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Bigdatr has released a compliance platform letting Australian advertising regulators screen creative against industry codes, assign risk ratings, and review concerning ads shortly after publication.
Entropy Neurodynamics has agreed with UCSF to run a US Phase 2 trial of its psilocin drug TRP-8803 against escitalopram in young adults with depression, pending FDA clearance, with Swinburne and BioCina supporting.
Melbourne biotech Starpharma grew annual revenue on a Genentech licence payment, cut its loss, and completed a $30 million entitlement offer, giving it cash into 2028 to advance its cancer pipeline.
The two diagnostics companies have entered early-stage merger talks aiming to combine rapid pathogen testing with gut microbiome analysis, though both stress the discussions are preliminary with no terms agreed.
Administrators from KordaMentha now control childcare operator Edge Early Learning after a failed rescue, despite April cash support from its biggest shareholder, HEAL Partners.
Frasers Group, owned by British billionaire Mike Ashley, has demanded the resignation of Accent Group's chairman Lawrence Myers, intensifying its attack on the sports retail owner's board during its takeover bid.
AFR's Street Talk column reports childcare operator Edge Early Learning is heading toward administration despite an April funding injection from its biggest backer, HEAL Partners.
FleetPartners has received a A$3.85-per-share buyout proposal from a Sumitomo-led consortium, topping ORIX and Element Fleet's bids but trailing SG Fleet's, as a four-way contest for the Australian vehicle lessor continues.
Report on OpenAI's Sydney Founder Day profiling two school-student founders: one whose gaming-advertising venture has raised pre-seed funding, and one building a platform helping small businesses coordinate their tools.
Melbourne biotech ImmunoBiota Therapeutics, a Monash University spinout, is developing an oral type 1 diabetes treatment and seeking seed funding for paediatric trials; its founder won a Diabetes Australia innovation prize.
Blackbird has locked in a second billion-dollar fund — its sixth, slightly bigger than the last — bringing in new institutional backers, and the article recalls portfolio wins, writedowns and failures.
OpenAI has handed Australian founders, including two school students, credits worth over $5.5 million; the piece also notes Firmus's $15 billion valuation after a big raise and rising business AI adoption.
The federal NRFC has lent $120 million to prefab apartment maker Built Living, which has also drawn $100 million equity from Wesfarmers and a $20 million WA government grant.
MA Financial Group announces the appointment of Professor David Lloyd as an independent director to its board, effective 21 August 2026, citing his governance and leadership experience.
Banyan Software has bought retention marketing firm CRMA and will pair it with its Australian platform Harrier National; terms undisclosed, with CRMA's founder remaining to guide the business.
Street Talk reports Sydney adviser Miras Capital is seeking a new part-owner for pet food business Eureka Pet Co, sounding out private equity and strategic buyers at up to $40 million.
Algae producer Genesis Group has merged with pet nutrition firm Proudi, a combination the company expects will double its revenue; Proudi founder Dennis King joins the Genesis board as a director.
Melbourne investment firm Salter Brothers has joined a fresh capital raise for share-trading platform Superhero, which the report says is heading toward a $186 million valuation.
Profile of SouthernCrossAI, which has floated on the ASX and raised $40 million for its onshore AI compute push, plus a DDN partnership; founder David Keane argues Australians should keep data and value onshore.
Yeppoon manufacturer CQ Fibreglass Direct is granted up to A$113,000 by the Queensland Government, the first project funded under its manufacturing modernisation programme, to install automated fibre composite equipment.
Dealroom reports FireFly Resources has begun an equity raise, with a further shareholder purchase plan planned, to fund feasibility work and drilling at its Canadian copper-gold project ahead of a mid-2027 development decision.
Disability services operator 4lifeskills has been bought by sector peer St Jude's Health Care Services after sliding into administration, keeping the Western Australian business's support services running under fresh ownership.
University of Wollongong researchers won government funding for a quantum photon-counting cancer imaging system and partnered with radiotherapy maker Elekta, moving the technology toward clinical trials.
Eight Australian companies make Forbes Asia's annual 100 To Watch list; the piece profiles each and recaps recent raises across climate tech, health and software.
Filings show Canva backed Sharon AI's US$103 million December 2025 raise with Regal, Ellerston, Digital Alpha and others; the Sydney compute provider has since floated on Nasdaq and raised US$2.15 billion more.
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European regulators have cleared Neuren's Rett syndrome drug DAYBU, the first such treatment authorised in the EU, with milestone payments due to the Melbourne biotech from licence partner Acadia.
Blackbird announces its new early-stage and growth funds have brought in A$1.05 billion, reflecting on early cheques, portfolio outcomes like Eucalyptus's sale, and new international backers.
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Blackbird, a venture capital firm based in Australia, has raised 752 million dollars from backers across Asia; only the headline is visible, as the body sits behind registration.
Acrux has hired Dr Jolanta Airey as chief medical officer, adding clinical leadership as the company prepares late-stage trials in the United States for its women's testosterone therapy.
Avecho Biotechnology brings in a former CSL dealmaking executive as a consultant to help license its Phase 3 CBD insomnia capsule internationally.
Morgan Stanley and Schroders have committed money to Blackbird Ventures' new $1b fund; the piece also recalls Airtree's $650m fifth fund drawing US institutional backing last year.
A former navy sailor created fire-resistant menstrual underwear for frontline workers, with a $200,000 New South Wales government grant funding a second generation and trials upcoming with Australian fire services.
Tesla has reportedly dropped its Solar Roof tiles as financially unviable and will supply only conventional panels; the piece also recalls Australian startup Volt raising funds in 2024 for a competing product.
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Working capital provider BiiGGA adds two business development managers covering Queensland and South Australia while streamlining broker submissions and pricing amid growing demand.
Dog cancer vaccine startup Gamgee has raised $4 million in seed funding led by Founders Fund with Y Combinator, to speed clinical trials and product development for its AI-personalised canine vaccines.
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Forbes Australia reports Xero's board lifted CEO Sukhinder Singh Cassidy's potential pay to US$18.5 million, mostly equity vesting over three years, and now requires her to hold shares worth five times her salary.
Street Talk reports buyout firm Pemba Capital Partners has struck a deal for a controlling interest in Melbourne-based advice firm Hewison Private Wealth, which oversees $3 billion for clients.
Courier firm Direct Couriers has bought Queensland transport business Phoenix Transport, with staff and depots transferring, to widen its national reach; price undisclosed.
Ashurst Perkins Coie acted for Amwins on its proposed A$8 billion consortium buyout of ASX-listed Steadfast, under which Amwins would take the underwriting agencies and KKR and Dragoneer the retail broking arm.
University of Queensland researchers, funded by an Australian grant and working with cultivated-meat firm Magic Valley, found microalgae grown on production waste can recycle nutrients and sharply cut the cost of growing meat cells.
Weekly roundup: Constantinople raises $62.5m; Blackbird wraps fund six above $1b; Guardhouse buys Mobohubb; SCX.ai debuts on the ASX; plus seed rounds, exits and executive changes across the ecosystem.
Artesian writes that Galileo Ventures' second fund has closed $15 million of a $30 million target, counting Artesian and Innovation Victoria among its backers, and has made a first investment in Fluent BCI.
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Galileo Ventures has closed the first half of its second fund at $15 million, targeting $30 million, with Innovation Victoria a cornerstone backer; the fund's first cheque went to brain-interface startup Fluent BCI.
Street Talk reports Thoma Bravo has emerged as frontrunner to buy into Tanda, valuing the HR and payroll software firm near $800 million after a contested auction run by Barrenjoey; signing is expected soon.
An AFR managed-funds topic page: a star small-caps deputy goes solo with a new Sydney firm, Gigacomm buys rival DGtek, Google plans a multibillion-dollar domestic bond, plus fund manager and market stories.
Alliance Aviation Services, an airline services company backed by Qantas, is preparing to approach shareholders for fresh equity to repair a stretched balance sheet through a rescue recapitalisation.
Stone Point Capital has bought Kessler Financial Services Australia from ECN Capital, moving the financial services and advisory business into private equity ownership.
Profile tracing how Jane Lu left corporate finance to build Showpo, an Australian fashion e-commerce brand, largely without venture capital, using social media, influencers and community to reach customers.
Nineteen-year-old founder Sam Rogers' Australian venture Brumby has banked A$1.2 million at seed stage to build autonomous drones that herd, count and monitor cattle across large stations.
A monthly Crunchbase roundup of five lesser-known AI funding deals: Greyparrot's Series B, Emesent's equity-plus-debt package, SoundHealth's Series A, Forge Industries' round and Cascade's seed raise.