Fintech News to 14 July 2025

July 14, 2025

What a week or so in fintech—acquisitions, product rollouts, and fresh capital all making headlines. It just feels to me like a step up from where we were – with a little momentum… or not? Time will tell but the 2nd half has started strong! Thanks to Yabbr and Vanta for making this happen!

• Sydney based Betashares acquired Equity Mates Media – the platform that produces podcasts for the financial services sector. “We’re excited to be teaming up with Betashares to help advance our shared mission of helping Australians to take charge of their financial future” said co-founder Bryce Leske. Capital Brief reported the acquistion price to be a value of $8.5m.

• Scalare Partners (ASX: SCP) has entered an agreement to acquire 100% of Tank Stream Labs (“Tank Stream or TSL”), a prominent provider of flexible office space and business services tailored for Australia’s technology sector. The consideration is $5.5m – a combination of scrip and cash/performance.

• Sydney based consumer debt processing platform InDebted announced they have acquired both Debtworks (NZ) and AmSher (US) to serve as a catalyst to accelerate o their impact, unlocking new potential for the mission: “to change the world of consumer debt for good.” They also stated “With operations in seven countries, and five M&A transactions now completed, we’re bringing better collections experiences to more consumers, in more markets, than ever before.”

• Up – owned by Bendigo Bank announced their recent feature “Groups”. The company said “Groups lets you manage shared expenses with up to 10 people—friends, family, housemates, whatever. Track who owes what, settle up multiple costs in one clean payment, and keep the banter flowing with in-app chat, GIFs and reactions”.

• Western Australian Teenage focus based app Drip Invest is joining Raiz Invest .The company said “Thanks to your support, we’ve grown faster than we imagined. And now, we’re thrilled for you to join the Raiz family, one of Australia’s most trusted names in investing.”

• Business management platform MYOB announced the launch of Solo Money, an “embedded finance feature of Solo by MYOB, our all-in-one admin app for Australian sole operators.” CEO Paul Robson said it will offer a transactional bank account, with the flexibility to link other existing bank accounts, offering “end-to-end cashflow control for Australian sole operators.”

• Melbourne based Tractor Ventures said they have lent $100m as well as launching two new products – their Line of Credit and R&D funding. Matt Allen said “So proud of the Tractor Ventures team and grateful to our 250+ founders who have let us into their companies to help them grow.”

• In a market update Brisbane based Swyftx reported on it’s Instagram that US Corporate GameSquare is Committing $100 million to Ethereum. The price of Ethereum surged 14% last week whilst Bitcoin hit a record high up 9%.

• Sydney based JustFund has secured a $200m Debt Facility from MA Financial Group. The company said “This funding will enable access to thousands more Australians”.

• ASX listed DigitalX Limited (ASX:DCC) received a strategic investment by Animoca Brands (Sole Advisor), UTXO Management, and ParaFi Capital, among others to the the tune $20.7 million. The company also announced they have invested $19.7m in to bitcoin. They now own 367.3 BTC.

• Byron Bay based Zepto announced a major milestone saying they have reached 1,000,000 PayTo transactions. The company said “There have been plenty of milestones during Zepto’s short history, but perhaps none quite so satisfying as this one. As Australia’s first non-bank Connected Institution on the New Payments Platform for #PayTo, an immense amount of work has brought us to where we are now. One million PayTo payments settled.”

• Non-Dilutive Capital Provider Kashcade said they locked in a $50 million warehouse facility from Wingate and Fancourt Capital Group. Alex Simmons CEO and Co-founder said this is “a big step forward that gives us the capital to support hundreds more innovative Aussie founders and their companies.”

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