Founder, X-Hemp

Andi Lucas

Roles

Role	Organisation	Sources
Founder	X-Hemp	Startup Daily (12 Sep 2025), SmartCompany (12 Sep 2025), Startup Daily (9 Sep 2025), SmartCompany (13 Oct 2023)

Coverage

Stories naming Andi Lucas. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

10 deals

Cheque-in: 19 ANZ startups that raised $69 million this week

Weekly roundup covering 19 Australian and New Zealand raises, headlined by Andromeda Robotics' $23m Series A, plus Freckle, Marloo, X-Hemp, Harvest B, Wable, Starboard and Techstars Sydney's 12-startup cohort.

Startup Daily 12 Sep 2025 Andromeda Robotics Briefcase CorFin.AI Crystal aOS Freckle Harvest B Juxtabyte Marloo MuseAI OncoRevive Onsite Our Leg Up Slice Starboard Maritime Intelligence SurfLab VetNotes Wable X-Hemp Zipline AI Airbnb Alberts Canva Clay Google Halter Heidi Health Investment NSW Mecwacare Revolut Sharesies Stake Taurus Capital Techstars Sydney Xero 1984 Ventures Altered Capital Artesian VC Blackbird Ventures Brand Fund Breakthrough Victoria CoAct Capital CoVentures Danehill Group Forerunner Ventures Gradient Icehouse Ventures Industry Growth Program King River Capital Liquid2 Main Sequence Ventures Mandalay Venture Partners Mintaka OIF Ventures Purpose Ventures Rethink Impact Startmate trampoline Visible Ventures Whakatupu Aotearoa Foundation Craig Piggott Leighton Roberts Matt Leibowitz Paul Sharbanee Philip Fierlinger Tom Hambrett Dr Tom Kelly Amy Stevens Andi Lucas Antony Arena Ben Robertson David Stephen Sta.Maria Grace Brown Hardy Michel Holly Fowler Hugh Le Jad al Masri Jesse Morse Joni Pirovich Kirk Simmons Kristi Riordan Michael Ragavan Michael Theo Michelle Reeves Mitch Sigley Mohammad Tavakkoli Yaraki Nathan Croxton Nathan Merzvinskis Rod Bristow Dr Samira Sadeghi Shakeel Lala Silven Victor D. Epistola Trent Fulcher

Also SmartCompany

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19 ANZ startups that raised $66.7 million this week

SmartCompany 12 Sep 2025 Andromeda Robotics Briefcase CorFin.AI Crystal aOS Freckle Harvest B Juxtabyte Marloo MuseAI OncoRevive Onsite Our Leg Up Slice Starboard Maritime Intelligence SurfLab VetNotes Wable X-Hemp Zipline AI Airbnb Alberts Canva Clay Google Halter Heidi Health Investment NSW Mecwacare Revolut Sharesies Stake Taurus Capital Techstars Sydney Xero 1984 Ventures Altered Capital Artesian VC Blackbird Ventures Brand Fund Breakthrough Victoria CoAct Capital CoVentures Danehill Group Forerunner Ventures Gradient Icehouse Ventures King River Capital Liquid2 Main Sequence Ventures Mandalay Venture Partners Mintaka OIF Ventures Purpose Ventures Rethink Impact Startmate trampoline Visible Ventures Whakatupu Aotearoa Foundation Craig Piggott Leighton Roberts Matt Leibowitz Paul Sharbanee Philip Fierlinger Tom Hambrett Dr Tom Kelly Amy Stevens Andi Lucas Antony Arena Ben Robertson David Stephen Sta.Maria Grace Brown Hardy Michel Holly Fowler Hugh Le Jad al Masri Jesse Morse Joni Pirovich Kirk Simmons Kristi Riordan Michael Ragavan Michael Theo Michelle Reeves Mitch Sigley Mohammad Tavakkoli Yaraki Nathan Croxton Nathan Merzvinskis Rod Bristow Dr Samira Sadeghi Shakeel Lala Silven Victor D. Epistola Trent Fulcher

Also SmartCompany·Startup Daily

Seed $3.4m

Tasmanian sustainable construction manufacturer X-Hemp smokes $3.4 million Seed round

Tasmanian hempcrete producer X-Hemp has closed a $3.4 million seed round, with the final $1 million coming from investor Danehill Group, to fund infrastructure, research and new hires.

Startup Daily 9 Sep 2025 X-Hemp University of Tasmania Danehill Group Andi Lucas

Also Startup Daily·SmartCompany

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Five Aussie startups that raised $7.5 million this week

Weekly roundup covering five Australian startups' raises: Phasio's seed led by AirTree, CLT Toolbox, X-Hemp's crowdfunding, gridmo's first round, and Humpday's pre-seed from Antler.

Also Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Forbes Australia

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