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This week's startup funding tally reached $85.6 million from eight startups spanning mining tech, cybersecurity, wellness and more.

Four travel tech companies from a variety of sectors and regions raised more than $27 million over the last two weeks. 

HWL Ebsworth advised fintech start-up mx51 on a $32. 5 million Series B capital raise that saw investment from prominent banks after the company’s valuation tripled in under a year.  Firm: HWL Ebsw

The funds will enable the company to gear up for local-scale and international expansion

Payments technology company mx51 has successfully raised $32.5 million in a Series B round led by an undisclosed global fintech investor. Major existing investors including Mastercard, Acorn Capital

The company said it was on track to more than double revenues this year. 

Payment technology company mx51 has raised $32.5 million in a Series B round led by an undisclosed fintech investor. Mastercard, Acorn Capital, Commen...

Payments as a service platform operator mx51 has appointed Jim Tate as its chair. “To have an executive as experienced as Jim join our company as Chai...

Australian online shopping startup Little Birdie announced that it has secured a $23-million investment from Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

mx51 chief executive Victor Zheng. Source: supplied This week we saw e-commerce platform Little Birdie backed to the tune of $30 million with funding from CBA, and heard from Collabosaurus founder Jessica Ruhfus, who hasn’t raised a cent, but has bootstrapped her way to profitability. But there has also been more funding activity for Aussie startups, including in both the medtech and fintech sectors, as well as a successful equity crowdfunding campaign for a business digitising property manag...