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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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A Forbes Australia writer demos Veo 3, Google's AI video model with synchronised audio, now offered inside Canva, with Canva executives and a Google product director discussing the feature, safeguards and usage figures.
Interview with Kylee Hall, chief executive of medical device maker Cylite, on joining the Main Sequence-backed company, scaling its team, and preparing a deep-tech healthcare business for a future sale.
Student support and deals platform Student Edge has been bought by Year13 as the school-leaver edtech pushes into the US; terms undisclosed. Year13 raised $10 million in 2021 and recently brought on ex-Atlassian hires.
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FRV has secured financing for its Gnarwarre battery in Victoria, adding two financiers to last year's portfolio-wide refinancing; the article also recalls the Terang close and a 2022 ARENA grant.
Travel giant Oyo's purchase of local rental manager MadeComfy tops $50 million; founders remain as co-CEOs, and the piece recalls earlier raises and rival sector deals.
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FytonBio secured one million dollars in pre-seed funding from Breakthrough Victoria and Monash University to develop antibody therapies for autoimmune diseases using Monash's GREAT platform.
Melbourne wearable drug-delivery startup Remagine Labs secured $500,000 pre-seed funding, split between Breakthrough Victoria and Monash University, to advance chronic condition treatment devices.
Two Victorian backers put a combined $2.25 million into three university spinouts pursuing biologics, antibody drugs and delivery devices, launching a new $15 million pre-seed vehicle.
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Weekly roundup: Breakthrough Victoria and Monash University co-invest $2.25 million across three university healthtech spinouts, while Blackbird backs Hall, which helps businesses win visibility on AI platforms, with $2 million pre-seed.
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Forbes Australia profiles billionaire Ed Craven's funding of MainCode, a Melbourne venture where chief executive Dave Lemphers leads a team building Australia's own large language model on home soil.
Breakthrough Victoria and Monash University put joint pre-seed backing into three life-sciences spinouts and launched the $15m Monash Ventures pre-seed fund, part of a $100m platform commercialising Victorian university research.
The investor's site reports a joint pre-seed investment with Monash University totalling $2.25 million across three health startups, and the launch of Monash Ventures' $15 million pre-seed fund for research commercialisation.
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The children's fintech Spriggy will retire its investment app in August 2025 and refund users, keeping its main pocket money service while it builds a replacement due in 2026.
Gilmour Space's Eris rocket lifted off but exploded seconds later near Bowen; the founder hailed the short flight as a milestone, while its ElaraSat satellite bus flew successfully on a SpaceX rideshare mission.
Tenacious Ventures introduces Dr. Madeline Mitchell, an agricultural scientist previously at Breakthrough Victoria and Food Agility, as its new investment principal, discussing deep tech, agrifood innovation and climate science.
Queensland superannuation fund Brighter Super has unveiled a startup investment mandate to be managed by QIC; the article also recalls QIC's earlier backing of Attekus, SwarmFarm Robotics, Go1, Gilmour Space Technologies and VALD.
Profile of an Australian medical diagnostics firm building tests that flag chronic disease risk before symptoms, spotlighting its kidney-disease predictor and global licensing push.
Gilmour Space Technologies flew its Eris rocket for the first time, an Australian-designed orbital vehicle; the brief test ended early via anomaly, with learnings feeding a follow-on vehicle now being built.
Cut Through Venture's analysis of Queensland's FY2025 ecosystem: $417 million over 109 deals, climate tech and enterprise software leading, plus standout rounds from EatClub, EcoJoule Energy, FairSupply and WearOptimo.
RenewEconomy reports APG Asset Management has announced plans to put over $1 billion into Octopus Australia's OASIS renewables fund, joining existing backers including Rest, Hostplus and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation.
Profile of Provenir, which slaughters cattle on-farm with a mobile unit and sells meat direct to consumers; recaps its evolution, pricing, rules and expansion plans, recalling backing from SproutX and Meat and Livestock Australia.
Profile of Auriga Space, an Australian venture building a track-based satellite launch system, noting a $6 million round secured in 2025 to speed prototype development.
Mushroom-robot maker 4AG Robotics announced a CAD 40m Series B, with Astanor Ventures and Cibus Capital leading and Voyager Capital arriving as a fresh backer beside five returning investors.
Western Australia's Carnegie Clean Energy has started developing its largest Ceto wave array yet, six 1 MW units to plug into the BiMEP test platform off Spain's Basque coast.
Global investment firm KKR is committing $500 million to Sydney-based CleanPeak Energy to expand commercial and industrial solar, storage and microgrid projects, marking the firm's climate strategy's first Asia-Pacific investment.
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Logistics software firm WiseTech Global has appointed Zubin Appoo CEO, succeeding interim chief Andrew Cartledge, who retires at year's end. Appoo previously served under founder Richard White and receives a smaller pay package.
Hall, created by a former Dovetail and Atlassian designer, has secured a pre-seed round backed by Blackbird to help businesses track and improve how AI chatbots represent them.
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DASH Technology Group has upgraded its platform for advisers with multi-currency and international exchange support and new reporting tools, citing strong FY25 growth in the year after its fundraise.
Profile of MEQ, whose beef-grading camera became the first video system the USDA certified in 15 years, recalling its 2023 raise and covering deployments at meat processors in the US, Australia and New Zealand.
Titomic, a cold spray 3D printing firm, has incorporated a UK entity and appointed Les Gregory to lead UK business development, a week after closing a fifty-million-dollar share placement.
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REA Group has invested again in IMMERSIV, a Brisbane startup whose 3D tools let buyers explore off-the-plan developments, after its initial 2024 stake; the amount was not disclosed.
Australia's NRFC has injected $150m into Brandon Capital's sixth life-science vehicle, lifting it to a $439m close; past NRFC cheques to local deep-tech firms are also recapped.
Shearwater Capital's post recaps a second breakfast for its scouts network and introduces Updoc's commercial chief as a new member, saying the group keeps surfacing promising founders and companies for the firm.
Pat Conroy announced a fresh tranche of Australian defence grants totalling over $17.3 million, with recipients including Fleet Space Technologies, Veem, HIFraser and Aurora Labs.
Cybersecurity firm Vanta has banked $150 million at a $4.15 billion valuation in a Series D, with founder Christina Cacioppo's AI compliance platform now serving clients worldwide.
RenewEconomy profiles Magellan Power, a Perth battery systems maker founded in 1991, which is looking for capital to expand manufacturing and recycling, including its new Karri home battery, as rebate-driven demand surges.
Sanofi is buying Vicebio for up to US$1.6 billion in the biggest-ever exit of Australian university IP, with UQ keeping equity; the article also recalls the Inflazome and Spinifex sales and Vicebio's Medicxi seed.
Brandon Capital has completed a A$439 million final close for its sixth life sciences fund, bringing the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation and WA Government in alongside backers such as HESTA, Hostplus, CSL and QIC.
Gilmour Space Technologies has secured the maximum $5 million grant under the federal Industry Growth Program, money earmarked for its next-generation engine, even though its founder publicly attacked the national space regulator.
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Adelaide solar module maker Tindo Solar will work with UNSW researchers on two projects to move TOPCon cell technology from lab to manufacturing, with research backed by the TRaCE program.
Pet-sitting marketplace Mad Paws has recommended a proposed $62 million takeover by US company Rover, with its Pet Chemist arm earmarked for VetPartners, while earlier raises are recalled.
Square Peg led AI procurement startup Source's US$1.4 million pre-seed round, joined by TEN13 and angels including Stripe's former CTO; the platform automates purchasing for small retailers.
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Mondus, a Sydney lender of zero-deposit shared-equity mortgages, has landed a nine-figure debt facility via WLTH, while recent venture backing from Admiralty Capital Group underpins the deal.
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Femtech startup Ovum has started clinical trials of its AI women's health journal at two Sydney hospitals, with $40,000 in fresh backing from Soul Pattinson following a $1.7 million pre-seed round.
Melbourne longevity startup Everlab raised $15 million in a seed round with Left Lane Capital leading and AfterWork Ventures returning; the piece also recalls its 2023 pre-seed and Hermann's prior venture sold to Mars.
Also Forbes Australia
Square Peg's half-year investor letter reviews its accelerating AI investing, portfolio companies' progress including several completed raises, listed fund returns, a new data hire, and ongoing fundraising for its 2025 vintage funds.
Profile of Melbourne femtech ring maker Kyri Cycles, formerly Femtek, chasing Gen Alpha customers; the piece recalls its accelerator pre-seed and later seed raises and mentions a fresh raise still underway.
Tractor Ventures hires Liz van Zyl as head of partnerships as its cumulative startup lending passes $100 million; the interview covers non-dilutive capital, founder support and plans to grow its partner network.