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Profile of Snoretox, a biotech using a modified tetanus toxin to strengthen weak muscles in dogs and humans, which has won a $1 million government research grant and is seeking investors.
Profile of emergency physician Dr Keith Joe, whose Zaplutus Health is seeking funds for Ora Connect, a stick-on wearable measuring blood pressure without a cuff, aiming for regulatory approval and use by doctors.
The Western Green Energy Hub in Western Australia has signed Chinese and South Korean partners for a first-stage feasibility study, days after its developer received $21 million from ARENA for a Pilbara project.
Melbourne work-documentation startup Fluency raised a US$6 million seed led by Accel at a $30 million valuation, with DST Global and others participating; its founders previously raised $1.5 million.
LaunchVic is seeking applicants for its 2026 Basecamp program, which coaches founders on hiring and leadership choices; a graduate, Calcs.com's CEO, credits it with guiding recent team expansion.
Contented has raised a $4.1 million seed round with Altered Capital leading six other investors; the page's funding history also lists a prior $25 million seed round.
Splose, an Adelaide maker of practice software for allied-health clinicians, has landed a $46 million Series A from Spectrum Equity and Athletic Ventures to speed product development and push into the UK.
Australian-founded AI vulnerability platform Nullify, now San Francisco-based, has closed a second seed round led by SYN Ventures with returning backer Black Nova; SYN's Glenn Chisholm joins its board.
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Firmus, an AI data centre builder, has received a further $100 million from Maas Group, lifting its five-month total past $900 million; Maas also sold its construction-materials arm for $1.7 billion.
The cryptocurrency exchange has promoted its longtime technology chief to run the company and hired a new commercial head, pointing to a maturing local regulatory landscape for digital assets.
Alberts announces that former Rest fixed income head Tracey Duff has joined its Investment Committee, with a profile of her 40-year finance career and what drew her to the role.
Perth-based mining software firm CorePlan has secured $5 million in a follow-on raise, with existing backer EVP leading, to grow its team and push into drilling and geology workflows; BHP is a user.
The Pilbara green hydrogen hub abandoned by bp has won a $21 million ARENA grant, helping owner InterContinental Energy advance engineering studies toward a 2028 final investment decision.
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Enterprize Tasmania has appointed Brian Collins, deputy chair of FinTech Australia and co-founder of fintech fund Triple Bubble, as CEO, with the ten-year-old organisation seeking national and global reach for the state's startup ecosystem.
C2 Robotics has named Troy Duggan, a former naval platform commander, as its chief executive. The piece also describes the firm's teaming with Thales Australia and Austal Australia on undersea surveillance.
Crypto exchange BTC Markets promotes Lucas Dobbins to chief executive and executive director, hires Paul Stonham as its commercial chief, and shifts outgoing CEO Caroline Bowler onto its board as a non-executive director.
Agentsy, an Australian proptech startup, has announced a pre-seed round of $700,000 led by Empress Capital, completed in December, as it moves its AI platform to commercial release for agencies nationwide.
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Antler's Australian arm begins its fifteenth founder residency, selecting 57 participants from roughly 2,000 applications; two past participants praise the programme, and applications for the next one open in April.
The National Reconstruction Fund has invested $20 million in Sydney quantum startup Diraq, an equity stake the government fund says will aid domestic production and hiring ahead of a planned 2029 product launch.
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Square Peg Capital has reached a A$650 million first close across its two newest funds and is already investing the money, with payments company Airwallex among recipients, ahead of a final close.
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Sydney maker of manufacturing software Factory has closed a 4.69 million Australian dollar Series A led by Shearwater Capital, with several co-investors, to build product, grow sales and enter the United States.
Publisher KK Press has entered voluntary liquidation, ending Cosmopolitan Australia and T Australia. Founder Katarina Kroslakova announced the closure; her custom publishing business Primary Ideas continues.
Main Sequence announces backing Cortisonic, a deep-tech startup coming out of stealth with phononic chips for low-power edge AI, plus an Australian defence contract and a Lockheed Martin partnership.
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Quarterly update for ASX-listed AnteoTech covering a January equity placement, battery material scale-up progress, and life sciences orders including a shipment to an Indian vaccine maker.
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David Vitale has bought back his Melbourne whisky company from Diageo, ending the multinational's decade-old minority shareholding taken when Starward joined its startup program in 2015.
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Roundup of six Australian funding deals: AutoGrab, Applied EV, Checkbox, Hometime, Factory and On the House, with amounts, investors, and Hometime's past acquisitions and raise history detailed.
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Melbourne biotech ENA Respiratory has begun dosing volunteers in a mid-stage trial of its INNA-051 antiviral spray, aimed at limiting common viral illnesses in at-risk groups.
Sydney short-stay property manager Hometime has secured $19 million in fresh equity and debt, led by Verona Capital with Commonwealth Bank refinancing; the piece also recounts earlier raises and three rival acquisitions.
Australian legaltech firm Checkbox has raised a $35 million Series A led by Touring Capital to grow its AI platform for corporate legal teams, with four institutional backers joining.
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Starward's founder has bought the whisky business back outright, ending a decade of backing from Diageo through the Distill Ventures program, which Diageo began closing last year.
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Wholesale Investor's Steve Torso highlights Australian life sciences companies from the Emergence Preview Series, noting government grant funding, a Series A extension, venture co-investment, and a medtech company's ASX listing.
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Melbourne autonomous EV maker Applied Electric Vehicles has secured US$40 million in Series B funding, with the National Reconstruction Fund contributing $30.7 million alongside Barrenjoey, Japan Post Capital, Suzuki and St Baker.
Sydney manufacturing software startup Factory has raised a $4.69 million Series A led by Shearwater Capital to build product capacity and expand into the US, after a seed round from Investible in 2023.
Australia's National Reconstruction Fund has put $30.7 million into Melbourne autonomous vehicle maker Applied EV as the largest slice of a US$40 million Series B alongside Barrenjoey and Japan Post Capital.
Founder David Vitale has bought back Starward Whisky, ending Diageo's eleven-year stake held via its Distill Ventures accelerator, which first invested in 2015.
The National Reconstruction Fund has put $30.7 million into Melbourne autonomous vehicle maker Applied EV, forming most of its $57 million Series B alongside Barrenjoey and Japan Post Capital.
ANDHealth launches applications for its 2026 ACTIVATE accelerator, citing record participant satisfaction and strong cumulative results across prior Victorian digital health cohorts.
On the House, a Brisbane startup founded by a Startmate alumna, has secured $1.7 million in a Purpose Ventures-led seed round to expand its ad-funded dispensers offering free period products nationally.
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Compass Education has bought Clipboard, a school extracurricular software startup, with early backers including Jelix Ventures and EVP expecting up to 10x returns; earlier raises by both companies are recalled.
Melbourne car-data platform AutoGrab has closed an $80 million Series B valuing it at $230 million, co-led by Octopus Ventures and Movac, to fund expansion across Britain, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Founder David Vitale has bought back the Starward whisky business outright from Diageo's Distill Ventures, ending their decade-long partnership, as Diageo winds down its early-stage spirits accelerator.
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Founder David Vitale has fully bought back Starward Whisky, ending Diageo's eleven-year involvement via its Distill Ventures accelerator, which stopped taking new brands after sales declined in 2025.
Digital bank in1bank is winding down its banking operations, returning customer deposits in early 2026 and surrendering its ADI licence, with prudential regulator APRA monitoring the process.
Openmarkets Group has agreed a merger with Nasdaq-listed SPAC Lake Superior Acquisition Corp, expected to complete in 2026, giving the combined company a Nasdaq listing at a roughly USD300 million enterprise value.
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Vehicle-data platform AutoGrab has raised $80 million led by Octopus Ventures and Movac, valuing the company at $230 million, alongside Premier Capital Partners and existing backers EVP and Ten13.
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AirTree closes its $650m Fund V across seed and growth vehicles, backed mostly by international institutional capital, and promotes three early-career investors to Principal.
Nasdaq-listed Sui Group Holdings has raised about $450 million in a PIPE to grow its SUI token treasury, launched the SuiUSDE yield-bearing stablecoin with partners, and introduced privacy features at the protocol level.
Roundup of four ANZ raises: a Queensland rocket company's nine-figure Series E, a New Zealand legal-AI firm's Series B, a seed round for AI code-security, and a Melbourne construction-software raise.
Roundup of four ANZ raises totalling over $307m: Gilmour Space's Series E, Ivo's Series B, Dam Secure's seed round and SPEC Toolbox's pre-Series A, plus a board appointment at Dam Secure.