Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 31 - 40 of 163 results for "Startup"

Honan acquires Modern Risk Solutions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... Insurance Group has acquired Modern Risk Solutions, an insurance and risk advisory specialist focused on emerging tech, startup and life sciences. The acquisition sees Modern Risk continue operating as a discrete entity, to be referred to as Modern Risk ...

GROW Inc ramps up cybersecurity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
... provide administration services. GROW will administer Vanguard's superannuation assets, while Mercy Super picked the startup after a seven-year partnership with Mercer.

Tiger Global to launch technology fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
The US-based hedge fund is gearing up to introduce a technology fund for local wholesale and sophisticated investors. The Global Technology Fund XV, a special purpose vehicle, will invest directly in Tiger Global Private Investment Partners XV, known ...

Verve Super taps investors for $2.6m raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
... investors who we thought would specifically be interested in what we were doing. Many of our investors had never invested in a startup before. "It took a lot more work as we were often explaining how start-up investing worked and what the terms all meant. ...

Crypto platform hires former Spaceship growth lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... former AP growth at Spaceship, to join its team in an advisory capacity. Cheng was Spaceship's third employee, joining the startup as it launched, and departed her role there in 2019. Since then, Cheng has gone on to hold growth roles at several firms ...

Magellan profits dip

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2021
... provider FinClear. These contributed an after-tax loss of $41.8 million, which Magellan said was largely driven by the startup costs of Barrenjoey. "Does this concern us in any way? Not in the slightest. These costs were anticipated, and we are confident ...

GigSuper eyes $1.5m raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
The superannuation startup geared at self-employed workers is looking to raise $1.5 million, as it sets it sights on 60,000 members in five years. GigSuper this week opened a crowd-funded raise for $1.5 million based on pre-money valuation of $8.1 million. ...

Tidswell agrees it contravened Corps Act

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
... surrendered its RSE licence to APRA, as it agrees to ASIC's allegations it contravened the Corporations Act in its work for startup super fund MobiSuper. In N ovember 2019, ASIC filed a case against MobiSuper, Andrew Richard Grover and Tidswell in ...

Spaceship hits $1bn in total assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
The superannuation and investing startup has crossed $1 billion in total assets, after more than doubling the number in the last year. Its total assets more than doubled from $415 million in July last year to $1 billion now, while total customer base ...

Victorian government agency hunts for fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
The Victoria government's LaunchVic is looking for a fund manager to run a $120million startup fund. The Victorian Startup Capital Fund (VSCF) is a fund-of-funds that was announced in the Victorian Budget 2020/21 and will invest in Victorian early-stage ...