22 March, 2021

OTPBD News Special – 22nd March 2021

Welcome to another edition of the OTPBD News Special, our fortnightly series analysing the news that matters for Australian and Kiwi startups.
Meet this week’s panel…

• Alicia Garden, Goanna Ag
• Cara Waters, The Age & SMH
• John Henderson, AirTree Ventures

Topics we discuss:In this edition, we talk about recently-announced funds in Australia, including LaunchVic’s $10m sidecar fund to support women-led startups and Investible’s new $50m fund. Piggybacking off of the announcement of LaunchVic’s fund, the panel deep dives into the lack of funding for women-led startups in Australia and what needs to be done to address it. The panel also discusses the Roblox IPO, Vend acquisition by Lightspeed, CBA launching a BNPL competitor to AfterPay, Stripe’s doubling of their valuation. Lastly, NFTs are on the table again as we discuss a $23m raise by OpenSea from Andreessen Horowitz.
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