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Engie has bought out Eku Energy's 30 per cent stake in the Hazelwood big battery, giving the French utility sole control of the storage project built at a Victorian coal plant site.
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Airwallex has completed its acquisition of South Korean licensed payments provider Paynuri, enabling cross-border financial services for Korean businesses; the deal follows Airwallex's recently reported Series G round valuing it at US$8 billion.
CDH Investments has closed a roughly USD 500m continuation vehicle holding six assets from its fifth China fund, led by ADIA; Sirtex Medical is among the positions.
Beaten Zone's blog touts Australia's space sector, citing CEO Steve Baxter and reporting Gilmour Space Technologies' $217 million Series E from National Reconstruction Fund Corporation and Hostplus, plus its investments in HEO and Zendir.
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AI code security startup Dam Secure has closed an oversubscribed $6.1 million seed round led by Paladin Capital Group, with several tech executives investing, to grow its Australian R&D team and build a US sales presence.
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Blackbird's post explains why it led Ivo's US$55 million Series B with five co-investors, citing the legal-AI company's product expansion, customer growth, and adoption by major corporates.
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Net Zero Investor brief: Australia's CEFC commits $70m to QIC's Global Infrastructure Fund II, having previously allocated $72m to its predecessor and $50m to a QIC property decarbonisation fund.
Rocket firm Gilmour Space raised a $217 million Series E co-led by the National Reconstruction Fund and Hostplus, reaching a billion-dollar valuation; earlier Series B, C and D raises are recapped.
Podcast episode in which Elita's two co-founders describe pivoting a pet stem cell bank into a digital pet health platform and taking out their category at SXSW Sydney.
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is putting $70 million into QIC's Global Infrastructure Fund II, which targets infrastructure that cuts emissions across Australia's energy and transport sectors.
Blackbird's annual letter recaps its 2025 deployment, cash returns, community programs and foundation grants, and introduces Jessica Tulp as the newest addition to its investing team.
Blackbird's Rick Baker recounts backing rocket firm Gilmour Space from its 2017 Series A to a newly closed A$217 million Series E at a valuation above US$1 billion.
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Galileo Ventures recaps three founder interviews from its 2025 newsletter series, covering lessons on Australian venture capital, leading through crisis, and building AI grocery tools.
Melbourne construction software firm SPEC Toolbox, once CLT Toolbox, has banked a fresh $3 million round with Black Nova and Investible co-leading, its third raise after earlier seed and bridge funding.
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Australia's green bank CEFC has committed $70 million to QIC's Fund 2, a global infrastructure vehicle holding assets such as Tilt Renewables and Hobart Airport, targeting decarbonisation of high-emitting sectors.
Blackbird's post explains why it led Elyos's Series A with PiLabs, YC and 468 Capital, profiling the AI phone-agent startup for trade businesses, its traction and its three founders.
Touch Ventures twice marked its Sendle holding down to nothing during 2025, first over a harsh Federation financing, then after claims against merger partner ACI Logistix, before Sendle's sudden shutdown.
Roundup of three Australian raises: Omniscient Neurotechnology's in-progress Series D drawing a $20m national fund investment, deceased-estates platform EstateXchange's first raise, and fitness software firm Hapana's Microequities-led round.
Profile of brothers Mike and Albert Lee recounting bootstrapping MyFitnessPal, their 2013 Series A alongside a founder secondary, and the 2015 sale to Under Armour.
Blog post relays a newspaper feature about the firm's space-sector investing; the headline cites a $4m backing of local firms but names no recipient company.
Weekly agtech and foodtech roundup: several startup raises, BASF's purchase of AgBiTech, three new funds, a Bühler CEO appointment, Microsoft carbon-credit deals, and company shutdowns.
GrazeMate, a cattle-mustering drone startup founded by 19-year-old Sam Rogers, has raised $1.2m in a pre-seed round led by Y Combinator, with NextGen Ventures, Antler and Meat & Livestock Australia also taking part.
Australian refillable cleaning products maker Pleasant State, founded by Ami Bateman and Sian Murray, is winding up amid household budget strain; the article recalls its Indiegogo and Birchal raises and Zero Co's earlier closure.
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Federation says ACI Logistix hid its finances before merging with Sendle and FirstMile into Fast Group, now winding down, killing the courier; the article also recalls past Sendle and Strongroom raises.
Hapana, a membership platform for gyms and studios, has closed a $7.25 million round led by Microequities with OIF Ventures returning, earmarked for AI features and overseas growth; backer Bailador revalued its holding.
Directors at Sendle's parent FAST Group voted to shut the delivery business after it could not raise the money needed to survive; Federation had propped it up while rivals Aramex and Interparcel courted customers.
Advanced Navigation has hired Michelle Toscan to lead its Asia-Pacific operations, tasking her with defence and government engagement as the navigation systems maker supplies primes including Rheinmetall and Boeing.
A fund's insights listing: its headline flags Vaxxas naming an ex-Merck vaccines chief as CEO, while linked teasers report Eucalyptus' $1.6b sale and Accel-KKR's takeover of Phocas.
Alternative parcel delivery firm Sendle stopped taking bookings five months after merging into US parent Fast Group, whose financial troubles led investor Federation Asset Management to suspend fund withdrawals and inject emergency capital.
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Profile of founder Sabrina Leung, whose platform EnAccess Maps helps mobility aid users check venue accessibility; it notes $78,000 secured, three engineers hired, and her stint in LaunchVic's CivVic Labs with VicHealth.
Sendle has halted new parcel shipments, disrupting small business customers. The article recalls its 2021 Series C, a 2024 raise, its merger creating FAST Group, and emergency capital from Federation Asset Management.
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Profile of Dr Kyle Turner launching the LaunchVic-funded Ochre pre-accelerator for First Nations founders, recalling his dental AI startup Pearlii and his role at a new First Nations venture fund.
Crunchbase's 2026 forecast lists fifteen late-stage companies it deems probable or very likely IPO candidates, profiling each with past raises, valuations and secondary sales; Australia's Canva makes the list.
Digital health firm Perx Health splits in two: Clutch has bought its US business and its Australian arm will combine with Navigator Group, with founders moving to roles at the buyers.
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Profile of Mike Lee, who bootstrapped the MyFitnessPal calorie-tracking app to 80 million users before Under Armour bought it for $475 million in 2015; it was later sold to Francisco Partners for $345 million.
Curtin University has picked 13 startups for the 2026 intake of its free Accelerate program, which this year spans health, safety, education, beauty and robotics ventures.
Year-end letter from Dragonfly's chairman: new CEO and two board appointments, a completed biodiversity investment, portfolio progress in water, energy and biotech, and a conservation partnership noted.
Melbourne electric motorcycle maker Savic has banked $2 million via a convertible note, handing the chief executive job from founder Denis Savic to EV systems veteran Marc Alexander.
Founders backed by LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund fear the fund may not survive the Victorian government's confirmed merger of LaunchVic with Breakthrough Victoria; the piece recalls raises by Elita, MoreGoodDays and TalkiPlay.
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A Sydney quantum chipmaker says its new processor keeps improving in accuracy as more qubits are added, a milestone published in Nature, with DARPA benchmarking progress and systems used by Telstra and Australian Defence.
Breakthrough Victoria highlights portfolio achievements including Amber Electric's forty-five million dollar raise, Bygen and Diag-Nose grants, and Quantum Brilliance series A funding.
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Canberra data governance firm Aristotle Metadata has borrowed $400,000 from Tractor Ventures as venture debt, planning to grow its consulting partner network after equity investors labelled it too risky.
An Indigenous-led Cape York venture has raised $600,000 from two foundations and a private trust to commercialise wild beef from unmanaged cattle, planning national scale-up and an on-station processing facility.
Offshore wind developer Oceanex Energy will shut down in 2026 after ending partnerships and abandoning Australian and New Zealand projects, with co-founder Andy Evans urging Australia to overcome risk aversion and execute renewables opportunities.
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One Roof, a Melbourne community for women founders, has promoted Frances Goh to its top job, succeeding cofounder Sheree Rubinstein, who joins a telehealth firm as general manager and stays on as advisor.
Profile of organics recycler SOILCO's national growth, recalling acquisitions of The Good Dirt Company and Martins Fertilizers and Queensland facility plans targeting more than a million tonnes annually by 2029.
Roundup of seven trans-Tasman raises worth $93.1m this week, headlined by IND Technology's $50m round, with LawVu also acquiring ClauseBase.
A year-end list profiling women leaders worldwide, from presidents to tech founders; it recalls Airwallex's landmark capital raise and Mira Murati's new AI venture with its record seed round.
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Galileo Ventures' annual letter looks back on 2025: a partner hire, raises at Relevance AI, Andromeda and Tixel, a 25th investment in Isaacus, and Breakthrough Victoria as cornerstone backer of Fund II.
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Heartful, a marketplace for accessible stays, may close next week after bot attacks on founder Jen Clark's design business destroyed its funding source; she is seeking a buyer, having earlier raised via equity crowdfunding.