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EVP's investment note reflects on its backing of SprintSuite, built for mining-sector service companies by founders with industry roots, citing insider credibility, rapid growth and a large untapped market.
Brandon BioCatalyst has named Peter Beattie its chair as Bill Ferris retires, with Andrew Nash joining the board and Ross King becoming deputy; manager Brandon Capital's newly raised $439 million fund was noted.
The Laundry Lady, a Sunshine Coast laundry services startup, has raised $1m from Karl Jacoby, angel groups and Queensland government programs, ending 13 years without outside capital as it eyes Canada and the UK.
A legal analysis of the Full Federal Court's decision that Cirrus and Jet Aviation's 2016 teaming arrangement was not a binding contract, with lessons for tech suppliers contributing IP to defence bids.
Karl Jacoby led a $1m seed round for mobile laundry startup The Laundry Lady, joined by angel groups and government programs, to bankroll its push into Canadian and British markets and further TimeBoss development.
Perth hydrogen storage startup Carbon280 has secured funding for a Kwinana pilot plant, led by a Woodside Energy-backed seed round plus government R&D rebates, commercialising its Hydrilyte hydrogen carrier technology.
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Australian-owned defence business Aurizn has hired Rebecca Humble from QinetiQ Australia as chief executive. Her appointment comes as the Pemba Capital Partners-backed company pushes to grow its defence capability work.
Tidal Ventures sets out why it led the seed investment in Vinyl, whose software turns accounting firms' client conversations into structured insights, profiling the market, product plans, and founding team.
Australian business lender Shift hires Genevieve Walker from Macquarie Group to lead its new corporate division, while Andrew Wagg and Natasha Brown take on expanded leadership roles.
Startup Daily profiles the thirteen startups joining Startmate's Winter '25 cohort, covering healthcare AI, agent tooling, recruitment tech, retail promotions, sexual health, water leak detection, VR haptics and ADHD robotics.
Body scan startup OneMRI, co-founded by Go1's Andrew Barnes and Dr Vu Tran, has secured $2.5 million in seed funding from a broad investor group to expand its preventative whole-body MRI scanning service nationally.
Accenture plans to buy Melbourne cybersecurity firm CyberCX, a transaction reported at over a billion dollars that still needs foreign investment approval. CyberCX was co-founded by John Paitaridis and Alastair MacGibbon.
Crypto lender Block Earner, fighting ASIC in court, has closed an $8 million Series A at a $75 million valuation, led by CMCC Global's Titan Fund with King River Capital taking part.
Sydney game studio Qloud closed a $7.5 million seed round for its solarpunk game Loftia, led by GFR Fund and Bitkraft Ventures with Andreessen Horowitz returning; the founders earlier crowdfunded and joined a16z's Speedrun.
Weekly roundup of the publisher's five most-read stories: Victorian government grants to eleven manufacturers, Kongsberg defence export contracts, a federal grant for Iondrive, battery maker Energy Renaissance entering administration, and NSW recycling grants.
Battery maker Energy Renaissance has entered administration, with Jirsch Sutherland appointed as administrators; a major investor's withdrawal from a planned funding program is cited as the cause, with recapitalisation or merger among options.
Block Earner raised $8 million in a Series A led by CMCC Global's Titan Fund with King River Capital, to grow its Bitcoin-backed home loan deposit product after beating ASIC in court.
ASX-listed Novatti says its stablecoin unit AUDC has closed a A$1.2 million seed raise, valuing Novatti's 57% stake at A$7 million, with the unit's AUDD token chosen for Project Acacia payment trials.
New York's Teladoc Health has bought Telecare, a Victorian virtual care startup, marking the Alice Anderson Fund's maiden exit. Telecare, a 2021 Startmate participant, previously raised $2.2 million in a seed round.
Roundup of five Australian raises totalling $85 million: National Renewable Network's Series A, plus Syenta, Cuttable, SprintSuite and Bitwise Agronomy, with lead investors and expansion plans for each.
Accenture is buying CyberCX, a Melbourne-founded cyber security services provider with some 1400 staff, in its biggest such deal yet; the price is reported at more than $1 billion, pending regulatory approvals.
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Sydney venture firm Airtree has completed the close of its fifth fund at $650 million, drawing backing from US institutional investors and Australian superannuation funds, with allocations set for early and growth stages.
Profile of Turnto founder Jessica Dove London, who built a health-information platform after her son's rare cerebral palsy diagnosis; the startup has secured $1.1 million pre-seed from angel and fund backers.
Tenacious Ventures interviews Bilberry founder Guillaume Jourdain on building the spot-spraying business for sale: its 2021 bridge round, disciplined valuation, and 2022 acquisition by Trimble.
SunCable denies reports its huge Northern Territory project is faltering, saying its fundraising is on track with healthy investor interest, while Grok Ventures reportedly weighs selling part of its stake.
Fleet-logistics software firm Adiona Tech won the Sydney pitch competition and heads to the San Francisco finale vying for a US$1 million investment prize; Telstra and Third Sphere previously backed the company.
Global investor EQT has offloaded Sydney-headquartered IT services firm Nexon to Adamantem Capital, ending a six-year ownership during which Nexon made eight add-on purchases and lifted revenue more than fivefold.
Brisbane graphene maker Turquoise Group has begun selling powder in bulk and is preparing an equity raise; a federal grant of $949,500 announced in January is funding its first commercial-scale facility.
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Mirugen, a Melbourne biotech spun out of an eye research institute, has closed a A$4.5m seed round with three backers and hired Charlotte Casebourne Stock as chair and acting chief executive.
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Regional NSW farm-connectivity startup Zetifi has received a $5 million federal Industry Growth Program grant toward a $10 million commercialisation plan for its smart antenna platform, working with Telstra, Nextivity and Icom.
Household virtual power plant platform NRN has secured a $17 million Series A led by Investible and Virescent Ventures, plus $50 million debt from Infradebt, with Ecotone Partners newly joining via its Planet Fund.
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ANU spin-out Syenta has secured $8.8 million to commercialise its chip-packaging technology, with Investible leading; the piece recalls its 2022 seed round and selection for Applied Materials' ASTRA accelerator.
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Iondrive has secured up to $3.9m from Canberra's Industry Growth Program for a battery-recycling pilot plant, with an earlier $100,000 award from Green Industries SA funding urban mining research.
Sydney clean energy startup NRN has secured a $67.2 million Series A co-led by Investible, Virescent Ventures and Ecotone Partners' Planet Fund, plus Infradebt debt, to scale its virtual power plant platform.
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Victoria's Supply Chain Uplift Program Round 5 grants, about $800,000 in total, went to eleven manufacturers preparing to supply Hanwha's Land 8116 and Land 400 Phase 3 defence vehicle programs.
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Melbourne adtech firm Cuttable has added $4.5 million to its seed round with Square Peg leading, taking total backing to $10 million and valuing the business at $44.5 million ahead of its US push.
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DroneShield has rolled out a new software-subscription counter-drone product, SentryCiv, aimed at non-military sites such as airports, utilities and prisons, offering passive airspace monitoring with no upfront hardware cost.
Airtree has launched Fund V, a $650 million pool divided into seed and growth sleeves and backed largely by global institutions, while promoting three investors, among them Perth-raised Dan Coughlan.
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Sendle has merged with US firms FirstMile and ACI Logistix to form FAST Group, combining Australian small-business shipping with US parcel networks; ACI Logistix's Keith Somers will lead the combined group.
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Sydney AI customer-support startup Lorikeet has closed US$35 million in a Series A led by QED Investors, its third round in under a year, lifting total funding beyond $75 million.
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Australian plant-protein maker v2food bought US plant-based chicken firm Daring Foods and struck a partnership with Japan's Ajinomoto, price undisclosed. The page also recalls v2food's $77 million Series B and local industry failures.
Australian meat-alternative company V2food has bought US chicken-substitute producer Daring Foods and announced a partnership with Japan's Ajinomoto aimed at global growth; no price was revealed.
UNSW has backed the launch of Barker Street Ventures, an online marketplace linking investors with the university's research spinouts in fields like quantum and AI; three unnamed ventures are raising.
Bionic voice device maker Laronix has joined Google's AI First accelerator among ten Australia-New Zealand startups, alongside Presien, Gelomics and Atomic Tessellator; the ten-week program mentors founders building AI products.
Iress has launched a new data product, FundsFlow, built with Quantium, that analyses retail wealth transaction data to reveal investment trends for fund managers.
Australian meat-alternative firm v2food buys US plant-based chicken company Daring Foods as its US entry; Ajinomoto has invested in v2food and will license-manufacture its products in Asian and African markets.
Sydney venture firm Airtree has closed its fifth fund, split into a US$250 million seed vehicle and a US$400 million growth vehicle, and promoted three investors to Principal.
ARENA grants $34.5 million to solar module maker Tindo and $11 million across Solquartz, Energus and Stellar PV for polysilicon feasibility studies under the federal Solar Sunshot program.
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Ex-AFL player Ryan Clarke's GymGoer, an app helping travellers book one-off gym sessions, has raised $400,000 at a $4.4 million valuation, with backing including Matt Keogh, after developing through Hyper Startup Studio's accelerator.
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Australia's only solar module maker, Tindo Solar, has received a $34.5 million ARENA award under the federal Solar Sunshot Program, supporting automation, a broader module range and lower prices.
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