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Manufacturing roundup: OncoSil Medical locks in commitments for an $8.7 million raise, Soilco completes its purchase of Martins Fertilizers, Avecho collects an R&D rebate, alongside items on apprenticeships, Myriota, Recce and Swinburne research.
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Engineering software startup CalcTree has banked a $3.8 million pre-seed round, drawing backing from the national standards body's investment arm Kungari plus Antler, Suffolk Technologies and Foundamental.
ARENA is funding South32 to study electrifying steam production at its Western Australia alumina refinery, having previously backed similar decarbonisation trials by Alcoa and Rio Tinto.
ETF Shares, a Macquarie University incubator fintech with ETFS Capital backing, launches three US-focused ETFs for Australian investors via Cboe Australia, led by David Tuckwell (CIO) and Cliff Man (CEO).
Government agency ARENA is granting $4.4 million for a pre-feasibility study into steam electrification at South32's Western Australian alumina refinery, with earlier backing of Alcoa and Rio Tinto also recalled.
Sydney quantum software company Q-CTRL has launched free webinars teaching quantum computing basics, built on its Black Opal education platform, with more sessions planned across 2025.
Five Australian defence startups graduated from Defence Trailblazer's High Growth Incubation stage, the final step of its DINAMIC pathway, with each company receiving grant support of as much as $150,000.
Vively, founded by triathlete Tim Veron after reversing his pre-diabetes, raised $1.6 million seed funding led by Archangel Ventures with Bupa Ventures, and has partnered with Bupa to make continuous glucose monitoring more affordable.
RCP Advisors has secured $314m for its 19th investment vehicle, drawing backing from institutions and wealthy individuals, per a Buyouts report.
WiseTech, the Australian logistics software group, is acquiring NYSE-listed US supply-chain platform E2open for A$3.2 billion — its largest takeover — funded through a fresh US$3 billion debt facility.
Perth marine manufacturer Veem won two $1 million defence grants for new 3D printing and machining equipment, lifting capacity to build components for navy and nuclear submarine programs.
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Queensland's environment department has granted $5 million across eight recycling and waste projects, from pallet dismantling robots to oyster-shell plaster, expected to divert landfill and create up to 72 jobs.
Australia's defence industry minister has begun handing out grants from a $169.1m program, with 58 local suppliers sharing $16.5m, days after a critical national audit of Defence's domestic industry performance.
Hejaz's chief executive argues Islamic finance fills a gap for Australian Muslims, citing a newly secured €100m facility from a UAE wealth group to grow its ethical lending, retirement and small-business products.
Oyo's Belvilla has acquired Australian short-term rental manager MadeComfy in a cash-and-stock deal, with share components valuing Oyo near $5 billion; the piece also recalls Oyo's earlier acquisitions of @Leisure Group and G6 Hospitality.
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UK energy platform Kaluza has bought Melbourne software firm Beige Technologies, its first big move since AGL Energy took a minority stake, having earlier bought out Ovo Energy's Australian business.
Weekly roundup of seven Australian startup raises, led by Airwallex's Series F, plus EatClub, Kite Magnetics, Termina, Preve, Foremind and Liveheats.
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A profile of fusion startup HB11 Energy, its collaborations, and founder Warren McKenzie's argument that Australia lacks a fusion strategy, pushing the company toward the US.
Graphene Manufacturing Group has approved early-works spending on a planned 10-tonne graphene plant in Brisbane, citing its March bought-deal financing of roughly $6.4 million as it prepares for a US listing.
Payments firm Airwallex closed a large Series F at a $9.6 billion valuation, led by Square Peg with several local and global backers, while the piece recalls its earlier raises back to 2016.
CUREator+, backed by Brandon BioCatalyst, ANDHealth and Dementia Australia, launches second round offering non-dilutive funding to startups targeting dementia and cognitive decline.
Christie Jenkins, an elite athlete and Blackbird investor, is the new managing director of Techstars Sydney, which has opened applications for its 13-week accelerator program running September to December.
Canberra workplace wellbeing startup Foremind has secured $1.5 million with Giant Leap leading and Skalata plus the Snow Foundation taking part, money earmarked for product growth before a push into Britain and New Zealand.
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Wollongong battery materials maker Sicona has secured AU$15 million from existing backer Himadri Speciality Chemical, which will license its silicon-carbon anode technology and fund an Indian production plant.
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ARENA has named solar maker 5B the first recipient of funding under its Solar Sunshot program, with a grant of as much as $46 million to expand Adelaide output of its Maverick system.
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A lithium producer's venture arm is backing a Melbourne maker of electric-motor components with a $3.6 million investment, funding a manufacturing facility and staff as the company scales production of its magnetic material.
Sports scoring software maker Liveheats has secured $1.3 million in seed backing from five individual backers to grow its product and sales teams and expand into the US and Europe.
Airwallex has wrapped a $465 million Series F at a $9.6 billion valuation; Blackbird joins for the first time and half the round is a secondary sale for early backers.
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Aura Group's compliance chief since 2020, Nathan Harris, steps up to the newly created chief operating officer role, taking effect at once while temporarily keeping his regulatory oversight duties.
Aura Ventures argues agentic AI will reshape rather than replace SaaS, highlighting Haast's freshly completed six-million-dollar seed raise and early corporate customers as evidence AI-native enterprise software is gaining traction.
Square Peg's post explains why it led a US$300 million Series F in cross-border payments company Airwallex, its seventh investment since first backing the founders in 2017, citing market scale and regulatory depth.
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UniSuper adds a further $25 million to its backing of Uniseed, reaching $100 million in total support for the university research commercialisation fund; past cheques to quantum and biotech startups are recapped.
Electric motor maker Kite Magnetics has landed a seed backing from SQM Lithium Ventures as part of its Seed+ round, with plans to scale its Aeroperm motor material and grow globally.
Credit-decisioning firm Rich Data Co has rebranded as RDC.AI. The Australian company highlights North American expansion, bank partnerships, and its Westpac- and nCino-backed $34m Series B among recent milestones.
Australian dining discounts platform EatClub has secured Series A backing with Co:Act Capital leading, to support its London expansion and product development; Gandel Invest, Marbruck and Platform Advisory also took part.
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Compliance audit firm AssuranceLab has brought on Ross Dolbec as VP of Sales for North America, a move its co-CEO frames as a milestone in the Australian-born company's global expansion.
A profile of South Australian firm Paladin Space, which has revealed Triton, a device that captures several pieces of space junk per mission, noting its UniSA accelerator background and coming demonstration milestones.
Kord Defence's RACU device, developed with the Australian Army, is used by Ukrainian forces. The company received past Defence Innovation Hub grants and signed an $11 million deal with US forces.
Sydney wind-measurement firm Fulcrum3D has been granted Arena funding to build a 200m-plus validation mast in Victoria, the southern hemisphere's tallest, with DNV's Australian arm among its first industry users.
Weekly roundup tallying three Australian raises: legal tech firm Plexus ($6m), cattle-probiotics startup Bovotica ($3.4m seed), and beauty group York St Brands ($2m Series C plus a $4m NAB credit line).
Earth AI's discovery of indium at a New South Wales tenement, with context on critical-mineral supply and a recap of its $20m Series B from Tamarack Global and Cantos Ventures.
Quantum computing company Diraq, a UNSW spin-out led by Andrew Dzurak, has signed to base itself at a Chicago quantum park alongside PsiQuantum, adding recent US Energy Department and DARPA awards.
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A retrospective on Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia alumni, covering Timee's Japanese listing, Canva's secondary share sale, Airwallex's series E and acquisition, and Kopi Kenangan's unicorn round.
A legal automation software company has raised more than six million dollars from existing shareholders and a Seattle-based non-dilutive lender, its first institutional backing, to fund international growth and AI product development.
York Street Brands raised $2 million from iPartners and took a $4 million NAB trade facility to launch its third brand Bouf, having formed through the 2023 merger of tbh Skincare and Boost Lab.
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ANDHealth and LaunchVic named 15 Victorian digital health startups for the 2025 ACTIVATE accelerator cohort, with over half building AI-driven solutions.
Sixteen WA startups join the 2025 Plus Eight Accelerator's first phase, its largest cohort; top performers will later share seed funding and pitch at an October demo night. Alumni include Matter, acquired by Go1.
QUT spinout Bovotica has secured seed funding to commercialise probiotic feed supplements and drenches that cut cattle methane emissions; the agtech was also in SparkLabs Cultiv8's 2024 accelerator cohort.
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