Ledger. Australian venture funding, tracked

Chief Executive Officer, InDebted

Chris McNamara

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🇦🇺 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.

This Week in Australian Startups 4 Oct 2026 Avicena SystemsEastend VenturesFeBIHeidi HealthiQ SenseQ FactorialQuantX LabsR2CreteSilicon Quantum ComputingSkopos BioTrendspekAdobeAdvanced NavigationAirwallexAmpolAnthropicAtlassianAUDCBarrenjoeyBasetenBig Picture MedicalBlackbird VenturesDroneshieldEvie NetworksFirmus TechnologiesFusion Venture LabsGoldman SachsHarrison AIInDebtedLorikeetMegaportMetaMonoovaMorgan StanleyNearmapNexlOFXOpenAIOrbit2OrbitOrd MinnettPaperbarkPerennial Private InvestmentsPlanet StartupPotentia CapitalPsiQuantumQueenslandRBAREA GroupRedbelly NetworkRedEarth Energy Storage LtdREXRoyal Commission into AIScalare PartnersSiconaStanfordTank Stream LabsTech CouncilThoma BravoThorneyUnileverUniversity of MelbourneWatchfulWeMoneyBlockwall Digital Assets FundCritical Technologies Challenge ProgramFunds SAGenesis Pre-Seed FundOIF VenturesShape CapitalTenmileTin Alley VenturesUniseedYosemiteBrendan LeeChris LehaneChris McNamaraChristian Westerlind WigstromChristopher ManningDavid JanetzkiIain RossIan WangJosh ForemanJosh ParsonsKate PounderMatt ReddenPhilipp ThurnerSam AltmanTrevor St Baker
Key hire

Role call: new people at allt, SQC, RedBelly Network, Neara & Indebted

Weekly people-moves column: new executives at allt, SQC, Redbelly Network, InDebted and Neara, including Clive Dickens joining allt's board and Chris McNamara becoming InDebted's CEO.

Startup Daily 2 Oct 2026 AdobeAdvanced NavigationalltCarsalesCicadaFintech AustraliaGlassdoorGlobalFoundriesGoldman SachsGo RemoteInDebtedMacquarie GroupMcKinsey & CoMonoovaMorgan StanleyNearaRedbelly NetworkReserve Bank of AustraliaSilicon LabsSilicon Quantum ComputingStanford Graduate School of BusinessWiseBrendan LeeChris McNamaraChristian Westerlind WigstromClive DickensIan WangJames ForsterJohn HollisterJosh ForemanKaramvir SinghKarna NisewanerProfessor Michelle Simmons
Key hire

InDebted appoint Chris McNamara as Chief Executive Officer and Brendan Lee as Chief Financial Officer

Collections technology firm InDebted has named Chris McNamara as chief executive and Brendan Lee as chief financial officer, filling a search opened when founder Josh Foreman shifted to a founder and executive director role.

Australian FinTech 2 Oct 2026 Advanced NavigationGlassdoorGoldman SachsGo RemoteInDebtedMacquarie GroupMcKinsey & CompanyMorgan StanleyStanford Graduate School of BusinessBrendan LeeChris McNamaraJosh Foreman

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