Ledger. Australian venture funding, tracked

Startup · $48.5m raised

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11 deals

Seven ANZ startups that raised $93.1 million this week

Roundup of seven trans-Tasman raises worth $93.1m this week, headlined by IND Technology's $50m round, with LawVu also acquiring ClauseBase.

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10 deals

Eight Aussie startups that raised $104.4 million this week

Weekly roundup of eight Australian startup raises, led by Sonder's $40 million round, plus AMP's $20 million raise and acquisition of the Shopify app Back in Stock.

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$739 million hits start-ups in Q3 – but funding still lags behind 2022

A quarterly venture funding report shows Australian startups collected $739 million across 77 deals in Q3 2023, trailing earlier periods; SafetyCulture and Lyre's Spirit Co drew the largest rounds while female founders' share improved.

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2 deals

SaaS startup Capsifi banks $11 million from government-backed investor the Australian Business Growth Fund

Enterprise software firm Capsifi has received an $11 million growth investment from the Australian Business Growth Fund, its first for 2022, to fund international expansion, with the fund's earlier backing of two other startups also recalled.

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Series B $25m

Investment notes: Athena AU$25m Series B

Square Peg explains its rationale for leading Athena's Series B, joined by Hostplus and Airtree, with analysis of the Australian mortgage market, the challenger lender's model, and its founding and senior team.

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