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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
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Minns Labor Government puts female founders in the fast lane with launch of Diversity Pre-Accelerator Program

The NSW Government has opened the first round of its $4 million Diversity Pre-Accelerator Program for female founders, appointing University of Newcastle and UNSW Founders to deliver training and mentoring for women-led startups.

nsw.gov.au 30 Apr 2026 NSW GovernmentThe Tech Council of AustraliaUniversity of NewcastleUNSW FoundersProfessor Alex Zelinsky AOAnoulack ChanthivongDina TitkovaJodie HarrisonKate PounderYasmin Catley

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