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OneVentures

Sydney, NSW

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Stories naming OneVentures. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

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Six Aussie startups that raised $197.4 million this week

Roundup of six Australian funding deals: AutoGrab, Applied EV, Checkbox, Hometime, Factory and On the House, with amounts, investors, and Hometime's past acquisitions and raise history detailed.

Also Startup Daily

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Airbnb property management platform moves in on $19 million debt and equity deal

Sydney short-stay property manager Hometime has secured $19 million in fresh equity and debt, led by Verona Capital with Commonwealth Bank refinancing; the piece also recounts earlier raises and three rival acquisitions.

Also SmartCompany·Startup Daily

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Five Aussie startups that raised $95.45 million this week

Weekly roundup detailing five Australian raises: Vaxxas' Series D plus debt facility amid executive changes, Skutopia's growth round, Send Payments' backing and CEO change, Apate.ai's seed, and Coursebox's seed.

Also Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Australian FinTech·Dealroom·Startup Daily

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Vaccination biotech Vaxxas raises $49 million Series D, cuts C-suite amid broader layoffs

Australian biotech Vaxxas secured a Series D plus a debt facility while overhauling leadership: a new chair, founding CEO shifting to an advisory role, and CFO made redundant amid job cuts.

Also Business News Australia·SmartCompany·Cut Through Venture·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily

Series D+ ~$90m

Vaxxas secures ~A$90 million in funding to commercialise needle-free vaccination delivery technology

Vaxxas announced a roughly A$90m financing — Series D equity led by SPRIM Global Investments plus debt — to advance its needle-free vaccine patch, alongside leadership changes including a new chair.

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Seven ANZ startups that raised $42.8 million this week

Weekly roundup of seven Australian and New Zealand raises totalling $42.8 million, spanning property-investment AI, workforce credentialing, allied-health practice software, conversation analytics, maths learning games, copper processing and holiday-park bookings.

Grant $3.2m

Vaxxas Named Stage Winner of United States' BARDA Prize to Advance Microarray Patches for Vaccination

Vaxxas wins US$2 million as a concept-stage winner of BARDA's prize to advance its skin-patch vaccine platform with UQ's BASE facility; the article also recalls early backing by OneVentures, Brandon Capital and HealthCare Ventures.

Also Brandon BioCatalyst portfolio·Brandon Capital portfolio·Brandon BioCatalyst portfolio·@AuManufacturing·@AuManufacturing·Business News Australia

Series D+ $263m

After buying the founder's own business for $43 million, Employment Hero spends another $112m on a Canadian rival

Employment Hero acquires Canada's Humi for $112m and, filings show, paid $43.4m for Ben Thompson's Employment Innovations; the story also recalls its 2023 Series F and investor clash.

Also TechCrunch Australia·Startup Daily

Unnamed stage ~$7.5m

SYNthesis BioVentures Newsletter no. 3

SYNthesis BioVentures' third investor letter reports a roughly A$7.5m first close for Alzheimer's biotech S2N, lists co-investors, and profiles managing director Amir's career across OneVentures, Ceres Capital and other life-sciences roles.

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Seven ANZ startups that raised $27.4 million this week

Weekly roundup of seven trans-Tasman raises totalling $27.4 million, headlined by Xefco's $10.5 million round, plus Hometime board appointments and Matrak's China expansion.

Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily

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Four Aussie startups that have raised $94.5 million already in January

Roundup of January 2024 funding: Futurerent, Prota Therapeutics, National Renewable Network and Getmee together secured $94.5 million across debt, equity and a government grant, with investor details for each deal.

Series A $32m

Allergies biotech startup Prota Therapeutics innoculated with $32 million in Series A1 raise

Prota Therapeutics, a Melbourne biotech, has secured $32 million in equity and debt ahead of a Phase 3 trial of its peanut allergy therapy, with Singapore's SPRIM Global Investments leading the round.

Also SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Business News Australia·Forbes Australia

Funding announcement

Vaxxas Announces and Publishes Successful Phase I Clinical Trial for Measles and Rubella Vaccine Delivered Using its Proprietary High-Density Microarray Skin Patch; Plan for Phase I/II Trial in The Gambia, Africa

Vaxxas reports positive Phase I results for its needle-free skin-patch delivery of a measles-rubella vaccine, with Gates Foundation grant funding and a planned PATH-sponsored Phase I/II trial in The Gambia.

Funding announcement

Vaxxas Announces Interim Phase I Study Results for First Needle-Free HD-MAP COVID-19 Vaccine

Vaxxas reports encouraging interim Phase I results for its needle-free microarray-patch COVID-19 vaccine, with strong antibody responses and no serious adverse events, ahead of planned regulatory applications in Australia and the US.

Funding announcement

Vaxxas Appoints Dr. Rochelle Chaiken as Chief Medical Officer

Vaxxas hires former Pfizer medical executive Dr Rochelle Chaiken as its chief medical officer; the announcement also recounts the biotech's founding financing and later rounds.

Funding announcement

Vaxxas Appoints Dr. Rochelle Chaiken as Chief Medical Officer

Vaxxas has appointed 23-year Pfizer veteran Dr Rochelle Chaiken as chief medical officer; the announcement also recaps the vaccine-patch company's early backing by OneVentures, Brandon Capital and others.

Funding announcement

Vaxxas initiates Phase I study for needle-free seasonal influenza vaccine delivered using High-Density Microarray Patch (HD-MAP)

Vaxxas has begun an Australian Phase I trial of its needle-free influenza vaccine patch. The article also recalls the company's founding equity financing led by OneVentures with Brandon Capital Partners and other co-investors.

Grant ≤$6.4m

Coming in from the cold: needle-free patch technology for mRNA vaccines aims to end need for frozen storage and improve access

Vaxxas partners with CEPI, which will fund preclinical testing of its needle-free vaccine patch for mRNA vaccines, work that could remove cold-storage needs and widen global access to such vaccines.

Also Brandon BioCatalyst portfolio·@AuManufacturing·@AuManufacturing

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Ten Aussie startups that landed over $80 million combined this week

A weekly roundup reporting ten Australian startup funding rounds totalling roughly eighty million dollars, spanning insurance tech, biotech, process mining, connectivity and food, with several female-founded companies among the recipients.

Also @AuManufacturing·SmartCompany

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