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Hivery bags new money to automatically optimize product placement on store shelves
Hivery, a startup that bills itself as an “optimization platform” for retailers, today announced that it raised $30 million in a Series B round led by Tiger Global, the embattled private e
Sunroom is an alternative creator platform empowering women to cash in
Founded by alums of Hinge and Bumble, Sunroom is a creator platform that throws out the stuff that makes mainstream social media apps such a hostile place for women. And, ideally, it wants to help the
Foreign investors, mature startups redraw New Zealand’s VC funding landscape
“Early-stage investment as an asset class is maturing in New Zealand,” said Suse Reynolds, chair of New Zealand’s Angel Association
New Zealand-based customer due diligence platform First AML gets $21M Series B
More of the world’s economy is moving online, and that is underscored by the long list of recent fundings and acquisitions in the digital ID authentication and anti-money laundering (AML) space, inc
NewView Capital leads $22.3M Series B in Australian telehealth platform Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus is serving more than 200,000 patients across four demographic-focused brands: contraception and fertility, skincare, men’s health and sexual wellness.
Australian lidar maker Baraja collects $31M B round to illuminate the future of autonomy
Lidar companies across the planet are going SPAC, but Baraja isn’t in a hurry to go public. The Australian lidar maker has raised a $31 million B round to continue the deployment and development
Customer data platform Lexer raises $25.5M Series B for global expansion
The massive shift to online shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic means retailers need to analyze customer data quickly in order to compete against rivals like Amazon. Lexer, a customer data platform
How to raise your first VC fund
Learning to understand the mentality of an LP and building trust with investors is just the beginning.
Canva raises $60 million on a $6 billion valuation
Sydney-based Canva, the design platform for non-designers, has today announced the close of a $60 million funding round, bringing its valuation to $6 billion, according to the company. The startup has
Australian startup SafetyCulture nabs $800M valuation on $35.5M round
SafetyCulture, the Australian enterprise software company that manages security and compliance checks at companies around the world, has raised $35.5 million at an $800 million valuation in its latest
Fleet Space Technologies raises $7.35M for its space-based IoT tech
Australian satellite startup Fleet Space Technologies has raised a $7.35 million round of funding to help launch its next generation of nanosatellites, extremely small satellites it employs to deliver
YC’s Earth AI closes funding for its platform to make mining less wasteful
Discovering and drilling for the important minerals used for industry and the technology sector remains incredibly important as existing mines are becoming depleted. If the mining industry can’t bec
Australia’s design unicorn, Canva, picks up two free image-sharing services, and launches new photo product
Canva, the design and publishing platform taking on Adobe, PowerPoint and others, has acquired the free stock image providers Pexels and Pixabay and launched a new subscription service for its premium
Design Platform Canva Scores $15 Million Series A, Valued At $165 Million
The online design platform Canva, which has made creating quality professional graphics something anyone can do, has raised $15 million in Series A funding, the company announced this morning. The ro
Design Platform Canva Raises $6 Million, Expands To Businesses With “Canva For Work”
Creating professional graphics is not a skill set that everyone has, but online design platform Canva wants to change that. In mid-2013, the company debuted a service that allows anyone to more easily