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Role	Organisation	Sources
Founder	Fabra	Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing, SmartCompany
Engineer (former)	Canva	Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing, SmartCompany

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Cheque-in: 8 startups gobbled up $572.12 million in funding this week

Weekly roundup of eight raises totalling $572.12 million, led by Firmus's $500 million round; RAGE Biotech, SunDrive, Number 8 Bio, Fabra, Keeyu, MyGig and Drone-Hand also funded, plus two RAGE Biotech executive appointments.

Startup Daily 14 Nov 2025 Drone-Hand Fabra Keeyu MyGig Number 8 Bio RAGE Biotech SunDrive Archangel Ventures Atlassian Canva CDC Data Centres Clean Energy Finance Corporation Eucalyptus Firmus Technologies Marketplacer Nvidia Tesla UNSW Artesian VC Aussie Angels Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)Blackbird Ventures Breakthrough Victoria Concept Ventures Co Ventures CSIRO Empress Capital Exhort Ventures government-backed Australian Renewable Energy Agency Hostplus Icehouse Ventures IP Group Australia January Capital Li & Fung Main Sequence Ventures Monash Ventures One Innovators Radius Capital Rampersand Side Stage Ventures Southern Angels Startmate Sydney Angels The March Group Alexey Mitko Jason Wyatt Luigi Iacullo Paul Greenberg Dr Alex Carpenter Angus Vidor Cameron Adams David Hu Dr Edwin Tucker Gloria Yu Luke Grana Malcolm Turnbull Mike Cannon-Brookes Nick Manks Oliver Curtis Robyn Denholm Dr Siro Perez Tim Rosenfeld Dr Tom Williams Vince Allen

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Pre-seed $2.8m

Fabra raises $2.8 million for browser-based product design tool

Australian startup Fabra has debuted a browser-based 3D design tool alongside pre-seed backing of $2.8 million from four funds, and intends to seek seed capital ahead of 2026 general availability.

SmartCompany 11 Nov 2025 Fabra Canva Concept Ventures January Capital Li & Fung Side Stage Ventures Alex Rankin Ben Grabiner Gloria Yu Luke Grana Nick Manks

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Cheque-in: 8 startups gobbled up $572.12 million in funding this week

Fabra raises $2.8 million for browser-based product design tool