Startup funding round: Proptech, a solar-powered unicorn, and more...
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 management. Plus, we take a look at a shiny new unicorn in the US solar energy space. Here’s some of th...