Ignition Lane's Weekly Wrap

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What's in store for our digital budget? Not enough. SafetyCulture is officially a unicorn. Skedulo is kicking Covid goals. Data Republic, Peloton and B…

May 7

VC investments hit US$125B in Q1'21. How are local VCs competing in this tough market? It’s quarterly reporting season. Every FAAMG blew earnings resul…

Apr 30

Octopus Deploy's first-ever capital raise is a MEGA round. Afterpay gets more praise. Squarespace and UiPath make Accel one happy VC. Tiger Global is o…

Apr 23

The creator economy is h.o.t. - how hot? Why? Read and find out! That's not all that's hot. Coinbase listed, Microsoft made a $20B purchase, Alibaba ha…

Apr 16

Huge week for Australian M&A & capital raising activity. Of course at the top of the list is Canva's $15B valuation and impressive revenue growth! Tren…

Apr 9

The moment for fintech to scale has arrived. Amazon Australia attacks. Media hacks. Politics out of whack. Flow's founder gets two slaps.

Apr 2

The a16z marketplace hot 100 is out. Who made the cut? Mega raises by Airwallex, Linktree and Baraja. More SPACs. Fund news from Folklore (aka Tempus P…

Mar 26

Mega rounds, mega acquisition news, mega ecosystems. Oh, and of course, a new BNPL!

Mar 19

Lots of exits, including NZ's own Vend. Plus we look at Co-CEOs, capital raising spin and the state of the cloud.

Mar 12

It's getting harder and harder to pack everything into these wraps! What a week. Plenty of acquisitions. Lots of capital news. Some rockets. And some g…

Mar 5

This week we look at content monetization, more local mergers and some 1H21 ASX results (*not investment advice, we just had to make the title rhyme).

Feb 26

Jam packed with Aussie startup goodness, including Atlassian's Trello, Canva, Gilmoure Space, Elevio, Selz, and so much more!

Feb 19

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