Tagged: australia

August 10, 2016 @ 9:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Bigstone has announced $3 million in equity funding led by CVC Limited and the founders of Lighthouse Venture Partners along with participation from Australian private investors. This is the first funding round for Bigstone an SME lending platform that launched this past June. The peer… Read More

August 5, 2016 @ 10:15 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Westpac announced another AUS$50 million commitment into a second fund to be managed by Reinventure Group, according to a release. Reinventure, cofounded by Danny Gilligan and Simon Cant, makes investments from Seed through to Series A and up, with a particular focus on disruptive technologies with a direct… Read More

August 4, 2016 @ 9:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Wellington-based brewing company ParrotDog announced its upcoming PledgeMe initiative. The company will be seeking between $1.2 million and $2 million for its new Lyall Bay brewery.  Founded in 2011 by Matt Stevens, Matt Kristofski, and Matt Warner, ParrotDog is described as one of the “leading” craft breweries… Read More

July 27, 2016 @ 3:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Pozible announced TechSydney has been dubbed its biggest non-profit campaign after it raised over $400,000 within two weeks. TechSydney is notably on a mission to make Sydney a top 10 tech ecosystem. It shared that while it seems as though the city’s tech… Read More

July 24, 2016 @ 6:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this week, StartUpIsrael reported that 10 Australian startups from Fintech and cyber security are joining a Tel-Aviv accelerator program. Dave Sharma, Australia’s ambassador in Tel Aviv, told StartUpIsrael; “Australia is seeking to become a more innovative and entrepreneurial economy. We have been blessed with natural resources,… Read More

July 21, 2016 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equitise is a “Trans-Tasman Investment Platform” providing access to capital and unique investment opportunities to investors in New Zealand and Australia. Founded in Australia in 2014 by Chris Gilbert, Jonny Wilkinson and Panche Gjorgjevski, the investment crowdfunding platform soon added Will Mahon-Heap as the executive to… Read More

July 4, 2016 @ 10:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Nura, an Australia-based startup, has officially broken Kickstarter’s Aussie record. The company launched a campaign on the crowdfunding portal back in May for its self-titled in-ear and over-ear design headphones. The previous Aussie record was held by Knog’s bike bell “Oi,” which raised $1 million AUD… Read More

July 3, 2016 @ 12:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global investment crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has launched a new fund targeting the early stage sector in Australia. The fund, labeled “Our Innovation Australia Fund” is an  early stage venture capital limited partnership (ESVCLP) that will benefit from capital gains and tax programs associated with investing in… Read More

June 29, 2016 @ 10:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

During a wide-ranging speech this week at the DBS Institutional Investor Symposium, Jacqueline Loh, Deputy Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), made the statement; “As a progressive and innovative financial centre, Singapore has much to offer to global investors in opening the door… Read More

June 21, 2016 @ 3:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Australia’s equity crowdfunding platform VentureCrowd announced the closing of Clearstate’s recent deal, which secured $1 million in four hours. The end-to-end property development company took to the funding portal to raise $900,000 for residential property development in Sydney. According to a press release provided… Read More

June 21, 2016 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

“This is at the heart of reinventing the business model for financial services. It means challenging the existing models for investment management, marketing, pricing, sales and even customer support, to better align interests between the business and its customers. We want to ensure that we… Read More

June 14, 2016 @ 1:38 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Australian online lender Marketlend announced that the platform raised $1 million investment in a round lead by fintech entrepreneur Jon Barlow and former KKR Director and Borland Capital founder Mati Szeszkowski, according to Reuters.  The lender will use the new windfall to further automate its technology systems and… Read More

June 5, 2016 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Kikka, an Australian online lending platform with a model similar to Kabbage, has received an equity investment from FlexiGroup Limited (ASX:FXL). FlexiGroup has purchased a minority stake for $2 million with an option to increase its ownership in the future. Flexigroup will also provide a… Read More

June 2, 2016 @ 4:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Paul Niederer, former CEO of ASSOB, has been appointed CEO of Wealth Migrate’ Australian agency. Wealth Migrate is a global real estate crowdfunding platform. Niederer is a well-known proponent of internet finance having traveled the world on behalf of ASSOB – an early pioneer of… Read More

May 31, 2016 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Expectations were high earlier this year as Australia appeared poised to enact legislation to improve the environment for investment crowdfunding to occur in a more liberalized environment. Yet the proposal by policy makers had come under pointed criticism.  Eventually the bill “lapsed at dissolution” in… Read More

May 31, 2016 @ 9:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, real estate crowdfunding platform CoAssets (NSX:CAX) announced it is expanding its operations by opening a second office in Singapore. This news comes just a couple months after the portal revealed details about its Australia expansion. Co-founder and CEO of CoAssets, Getty Goh, stated: “A series… Read More

May 30, 2016 @ 12:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Flow Hive, the most successful campaign ever on Indiegogo, has received the coveted Good Design Award for 2016. Quite an accomplishment for a project that hoped to raise just $70,000. Flow Hive closed on Indiegogo having raised $12,489,141 on April 20, 2015.  Backers number over 37,000 and is… Read More

May 24, 2016 @ 1:28 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Frost & Sullivan views Australia’s development as a leader in Fintech innovation will require concerted effort from government agencies and established financial institutions and will involve partnerships and research collaboration between banks and startups, presenting many diverse and lucrative growth and development opportunities for ICT… Read More

May 23, 2016 @ 8:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CoAssets (NSX:CAX), launched as a real estate crowdfunding platform in Singapore, announced on Monday its new risk-free crowdfunding that is available for Aussie investors. Following last month’s launch of the CoAssets Australia website in April 2016, CoAssets revealed it is offering new users the chance to trial… Read More

May 16, 2016 @ 9:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, New Zealand’s peer-to-peer lending platform Harmoney announced that it has appointed current director David Flacks as its chair of the board and Stuart McLean will join the board as a director. According to the website, Flacks was named an independent director of Harmoney’s board just two… Read More