Ledger. Australian venture funding, tracked

Company

Flexicar

Coverage

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

4 deals

Manufacturing news briefs — stories you might have missed

Roundup of short industry items: Element 25 and Vaxxas win US government grants, Orthocell gets an R&D refund, Convergence Medical completes its Series A, and Monique Conheady takes a Hysata board seat.

Also Startup Daily

Seed $2m

Phantm raises $2m to wean businesses off plastics obsession

Melbourne circular-economy startup Phantm has closed a $2 million oversubscribed seed round with three venture backers, helping firms swap plastics for natural alternatives, with customers including a major coffee chain.

Also worldbiomarketinsights.com·startupscaleup.com.au·Forbes Australia

Exit / M&A

Innovation Victoria: where founders start, scale and succeed

Innovation Victoria launches, merging Breakthrough Victoria and LaunchVic; Geoff Tarrant chairs the board, Monique Conheady deputises and Rod Bristow is CEO; Tarrant co-founded Payapps, bought by Autodesk in 2024.

Also Australian FinTech

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