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Cheque-in: 17 ANZ startups – plus Brooki and The Memo – raised $59.61 million this week

A weekly roundup of funding deals by Australian and New Zealand startups, spanning baked goods, retail, health AI, beverages, edtech, solar, legal tech, and Western Australian medical research grants.

Western Australia backs 12 medtech startup ideas with $5 million in Seed funding

WA's Innovation Seed Fund has awarded almost $5 million in grants to 12 researchers and startups for health projects, from liver cancer tests to endometriosis diagnosis, ranging from $90,000 to $500,000.

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2024 “a pivotal year” for asparagopsis industry, FutureFeed

Trade publication outlines FutureFeed's 2024 priorities for the asparagopsis seaweed additive business, noting industry investment and a research paper questioning the product's safety, which the company rejects.

Manufacturing news briefs — stories you might have missed

Roundup: ClearVue gets a $935,000 research tax credit; UNSW and Northrop Grumman Australia team up on quantum communications; Sentinel Boats shows an autonomous vessel; UOW leads national research rankings; LETA welcomes CCS progress.

Manufacturing news briefs — stories you might have missed

Roundup of manufacturing news: Fortescue's ammonia locomotive trial, Nova Eye's US regulatory delay, Wellnex completing its Mr Bright acquisition, ClearVue's research tax payment, and a photonic chip breakthrough.

17 grants awarded to help commercialise WA medical and health inventions

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Sky the limit for WA Vertical Farm

Western Australian vertical farming startup Eden Towers has received a $200,000 Enterprise Support Program grant from the Shire of Murray to develop a solar-powered indoor farm at the WA Food Innovation Precinct.