Media

Media Releases

• Cannon-Brookes backs $1b Brighte idea – Dec 2020 (AFR)
• Brighte raises $100m to retail solar power – Dec 2020 (AFR)
• Brighte bags $100 million to “go deeper” on energytech, but founder Katherine McConnell is keeping a startup mindset – Dec 2020 (Smart Company)
• Mike Cannon-Brookes pours $78 million into green energy lender Brighte – Dec 2020 (Dynamic Business)
• Strong demand for Brighte’s green securitisation deal for solar – Oct 2020 (AFR)
• Finance hopping the fence to the greener grass – Oct – 2020 (Startupdaily)
• Solar, residential financier issues certified green ABS – Oct 2020 (FS Sustainability)
• Solar financier to issue certified green ABS – Sept 2020 (FS Sustainability)
• The 2020 Finnies finalists have been announced – Sept 2020 (Australian FinTech)
• How to cash in with your solar system – Sept 2020 (Daily Telegraph)
• Flexigroup, Brighte score energy win against ACCC – Sept 2020 (The Age)
• Big win for buy now, pay later in competition tribunal – Sept 2020 (AFR)
• Rooftop solar already a pioneer in ‘buy now, pay later’, Brighte founder says – Sept 2020 (One Step Off The Grid)
• Five smart steps to reduce your daily living expenses right now – Sept 2020 (Daily Telegraph)
• Call for clarity that software qualifies for the R&D tax incentive – Sept 2020 (AFR)
• How to make your home work more effectively for you – Sept 2020 (Daily Telegraph)
• Why COVID has pushed more people to consider solar power – Sept 2020 (Daily Telegraph)
• WithYouWithMe and Brighte fastest growing tech companies – Jan 2020 (Consultancy.com.au)
• “Here for the long term”: Why Brighte is using its latest $15.5 million raise to make an unexpected pivot – Oct 2019 (Smart Company)
• Green bonds the future for Cannon-Brookes darling Brighte – July 2019 (AFR)
• NAB Backs Credit Platform Brighte With $130 Million Funding Facility – July 2019 (Which-50)
• Brighte secures trio of new high-profile investors, including Farquhars, Airtree – May 2018 (AFR)
• Brighte Standardises on nintext promapp to support rapid business growth – (Australian Fintech)

• Why these CEOs are itching to get back to the office – Jul 2020 (AFR)
• Meet six of Australia’s boldest female leaders – March 2020 (TheUpsider)
• Brighte founder Katherine McConnell is Australia’s outstanding FinTech leader of 2018 – Jun 2018 (Business Insider)

• Why COVID has pushed more people to consider solar power – Sept 2020 (Daily Telegraph)
• Call for clarity that software qualifies for the R&D tax incentive – Sept 2020 (AFR)