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Nine Aussie startups that raised $233.5 million this week

Weekly roundup of nine Australian startups that together raised over $233 million, led by Hysata's $172 million Series B, with rounds also for V2 Digital, AgriWebb, Disco, Genero, Brainfish, Kite Therapy, Nucanon and Maslow.

Also Startup Daily·Business News Australia·Startup Daily

Jason Calacanis-backed Stori rebrands as Nucanon after $500,000 raise

Stori is now Nucanon following a $500,000 pre-seed round led by Skalata with Antler, Outlier Ventures, Paperclip Partners and Sydney FC's chief executive aboard, on top of 2023 backing from Antler and Jason Calacanis.

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Antler Investor Memo Series: Jason Calacanis-backed Stori is democratising game development

Profiles Stori, an AI game-worldbuilding startup by founder Nilushanan Kulasingham: pre-seed investment by Antler and investor Jason Calacanis, plus a place in AWS's GenAI Accelerator.

Manufacturing news briefs – stories you might have missed

Manufacturing roundup: Boeing ends local 747 parts, ASM signs a rare earths supply deal, Melt Ventures launches a seed fund raise, Thales trials dockyard tracking, and Synchron closes a large round.

Melt Ventures launches $20 million Advanced Manufacturing Venture Fund

Melt Ventures launched an advanced manufacturing venture fund expecting first close soon and targeting $20 million by March 2023; the piece also recalls earlier backing of Camplify, Gamurs, Greaseboss and other companies.

FUNDED October 2022

Techboard's monthly roundup tallies October 2022 startup funding at $661m across 99 deals, listing megadeals such as Airwallex, acquisitions, Square Peg's $861m fund close and government grants to program operators.

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Why We Invested In Layer

Aura Ventures sets out why it backed Layer's seed round with several co-investors, covering the gaming IP licensing opportunity and the founders' relevant experience.

Also Aura Group portfolio·Startup Daily