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Cyber security firm archTIS has secured $7.5 million via a share placement to fund its US push, partnerships and product development, with Henslow and Canaccord Genuity jointly leading the offer.
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RenewEconomy questions why Wesfarmers, whose Bunnings chain already runs on fully renewable power, is receiving $100 million in concessional government finance for more solar, batteries and EV charging.
Transcelestial has secured a new investment round co-led by NTT Finance and Paspalis Capital, alongside other backers, to roll out its laser communications technology across Australian and Japanese telecom, defence and space infrastructure.
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Atmo Biosciences has won American regulator clearance for its swallowable gas-sensing capsule, an RMIT invention licensed in 2018; sales begin in July, after RMIT swapped the patents for equity in April.
Galileo Ventures announces a $240,000 seed backing for Gumnut, a developer-tools startup adding real-time collaboration and AI agents to SaaS forms, and sets out its investment thesis.
Eastend Ventures, a VC based in Adelaide, has locked in $10 million for its $50 million debut fund — South Australia's first ESVCLP — and has already backed three startups with it.
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Bain Capital's Mike Murphy recounts transforming Virgin Australia from its 2020 administration buyout to an ASX re-listing, detailing cost cuts, fleet reductions, Qatar Airways' stake and the firm's plans to sell down its holding.
University of Southern Queensland-led researchers won an AEA Ignite grant of $198,679 to develop duckweed grown on dairy manure as biofuel feedstock, working with the University of Adelaide and Active Research.
Frollo, a NextGen subsidiary, launched a portal giving mortgage brokers Open Banking access to verified client financial data, already integrated with aggregators and major banks.
Meliora, Clive Dickens' advisory firm, has started backing AI companies alongside a student-focused venture fund that is closing in on its fundraising target.
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Bailador's stake in DASH has grown 59% to $44.7m after the Sydney-based fintech signed a fresh raise at a higher valuation; the piece also recalls its earlier investments and stakes in PropHero and Rosterfy.
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Sparc Technologies, Fortescue and the University of Adelaide have switched on an Adelaide pilot plant that makes green hydrogen from sunlight without electrolysers.
FoundIt, a property platform connecting buyers with buyers' agents, has landed a $2 million pre-seed round from founders of Realbase, Realtair and Propps before its public launch in August.
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Square Peg has backed NexusMD, a Melbourne startup using AI agents to cut hospital admin work, in a $6.3 million seed round; cofounder Mike Zhu earlier sold Baikemy Net to ByteDance.
Aura Group has hired Cynthia Koh, a compliance veteran of more than 20 years in asset management, to strengthen governance and regulatory compliance across its Asia-Pacific operations.
Square Peg announces backing NexusMD, whose AI agents automate clinical documentation for emergency doctors. Founder Mike Zhu earlier started Baikemy, which Bytedance acquired.
MTPConnect's government-backed accelerator program has awarded $12.07 million in non-dilutive grants to 14 Australian drug and device companies, which will also receive mentoring and support from partners including CSL and Roche Diagnostics.
Shift4 has agreed to buy ASX-listed payments provider Smartpay for NZ$296.4 million, with completion expected in late 2025 pending regulatory approval.
ERP specialist Wild Tech has brought in Andrew Kirk, previously of Searce, as a senior business development manager to push its enterprise managed services and digital transformation work.
FaBA's accelerator program has handed a University of Queensland precision-fermentation dairy process to Sydney startup All G, which will scale it toward a milk supplement, with federal government support.
Decentralised exchange GTE has raised a $15 million Series A led by Paradigm, positioning itself against Uniswap and PancakeSwap with an order-book model and citing a trillion dollars of 2025 trading volume.
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Blackbird's investment note announces it joined Halter's US$100 million Series D, a round Bond led with NewView also coming aboard, praising Halter's growth and market position across three countries.
Analysis of ADNOC's proposed cash takeover of Australian gas producer Santos, arguing the deal may harm domestic gas supply and national interests, with government, regulators and shareholders able to block or condition it.
Roundup of two raises: a seed round for a cloud-security startup protecting enterprise infrastructure, and growth money for a cleantech firm converting nut shells into filter material.
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The national food regulator has cleared Vow's lab-grown quail for local sale, letting the Sydney company's Forged parfait reach Australian diners in the coming weeks.
The planned xAmplify–CSO Group merger into MARQ1 has collapsed. xAmplify has instead landed backing from Macquarie Capital Principal Finance and promoted Tom Scicluna to chief revenue officer, while Howard Fyffe departs.
Ag Econ leads a research effort testing floating solar on farm water storages, backed by a $6 million federal grant, with CRDC and two universities as research partners.
Canva has bought Sydney marketing-analytics startup MagicBrief. Terms undisclosed. The deal follows the startup's 2023 pre-seed raise led by Blackbird and Archangel Ventures.
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Fleet Space is partnering with three quantum sensor makers, mDetect, Nomad Atomics and DeteQt, to build next-generation exploration tools; the piece also recalls its HiSeis buyout and Series D round.
Figma's blog recaps seven moments from CEO Dylan Field's How I Built This interview, covering his childhood acting, Thiel Fellowship, early struggles, mentorship from John Lilly, and the origins of FigJam.
ARENA commits $19.8 million to NeoSmelt, a low-carbon steelmaking venture backed by BHP, Rio Tinto, BlueScope, Woodside and Mitsui; the pilot project near Perth earlier secured $75 million from Western Australia.
Allume, a Melbourne company whose SolShare hardware shares rooftop solar among apartments, has raised A$10.2 million, with E.ON UK leading and contributing over A$8 million; earlier backers included Taronga, Trawalla and Mirvac.
Climate Tech Partners has reached a $50 million first close on its debut climate tech fund, backed by Australian Ethical, the CEFC, Qantas, Airbus and Daniel Besen's family office.
Soil carbon company CarbonLink is trialling new sensing technologies on Australian farms with federal grant backing; the piece recounts its CSIRO partnership, NetSCAN platform and earlier grant wins.
Spend management firm Weel has released an accounts payable automation suite combining AI invoice capture, automated coding rules, multi-step approvals, multi-currency payments and real-time Xero syncing for finance teams.
Breakthrough Victoria profiles Diag-Nose.io chief executive Eldin Rostom, who describes the company's respiratory-disease diagnostics work and credits the investor's backing for building its lab, team and research scale.
US investment firm KKR has agreed to buy Zenith Energy, an Australian specialist in off-grid renewable power for mines, in a transaction reported at over A$2 billion following a bidding contest.
Santos is fielding a $30 billion, non-binding takeover approach from a consortium of ADNOC, ADQ and Carlyle; the board intends to recommend a deal if binding terms are agreed.
Michael Watts, who earlier sold Cloud Conformity to Trend Micro, has launched Circumvent, an AI cloud-protection startup, backed by Paladin Capital.
Perth clean hydrogen company Hazer Group raised $10 million via placement and share purchase plan to advance its methane pyrolysis technology, following a strategic alliance with KBR.
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Healthtech firm StrongRoom AI sold to pharmacy operator Joe Zhou for $3 million via administrators, while backer EVP litigates to recoup $10.4 million after the startup's collapse following a March raise.
LaunchVic introduces the ten teams chosen for its Circular Agriculture Challenge under the CivVic Labs program with Agriculture Victoria, each building waste-to-value, traceability or climate tools for farming.
Shilo, maker of an AI assistant for real estate agents, announced a $2.6 million seed round led by Arizona venture firm AZ-VC to speed product development and reach more teams in North America.
Opinion by F5 Collective's leaders arguing investors should back women-led consumer companies, citing the MCoBeauty, Rhode and Touchland deals as proof consumer exits now beat tech.
Contactile, a Sydney robotics firm, has received a federal Industry Growth Program commercialisation grant to launch its tactile-enabled gripper internationally; the grant size was not disclosed.
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Samsara Eco has struck a decade-long supply deal with Lululemon for enzyme-recycled fabrics; the piece recalls its Temasek-led raise and flags a new NSW plant.
Anomaly-detection startup Icetana landed a Japanese robotics alliance with SoftBank, which took a 17.6% stake via a $3.6m investment; chief executive Kevin Brown explains the deal, its ethics and growth plans.
Samsara Eco and lululemon signed a ten-year offtake agreement for enzymatically recycled nylon and polyester, building on their 2023 partnership; Samsara plans a NSW plant and an international facility by 2028.
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techpartner.news reports Evergreen has bought Brisbane managed services provider REDD as its hundredth acquisition; REDD joins the Lyra Technology Group portfolio, and Zaun Bhana has taken a director role at Evergreen.