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Australian FinTech welcomes broker Pepperstone as a new member, describing its forex and CFD trading services and its freshly launched Australian digital-asset exchange, Pepperstone Crypto.
Orbweaver has bought POS-data analytics firm Budde Marketing Systems to broaden its electronics supply-chain platform; growth equity backer Sundance Growth supported the deal, having closed its debut $125m fund in 2025.
Italian hotel-tech firm Zucchetti is widening its integration with ASX-listed SiteMinder, connecting more of its hospitality products to the Sydney company's platform so mutual hotel clients can capture extra booking revenue.
Wellington HR consultancy Humankind has bought The Mintable, a Blackbird-backed platform that trains new managers, adding structured training to its consulting services.
Month-end automation firm Mayday announced a seed round of £3 million, led by 24Haymarket alongside AirTree Ventures and several angels, to fund product development, APAC hiring and its Xero partnership.
Brisbane construction procurement software maker ProcurePro has raised a round led by QIC Ventures with Bouygues aboard, valuing it above $110 million, to fund AI development, hiring and a planned US office.
BuildPass, a Melbourne construction software maker, says its American business now exceeds a fifth of revenue half a year after opening in Austin, with growth credit from Mighty Partners funding the expansion.
Roundup: three startups raised $5.71m combined; Canva's local revenue passed $4.1b with profit and IPO plans; Sweden's Legora bought Melbourne regulatory-tech firm Graceview; Fishburners went into administration.
Profile of a Peter Mac spinout advancing solid-tumour cell therapies; recounts its Series A backers, later investment, grant support, and chief executive Sam Cobb's earlier career building and listing AdAlta.
A university-run startup program in Western Australia finished its latest twelve-week intake, with participating ventures winning a hospital trial and taking products to market faster than any prior group.
Fishburners, the Sydney not-for-profit co-working community, has gone into voluntary administration over a long-running rent debt to the NSW government. KPMG administrators will keep it trading while pursuing a sale and recapitalisation.
Sydney climate tech startup Enaxiom has banked a seed round led by Epic Angels to commercialise its water-reusing cooling technology for data centres, funding deployment, hiring and a push into the US market.
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Weel announces it has earned SOC 2 and ISO 27001 security certifications and launched a Trust Centre, with its CFO and COO describing the milestone as underscoring its approach to protecting customer data.
TowerBrook Capital Partners has reached an initial close of roughly $2.7bn on its latest buyout fund, targeting $4bn, with existing backers supplying most commitments; Investindustrial reportedly collected €1.5bn for a lower mid-market vehicle.
Private equity firm TowerBrook Capital Partners has held a first close of roughly $2.7 billion for its newest buyout fund, TowerBrook Investors VII, chasing a $4 billion target.
Peppermint Innovation has raised AU$2.1 million from local industry investors to fund its payments and wallet expansion into the Philippines, where usage of its platforms is climbing.
UNSW Founders marks a decade of its 10x Accelerator and opens 2026 applications across health, climate and all-industries streams; selected startups get $100,000 SAFE investments, and three alumni are profiled.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has granted EV charging startup ReadySteadyPlug $1.51 million toward a $3.49 million project installing as many as 428 charge points for apartment and strata residents.
Shareholder Sandon Capital's board spill succeeds: Southern Cross Austereo's chair resigns and Teresa Dyson takes over, restoring Kerry Stokes' former Seven West Media allies months after the two companies merged.
Sierra, the enterprise AI agent firm started by Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor, has banked a $950 million Series E with Tiger Global and Google Ventures at the helm, plus Benchmark, Sequoia and Greenoaks.
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Australian oil and gas explorer Condor Energy has locked in AU$2.25 million from institutional investors via a share placement, with proceeds earmarked for its offshore Peru licence conversion and gas development plans.
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Seidler Equity Partners closed its ninth flagship fund at a $1.6 billion hard-cap in April 2026, within a 90-day span that saw $2.3 billion gathered across three funds.
Analysis of Liquid Instruments' $50m Series C, whose co-leads were Keysight and Australia's NRF, examining defense-tech capital trends alongside comparable 2026 hardware raises.
Turing Post interviews Hugging Face's co-founder and CEO on open-source AI, arguing open models empower a far larger builder community, discussing robotics hardware sales, cybersecurity arguments, and lobbying against open source in the US.
Weekly roundup: Hipages takes a majority stake in VIZ Insurance, Side Stage Ventures banks $40m for fund two, Airwallex unveils the Latitude 37 program, Anthropic appoints an ANZ general manager, Atlassian shares jump.
UNSW Founders will run the NSW Government's new $4 million Diversity Pre-Accelerator Program for female and culturally diverse health founders, with the University of Newcastle also delivering support; applications open in July.
Sandon Capital seeks a vote to oust Southern Cross Media's chairman and two directors after opposing its Seven West merger; the piece also recalls that merger, a stake sale and a CEO change.
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ASX-listed payments company Novatti Group has appointed Ian Hobson as company secretary from 1 May 2026, with Steven Stamboultgis retiring from the role immediately.
Canva's long-serving technology chief is leaving mid-year, his deputy taking a restructured technology leadership role, as the design platform expands its AI features and works toward a planned 2027 public listing.
A profile of Chimeric Therapeutics and CEO Rebecca McQualter covering its CAR T cancer therapy, clinical progress, manufacturing partnerships, FDA designations, and path to Phase 2 trials by mid-2026.
Shearwater Capital republishes a profile of Mike Gregg recounting his two-decade personal stake in WiseTech, his earlier healthcare software exit, and the firm's repeated investments in pet food business Lyka.
Side Stage Ventures has reached a $40 million initial close on its $50 million second fund, backed by founders of earlier wins, while principal Elli Hanson steps up to partner.
Airwallex cofounder and CEO Jack Zhang announced Latitude 37, an annual program giving ten young Australian AI founders $100,000 each without taking equity, plus network access and overseas immersion; registrations are open.
The NSW Government has opened the first round of its $4 million Diversity Pre-Accelerator Program for female founders, appointing University of Newcastle and UNSW Founders to deliver training and mentoring for women-led startups.
The NSW Government has opened the first round of its $4 million Diversity Pre-Accelerator Program for female founders, appointing University of Newcastle's I2N and UNSW Founders to deliver training and mentoring.
Xefco, held by Breakthrough Victoria, has secured a $4,999,122 federal Industry Growth Program grant as it sends its first production-scale waterless plasma dyeing unit to Indonesia, with twelve systems already committed by customers.
Financial-advice AI startup Marloo has closed a US$10 million seed round led by returning backer Blackbird Ventures, lifting its total funding beyond A$18 million.
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Antler profiles two founders from its portfolio, Enaxiom's Tia and Enrola's Jo Thomas, on starting before feeling ready; both credit its residency, and Jo recalls raising without gendered friction.
Adtech startup Manifest has launched with a $2 million pre-seed round, led by Brand Fund with Antler, Icehouse Ventures, Techstars, family offices and industry angels taking part, aiming to replace agency timesheets.
US buyout firm Artemis has offloaded its portfolio company Sightline Intelligence to Acron Technologies; the piece also recalls the target's earlier purchase of Australian defence AI firm Athena AI and notes its Brisbane base.
InDebted's founder Josh Foreman is shifting from CEO into a product, AI and R&D-focused founder role while the company searches externally for a new chief executive, after posting record quarterly revenue and profitability.
Retrospective on Liquid Instruments, the Canberra-born software-defined test instrument maker, which has closed a fifty-million-US-dollar Series C co-led by the reconstruction fund and Keysight, with Significant Ventures among existing investors.
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Profile of WRS Bioproducts, Harry Rosen's second-act algae venture producing natural food ingredients, now courting investors as US regulators move to ban synthetic food colours.
Uniseed's site carries a short announcement that ENA Respiratory has added Melissa Faris to its board of directors.
Lorna Jane's Never Give Up podcast episode features Showpo founder Jane Lu discussing her path from corporate life to entrepreneurship: emigrating from China, failure, resilience and building it into a worldwide brand.
VentureCrowd's parent firm is in administration with creditors claiming $7.3 million owed. The first administrator was replaced by Cor Cordis, while the platform's trading subsidiaries and managed funds continue unaffected.
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Cut Through Venture's quarterly data shows Australian startup funding rebounding strongly, yet capital concentrating in a few large rounds while mid-sized companies struggle to raise.
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Liquid Instruments has raised a $50m Series C for its reconfigurable testing hardware, co-led by Australia's National Reconstruction Fund Corporation and Keysight Technologies; proceeds go to AI development and aerospace, defence and chip markets.
ARENA is providing $11 million for two remote Northern Territory microgrid projects, at Borroloola and Ltyentye Apurte, co-developed with First Nations community organisations.
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