The now trans-Tasman direct-to-consumer investment platform Sharesies has embarked on another capital-raising round that values the four-year old company at over $400 million.
Jasper, the tech-led commercial real estate fund manager, has grown it's assets under management (AUM) to $320m, adding more than $300m in the last 12 months.
Today's a big day for AskNicely as we announce a fresh new round of funding (a $32m Series B to be exact) and launch of the Frontline Success Platform. It's certainly big news for our business but bigger still for our clients and the millions of frontline workers they employ because this signals a fundamental change that’s happening to the way we lead businesses.
After winning a competitive pitch for the account, BMF has created a brand platform that celebrates investment as a long game. Because dreams are grown, step-by-step. No quick wins, no shortcuts.
In 2020 many of you gave your time to participate in researching and co-designing a digital psychotherapy workspace. The team have been testing the software with a group of NZ healthcare practitioners (including psychotherapists) for the last 12 months and are now releasing it. It brings together all of your client notes, scheduling, billing, and online payments in one secure platform.
Tauranga-based legal software company LawVu has completed a successful Series A raise of $17 million led by New York-based global private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners.
Sir John Kirwan's workplace mental wellbeing platform has attracted investment from ACC and KiwiSaver provider Pathfinder. Kirwan and tech entrepreneur Adam Clark set up Mentemia in 2019 to help employers embed a wellbeing-first culture across their organisation and it's already used by major corporates including Fletcher Building, Chorus and Kiwibank among their client base.
A year ago, Wellington tech company Mobi2Go had 30 employees, with just two in its Toronto office. Twelve months on its staff numbers 100 and its Canadian contingent has grown ten-fold. And founder and chief executive Tarik Mallett is expecting that number to double again in the next year as his company looks for new opportunities in Australia, the United Kingdom and elsewhere.
Dunedin-based Timely, which has developed booking software used by spas and beauty salons in New Zealand, Australia, and the UK, is being bought by US company EverCommerce. Timely co-founder and chief executive Ryan Baker said the two companies shared common values and vision.
Aaron Ward on returning to NZ to connect with his Ngati Maru roots, reimagining his company's software, and drawing inspiration from Pushpay's founders.
A start-up is trying to push down the cost of cybersecurity and make a business for itself by encouraging other small businesses to take control of their own systems.
FingerprintJS.com helps empowers developers to solve and prevent online fraud, spam, and account takeovers with their highly accurate browser fingerprinting as a service technology framework. It solution works in all browsers, including mobile and embedded in apps. It identifies visitors, performs instantaneous history checks, detects incognito mode reliably and do much more.
The company has included an additional 11 angel investors including Rocket Lab Founder Peter Beck and ex-head of eBay Motors UK , Tony Austin. $1.2 million USD Pre-Seed capital has been raised in one of Christchurch's largest seed rounds.
