Aliavia closes $13.5 million fund for women-led startups in Australia and US Startup News Tegan Jones 10 October 2023 ALIAVIA Ventures, which focuses on women founded startups in Australia and the US, just closed its first $13.5 million fund.
“The virtue signaling is wild”: As funding to women founders lags, fintech leaders call for action Finance David Adams 31 August 2023 Venture capital firms are failing to follow through on their pledges to support women startup founders, who already risk losing out on stable salaries when launching a new enterprise, according to leaders in the Australian fintech space.
How failure and a near-death experience set neobank Up’s Dom Pym up for success Entrepreneurs Kellie Riordan 3 November 2022 Dom Pym helped launch Up in 2018, backed by Bendigo Bank. But it may never have happened at all if his previous business hadn't failed.
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank to acquire digital bank Up in $116 million deal Mergers and Acquisitions Eloise Keating 17 August 2021 The founders of digital bank Up have agreed to sell their fintech Ferocia to Bendigo and Adelaide Bank for $116 million.
Fintechs will dominate in 2020 — you can bank on it Analysis Dominic Pym 17 December 2019 Next year will see fintechs making big changes to the way consumers manage, spend and access money, says Up co-founder Dominic Pym.
Up and away: Tech guru and former AFL coach launch Australia’s first digital bank Startup News Stephanie Palmer-Derrien 9 October 2018 Australia has its first live digital bank, with Up — founded by Dom Pym and former AFL coach Grant ‘Thomo’ Thomas — appearing as if from nowhere.
