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SQC among 6 startups sharing $12.3 million in quantum grants

Six Australian quantum startups, including Silicon Quantum Computing and QuantX Labs, have received federal grants totalling $12.3 million under the Critical Technologies Challenge Program for projects in energy, health, biosecurity and logistics.

Startup Daily 5 Oct 2026 Avicena Systems FeBI iQ Sense Q Factorial QuantX Labs Silicon Quantum Computing Schneider Electric Siemens Swinburne University of Technology Tech Council UNSW Critical Technologies Challenge Program Defence NRF Corporation SmartSat CRC Professor Andre Luiten Professor Michelle Simmons

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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 4 Oct 2026 Avicena Systems Eastend Ventures FeBI Heidi Health iQ Sense Q Factorial QuantX Labs R2Crete Silicon Quantum Computing Skopos Bio Trendspek Adobe Advanced Navigation Airwallex Ampol Anthropic Atlassian AUDC Barrenjoey Baseten Big Picture Medical Blackbird Ventures Droneshield Evie Networks Firmus Technologies Fusion Venture Labs Goldman Sachs Harrison AI InDebted Lorikeet Megaport Meta Monoova Morgan Stanley Nearmap Nexl OFX OpenAI Orbit2Orbit Ord Minnett Paperbark Perennial Private Investments Planet Startup Potentia Capital PsiQuantum Queensland RBA REA Group Redbelly Network RedEarth Energy Storage Ltd REX Royal Commission into AI Scalare Partners Sicona Stanford Tank Stream Labs Tech Council Thoma Bravo Thorney Unilever University of Melbourne Watchful WeMoney Blockwall Digital Assets Fund Critical Technologies Challenge Program Funds SA Genesis Pre-Seed Fund OIF Ventures Shape Capital Tenmile Tin Alley Ventures Uniseed Yosemite Brendan Lee Chris Lehane Chris McNamara Christian Westerlind Wigstrom Christopher Manning David Janetzki Iain Ross Ian Wang Josh Foreman Josh Parsons Kate Pounder Matt Redden Philipp Thurner Sam Altman Trevor St Baker

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$12.3M Backs Australian Quantum Companies

Six Australian quantum companies receive government grants under round two stage two of the Critical Technologies Challenge Program, supporting projects from quantum clocks to biosensors and diagnostic tools.

Mirage News 2 Oct 2026 Avicena Systems FeBI iQ Sense Q Factorial QuantX Labs Silicon Quantum Computing Australian Government Critical Technologies Challenge Program

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SQC among 6 startups sharing $12.3 million in quantum grants

🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #180, 4th October 2026

$12.3M Backs Australian Quantum Companies