Avicena Systems

SQC among 6 startups sharing $12.3 million in quantum grants

Six Australian quantum startups, including Silicon Quantum Computing and QuantX Labs, have received federal grants totalling $12.3 million under the Critical Technologies Challenge Program for projects in energy, health, biosecurity and logistics.

🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #180, 4th October 2026

Weekly roundup reporting Australian startup funding rounds and government grants, a venture fund close, agreed acquisitions, an IPO pricing, a collapse, plus executive hires and AI policy developments.

$12.3M Backs Australian Quantum Companies

Six Australian quantum companies receive government grants under round two stage two of the Critical Technologies Challenge Program, supporting projects from quantum clocks to biosensors and diagnostic tools.

Also Mirage News·Dealroom·This Week in Australian Startups·Startup Daily

Types of business innovation and the problems they solve

An explainer from Radium Capital covering four innovation categories — incremental, breakthrough, foundational research and disruptive — with examples such as Avicena Systems and Airbnb, and advocating varied capital sources including R&D financing.

$51 million for CRC-P industry research collaborations

Federal grants roundup: 21 Cooperative Research Centres Projects awards worth $51 million in Round 15, with EQ Plastics, Optiscan Imaging and NEXSEN BioTech each receiving $3 million for product development.

Also RenewEconomy

FUNDED September 2022 Including September Q Review

Techboard's September 2022 roundup reports Australian raises led by Morse Micro's $140m Series B, several acquisitions including ResApp Health to Pfizer, fund closes by Telstra Ventures, OIF and Main Sequence, and open raises.

Also @AuManufacturing·SmartCompany·SmartCompany

Avicena FIFO COVID-19 screening system approved

West Australian medtech Avicena won government approval to trial its Sentinel rapid saliva screening system among fly-in fly-out resources workers; the piece also recalls two earlier state grants supporting the technology's development.