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Wildfire Energy, an Australian waste-to-energy developer, received $2 million from Climate Tech Partners, Qantas and Airbus, plus a separate $3.15 million ARENA grant for bio-methanol production work.
Renewable utility Zen Energy has entered voluntary administration despite regulators clearing Gunvor to buy its retail business; McGrathNicol is administrator and customers moved to AGL.
Pengana's AI trust is now on the ASX as AIX after a $267 million IPO raise from wholesale investors, opening retail access to private AI companies; GCM Grosvenor manages the portfolio.
Weekly roundup: Echo IQ raises $110m through a placement to expand its US diagnostics business; Deputy debuts an AI product; Medical Angels brings on Michael Batko as a venture partner.
VGW founder Laurence Escalante has quit as CEO and chairman with immediate effect after months of leave; acting chief Mats Johnson continues while the Perth gaming firm seeks a permanent leader.
Medical imaging AI firm Enlitic has locked in commitments for a roughly A$15 million equity placement meant to sustain operations and grow sales, with a share consolidation and a smaller purchase plan also proposed.
PEI reports Hayfin Capital Management has gathered €15bn for its fifth direct lending vehicle, which the firm attributes to more conservative structuring after troubles with US semi-liquid products.
Interview with John Shanks, a former hospital pharmacist who founded Kraken Coding to turn clinical guidelines into digital decision-support pathways, now live in Australian health services and Canadian hospitals.
ANNA's Australian operation obtained its financial services licence and rolled out Apple Pay, Google Pay and Mastercard checkout alongside ASIC and ATO integrations, letting small firms manage payments and tax in one place.
Brisbane drone-mapping firm Emesent has raised $15 million via a SAFE note plus $10 million in venture debt from the National Reconstruction Fund — the fund's first such deal — four years after its Series A.
Uniseed's news page announces that Exonate has named Olav Hellebø its new chief executive.
Allens' Cyber Brief podcast hosts QuintessenceLabs founder and CEO Vikram Sharma discussing quantum computing threats to encryption, harvest-now-decrypt-later attacks, and the governance steps boards should take toward post-quantum readiness.
Halo Technologies Holdings plans a convertible-note issue as growth capital, with coupon and conversion terms fixed and a lead manager appointed, ahead of its scheduled July 2026 issue date.
NSW Government grants Venusshell Systems AUD 2 million to expand its Huskisson seaweed plant, the largest award in a $5.7 million package supporting South Coast aquaculture businesses including Joonga Land and Water Aboriginal Corporation.
Sixty Australian defence firms share over $22m in the newest round of a federal grants program; seven recipients are named, with awards for manufacturing, infrastructure and capability projects.
Australian fintech Halo Technologies closed an oversubscribed funding round, exceeding its A$5 million target by raising up to A$6.75 million to expand access to its investment research and portfolio management platform.
NSW Government grants worth $400,000 across 19 recipients include EnergyLab, Barayamal, Go Remote, Western Sydney Women and Scale Investors, funding events and initiatives aimed at closing the gender funding gap.
IREN's board has signed off on long-term share awards worth roughly US$788 million for co-founder chief executives Daniel and Will Roberts, as the Sydney-based green data centre operator capitalises on AI demand.
A short post on Uniseed's site reports a leadership change at Exonate, with Olav Hellebø taking the chief executive role.
Inlogik has appointed Charlie Crane as chief executive, with long-time leader Richard Eskell moving to a founder and board role as the Australian fintech expands its commercial spend platform.
Tiimely appoints Faith Brockhoff as product and technology chief and elevates Deion Matulic to lead lending operations, coinciding with renewed deals with two key platform partners.
Doctor-led syndicate Medical Angels is turning its backing of 30-plus health startups into a $40 million fund, with $4 million banked, and has recruited former Startmate chief Michal Batko as venture partner.
Orica will proceed with its Hunter Valley green hydrogen plant after a final investment decision, the first under Hydrogen Headstart; earlier government grants to it and CIP's Murchison are recalled.
Orica has reached a final investment decision for its Hunter Valley green hydrogen and ammonia project, confirming government grant support, while other planned Australian hydrogen projects advance slowly or have been abandoned.
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Explorer Right Resources secured A$755,000 in debt against its expected research refund, advancing gold and critical minerals exploration at Tumbarumba with CODES researchers, following a prior A$930,000 facility.
Dealroom reports that investor Iona Star has put money into Zitcha, a three-year-old retail-media startup from Melbourne whose software helps shops earn advertising income from their customer data, funding overseas growth.
Ten13's post explains why it led Flyweel's pre-seed round with QIC, Antler and angel investors, backing a platform bringing real-time financial visibility and funding to advertising spend.
CEFC insight piece on growing electric truck use in Australia, outlining its financing for Team Global Express, Zenobē and Volvo Group, from fleet finance to charging and resale-value support.
Akaysha Energy's 415 MW Orana battery in New South Wales has reached commercial operation, with EnergyAustralia taking 200 MW under a virtual tolling deal, lifting the developer's operating storage past four gigawatt-hours.
Southern Launch raised a $25m Series A with $10m from the National Reconstruction Fund, led by Brindabella and Company and including ex-Macquarie executives and Coupland Asset Management, to grow headcount and launch services.
Lendi Group has opened a new Sydney headquarters at South Eveleigh's Locomotive Workshop, with the space designed to support its growing team, brokers and partners as the fintech expands.
MAKO has banked a $28 million Series A, headed by Virescent Ventures, to take its drag-cutting Flightfilm coating to market; the piece also recalls an earlier seed round and a government grant.
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Melbourne preventive-health startup Everlab has banked an A$65 million Series A led by Airtree Ventures with Plural, Left Lane Capital and b2venture taking part, funding overseas growth starting in the UK.
Sydney aerospace company MAKO has raised $28 million in a Virescent Ventures-led Series A to manufacture Flightfilm, a shark-inspired skin that cuts aircraft drag and fuel use.
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WA's government is putting $150,000 into Spacecubed's Perth Landing Pad through 2026, sustaining a 90-day program helping overseas startups enter Western Australia; 100-plus international startups have come through it so far.
UNSW Canberra is piloting an AI energy system with industry partners Voltval and JT Solar, backed by a $1.2 million TRaCE grant, to bring rooftop solar and shared batteries to apartment residents.
ARENA announced funding of up to $45 million for Sicona Battery Technologies to build a commercial-scale plant for its silicon-carbon anode material in the Illawarra.
ARN reports efex has acquired managed services provider onPlatinum from Comms Group for $30 million — its largest deal, following the Crowd IT purchase — with proceeds earmarked for debt reduction and investor returns.
Breakthrough Victoria announces it made follow-on investments in four portfolio companies during 2025-26 — Number 8 Bio, Navi Medical Technologies, Liquid Instruments and Type One Energy — to support their growth and commercialisation.
Weekly roundup flags Acorn's purchase of learning firm B Online Learning for an undisclosed sum, plus $487m across ten raises, Airwallex product launches, Blackbird's biggest-ever investment, and layoffs at Culture Amp and Immutable.
AgFunderNews roundup of agtech and foodtech developments: several funding rounds, four acquisitions including Danone buying Made in Protein, a leadership change at Vow, a grant, and other industry items.
Competition regulator approval lets Swiss trading giant Gunvor proceed with buying Zen Energy's retail arm and power purchase agreements; terms undisclosed. Article weighs whether the newcomer will challenge Australia's dominant gen-tailers.
The competition regulator has cleared Swiss trader Gunvor to buy Zen Energy's retail arm and linked PPAs; terms undisclosed. The article asks whether the deep-pocketed newcomer will challenge Australia's big three gen-tailers.
Analysis of Sierra's $950 million raise at a $15 billion valuation with Tiger Global and GV at the lead, weighing its revenue multiple, Fortune 50 customer lock-in, and competition from OpenAI and Anthropic's ventures.
Telco Swoop divests its incomplete Melbourne fibre network to Xenith's Australian arm for $11 million, proceeds going to debt repayment; the story also recalls Voicehub's 2024 sale to Pivotel for $9 million.
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Taronga's Hatch accelerator has graduated five conservation startups, with GreenPay taking a $50,000 top grant; prizes, seed funding, program totals and past alumni are also noted.
Airwallex has closed a Series H valuing it at $16 billion, with Addition in the lead and eight other backers named; the piece also recalls its December Series G.
Australian neurotech company Control Bionics launched a A$10 million capital raising, with a A$9.5 million placement and shareholder plan, backed by existing shareholders Nightingale Partners and Phoenix Development Fund.
Profile of Oli CEO Tara Croft discussing the company's wearable AI for maternal monitoring, its combined government and private backing, and persistent underfunding of women's health innovation.