Paris Hilton and electronica duo The Chainsmokers have been added to the A-lister cap desk of LA-based expat Australian startup Checkmate, which has raised US$15 million (A$23m) in a Collection A.
The spherical was led by GV (previously Google Ventures), with assist from DJ duo Alex Pall and Drew Taggart’s VC fund Mantis, plus a number of different US funds, together with Frequent Metallic, BDuck Capital, Black Angels Group and F7 Ventures, plus Trevor Neff from Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures. Again dwelling, present investor Blackbird, plus the cofounders of Sendle and LinkTree. Checkmate’s backers already embody NFL star Joe Montana’s Liquid 2 Ventures.
Different buyers embody Gas Capital, Kevin Johnson, the previous CEO of Ebates at Rakuten, Ancestry CEO Deborah Liu, Firstbase CEO Chris Herd, XMTP cofounder Shane Mac, f7 Ventures, Scribble Ventures, Hyper, Susa Ventures, Wischoff Ventures, Exits Capital and Evening Capital, lots of whom contributed to the Collection A.
Checkmate is on-line procuring software for customers to find manufacturers, apply financial savings and handle orders post-purchase. It really works as a cellular app and PC Chrome extension to collate the most effective offers from a consumer’s private e-mail and internet, then robotically apply them at a consumer’s on-line checkout.
It’s simply 9 months for the reason that startup, cofounded by three Australians, banked US$5 million (A$7.75m) in a Seed spherical final September.
Checkmate’s dashboard additionally shops and manages reward playing cards and tracks orders for purchasers. Customers also can go for Checkmate to generate a first-of-its-kind “ghost e-mail inbox” that indicators them as much as the highest 100 retail and model mailing lists for offers with out having to wade via gives personally. The platform then robotically applies any related offers from the inbox for customers whereas they store.
The smartphone plugin topped downloads within the Apple App Retailer late final 12 months and now has greater than 400,000 customers, together with 60,000 every day energetic customers. Greater than 2000 customers have tried the Checkmate app, giving in a 4.5 star score.
