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Finder has bought rewards business Grow My Money, founded by Pascale Helyar-Moray, at a price it did not disclose; the business and its staff stay on as a separate unit in the Finder Group.
RFC Ambrian announces it has co-founded FPR Energy with CSIRO and Osaka Gas to commercialise high-temperature particle CST technology, with Osaka Gas joining the Australian startup as an investor.
Angel syndicate FB10X announces an investment in Heatseeker, a market experimentation platform, noting most of its portfolio backs women-founded companies and it has deployed close to half a million dollars since 2022.
Australian metal 3D printing firm AML3D raised A$30 million via a share placement to expand its Ohio facility, open a European site, and fund R&D, following several smaller raises since 2022.
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Podcast episode introduction from Tenacious Ventures featuring Nbryo CEO Gerard Davis on his path to the startup and livestock genetics as climate work.
Aura Group's 2024 retrospective: team growth, a senior distribution appointment, award-winning fund performance, nine startups added to its portfolio, a SPAC funding round with OSK-SBI leading, exits, divestments, plus a new XT Ventures alliance.
Case study of Flintworks, a VR mental health startup co-founded by Tia Cummins and Pete Martin, covering its angel and pre-seed raises and its membership of ANDHealth's 2024 ACTIVATE accelerator cohort.
Vast Renewables has locked in a $30 million first instalment of ARENA grant money for its Port Augusta solar thermal project and Australian manufacturing, with CSIRO flagging a record raise for a solar thermal spin-off.
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Birchal appoints Crowdcube's founder Darren Westlake as strategic advisor and ex-Investible chief Rod Bristow as non-executive director, aiming to accelerate equity crowdfunding growth in Australia.
Airtree Ventures has reached a first close on its fifth fund, drawing commitments from three US institutions plus returning local super funds, against a $650 million target.
Melbourne document-AI firm Affinda, founded by Tim and Ben Toner, closed a $10m round from family offices and wealthy individuals after an earlier $13m raise; Deloitte ranked it the nation's fastest-growing AI company.
Melbourne carbon-capture startup Kapture says trials with concrete maker PERMAcast validated its CO2-sequestering byproduct, due out in 2025; CEO Raj Bagri cofounded the company, which joined Startmate's 2023 cohort.
Grower R&D body Hort Innovation is launching a horticulture-focused venture fund with VC firm Artesian to back startups serving Australian fruit, vegetable and nut growers.
Mighty Kingdom's CEO David Yin has resigned after eight months, the Adelaide game studio's third top departure in two years, leaving its leadership, finances and AI Gaming Lab plans in doubt.
RenewEconomy reports that Keppel Prince, the last Australian wind turbine tower maker, will mothball its Portland operations, arguing political blame for its decline spans both major parties and years of policy uncertainty.
Roundup of two raises: a Pilates studio chain's $1.6 million crowdfunding round and a $300,000 pre-seed investment in an AR shopping platform by an early-stage backer.
Adelaide 3D metal printing firm AML3D has locked in a $30 million placement to expand its Ohio factory, open a European site and fund R&D as it chases US defence demand.
The Western Australian government has announced a carbon capture funding plan benefiting Woodside's Burrup Hub, drawing criticism from analysts and campaigners who back home electrification over continued gas use.
Pathios Therapeutics has begun treating patients in an Australian Phase 1/2 trial of its GPR65 inhibitor PTT-4256 for advanced solid tumours. Backers to date include Canaan, Brandon Capital and Bristol Myers Squibb.
Pathios Therapeutics has dosed the first patient in a Phase 1/2 trial of its GPR65 inhibitor PTT-4256, run by its Australian team; the company also cites US$58M raised to date.
Recap of a Shark Tank Australia episode: Muse For Hair accepts a $200,000 deal from Davie Fogarty with Rob Herjavec, CupKings takes Herjavec's $50,000 offer, while Loogeenie and Coast of Gold leave without investment.
Dealroom, citing the Financial Review, reports Airtree Ventures has raised $650m across two fresh funds, within a global venture-fundraising tally approaching $241b in which Sequoia's $17b is the largest.
An Antler investor memo profiles Aona AI, a pre-seed startup founded by Bastien Cabirou and Salim Sebkhi that helps companies manage security and compliance risks of workplace AI tools.
Allume Energy has received a $3.8 million federal Industry Growth Program grant to scale local manufacturing of its SolShare hardware, which splits one rooftop solar array across apartments.
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Virescent Ventures says QIC has joined Westpac and the CEFC backing its second climate tech fund, with new commitments lifting the initial close to roughly $125 million toward a $200 million goal.
Defence grants totalling over $60 million went to 21 Australian organisations, with quantum software firm Q-CTRL among the recipients of contracts under a federal emerging technologies program.
Tenacious unpacks its podcast conversation with Kilimo founder Jairo Trad on how the irrigation startup found a workable model by paying growers for saved water, with large corporates as customers.
Interview with Sunroom co-founder Michelle Battersby on her path from Citibank and Bumble to Kic and Sunroom; Blackbird partner Nick Crocker recalls backing the company.
LaunchVic case study profiling Dan Pelchen's sports analytics startup Traits Insights, its ASTN accelerator roots, backing from Artesian and athlete-backed APEX Capital, advisory board, and adoption by AFL and international clubs.
Canva has hired Zoom finance chief Kelly Steckelberg as its new CFO, nine months after Damien Singh's exit, as the design software firm weighs a US float.
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Forbes Australia previews its Business Summit by profiling seven speakers, including the founders of RØDE, Lorna Jane, Updoc, Andromeda Robotics and Access Corporate Group, plus Oroton's CEO and an Olympic swimmer.
Profiles ten Australian women founders across prosthetics, sustainable materials, wellness, mental health and AI, including three recipients of a Xero award program and a Cartier fellowship.
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Defence technology firm Aurizn acquires Pacific Aerospace Consulting's Australian arm, its second takeover of 2024 after McR Defence, and plans further growth with Pemba Capital's backing.
Agentio announces a $12m Series A with Benchmark leading and earlier backers Craft and AlleyCorp returning, taking the creator-advertising platform's total funding to $16.25m.
Jelix's note explains its fund's participation in Nominal Systems' oversubscribed seed round, profiling the spacetech founders, their industry collaborations, early profitability and plans for recurring digital-twin revenue.
Vertiia, the electric aircraft built by AMSL Aero, has flown unaided for the first time, an Australian milestone that co-founder Andrew Moore says shows the seven-year-old design works.
Crypto.com has bought Fintek Securities, an ASIC-regulated Australian brokerage, its second brokerage deal as it broadens the services offered to local users.
Long-time SafetyCulture chief Luke Anear hands the reins to Kelly Vohs while moving to the chair; the piece also recaps the firm's recent raises, valuation dip and backer changes.
Canberra is funding 21 quantum and counter-disinformation defence projects, awarding $60 million in grants through ASCA's Emerging and Disruptive Technologies programme to universities and companies nationwide.
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Elemnta publishes research on data fragmentation in Australian wealth management and appoints former Westpac technology chief Dave Curran as non-executive chairman of its board.
AMSL Aero reports its Vertia eVTOL has flown free for the first time, remotely on battery power in regional NSW, with deposits held for 26 aircraft and hydrogen-powered testing slated for next year.
The National Reconstruction Fund has placed its first investment, $40 million, into Toowoomba mill relining maker Russell Mineral Equipment, within a wider $100 million co-investment partnership with Resource Capital Funds.
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Profile of Understanding Zoe, an AI chatbot helping parents of neurodivergent children manage care. Founders Andrac and Erchoff built it after their daughter's autism diagnosis; the startup sits in Techstars Sydney's current accelerator cohort.
A South Australian biologics manufacturer will help scale a grant-backed university resin technology for purifying biopharmaceutical medicines from laboratory to commercial production.
ARENA has awarded UNSW $1.7 million for Project CICCADA, a $4.3 million research effort analysing data from rooftop solar, batteries and electric vehicles to inform integration of consumer energy resources into the grid.
Melbourne AR shopping startup Viewa has secured $300,000 in pre-seed backing from Skalata. CEO Ed Sedgley earlier sold identity-verification firm GDC to Trulioo; retailer M+Co Living will deploy the technology.
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Roundup of three trans-Tasman raises: crime-intelligence software maker Auror's $72.6m Series C, underground mining-robot firm ADR's $2m round, and mentorship platform Matched's angel backing below $500,000.