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Sydney private markets firm Roc Partners wins Agri Investor's global agribusiness fund manager award for a second straight year, and has recently closed a private investment fund capped at A$400 million.
Under loss pressure, ASX-listed Zip has agreed to sell Twisto and Payflex and is closing its Middle East operations, expecting roughly $20 million in net inflows as it chases profitability.
Roundup covering an SME sentiment survey, Renewable Metals winning a Supercharge Australia award, a new Queensland trade commissioner, an FFI green hydrogen power deal, a Siemens emissions pilot, and a CDU drones grant.
A weekly roundup reporting three Australian startups that raised funds: Cauldron's seed round, Lumiant's seed extension, and FLAIM Systems' Series A, each with lead investors named.
Profile of Australian startup ARC Ento Tech, whose black soldier fly process turns municipal waste into animal feed, fertilizer and an industrial reductant. Founders Ramon and Ricky Atayde explain the decentralised model; the company is fundraising, with no round stated.
Main Sequence announces it led a $2.2 million seed round in Arlula, a startup building a platform for simpler access to satellite imagery and geospatial data.
Profile of MADU, an AI adtech venture turning publisher images into shoppable affiliate content, recalling Antler Australia's pre-seed backing and the founders' progress since joining its cohort.
OneVentures' blog post pointing readers to Financial Review coverage of the firm and the artificial-heart developer BiVACOR; the post itself contains no deal details.
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup reporting funding for Momofuku Goods, STEER, Cauldron, EV Biotech, Extracellular, Quisto, Local Bounti and Agreena, the shutdown of New Age Eats, and partnership and product news including Vow's mammoth meatball.
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Profile of revenue-based fund Tractor Ventures, co-founded by Jodie Imam, Matt and Aprill Allen with LaunchVic backing, covering its lending model, growth, and Imam's earlier ventures including Occasional Butler's sale to Airtasker.
Electric motorcycle maker Savic is extending a crowdfunding raise via Equitise ahead of C-Series production; the article recalls a $3 million equity round led by Artesian and government grant funding.
Profile of Aiman Hamdouna, whose startup support network Hatch Quarter received a LaunchVic grant in 2017 and now partners with LaunchVic to help Victorian founders.
Buy-now-pay-later provider Zip has agreed to sell its European unit Twisto and South African business Payflex, expecting roughly $20 million in net cash inflows while winding down its Middle East operations.
LaunchVic case study profiling AirRobe founder Hannon Comazzetto, whose circular fashion platform went through the Startmate program before she relocated to San Francisco to pursue global growth.
FLAIM Systems, a VR firefighter training company, announced a Series A led by Breakthrough Victoria, with Deakin University and others participating, funding expansion, R&D and planned hires.
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Australia's federal government awarded roughly $3.2 million in matched grants across two defence programs to six SMEs for manufacturing equipment, with amounts from about $62,000 to $1 million each.
A manufacturing roundup: CSIRO issues a renewable energy storage roadmap, Mighty Craft completes a $5.1 million share placement, Bonfiglioli opens a Victorian office, and a Brisbane safety show announces speakers.
Profile of HEX, a Victorian startup offering innovation education programs, recalling its founding and noting a seed round backed by LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund, plus alumnus T Guthrie's data platform Why Hive.
UNSW Founders profiles its alumnus HEO Robotics, a Sydney company that inspects satellites from orbit, recounting its founding, accelerator history, and founders' backgrounds.
Blackbird's interview with MoreGoodDays co-founder Helena Ngo covers her corporate brand career, meeting co-founder Neala Fulia in Startmate's 2021 Founder Fellowship, and how the chronic-pain healthtech startup wins customers.
A Sydney food-tech firm grew a meatball carrying mammoth DNA, unveiled in Amsterdam; the piece recalls its $7.7m seed and $73.5m Series A and names backers Blackbird, Square Peg and Grok.
Wholesale Investor promotes a video in which Tyler Tan, an Airtasker executive and Skyfield Group investment director, discusses the investment landscape and offers guidance for founders seeking capital.
Three ex-Investec executives launch Stride Equity, a crowdfunding platform where vetted startups get crowd raises plus co-investment from the Stride Lead fund; the founders previously backed firms including Vocus and Airtasker.
Redbubble cofounder Martin Hosking has again taken the CEO role at the ASX-listed marketplace after Michael Ilczynski resigned, with shares down sharply and job cuts aimed at restoring positive cash flow by year's end.
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Robyn Denholm has joined SafetyCulture's board as a director, adding to her Tesla chairmanship and Technology Council role, replacing long-serving director and Blackbird co-founder Rick Baker.
Profile of AirAgri, a Victorian agtech startup whose tracking device and app alert others when farmers working alone get into trouble, recalling a government grant and accelerator programs that supported its development.
An overview of brain-computer interface history and current clinical-trial leaders, profiling BrainGate, a Dutch medical centre, and Melbourne-founded Synchron, written by a University of Melbourne neural engineering academic.
Regional NSW precision fermentation startup Cauldron has raised a $10.5 million seed round led by Main Sequence Ventures, following an earlier Queensland government investment, to expand its pilot facilities.
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Brookfield has agreed an $18.7 billion takeover of Origin Energy, bringing in GIC, Temasek and Mid-Ocean, and plans a decade of major renewable and storage spending in Australia.
Kylie and Derek Gerrard's Purpose Ventures has closed $37m for its Western Australian startup fund, with WA investors, the Steinberg Family Office as cornerstone backer and state government operational support.
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Australian EV car-sharing marketplace evee has kicked off an equity crowdfunding drive on Birchal to bankroll growth into Britain and Europe, with early registrations closing before the offer opens to all comers.
A weekly funding roundup covering Mindset Health's Series A, grants for two lunar rover consortiums, Pivot's raise, and Invest Inya Farmer's seed round.
Manufacturing roundup: Stärke-AMG buys plastics maker GADAC, Orbital's government loan converts to a grant after milestones, plus items on apprentices, SEA Electric, tyre recycling, UniSA's hub and electrification advocacy.
Fintech Moroku appoints ex-Fidor executive Gé Drossaert as independent non-executive director, replacing Richard Wong, as the company expands into new markets.
Perth home loan lender Boomer Home Loans has exited voluntary administration six months after its UK cornerstone investor withdrew, forcing it to shelve its launch and dismiss its 33 staff.
Independent Reserve has bought Bitcoin.com.au for $3 million, relaunching it as a beginner-friendly crypto brand and renewing its sponsorship of the Sydney Swans football team.
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Wealth management technology firm DASH Technology Group has closed a capital raise, with Australian venture firm CoAct Capital finalising its investment to support the platform's development for financial advisers.
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup reporting multiple funding rounds including Oatly and Cocoon Bioscience, two acquisitions, a shutdown, and SWEN Capital Partners closing its Blue Ocean Fund above target.
Canva has opened a converted Collingwood warehouse as its new Melbourne office and says it has no layoff plans, citing six consecutive profitable years while hiring continues despite widespread tech sector job cuts.
The hospitality-tech firm Mr Yum has axed 40 more staff as it pushes toward profit; the article recalls the $89 million Series A that Tiger Global led in November 2021.
Trevor St Baker is launching a second investment fund seeking $200 million from outside backers, after his first vehicle backed Tritium, Novonix, Evie Networks and other energy and mobility companies.
WA space consortium AROSE has received a $4 million Australian Government grant under the Space Agency's Trailblazer program to design a lunar rover for NASA, leading a sixteen-organisation group including Fugro and Nova Systems.
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Virescent Ventures reports that Relectrify, a company it backs, has won certification for its ReVolve battery storage product under international safety and grid connection standards, clearing it to supply customers.
ARN reports Michelle Bendschneider becomes CEO of Connetico, new parent of cloud firms Arinco, Cevo and D6, with Lara Wright as CFO, after Quadrant fund backing; Kloud's earlier sale to Telstra is recalled.
Melbourne energy storage firm Relectrify won IEC certifications for its ReVolve product, with endorsements from Nissan Casting and Counties Energy; the article recalls a growth round led by Toyota Ventures.
Over thirty Australian projects received federal Accelerating Commercialisation grants totalling roughly $18 million, including Jevons Robotics, Glaciem, Electrogenics and LYRO Robotics, with the full recipient list published.
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Two Australian consortia, AROSE and one involving EPE and Lunar Outpost Oceania, each received a four million dollar grant under the Space Agency's Trailblazer programme to design lunar rover prototypes.