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Interview with Sunroom co-founder Lucy Mort on founder life and product lessons, recalling three funding rounds totalling $10.4 million from backers including Blackbird and Red Swan Ventures.
Profile of n0de, whose platform helps businesses cut emissions to Net Zero. Founders Rob Brimblecombe and Scott Ferraro met at Monash; LaunchVic's CivVic Labs gave $15,000 seed funding, then DEECA granted $25,000.
ASX-listed Adisyn has locked in $3 million from investors and signed a binding deal to buy Israeli semiconductor IP firm 2D Generation; the purchase price remains undisclosed.
Sydney structured-products fintech Stropro is preparing a Series A of AU$5-10 million to commercialise global distribution partnerships, and has made hires and built AI tools ahead of its international expansion.
A rundown of Gartner's ten technology trends to watch in 2025, spanning agentic AI, governance platforms, disinformation security, quantum-safe cryptography, spatial computing, robotics and neurological enhancement, with Australian startup Synchron cited.
SaaS vendor ReadyTech has officially opened a Tasmanian Centre of Excellence to build local tech skills, with planned training partnerships with the University of Tasmania and TasTAFE as it works toward doubling its workforce.
Round 16 CRC-P grants, about $55 million across 23 projects, fund work involving CPC Engineering, ZiP Diagnostics, Emesent and Rux Energy across minerals processing, diagnostics, drone mapping and hydrogen storage.
Heat exchanger maker Conflux Technology has banked an $11 million Series B, fronted by Breakthrough Victoria's $5 million pledge and supported by AM Ventures and Acorn Capital, to speed product development and expand offshore.
Breakthrough Victoria has put $5 million into Conflux Technology, a Waurn Ponds maker of 3D-printed heat exchangers, with the growth funding set to add 39 skilled roles in Geelong.
InhaleRx has landed $38.5 million from Melbourne venture firm Clendon Biotech Capital to fund the first and second phase trials of two inhaled therapies, including candidates for cancer pain and panic disorder.
Cytopia founder Andrew Wilks and Chris Burns won the 2024 Prime Minister's Prize for Innovation for inventing momelotinib, a rare blood-cancer drug the US FDA approved in 2023.
SYNthesis BioVentures' third investor letter reports a roughly A$7.5m first close for Alzheimer's biotech S2N, lists co-investors, and profiles managing director Amir's career across OneVentures, Ceres Capital and other life-sciences roles.
Ten13's blog post sets out why it backed Atelier, a beauty-manufacturing platform, in a post-seed deal roughly a year ahead of Atelier's Macquarie-led $10m Series A.
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Weekly roundup of five popular stories: a Victorian hydrogen plant groundbreaking, Titomic's CEO change and $30 million raise, a defence laser contract, a WA shipbuilding precinct, and Civmec's framework to take over Luerssen Australia.
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Drone delivery company Swoop Aero has entered voluntary administration after its cofounder blamed investor pressure; administrators now seek a buyer or recapitalisation. The piece recalls its 2021 Series B and 2018 Startmate stint.
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Podcast conversation marking ten years of cold-spray printer maker SPEE3D, its technology chief discussing the TitanSPEE3D printer for US defence needs, roughly 100 units shipped, and ambitions for off-world manufacturing.
Roundup of manufacturing briefs: Rio Tinto's quarterly output, Respiri's fresh placement, Archer's CEO exit, Amaero's US revenue, a retired UNSW satellite, Little Green Pharma's record quarter, OKA's investor group and MicroTau job ads.
Interview with the co-founders of e-reader accessories maker Strapsicle on their pending Shark Tank Australia deal with Davie Fogarty and Robert Herjavec, their BookTok-driven growth, and expansion from Bali.
Origin Energy is acquiring Solar Quotes, Finn Peacock's long-running solar quoting and comparison site, as it winds down its in-house rooftop solar arm; price undisclosed, handover expected in December.
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Profile of scientist-entrepreneur Andrew Wilks covering the GSK sale of his cancer molecule, his SYNthesis BioVentures fund's family-office backers, and portfolio plays including Aculeus Therapeutics.
Roundup of agrifoodtech news: alternative-chocolate funding for Blue Stripes and Nukoko, new capital for OroraTech and other climate startups, an Australian plant-based firm's liquidation and sale, executive moves, and a forest fund's first close.
Recap of the first episode of Shark Tank Australia's new season, where Strapsicle and Dunny Buddy accepted shark investment offers while Kewlus stumbled and Dundies turned every offer down.
Breakthrough Victoria announced a $2.5m investment in Viridian Renewable Technology, a Melbourne maker of insect-based protein from food waste, to expand plant capacity and add regional jobs.
Warburg Pincus is putting A$490 million into MA Financial's A$1 billion Real Estate Credit Vehicle, a venture lending to Australian residential developers facing a funding gap.
Breakthrough Victoria has put $2.5 million into insect-protein maker Viridian Renewable Technology, a Melbourne company tackling food waste, to lift factory capacity and create jobs.
Wollongong energy storage venture Green Gravity has secured $9 million from HMC Capital, BlueScopeX, Pacific Channel and SCAP H to advance testing of its system that repurposes disused mineshafts for gravitational energy storage.
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Telecom Vocus hires Ricky Corker from Nokia to lead enterprise and government from November, amid its agreed purchase of TPG Telecom's fibre assets for about $5.3 billion.
Women's Agenda interview with Canva co-founder Melanie Perkins on her SXSW Sydney conversation with investor Mary Meeker, covering Fusion Books, Silicon Valley rejections, and the early backers who funded the design platform.
Paladin Space has received a $100,000 South Australian Government Seed-Start grant to develop AI debris-identification with AIML, and will pitch SpaceX and NASA during a US trade delegation.
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Property technology firm Valocity has hired Tim Jenner as its global product chief to bolster its data capabilities during a growth phase; founder and CEO Carmen Vicelich welcomed him to the team.
Loyalty fintech Slyp has launched Go Rewards, an AI-powered app and retailer loyalty platform; supermarket chain Supabarn has piloted it as its Supa Rewards program since August 2024.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency commits $5.4 million to a New South Wales trial electrifying 500 homes, working with Brighte, Rewiring Australia and Endeavour Energy on household electrification insights.
SmartCompany's rolling coverage of SXSW Sydney day two, recording Polymath's pre-seed raise and Build Club's recent funding, the Equity Clear launch, Startmate's Demo Day, and women-founded startup pitches at Google's event.
Australia's federal government has awarded Australian Strategic Materials a $5 million grant, via its International Partnership in Critical Minerals program, to assess nearer-term rare earth production options for the company's Dubbo Project in NSW.
GSFM has hired Ben Williams to head its retail business from 21 October, succeeding Stephen Fletcher, who takes up a newly created position; Williams reports to chief executive Damien McIntyre.
GSFM has appointed Ben Williams to lead its retail arm from 21 October, taking over from Stephen Fletcher, who shifts to a new role; Williams reports to CEO Damien McIntyre.
Five Australian digital health startups received a combined $3.25 million in stage-two grant funding from the Medical Research Future Fund, facilitated by ANDHealth.
Folklore Ventures marks the sale of its portfolio company Ansarada to Datasite, looking back on its 2018 Series A backing and thanking the founders, directors and chair.
A LaunchVic profile of DAS, a Victorian venture using satellites to chart rural land for lenders, insurers and the ABS; Sarah Gorman recalls its Startmate cohort and praises Victoria's startup ecosystem.
Cloudflare has bought Sydney-founded cloud protection startup Kivera, absorbing its product into Cloudflare One; the story also looks back at Kivera's $5.1m seed round of August 2023 and its backers.
A profile of Andromeda Robotics founder Grace Brown, who built the Abi care robot for nursing homes, recounting its Startmate backing, seed round and other raises, and her ambition to build a billion-dollar company.
Forbes Australia launches its debut 30 Under 30 list, celebrating 30 young Australian entrepreneurs, athletes and entertainers, and explains how nominees were assessed with help from judges including Airtree's Craig Blair.
Roundup: Titomic's April equity raise, a Curtin student's SunSmart fashion win, Innovation Bay's NT angel launch, BenchOn's Queensland portal, WHISE backing a Victorian manufacturing strategy, plus Curtin nanocrystal research.
Australian defence technology company Penten and UK cyber firm Amiosec have agreed to merge, forming a combined digital security provider across both nations, led by Penten's CEO and backed by Five V Capital.
Titomic is handing its top job to aerospace veteran Jim Simpson: the incumbent CEO leaves at year's end, the chairman goes executive, and brokers are reportedly lining up investors for a raise.
Profile of Chanel Contos and her nonprofit Teach Us Consent, which in 2023 received a $3.5 million federal grant to make online content countering abuse of women and children.
Profile of Updoc co-founder Dylan Coyne, whose telehealth firm has passed 200,000 patients and banked a $20 million Bailador-led round; the article also recalls Bailador's InstaScripts sale to Wesfarmers.
Profile of Kasada founder Sam Crowther, a Forbes Australia 30 Under 30 listee, tracing the bot-mitigation firm from a $50,000 angel-backed launch in Newcastle to global operations and lifetime funding of $39 million.
SmartCompany teams with Optus on a video series wrapping each month's business news; edition five covers Oltre's Pitch competition win, BindiMaps, and founder Kesley McCormick on UK research connecting ADHD with entrepreneurship.
British Pay by Bank firm Banked has bought Australian payments startup Waave, deepening its Australian market push and gaining Waave's merchant pipeline, led by Chemist Warehouse, which plans a launch in early 2025.