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🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #173, 9th August 2026

Weekly roundup: Firmus completes its $2.85b round; Procore acquires DroneDeploy; Atlassian rebounds while Canva cuts guidance; plus fresh raises for Zabidou, BioScout, Vexev, Enrola, Spacetalk and others.

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Four Aussie startups that raised $22.2 million this week

Roundup of four Australian raises: MagnaTerra formed from a CSIRO merger, Mobile Tyre Shop backed by Sailun, Coinstash's Series A, and MogoPlus funded by New Model Venture Capital.

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Investible Year in Review: 2024

Investible's 2024 review letter highlights its early-stage and climate-tech investing, Club Investible's tenth anniversary event with Canva and Deputy founders, and pitches from Harvest B and Syenta.

Manufacturing news briefs — stories you might have missed

Roundup: Titomic's April equity raise, a Curtin student's SunSmart fashion win, Innovation Bay's NT angel launch, BenchOn's Queensland portal, WHISE backing a Victorian manufacturing strategy, plus Curtin nanocrystal research.

Changes at the top for Titomic as it conducts reported $20 million capital raise

Titomic is handing its top job to aerospace veteran Jim Simpson: the incumbent CEO leaves at year's end, the chairman goes executive, and brokers are reportedly lining up investors for a raise.

CT4 finishes expansion-focused $12.5M funding round

Software vendor CT4 completed a $12.5 million round led by Shaw and Partners to fund growth, including a move into aged care and health, after acquiring NewBase Computer Services in October.