures led the seed funding supported by Black Nova, Flying Fox Ventures and prominent angels. The Melbourne software startup, founded in 2018 and already profitable, has bootstrapped… Read more »

Giant Leap
Advice

Giant Leap’s Small Steps: A record-breaking year for impact VC

- August 5, 2021 2 MIN READ

Welcome to Giant Leap’s Small Steps, a newsletter offering global insights and news on the impact startups landscape. We’ll be sharing an edited version with Startup Daily readers every fortnight. Giant Leap is Australia’s first impact venture fund, and they use this newsletter to surface the ideas and businesses that intrigue and inspire them and… Read more »

Funding

Hospitality wholesaler Foodbomb raises $4.5 million series A

- August 5, 2021 2 MIN READ

 Foodbomb, a produce wholesale marketplace for the hospitality sector, has raised A$4.5 million in a series A The round was backed by EVP, Athletic Ventures, Aura Ventures, Tony Gandel’s family investment vehicle, Tahmedia, and Platform Advisory Partners. It’s EVP’s third investment in the business since 2019. The raise will enable the four-year-old startup to expand… Read more »

Jeffrey Williams
Funding

Hospitality jobs startup Barcats raises $2.4 million

- August 3, 2021 2 MIN READ

Hospitality jobs and training platform Barcats has raised $2.4 million amid the ongoing disruption to the sector caused by pandemic lockdowns.  Existing investors, including business journalist Ross Greenwood and Computershare founder Chris Morris once again backed the latest, round, with the Colonial Leisure Group owner raising his stake in the four-year-old startup from 7.25% to… Read more »

Claudio Oyarce, Traviss Orr
Funding

Programa, the proptech saving architects and designers from tedious spreadsheets, nails $2 million seed raise

- August 2, 2021 2 MIN READ

Melbourne software startup Programa has raised $2 million in a seed round. The raise was co-led by Sydney VCs Equity Venture Partners (EVP) and Investible. Programa’s cloud-based software converts tasks that might take designers two days to complete into jobs that take just minutes, bringing interior designers and architects out of the spreadsheet age and… Read more »

jump, parachute
Funding

Crowd-sourced funding is booming in Australia

- July 29, 2021 3 MIN READ

Australian investors poured $47 million into companies through crowd-sourced funding (CSF) in the 2021 financial year – double the FY20 figure – as the sector continues to boom. Funded!, the third annual report into Australian CSF capital raising, prepared by market leader Birchal, reveals how quickly the sector is growing, with the number of CSF… Read more »

Airwallex
Funding

Airwallex’s founders are launching a $270 million VC fund

- July 29, 2021 < 1 MIN READ

The co-founders of fintech unicorn Airwallex, are launching an early-stage venture capital fund to invest invest in tech startups supporting the payments platform. The fund, named Capital 49, plans to raise US$200 million (A$270m) through the Airwallex founders and other investors. Capital 49 has completed investments in two fintech firms. The VC is planning to… Read more »