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Analog Quantum Circuits

Superconducting quantum technology firm

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Uniseed adds another $25m from UniSuper to commercialise academic research

UniSuper adds a further $25 million to its backing of Uniseed, reaching $100 million in total support for the university research commercialisation fund; past cheques to quantum and biotech startups are recapped.

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Q-CRTL scores $2.3 million in $60m federal government plan to back quantum in defence

Defence grants totalling over $60 million went to 21 Australian organisations, with quantum software firm Q-CTRL among the recipients of contracts under a federal emerging technologies program.

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$60m in defence quantum technology grants announced

Canberra is funding 21 quantum and counter-disinformation defence projects, awarding $60 million in grants through ASCA's Emerging and Disruptive Technologies programme to universities and companies nationwide.

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Labor bets big on quantum with $1 billion deal for PsiQuantum and multimillion-dollar Sydney Uni hub

The Australian federal and Queensland governments are investing $940m in PsiQuantum, which will open a Brisbane regional headquarters; $18.4m will fund a national quantum centre at the University of Sydney.

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Quantum leap: Diraq secures an extra $23 million in Series A

Diraq has added $23 million to its Series A in a Quantonation-led round, with Higgins Family Investments and UNSW also taking part, on top of the $30.6 million raised earlier.

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Nine Aussie startups that raised $40.5 million this week

Weekly roundup covering nine Australian startups' new capital totalling $40.5 million, across solar, quantum computing, marketing tech and crowdfunding, plus a look back at Aconex's $1.6 billion Oracle sale.

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Queensland researchers launch quantum startup AQC with $3 million boost

Tom Stace and Arkady Federov launch AQC, a Queensland venture making miniature superconducting components for quantum computers, with Uniseed investing $3 million; the piece also recaps Australia's quantum funding momentum.

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