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Activewear brand Stax has gone into liquidation after a June receivership, prompting founders Don Robertson and Matilda Murray to apologise online to customers awaiting orders, with CasCap Advisory appointed to wind up the business.
Insurtech BizCover has earned Insurance Business's Top Insurance Employer 2026 accolade; the piece highlights its people programs, 200-plus Australian staff, and back-to-back Deloitte best-managed company wins.
Australian biotech Starpharma has opened a 57-cent shareholder rights issue seeking about $32 million, with Canaccord Genuity underwriting the raise and an oversubscription facility letting holders apply for extra shares.
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Sydney firm BlueNexus announced seed funding of A$2 million, with M31 Capital leading and Antler, Eastend Ventures and inSilico One joining; proceeds go toward product rollout, connectors and compliance work.
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Gridcog, an Australian-founded energy modelling platform now headquartered in London, has landed a US$10 million ABB-led Series A, with Axpo, DNV Ventures, VERBUND X Ventures, AlbionVC and CEFC joining.
The Dubbo-founded, Newcastle-based skincare brand for tradies completed a 535-backer equity crowdfunding raise on OnMarket and is expanding into the US via Amazon, with capital earmarked for marketing, inventory and team growth.
CDR solutions firm Biza.io signs four initial non-bank lenders as clients and adds three directors, Max Diamond, Anthony Spark and David Nixon, to its executive team amid growth.
UQ medtech spin-out Ceretas sold its IPO, raising about $8 million, and now targets a fast-tracked ASX debut; the article also recalls ResApp's 2022 acquisition by Pfizer.
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The head of neo-cloud firm Sharon AI argues no copyright change is needed to attract data centre investment; the piece recalls its Nasdaq listing raise and a large new financing.
Defense startup Singularity has surfaced from stealth, securing a large Series A co-led by two venture firms to scale production of affordable systems that counter cheap drones, with backing from several established investors.
Vista Credit Partners is backing Cover Genius's USD 100 million raise, which puts the insurance platform's value at USD 1.9 billion; Morgan Stanley acted as placement agent.
Insurance platform Cover Genius has announced a $100 million raise with Vista Credit Partners backing it, at a $1.9 billion valuation; funds will go toward AI, partnerships and acquisitions.
Brisbane compliance software startup ESGAgent.ai, trading as Klean Technologies, has raised a $725,000 Seed round led by Japan's DNX Ventures, taking cumulative funding to $1.7 million, and made two senior appointments.
A founder's first-person account of building Biolae, a women's health startup tackling vaginal dryness in menopause, and preparing to launch Australia's first TGA-listed hyaluronic acid pessary.
Congo Brands Australia, the local company behind the Prime drink, has entered administration with minimal cash after packaging firm Orora sought to wind it up; Alice Ruhe oversees the process.
Australian SME spend management platform Budgetly has launched an AI Bookkeeping feature that automates transaction coding, receipt checks and GST handling, with availability across its paid plans from mid-July 2026.
Latrobe Magnesium has lined up a funding facility of up to $16 million from Long State Investment, with an initial $6 million due by September 2026 to complete its Victorian magnesium plant.
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Hyper reflects on how founders find purpose through ikigai, using portfolio company GymGoer's founding story and Canva's origins as examples.
SynGenis, a Perth biotech, has raised A$4 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed round arranged through Euroz Hartleys, to build an AI platform for RNA and DNA medicines ahead of a planned stock listing.
Credissential, a Canadian listed company, has agreed to acquire Australian space startup Orbit2Orbit, which will become the public vehicle on the Canadian Securities Exchange through the deal.
Brisbane defence-tech VC Beaten Zone Venture Partners has passed A$20 million committed toward its A$60 million debut fund; investor Robin Levison has joined its investment committee.
Business Kitz, a Sydney document platform, has secured pre-seed backing from angel investors to grow its SME software and expand overseas.
Ceretas, a university spin-off, has sold A$8 million of shares in a stockmarket float valuing the ultrasound medtech at A$18 million, with the proceeds going toward device trials.
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Profile of GoFIGR, a Sydney HR-tech startup founded in 2020 by two former Randstad colleagues, recording its 2023 seed round of $1.9 million backed by Aliavia Ventures, Antler and Wollemi Capital.
Startupik profile of Dylan Field tracing Figma's path from browser-based experiment to mainstream design-collaboration tool, its venture funding history, bottom-up adoption, and the Adobe acquisition that collapsed.
Weekly roundup: four raises totalling $20.5m, WiseTech's founder-chairman leaving his board role, Firmus nearing a large capital raise, and Aura's agreed ASX backdoor listing through Qoria.
Creditors have voted to wind up Canberra insect-protein startup Goterra after sale and recapitalisation efforts failed, with administrators reporting mounting losses and recoveries likely confined to their fees.
Clinara founders discuss building an AI tool that transcribes consultations and coaches aesthetic clinic staff, ahead of a planned pre-seed angel round.
Wildfire Energy receives an 18.56 million dollar Queensland government grant for its Bulwer Island Biofuels Hub, with the article recalling earlier ARENA funding and a Climate Tech Partners investment.
Warburg Pincus has agreed a growth-equity stake in Sydney credit bureau CreditorWatch, terms undisclosed, completion expected in the third quarter of 2026 — extending the firm's record of backing data businesses.
Also Australian FinTech
Aura Consolidated Group has listed on the ASX, its float bringing in A$145 million; shares opened just under the offer price, following the group's earlier takeover of Qoria.
Agriculture and food roundup: robotics, crop and fruit-tech raises; Qantas-backed Brisbane aviation-fuel startup; three fund closes; Kimitec majority acquisition; a Hyphen executive hire; and a John Deere repair settlement.
Interview with the chief executive of Adelaide heart-analytics startup Corcillum on its angiogram software, funding hurdles, and its place in the ANDHealth+ accelerator program.
Eight South Australian space startups have joined the 2026 Venture Catalyst Space accelerator, a six-month Adelaide University program backed by SASIC that helps founders turn space ideas into businesses.
LendUs, a Sydney-based mortgage technology startup, has secured $5 million in seed capital with Carthona Capital leading, after nearly twice that was pledged before capping. Its platform lets brands offer home loans.
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Western Australia's government is putting $6.5 million into the local space sector, dividing it between the AROSE consortium and Curtin University's Binar satellite program, with South Australia's bigger spend cited for comparison.
A think tank report finds electrifying vehicles and machinery plus local low-carbon fuel production would greatly lift Australia's fuel security, while oil drilling would not; also notes a waste-to-fuels firm's $2m investment.
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ASX-listed Stakk has agreed to buy US artificial intelligence firm ParaScript for US$63 million, with firm commitments for a A$27 million placement to fund the cash component; completion remains conditional.
The federal government is paying Electro Optic Systems $5.7 million under a Mission Syracuse contract to mature its R400 Slinger counter-drone weapon system, adding to earlier backing of AIM Defence and SYPAQ.
A New South Wales government program is funding a regional winery to build the state's first plant stripping alcohol from wine, while a nearby pig farm also receives money under the same scheme.
Medical imaging firm CurveBeam AI completed a A$5 million share placement aimed at big institutions and wealthy backers, and flagged a shareholder purchase plan to fund product development and commercialisation.
Also Dealroom
WiseTech founder Richard White is leaving the chairman role after intense coverage of his private life, remaining chief innovation officer, with board member Raelene Murphy taking over; the story revisits his Kyckr purchase.
Payments fintech Hello Clever has hired ex-Bolt president Justin Grooms to lead its US expansion and build an AI-powered consumer payments experience.
ASX-listed Identitii has agreed a convertible note facility of up to $20m with The Blackstone Mercantile Group, starting with a $5m binding commitment, to fund its BNDRY product, marketing and working capital.
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Swoop's chief executive is leaving the ASX-listed telco, with interim directors named, as its record of buyouts, divestments and fundraising draws sharp public criticism.
Novartis is acquiring London biotech Myricx Bio for US$1.1 billion upfront plus milestone payments, handing Melbourne venture firm Brandon Capital a record return on the startup it seeded in 2019.
Australia's latest Defence Industry Development Grants round distributes over $22 million to 60 businesses, with seven named manufacturers and suppliers receiving grants for equipment, facilities and capability projects.
Wildfire Energy, a Brisbane waste-to-fuels startup, secured A$2m from Qantas, Airbus and Climate Tech Partners, plus an A$3.15m government grant, to scale technology that turns waste into low-carbon fuels.
Also Startup Daily
Passive radar maker Silentium Defence has passed 100 staff and hired Matthew Ratnesar as US expansion CEO and Sam Macmillan as CFO, while co-founder Simon Palumbo returns to drive allied-market growth from South Australia.