Australian venture investment and advisory firm Happenco has on Thursday announced the close of its first fund, raising $12m to empower earliest-stage startups to build bold companies. The fund is led by Ben Cheyne, (ex. Deloitte Ventures), Gideon Gut-Silverman (ex. McKinsey, Google), and Omar Varts (ex. Deus Ex Machina), who bring a breadth of knowledge across startup creation, venture, retail, equity and more.