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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 #179, 26th September 2026

Weekly roundup recording a dozen raises and acquisitions, Firmus's scheduled float, a new $50m venture fund, a founder share sale, grant winners, an accelerator intake, and an AI agent's government breach.

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Curtin University reveals the 13 startups taking part in its annual accelerator

Curtin University has picked 13 startups for the 2026 intake of its free Accelerate program, which this year spans health, safety, education, beauty and robotics ventures.

Cheque-in: 6 startups kicked off December raising $24.2 million this week

Six Australian startups, including Bodd, Hachiko and Cor, collectively secured about $24 million in fresh backing, while seaweed peer Sea Forest floated on the ASX and jumped in early trade.

Six Aussie startups that raised $24.2 million this week

Weekly funding roundup covering raises by Bodd, Hachiko, Fremantle Seaweed, Cor, Detail Earth and Recovr, plus seaweed peer Sea Forest's ASX float at a $112 million market capitalisation.

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Weel strengthens leadership team with new Chief Revenue Officer and Head of Marketing appointments

Spend management provider Weel has hired Marten Jagers as chief revenue officer and Nina Putica as head of marketing, weeks after unveiling a partnership with Visa and Nium.

ASX-listed Nearmap is suddenly worth $1 billion again thanks to a US takeover bid

Nearmap shares jumped after takeover talks with US private equity firm Thoma Bravo were revealed, with a proposed $2.10 per share bid valuing the ASX-listed mapping company at about $1.055 billion.