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Fleet Space Technologies wins a 6.4 million dollar Defence Space Command contract to lead the ASCEND2LEO project, developing LEO satellite communications with a consortium including DSTG, University of South Australia, Rice Satcom and SmartSat CRC.
Tidal Ventures explains how it backs seed-stage founders: its third seed fund is active, it leads $1-3 million seed rounds, and its thesis spans AI, fintech, cybersecurity and related sectors.
Payments startup Waave has raised a $4.7 million seed round from individual backers including Jack Gance, who also joins as advisor, ahead of an enterprise rollout of its Pay by Bank product.
Melbourne synthetic biology company Cortical Labs has secured US$10 million (A$15 million), led by Horizons Ventures with four co-investors, to advance its brain-cell computing platform commercially and meet pre-orders.
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DASH Technology Group hired ten staff, including a new COO and superannuation specialist, after completing a capital raise in March to improve financial advice tools for Australians.
Solar manufacturer 5B has started building its automated pilot production line in Mascot, NSW, with support from an ARENA grant; the company counts Turnbull, Holmes à Court and BP among its backers.
AfterWork Ventures investment principal Jessy Wu, previously at NAB's venture arm, has compiled a resource of interviews, articles and salary guides to help outsiders prepare for careers in venture capital.
An A$23m Series A announced by lithium processor Novalith Technologies, a Virescent Ventures portfolio holding, will fund a plant extracting battery-grade lithium more cheaply, quickly and cleanly; the post links to the company's release.
Roundup of Australian manufacturing news: ARM Hub's anniversary, DroneShield orders, EMVision's milestone grant, SciDev results, a SEA Electric hire, ATSE's policy submission, and spaceport funding for Koonibba.
Hypersonix picked Rocket Lab to launch its DART AE hypersonic craft under a US defence program, following the Brisbane company's first major contract win.
SmartCompany reports two large Australian raises within a day: Novalith's $23 million Series A and Propeller's $22 million round, both well above earlier raises, against a slow first quarter for venture funding.
Square Peg has promoted James Tynan, a 2020 hire who previously ran Startmate, to partner; the piece also lists startups he has backed for the firm, such as Vow, Neara, Partly and Blinq.
Guest post by Anna Mackenzie explaining why she and Caitlin, through lady-brains, backed bra tech startup The OneTwo, and urging more women to become angel investors.
Blackbird interviews Eucalyptus co-founder Tim Doyle about the telehealth firm's evolving mission, patient safety practices, regulatory advocacy, and lessons from his earlier career, including his time at Koala.
Square Peg announces James Tynan as its newest partner, with reflections from Vow's CEO and Square Peg's investment team on his approach, plus his board roles at Partly and Neara and sector outlook.
Rex Airlines takes a 20 per cent stake and a board seat in Dovetail Electric Aviation, a Sydney startup retrofitting electric propulsion, which earlier won a $3 million government research grant.
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Alex Bank has hired Andrew Peng as Victorian State Manager for broker partnerships, as the digital lender reports most new loan originations now flow through brokers.
NovoNutrients uses bacteria to convert carbon dioxide into protein and has secured a three million dollar technology and investment deal with Woodside Energy to build a pilot-scale plant.
Three Australian founders, behind One Small Step, Telecare and Teach Well, are among 33 finalists for Cartier's global program for women entrepreneurs and will compete in Paris in May for prize money.
Perth marketplace CO-architecture secured $330,000 pre-seed funding from Skalata Ventures and local angels to connect design professionals with hiring businesses; its founders earlier came through Curtin's Ignition and Accelerate programs, winning an MVP grant.
An investor memo profiles Antler Australia portfolio company ScreenApp, an AI video capture and knowledge platform founded by Andre Smith and Buddhika Jayawardhana, covering its user growth since Antler's pre-seed backing.
Silex Systems finished its zero-spin silicon research project with UNSW and SQC, backed by a government grant, and now plans commercial production of ultra-pure silicon-28 for quantum chips.
Breakthrough Victoria's technology director writes on quantum trends from the Sydney conference, noting the firm's earlier investments in Infleqtion and Quantum Brilliance and Infleqtion Australia's launch under a new president.
Melbourne family-care benefits platform Circle In has closed a $2m round, adding Alberts Impact Ventures to existing private backers and LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund, while research highlights shrinking venture money for women-only founding teams.
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The ACT government has launched CYNAPSE, a cyber skills program led by FifthDomain and backed by a $3 million government grant, aiming to grow the cyber workforce by at least 100 people by 2024.
Instant grocery delivery startup Milkrun is winding up, with co-founder Dany Milham telling staff trading ends this week. The article recalls its $75 million Series A backed by AirTree, Grok Ventures and Skip Capital.
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Suzuki and Applied EV signed an agreement to co-develop an autonomous electric four-wheel-drive based on the Blanc Robot platform; Suzuki had earlier invested in the Australian company.
Adelaide AI firm Fivecast has raised a $30 million Series A led by Ten Eleven, with Main Sequence and the South Australian Venture Capital Fund joining, to expand into overseas markets and grow headcount.
Modo, a Melbourne company developing a mind-clarity app, has secured pre-launch backing of $800,000 from five funds plus founders of Culture Amp and Seer; the app offers subscription access from early 2024.
Melbourne 3D and augmented reality presentation startup JigSpace has banked a further $5.2 million from repeat backers Rampersand, Investible and Vulpes; customers include the Alfa Romeo F1 team.
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Ready-meal platform CoLab has entered voluntary administration after a financing round collapsed, with EY partners appointed; the piece also recalls failures across Australian food delivery, including Deliveroo Australia, Voly, Send and Quicko.
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A manufacturing roundup covering Hazer's R&D tax refund, Atomo's South African test supply deal, Acrow's asset purchase, PureFoods' product revenue, a solar farm completion, BlueScope's accelerator applications, and a drone modem launch.
Conflux Technology will supply a 3D-printed heat exchanger for Rocket Factory Augsburg's orbital rocket, under a partnership supported by a previously announced $1 million Australian Space Agency Moon to Mars grant.
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup reporting numerous startup funding rounds, fund closes by S2G Ventures and Bidra Innovation Ventures, and collapses including Upward Farms, Boxed, Kalera and Australia's CoLab.
An agtech venture firm argues deeptech startups can deliver venture-grade returns: technical breakthroughs unlock industrial demand, while debt and project finance limit dilution, so outsized unicorns need not be the only target.
Partner content in Startup Daily's investor memo series profiles Tango, whose software updates live agreements for agencies, noting Antler's pre-seed backing, a NSW Government grant, and a growing waitlist ahead of its MVP launch.
Manufacturing roundup: Memphasys IVF birth and Japanese orders, FIAL chair change, DroneShield's DroneGun Mk4, Austeng's hydrogen burner grant, UNSW recycling hub launch, Symbio laboratory, apprentice award, and MathWorks joining Universal Robots' ecosystem.
Alpha HPA has received Queensland government support of up to $21.7 million for Stage 2 of its Gladstone high-purity alumina plant, adding to earlier federal grants of $15.5 million and $45 million.
OIF Ventures' newsletter announces leading Nullify's pre-seed round, two investment team hires, portfolio company awards and product launches, and Go1's acquisition of Anders Pink.
Gourmet food marketplace ChefPrep, rebranded CoLab after buying its Melbourne rival, has entered voluntary administration with EY appointed, despite earlier angel and seed raises, as creditors meet and a sale process begins.
MRead, a landmine-detection venture launched by CSIRO and RFC Ambrian with Codan also investing, has raised a seed round of undisclosed size to advance its handheld explosive detectors.
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Startup Daily reports SparkLabs Cultiv8 is seeking ten agri-food tech startups for its NSW cleantech accelerator, a half-year program offering seed backing, mentoring, workspace and investor links; applications close 17 April.
AirSeed, a drone reforestation startup splitting bases between Sydney and South Africa, partners with CIM on a carbon fund, prepares a Series A, and appoints Mara Bún to its board.
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Molycop has commercialised a process substituting recycled rubber for coke in electric arc furnace steelmaking, backed by a $750,000 AMGC Commercialisation Fund contribution and collaboration with UNSW's SMaRT Centre and Crawford Boots.
Enterprise software aggregator Software Combined has completed its sixth acquisition, buying Perth retail marketing automation firm Last Yard for an undisclosed sum, with staff and brand retained.
Deakin University spinout FLAIM Systems, which makes immersive VR training for firefighters, has raised a $6.7 million Series A, with Breakthrough Victoria taking a $5 million minority stake to fund expansion and new jobs.
Spiral Blue says its Space Edge One computer is now operational in orbit, the first Australian space edge computer commissioned, with work continuing on a hyperspectral mission supported by a manufacturing grant.
A UK government scheme has advanced a lime decarbonisation project using Calix's technology, which passed due diligence under an industrial carbon capture funding program alongside partners Tarmac and Calix subsidiary Leilac.
A Smart50 Workplaces profile of education-tech company Vivi International, noting its past Series B round that funded international expansion, its South Yarra headquarters, founders, and workplace culture initiatives.