Ledger. Australian venture funding, tracked

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Queensland University of Technology

Brisbane, QLD

Coverage

Stories naming Queensland University of Technology. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

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Five Aussie startups that raised $35.2 million this week

Weekly roundup detailing five Australian startups' raises: a PR platform's Series B, a biotech's post-stealth funding, a defence tech round, a pre-seed voice-AI raise, and a crowdfunding campaign.

Also Startup Daily

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Three Aussie startups that raised $11.4 million this week

Weekly roundup tallying three Australian raises: legal tech firm Plexus ($6m), cattle-probiotics startup Bovotica ($3.4m seed), and beauty group York St Brands ($2m Series C plus a $4m NAB credit line).

Grant $65m

Best of the week — the five most popular stories among readers, April 21 – April 25, 2025

Roundup of the publication's five most-read stories of the week: a $65 million grant for the SMART regenerative-therapies CRC, QUT's flexible semiconductor research, a Lima Declaration fact-check, and Greensteel Australia's $1.6 billion mill order.

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How Earthodic is providing a sustainable paper-based replacement to plastic packaging

Investor post profiling Earthodic, whose bio-based coating Biobarc keeps paper packaging recyclable, and describing Significant Ventures' participation in the raise and its board-observer support role.

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Seven Aussie startups that raised $155.5 million this week

Weekly roundup covering seven Australian companies' fresh capital: EV charging, satellite IoT, sovereign cloud, wearables, workplace messaging, plus two crowdfunding raises on Birchal.

Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily·@AuManufacturing·@AuManufacturing

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Winner named for $42 million lunar rover contract

Unnamed stage $7.5m

Manufacturing news briefs – stories you might have missed

AuManufacturing roundup of brief industry news: Wide Open Agriculture banks a $7.5 million raise, Liontown adds a lithium offtake partner, Osteopore signs Zimmer Biomet for distribution, plus quantum, defence, rail and recycling items.

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Manufacturing news briefs — stories you might have missed

Roundup: Orthocell reports higher revenue, Recce Pharmaceuticals raises $8 million via a placement, executive appointments at Blacktree and Memphasys, Crosbe launches low-carbon grouts, NSW forms a Net Zero Commission, QUT unveils mapping research.

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MRFF awards $50 million to Australian team developing artificial heart

The federal MRFF has granted $50 million to the Artificial Heart Frontiers Program, a Monash-led consortium including BiVACOR, to advance a total artificial heart; the team earlier received $1 million in 2021.

Also @AuManufacturing

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Manufacturing news briefs – stories you might have missed

Roundup of Australian manufacturing news: Iluka's refinery cost estimate, a biotech placement with a founder sell-down, a CEO appointment, a retirement, an R&D refund, a distribution deal, a CRC merger and Victorian grants.

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Nourish Ingredients aims to launch fats with an 'authentic animal taste and aroma' in late 2024

Australian precision fermentation startup Nourish Ingredients secures government funding and grants, recalls its Series A, and outlines plans to launch its first animal-like fat in late 2024.

Also AgFunderNews

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Manufacturing news briefs – stories you might have missed

Australian manufacturing roundup: IDT Australia's shareholder raise, EV charger rollouts, a mining equipment hire, a plastics recycling plant completion, research collaborations and government funding moves.

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Manufacturing news briefs — stories you might have missed

Roundup of Australian manufacturing news: ARM Hub's anniversary, DroneShield orders, EMVision's milestone grant, SciDev results, a SEA Electric hire, ATSE's policy submission, and spaceport funding for Koonibba.

Grant $100k

Manufacturing news briefs – stories you might have missed

Manufacturing roundup: Memphasys IVF birth and Japanese orders, FIAL chair change, DroneShield's DroneGun Mk4, Austeng's hydrogen burner grant, UNSW recycling hub launch, Symbio laboratory, apprentice award, and MathWorks joining Universal Robots' ecosystem.

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$28.9m in grants issued to help improve soil carbon technology

Eight projects share 28.9 million dollars in Australian government grants under the National Soil Carbon Innovation Challenge, funding cheaper technologies for measuring soil organic carbon, with ministers Bowen and Watt announcing the recipients.

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Nine startups that raised almost $40 million this week

A weekly roundup detailing nine startup funding rounds totalling $39.6 million, spanning cybersecurity, medtech, healthtech, hospitality, retail media, accessibility, clean energy and agtech ventures.

Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily

Fund close $21m+

NRMA backs VC’s $50 million agritech fund

Mandalay Venture Partners' sustainability-focused agrifood tech fund has secured over $21 million in commitments toward a $50 million target, with NRMA as cornerstone investor plus personal commitments from Phillip St Baker and Angus Cameron.

Also @AuManufacturing·Techboard

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News briefs – stories you might have missed

Roundup covering Victorian zero-emission bus trials, Frew Foods' planned plant expansion, 5B's layoffs and completed capital raise, Wellnex Life's convertible note raising, SafetyCulture investing in Inauro, plus wind farm and university research news.

Also @AuManufacturing·Techboard

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After the collapse of SEND and Quicko, can rapid grocery delivery businesses survive in Australia?

Analysis of why rapid grocery delivery startups SEND and Quicko have shut down, with a retail academic explaining the tough economics facing remaining players Milkrun and Voly against major retailers and meal apps.

Also Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily

Grant $272.4k

Excellence in maritime manufacturing – Making a case for safer lithium batteries

Profile of Feline, a startup founded by Kymberley and Peter Talbot developing safer lithium-ion cells for marine and defence use, supported by AMGC co-funding and defence partnerships.

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