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Fintech firm GBST has hired Kirsty Worgan as its global Chief Commercial Officer, returning her to the company where she previously led business development, with responsibility for commercial growth and mergers and acquisitions.
Weekend pre-election announcements detail federal support: a $48.2m grant for Opal's Maryvale waste-to-energy plant, $70m for the Port Bonython hydrogen hub, and a financing package for Vast Solar's planned solar thermal plant.
OneVentures adds three women to senior investment and marketing roles as the Australian venture firm pushes growth in healthcare, biotech and women's health, alongside a Victorian Government-backed venture credit fund.
TechCrunch reveals Oceankind, the secretive grantmaker behind Larry Page, which has quietly funded reef robots in Queensland and more than $121 million in marine projects.
Sydney solar startup Okra Solar announced a $2.1 million round led by Explorer Investments and Didendum to scale its mesh-grid technology, having earlier won TechCrunch's 2019 Shenzhen Hardware Battlefield event.
Peak Medical's acceptance into the Medical Device Partnering Program is announced, alongside MTPConnect launching a government-funded medtech commercialisation program with partners including Flinders University and Cicada Innovations.
Vast Solar has won $110 million in federal finance to revive a 20MW solar thermal plant with storage at Port Augusta, five years after SolarReserve won the same support then abandoned the project.
OneVentures has appointed three women to senior roles as it expands healthcare and biotech investing, with the Victorian Government backing a venture credit fund and the firm winning a diversity award.
AfterWork Ventures reflects on backing Stropro in February 2020, explaining why the platform opening structured bank products to sophisticated investors fits its unbundling-of-banks thesis and Asia-Pacific ambitions.
Nimo Industries, a Melbourne digital lending platform, announces Leann Jones stepping into the CEO role full-time while previous chief executive Peter Jones shifts to lead product strategy as it targets smaller lenders.
Sydney meal marketplace ChefPrep has secured $3 million in seed funding led by Artesian Ventures and Global Founders Capital, following an earlier angel round, to grow its restaurant network and delivery zones.
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Online trading platform Stake raised A$90 million in Series A funding from Tiger Global and DST Global Partners, with law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth advising on the transaction.
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Feature profile of Sea Forest, a Tasmania-based asparagopsis seaweed venture, covering its lifetime backing, trial partnerships with dairy and wool players, government grants and its founder's push toward commercialisation.
Six-month-old EV sales startup Vyro has raised a million-dollar seed round led by Ellerston Capital and Antler Australia, with several angels, to launch a digital electric vehicle dealership.
Australian trading platform Stake secured another $50 million from Tiger Global and DST Global months after its Series A, lifting its yearly total to $90 million, as it prepares to offer cryptocurrency trading.
Share trading app Stake secured a $50 million Series A extension from Tiger Global and DST Global Partners, a year after its initial $40 million round, lifting total funding to $90 million ahead of a crypto launch.
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Profile of Ground Control, a platform helping brands design more affordable, sustainable products, and founder Karl Vaupel, covering the challenges and the fundraising support it receives from investor Antler.
Airwallex is reportedly seeking a second Series E extension of about US$150 million, while the article recalls its earlier Series D, E and E1 raises and flags a possible 2024 public listing.
A consortium led by Vlepis received a $1.48 million federal CRC-P grant for a two-year sensor and AI project supporting aged-care triage, with partners including CARETEQ, UTS, RMIT and the NSW Smart Sensing Network.
Startup Daily relays Elon Musk's agreed takeover of Twitter for roughly US$44 billion, including his earlier 9.2 per cent stake purchase, board reactions, and the debt and equity financing behind the deal.
Melbourne flower and gift delivery business LVLY bought by Asian e-commerce group for $35 million, founders reportedly pocketing $20 million; one co-founder joins the buyer's board, the other departs.
A Sydney space incubator, a joint venture of TCG Group and Saber Astronautics, hosts six startups; three collaborate on an earth observation project supported by a manufacturing grant and university engineering help.
Twitter's board has approved Elon Musk's multi-billion-dollar takeover offer, prompting the author to ask whether the platform's harassment and safety problems will improve or worsen for women under its new owner.
Startupbootcamp announces a new sustainable fintech fund based in Melbourne, planning to back 30 startups, with Dom Pym's family office increasing its commitment ahead of a May fundraising close.
Melbourne gifting startup LVLY has been bought by Malaysia's Limitless Technology for about $35 million, with co-founders receiving around $20 million; the deal is financed via a convertible and venture debt raise.
Smart metering venture Intellihub has completed its purchase of Melbourne energy tech firm GreenSync, whose deX platform will join Intellihub's new CrescoNet technology arm to expand virtual power plant capability.
Federal grants totalling $58.6 million across nine defence manufacturing projects include $34 million for a Boeing-led aerospace network building the Ghost Bat jet in Queensland.
Sydney smart-bin startup Charopy has taken its first outside investment from waste-industry investor Chad Holland, with working shareholders partly selling down, as founder Martin Collings targets councils, stadiums and schools.
Brisbane VC Sprint Ventures has invested in business news streamer ausbiz, whose Series A+ raise continues; the company also added a new Head of Product and an extra market commentator to its on-air desk.
AfterWork Ventures explains its pre-seed investment in Tirtyl, a zero-waste cleaning tablet startup, covering the founders' backgrounds, early traction, unit economics, and competitors including ZeroCo and Blueland.
German-British startup INOPTEC raised €250,000 from a plastic parts supplier, adding to €1 million previously raised; the vision-enhancement smart glasses maker also names UK development partners PA Consulting and Kinnier Dufort.
Reach Alternative Investments, a Sydney platform opening private equity funds to wealthy individuals, raised an oversubscribed seed round led by Carthona Capital, reaching an $11.2 million post-money valuation eight months after leaving Antler.
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Diagnostics firm Pictor raised $6.1 million led by Marko Bogoievski and K1W1, and unveiled a partnership with US laboratory provider Mobility Health to launch its COVID-19 antibody test across several markets.
Perth fitness company Vitruvian has banked a Series A led by Larsen Ventures and Ten13, with the money set for hiring and scaling production of its AI-driven home gym hardware.
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Perth-founded, London-based ergonomic wearable maker Soter Analytics has raised US$12 million (A$16 million) in a round led by AV8 Ventures, with funds earmarked for expansion and further development of its injury-prevention technology.
Nodifi has hired Victoria Schmorl as a BDM covering Queensland and the Northern Territory, its latest addition amid rising dealership demand and a string of recent appointments.
Australian proptech Downsizer joined blockchain firm R3's startup program, where it launched a deposit bond product, and has just banked a A$1.7 million seed round ahead of a larger raise planned for 2022.
Enterprise software firm Capsifi has received an $11 million growth investment from the Australian Business Growth Fund, its first for 2022, to fund international expansion, with the fund's earlier backing of two other startups also recalled.
Vehicle subscription firm Splend, founded in Australia and now London-based, has banked $150 million in a Pollen Street Capital-led round to grow its electric fleet to 10,000 cars by 2024.
Former Amazon executive Tony Austin joins New Zealand auto parts startup Partly as chief strategy officer and co-founder; the piece recalls its 2021 pre-Series A raise and valuation.
Corrosion Instruments receives the first grant from the NT Advanced Manufacturing Ecosystem Fund, gaining $110,000 in co-investment to build a Palmerston facility and double its team.
Stone & Chalk Group reinforces its support for Australian climate tech startups, highlighting partnerships with Trellis and Ping while listing portfolio companies focused on sustainability.
A $50m federal grant funds an Adelaide-led defence research commercialisation centre, with matching pledges from universities, CSIRO and industry partners; a Curtin-led resources hub and engineering internship funding were also announced.
Australia commits $140 million in Clean Hydrogen Industrial Hubs grants for Pilbara and Kwinana, plus $4 million critical minerals grants each to Global Advanced Metals and Mineral Commodities.
New Zealand forest-carbon assessor CarbonCrop has banked a NZ$1.9 million top-up before its planned Series A; Jo Blundell takes the CEO role while co-founder Nick Butcher shifts to CTO.
Square Peg explains its rationale for leading Athena's Series B, joined by Hostplus and Airtree, with analysis of the Australian mortgage market, the challenger lender's model, and its founding and senior team.
Llama Life, a Melbourne desktop tool for focus and task completion, has collected $950,000 in pre-seed backing, with Black Sheep Capital leading and US investors Jason Calacanis plus his LAUNCH syndicate joining.
Perth fitness hardware maker Vitruvian raised a $15 million Series A from Larsen Ventures and Ten13 to scale its Trainer+ system and enter the United States market, after a 2020 seed round.