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Two Victorian backers put a combined $2.25 million into three university spinouts pursuing biologics, antibody drugs and delivery devices, launching a new $15 million pre-seed vehicle.
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Breakthrough Victoria defends its spending and investment record against critics urging its abolition, pointing to portfolio companies, university partnerships and recent backing of startups including Aravax.
LaunchVic has granted Startmate $300,000 to run its Student Fellowship, a three-week program training at least 320 Victorian university students in startup skills over two years.
Breakthrough Victoria launched a $100m program with nine Victorian universities to fund university startups; its first $7.5m went into Melbourne's $15m Genesis Pre-Seed Fund, and RMIT spin-out Atmo Biosciences recently raised $9.6 million.