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Tyro appoints former PayPal Australia executive Kareem Al-Bassam as its new head of product

- January 23, 2017 2 MIN READ

Four months after appointing a new CEO, Sydney-based fintech company Tyro Payments has announced Kareem Al-Bassam as its Head of Product. The role has been newly created through the splitting of the Head of Product and Engineering position; Paul Peterson, Tyro’s current head of product and engineering, will head up the engineering function while Al-Bassam… Read more »

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Drone startup Flirtey raises US$16 million Series A round to expand its delivery run

- January 19, 2017 2 MIN READ

Sydney-founded, Reno-based drone startup Flirtey has raised a US$16 million ($21.3 million) Series A round led by existing backers Menlo Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures, with participation from Lowercase Capital, Y Combinator, and World Innovation Lab, reports TechCrunch. The funding comes after a strong 2016 for Flirtey. The startup last March completed the first fully autonomous… Read more »