Hireup is an online platform for National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants to enable them to find, hire and manage their own support workers. SEEK Investments will join Hireup as a minority shareholder.
Corporate and M&A partner Jeremy Lanzer led the transaction and was supported by senior associate Simone Gould and lawyer Anjali Bethune.
Hireup co-founder Jordan O’Reilly commented in The Australian: “It can’t be underestimated how important this is as a step forward for the Australian disability sector. For so long the sector operated as a silo. It is about individualised planning but also giving people with a disability the opportunity to participate in mainstream life.”
Andrew Bassat, SEEK co-founder and head of SEEK Investments, also commented: “Hireup is a terrific business and we are pleased that SEEK Investments is going to part of its exciting journey.”
Jeremy Lanzer congratulated Hireup and SEEK Investments on behalf of the ABL team: “We are delighted to have supported Hireup in such an important transaction. Arnold Bloch Leibler has proudly been a part of Hireup’s journey for many years. Having also had the privilege of working closely with SEEK over a long period of time, I can’t think of a better partner to work with Hireup in advancing the Australian disability sector. Congratulations to Jordan, Andrew and both teams on this wonderful achievement.”
Hireup’s media release can be found here.
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