Blazing trails and dreaming big: StartupSmart’s 12 startups to watch in 2020
These rising startup stars are taking global markets by storm, tapping into emerging trends, and making a real difference to Australian communities.
Aussie startup Kasada bags $7 million to boost bot-busting business
Aussie cyber security startup Kasada has completed a $7 million funding round, as it doubles down on its growth in the US.
Taking on the global plant-based-meat market: Inside v2food’s $35 million Series A
Alternative meat startup v2food has bagged a massive $35 million in Series A funding, as it gears up to join the global plant-based protein race.
The endless quest for investment is killing good startups
Fundraising has somehow become the norm in startupland but is receiving investment killing off good startups prematurely?
Delivery startup Zoom2U raises $4.2 million, after riding the e-commerce boom to $1 million in monthly revenues
Zoom2U has raised $4.2 million, as it prepares to venture into a new sector, and a new geography, after riding the wave of e-commerce in Australia.
Aussie real estate startup ActivePipe bags $6 million, following “huge reception” in the US
Aussie real estate startup ActivePipe has raised $6 million in pre-Series B convertible note funding, as it gears up to accelerate growth in the US.
Money talks: Live music marketplace Muso lands $1.5 million, including from company that first backed AC/DC
Muso has secured $1.5 million in seed funding, including from music moguls the Albert family, as it sets out to modernise the process of booking artists.
“Here for the long term”: Why Brighte is using its latest $15.5 million raise to make an unexpected pivot
Fintech Brighte has secured $15.5 million in Series C funding, as it prepares to make a move in Australia’s home improvement sector.
:Different scores $3.5 million: How fresh investment and a bit of mentorship will help these founders “see the forest for the trees”
Property startup :Different has secured $3.5 million, but for Mina Radhakrishnan it’s the people, not the dollars, that can help the startup level-up.
“A blunt instrument”: Meet the startup bringing insecticides into the sustainable food conversation
Precise insecticide deployment agtech RapidAIM is making a perhaps unexpected play in the future of sustainable agriculture.
“A bigger pie”: Why Fair Go Finance opted for a $20 million majority-stake buyout
WA startup Fair Go Finance has seen a change of majority ownership, with Skybound Capital Australia buying out 60% of the business for $20 million.
Kiwi startup Hnry raises $2 million for tech taking headache out of tax admin for gig-economy workers
Kiwi fintech Hnry has raised $2 million for its platform taking the burden out of finance management for contractors, sole traders and gig-economy workers.