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🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #179, 26th September 2026

Weekly roundup recording a dozen raises and acquisitions, Firmus's scheduled float, a new $50m venture fund, a founder share sale, grant winners, an accelerator intake, and an AI agent's government breach.

This Week in Australian Startups 26 Sep 2026 Amber ElectricAuricCodeBreakersFeverHeidi HealthHEOHubblenetworkKinoxis TherapeuticsMedcastOpenDebtRemagine LabsRentBetterSignificant Capital VenturesTasTestZeligateAdvanced NavigationAfterpayAirtaskerAirTrunkAirwallexAnthropicAUSTRACAustralian GovernmentAustralian Signals DirectorateCatchCDC CentreDroneshieldElixinol WellnessEllerston CapitalEmployment HeroFirmus TechnologiesGenetic SignaturesInnovaeroInvestment NSWKongsbergLuxury EscapesMedicareMicrobaMorgan StanleyNational Transport SolutionsNearmapNews CorpNSW GovernmentOfloadOpenAIParaScriptRampSouth Australian GovernmentSparkStakk LimitedTelix PharmaceuticalsTelstraThe U GroupThoma BravoUniversity of CanberraUniversity of NewcastleVictoriaVitable1GTAirTree VenturesAngel InvestorsAntler AustraliaAthletic VenturesAvicella CapitalBaillie GiffordBeaten Zone Venture PartnersBest PracticeBlackbird VenturesCarthona CapitalCSIRODCode CapitalDeepwaterDumm CapitalE.ONEQTETF PartnersEVPGeneral CatalystHeadlineInnovation VictoriaMain Sequence VenturesMedical Research Future FundMonash UniversityNRF CorporationPaspalisPhoenix CourtPoint72Salus VenturesScalare PartnersStoic Venture CapitalTen13UniseedUniSuperUniversity of SydneyUNSWGreg BoorerPat CumminsSam KerrAlbaneseAnoulack ChanthivongGabby LeibovichHezi LeibovichJack ZhangJonathan Lui

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Key hire

AUDC continues leadership team expansion to support rapid growth and regional stablecoin rollout

Stablecoin issuer AUDC hires Andrew Kitchen as CFO and José Barroso as growth chief, extending an executive build-out to support rising demand for its digital-money and settlement services across Australia and New Zealand.

Australian FinTech 12 Jun 2026 AUDCBNK Banking CorporationCatchChartered Accountants Australia and New ZealandHayIAGMacquarie GroupNZDC LimitedSecurePayWestpacZai (Assembly Payments)Andrew KitchenEffie DimitropoulosJosé Barroso
Funding announcement

Cashback platform Cashrewards to close after 11 years

Cashrewards, a shopping rebates platform once bought by ANZ's venture arm, is shutting down and returning member balances. It had earlier acquired Little Birdie, previously backed with $30 million by Commonwealth Bank.

SmartCompany 8 Sep 2025 Cashrewards1835iAmazonANZCatchChemist WarehouseCommonwealth BankCotton OnLittle BirdiePayPalShowPoSmartCompanyTargetUniqloAndrew ClarkeGabby LeibovichHezi LeibovichLorica Clarke

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Meet the Aussies on the 2025 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list

Forbes Australia 15 May 2025 Adrielle ToumaAlexander ValenteAlexis AaronAndrew PankeviciusAndromeda RoboticsAnnabel HayBianca SternCharlotte VieiraCLUTCH GlueConnor BalfanyDamian SofrevskiDaniel PalmerDaniel VassilevDylan CoyneElliephantGaby RosenbergGrace BrownHolly FowlerHumpdayIsabella ChoateJacky KohJodine WolmanKim RussellLoughlan Dalton de BurghLucas SargentMary FowlerMatthew BlodeNatasha EtschmannNeurodePretty PrivilegeRedactiveRelevance AISara WebbSortdThe Leaf Protein Co.UpDocAirTree VenturesAustralian Financial ReviewAustralian Securities ExchangeBasketball AustraliaBlossom AppCatchConstantinopleELMO SoftwareEQFingertipFlying Fox VenturesForbes AustraliaFortlake Asset ManagementGet Rich Slow ClubGovernment of New South WalesLinktreeLuxury EscapesMA Growth VenturesManchester CityMass DynamicsMenulogPredictHQRampersandSwinburne University of TechnologyTash InvestsThe KimbinoUniversity of MelbourneWableWestern Australian governmentYouth Disability Advocacy NetworkAntler AustraliaAtlassian VenturesBailador Technology InvestmentsBessemer Venture PartnersBlackbird VenturesFelicisGalileo VenturesKhosla VenturesKing River CapitalLaunchVicLoyal VCPeak XVPurpose VenturesDarryl GarberNed CotenAli RosenbergGabby LeibovichHezi Leibovich
Unnamed stage $80m

Catch: A business timeline, in their words

Retrospective timeline of Catch's journey from its 2006 launch through Tiger Global's investment, the Menulog and Luxury Escapes deals and Wesfarmers' $230 million acquisition, to Wesfarmers' announced wind-down.

SmartCompany 30 Jan 2025 Catch GroupAmazonCatchDeliverooEatNoweBayJust EatKmart GroupKoganLuxury EscapesMenulogScooponSEEKSmartCompanyTemuToshibaUber EatsWesfarmersTiger GlobalAndrew BassatJames PackerAdam ChrapotAdam SchwabGabby LeibovichGuy PolakHezi LeibovichJon BerosKalman PolakMatt DyerNati HarpazRob ScottRuslan Kogan

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Unnamed stage $30m

The one that got away: After paying $230 million for Catch, Wesfarmers is shutting it down

Wesfarmers is closing Catch, the online retailer it bought for $230 million in 2019, citing local ecommerce competition; the story also recalls Catch's venture backers and Little Birdie's $30m stake, pause and rescue.

Startup Daily 21 Jan 2025 Little BirdieAmazonBessemerBrosaBunningsCashrewardsCatchCatch GroupEatNoweBayInsight Venture PartnersKmart GroupKogan.comMenulogScooponSequoiaSheinTemuTiger GlobalWesfarmersCBAGabby LeibovichHezi LeibovichJon BerosRob ScottRuslan Kogan

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Funding announcement

Smart50 alumni Cashrewards acquires Little Birdie

Cashrewards has bought Little Birdie, the deals startup backed by Commonwealth Bank that went quiet in May; the piece also recalls Cashrewards' 2017 Smart50 nod, 2020 ASX float, and later takeover by 1835i Ventures.

SmartCompany 6 Aug 2024 Cashrewards1835iAdore BeautyANZ BankCatchCommonwealth BankCotton OnIkeaLittle BirdieMyerSmartCompanyThe IconicWoolworthsAndrew ClarkeAnthony Seymour-WalshGabby LeibovichHezi LeibovichJon BerosLorica Clarke

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