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Cheque-in: 5 Australian startups banked $340.2 million this week

Funding roundup covering five raises totalling $340.2 million: Firmus's Nvidia-backed round, plus H3D, Puralink, Escape This and Isaacus, across AI infrastructure, health tech, robotics, entertainment and legal AI.

Startup Daily 19 Sep 2025 Escape ThisFirmus TechnologiesH3DIsaacusPuralinkAttorney-General's DepartmentCicadaDeputyFour Pillars GinOnMarketPratt familyStarfish VenturesStartmateArchibald CapitalAura VenturesCoAct CapitalEllerston CapitalGalileo VenturesNvidiaRegal Funds ManagementSignificant Capital VenturesSwinburne UniversityTectonic Investment ManagementAshik AhmedMatthew DellavedovaMatt JonesAbdur-Rahman ButlerAlex WaislitzAnthony ButlerBernie JanesHarrison Crowe-MaxwellHindmarsh familyJonathan LeveeLong TranOliver CurtisDr Philip KinsellaPhil KingShyeon DelnawazTim RosenfieldUmar Butler

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Puralink dredges up $2.3m seed round for autonomous pipe robot

Sydney robotics startup Puralink has raised $2.3m in seed capital, with Peak XV leading and several local funds and angels joining, to commercialise its leak-detecting robot for pipes.

Forbes Australia 17 Sep 2025 PuralinkAmazon Web ServicesCicadaDeputyFour Pillars GinNvidiaSequoiaUTSAussie NBLNZ VCPeak XVSide Stage VenturesStartmateWollemi Capital GroupMatthew DellavedovaHarrison Crowe-MaxwellLong TranMarkus KahlbetzerMichael BatkoRobyn DenholmShyeon DelnawazVictoria Denholm

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Here are the 16 startups pitching at Startmate Demo Day this week

Preview of the sixteen startups in Startmate's Summer '25 Accelerator cohort pitching at Demo Day at Carriageworks, closing out Blackbird's Sunrise gathering in Sydney.

Startup Daily 29 Apr 2025 ChirpCircular SourcingDuohubEdsembleEvidentfulFluencyGloss GuideLandidLuniateNODO3PentaCue AIPuralinkSliceVulnetixZipline AIA.BCHAmazonBlackbird VenturesCarriageworksCMD SolutionsCoca-ColaCountry Road Climate FundDeputyDisneyEdroloGucciMicrosoftMinbieMobileDenOwltailPuntersPureCommerceStartmateTeslaTutchUBSAlex HutchisonAmy StevensAsh HoeyChristopher LangtonCourtney ClemenceCourtney HolmDominiqueDuncan AndersonDuncan FaulknerEddy KurmakaevFinnlay MorcombeHarrison Crowe-MaxwellHaylee KillipJack ChanJason BeckJennisha ArnantaJohnson LinLong TranLuca YangMel LiuMichelle ReevesNick ArmstrongOliver FarnillOseh MathiasRavi SohalSean MarshallShyeon DelnawazWilliam

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