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url: "https://www.skedulo.com/news/australian-financial-review-skedulo-mobile-workforce-management/"
type: "newsPost"
title: "The Australian Financial Review: Backed by a bold ambition that could deliver Australia's next \"unicorn\", mobile workforce management platform Skedulo has closed a $US28 million ($40 million) capital raising led by Microsoft's M12 venture-capital fund."
date: "2019-03-21"
description: "Read this exclusive interview with Skedulo CEO Matt Fairhurst where he discusses our Australian roots as a company, and plans to continue building the leading platform for Deskless Workers. Read the full article here."
lastmod: "2020-12-16"
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# The Australian Financial Review: Backed by a bold ambition that could deliver Australia's next "unicorn", mobile workforce management platform Skedulo has closed a $US28 million ($40 million) capital raising led by Microsoft's M12 venture-capital fund.

Published March 21, 2019 · Updated December 16, 2020

Read this exclusive interview with Skedulo CEO Matt Fairhurst where he discusses our Australian roots as a company, and plans to continue building the leading platform for Deskless Workers.  Read the full article [here](https://www.afr.com/technology/technology-companies/brisbane-founded-skedulo-closes-us28m-raise-with-microsoft-s-vc-fund-20190320-p515ox).