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CALI progressing well: Mu

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2022
... life insurance," he said. "It's given a bit of a window for all of us in what the amount of work is required for a startup, it's a lot in the background to get something starting from scratch." Mu concluded there will be a number of announcements ...

SVG invests in Australian agtech

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022
... million venture fund in Melbourne to fund local agtech startups. The THRIVE Australia Venture Fund aims grow the agtech startup ecosystem in Victoria and across Australia fast-tracking technologies to help farmers maintain food production through national ...

HESTA injects $4.4m into Aussie biotech startup

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2022
Sydney-based Inventia Life Science has announced the super fund's direct investment as it develops, manufactures and distributes the RASTRUM 3D bioprinter. The bioprinter enables the scale-up production of 3D cell cultures for research and 3D cells ...

Legalsuper invests in innovation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
Legalsuper recently awarded two active investment mandates in support of innovation and female founders. The first of the two was awarded to Acorn Capital for investment in its Emerging Growth Strategy. The strategy invests in mis-priced ASX-listed ...

Startup launches risk retention option

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022
A life insurance startup is launching an alternative option that targets customers who want to cancel their policy. iExtend partners with policyholders by paying the premiums of the co-owned cover. Policyholders are able to maintain their cover and ...

Former Hostplus investors tapped for VC fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
... January, two former members of the industry fund's private equity team have been mandated to run the newly created Victorian Startup Capital Fund (VSCF). Neil Stanford and Brighid Pappin opened the doors to V-Ignite this year, with Stanford as managing ...

GigSuper folds, administrator takes over

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
Startup superannuation fund GigSuper is now in administration less than five years after it launched. DW Advisory was appointed as administrator on 10 December 2021. DW Advisory held a creditors' meeting on January 22 online, detailing the financial ...

New chief executive for Fintech Australia

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
Fintech Australia has appointed financial services veteran investor and long-time executive Andrew Porter as its new chief executive. Porter brings to Fintech Australia over two decades of experience in the financial services sector, having held senior ...

KKR appoints APAC growth equity lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
KKR has appointed a head of growth equity in Asia Pacific, a newly created role aimed at accelerating the private equity firm's investment in the region. KKR has hired Mukul Chawla to the role, effective December 9 and based in Asia. Chawla will join ...

Brian Hartzer in new role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021
... intelligence human resources technology company. Hartzer currently also serves as chair of Beforepay, a Sydney-based fintech startup, and as a senior advisor to Quantium and Sayers Group. Reejig recently raise $6 million in a Series A funding round and ...