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Melbourne car subscription startup Carbar has raised $28.9 million led by insurer IAG and Seven West Media, following a 2019 raise, to fund marketing, partnerships, technology and growth of its electric vehicle fleet.
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Roundup reporting Singular Health's IMCRC grant for 3D-printed medical seals, Viva Energy's fuel security payment, a fine over a worker's death, and the national battery recycling scheme's launch.
A roundup of 19 Australian startup funding announcements totalling over $851 million in early February 2022, covering raises by Cyara, Karbon, Slyp, Reejig and others, alongside record 2021 venture investment figures.
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Singapore's refurbished-device marketplace Reebelo announced a $20 million Series A led by Cathay Innovation and June Fund, with several returning backers participating; its earlier seed round closed in mid-2020.
Woolworths' corporate venture arm W23 has added an undisclosed multi-million-dollar investment to its backing of Sydney alt-protein maker All G Foods, which had earlier raised a $16 million seed round in late 2021.
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Workforce analytics firm Reejig has raised a further fifteen million dollars, four months on from its October Series A, taking total funding to twenty-one million as backers double down ahead of US expansion.
Kepler Analytics, a Melbourne retail analytics platform, has closed a $22 million Series B with OneVentures leading and Whiteoak, Taronga Ventures, Shearwater Capital, Reinventure and InterValley Ventures joining.
Shearwater Capital announces it has come on board for Kepler Analytics' $22 million Series B, a round led by OneVentures.
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Interview with AerVision's co-founder and CEO about its biometric access-control devices, data-security design, customer wins, a corrective services tender, and supply chain delays.
Wholesale Investor profiles Anastasis Biotec, a UK biotech developing cancer and COVID-19 drug candidates, highlighting a UK government grant, its leadership team, and an offering currently in progress.
Crowdfunding platform VentureCrowd completed a Series A, combining existing backer money with funds gathered through its own marketplace, and plans platform development, retail expansion and a Singapore office.
Profile of Scalable Global Solutions, a European HR-tech firm enabling SMEs to run remote departments in Croatia, reporting €1.4 million raised and seeking growth capital; its founder previously sold companies to Microsoft and Juniper.
Weekly agrifoodtech deal roundup: insect protein maker Protix raises $57 million, Endless West lands Series C capital, Greenlight Biosciences lists via SPAC, two investment funds close, and numerous startups secure early-stage funding.
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UK payments firm GoCardless raised A$437 million in Series G funding led by Permira, with BlackRock Private Equity Partners joining, valuing it at A$2.9 billion as it readies its Australian platform for PayTo's launch.
Quantum firm Q-CTRL wins a US energy department research grant to automate quantum hardware with AI alongside a national laboratory, and the article recalls its recent Series B led by Airbus Ventures.
Two retail technology companies have secured investment: Kepler Analytics raised $22 million for in-store shopper analytics, while Remi.ai closed a $1.44 million seed round for its AI demand-forecasting software amid growing retailer adoption.
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Australian lender Moneytech adds three senior executives: a new head of corporate sales from Commonwealth Bank, a chief financial officer from Thorn Group, and a chief technology officer from ScotPac, as its CEO flags a growth phase.
PropHero has hired Chethan Rangaswany as Head of Marketing to strengthen its go-to-market. He previously helped launch Deliveroo in Australia. The property investment platform was founded in June 2021.
KPMG's half-yearly fintech report finds Australian fintech funding rebounded in 2021, recapping local raises, listings and acquisitions alongside record global deal figures and a bullish outlook for 2022.
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Receipts startup Slyp has raised a $25 million Series A, with new investors Sayers Group and the Leibovich brothers joining existing bank backers including NAB Ventures, Reinventure and ANZ.
Three Western Australian female-led businesses were named recipients of grants in the second round of the federal Boosting Female Founders program, sharing $944,107 between them.
Flood forecasting startup FloodMapp has raised a record Australian seed round, with US venture capital backing, to scale its real-time flood intelligence products and expand into new markets.
Cloud accounting practice management firm Karbon has secured a large new investment from US firm Tidemark Capital, its second backing within a year, lifting the business's worth roughly fivefold since early 2021.
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Officeworks has taken a 21 percent stake in Brisbane social enterprise World's Biggest Garage Sale, deepening a three-year partnership and supporting a national expansion of repair services under a new Circonomy brand.
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Accounting software firm Karbon raised US$66 million led by Tidemark Capital, following earlier 2021 and 2018 raises. The piece also recalls Paycycle's sale to Xero and notes CBA's investment in Paypa Plane.
Perth energy software startup Gridcognition raised a $2.25 million seed round, lifting total funding to $4 million, gained new investors and clients, hired five executives, and previously exited Greensense to ERM Power.
Ignition Lane's weekly tech roundup: AirTree raises $700m across three new funds, dozens of Australian startups announce rounds, a wave of acquisitions including Block completing its Afterpay buy, plus Web3 commentary and US market moves.
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Birchal's CSF Yearbook 2021 found Australian equity crowdfunding hit record levels in 2021, with $71 million raised across 89 companies, and recalls Biome Australia becoming the first CSF-backed business to join the ASX.
Energy software firm Grid Cognition has banked $2.25 million to support a British market entry, counting Ampol, Origin Energy and Ausnet among its customers, in news shared by its backer Alberts.
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Sydney AI personalisation startup Cherry Recommends joins Y Combinator, which invests US$125,000 in each intake company, as it targets US growth; it earlier raised $500,000 in a CP Ventures-led seed round.
Spanish solar and storage group Gransolar has secured investment from Trilantic Europe, which takes a 60% stake, to expand its Australian operations; CEFC backing for the X-Elio-developed Blue Grass solar farm is also noted.
The national government has granted Lifeline an extra $1.5 million to widen its around-the-clock text counselling line, with the health minister saying the expansion reaches more people under pandemic pressures.
Skykraft and XTEK completed qualification testing of a satellite deployment stack developed under an Australian Space Agency grant of $878,000, clearing it for India's small satellite launch vehicle.
Commonwealth Bank has bought a fifth of Australian payments fintech Paypa Plane to improve SME payments, while the article also notes MYOB's recent acquisitions of Nimbus and Tall Emu and partnerships with Butn and Valiant.
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Manufacturing roundup: a raw materials grant program opens applications, Black Sky Aerospace wins an AMGC grant, Aristocrat's Playtech bid collapses, Lithium Australia moves on Envirostream, and Baraja partners with Tier IV.
Commonwealth Bank buys a fifth of Brisbane payments startup Paypa Plane for an unstated amount, partnering to deliver PayTo real-time direct debits to business customers.
Thirty-eight women-led startups, including Bubble Tea Club, The Hacker Exchange, Amelio Health and Ripple, received grants in round two of the Boosting Female Founders Initiative, sharing $11.6 million.
Car finance platform CarClarity has hired Richard Dicello as General Manager of Dealerships, following strong 2021 revenue growth, to help expand its dealership partnerships across Australia.
Wollongong IoT firm Binary Tech, born from beer-keg tracking, has closed a seed round led by Artesian with Beachhead and angels, following earlier iAccelerate Seed Fund backing, to expand supply-chain tracking devices.
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New Zealand surgical-planning startup Formus Labs raised US$5 million led by GD1 to launch its 3D joint replacement planner and expand into the US, with backing from four other investors and a Zimmer Biomet partnership.
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Rent-to-own property fintech OwnHome raised a $31 million Series A led by Square Peg, with existing backers participating, after previously winning X15's Xccelerate2020 program and $150,000 in funding.
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Immutable partners with GameStop to power its NFT marketplace and launches a grants fund; the article recalls Immutable's $82 million Series B led by BITKRAFT Ventures.
Energy software firm Gridcognition closed a $2.25 million seed round; CEFC committed $625,000 through its innovation fund alongside Alberts Impact Ventures, Afterwork Ventures and angel investors, taking total funding near $4 million.
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Partner-content profile of men's fertility testing startup Sapyen, co-founded by Ashwin Ramachandran and Abdul Syed, covering its sample-stabilisation breakthrough and its recent early-stage backing from Antler.
Hastings Technology Metals' Yangibana rare earths project in Western Australia has received a $140 million Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility loan, positioning it to become the state's second major critical metals producer.
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Australian beauty booking marketplace Bookwell is being acquired by London-based rival Fresha, with Bookwell's high-profile investors receiving Fresha shares. The piece also recalls the founders' earlier EatNow merger and Fresha's Series C extension.
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SmartCompany reports AirTree has launched a $50 million Web3 fund, its first dedicated crypto and blockchain vehicle, drawn from a larger pool, with partner Elicia McDonald outlining the fund's focus areas and early investments.
Satellite IoT developer Fleet Space Technologies is setting up its first overseas headquarters in Houston, Texas, after a $26.4 million Series B round in November 2021 that drew three US investors.