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People

Name	Role	Sources
Kate Pounder	Chief (former)	This Week in Australian Startups
Professor Michelle Simmons	Director (former)	Startup Daily (5 Oct 2026), Startup Daily (11 Jun 2026), Startup Daily (24 Mar 2026)

Coverage

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10 deals

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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NRF trebles its stake in Silicon Quantum Computing with another $40 million

The National Reconstruction Fund has put another $40m into Sydney quantum chip maker Silicon Quantum Computing, following its $20m investment three months earlier, part of a larger round still underway.

Startup Daily 11 Jun 2026 PsiQuantum Silicon Quantum Computing NRF Corporation NSW Government Tech Council Telstra CBA federal government’s National Reconstruction Fund the federal government UNSW David Gall Professor Michelle Simmons

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Silicon Quantum Computing scores $20 million in govt funding in new raise

Australia's National Reconstruction Fund has put $20 million into quantum chip maker Silicon Quantum Computing via a SAFE note, weeks after backing Diraq; a larger raise remains unannounced.

Startup Daily 24 Mar 2026 Diraq Silicon Quantum Computing Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)NSW Government Tech Council Telstra CBA NRF Corporation the federal government UNSW Professor Michelle Simmons

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