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23 deals

Cheque-in: 17 ANZ startups – plus Brooki and The Memo – raised $59.61 million this week

A weekly roundup of funding deals by Australian and New Zealand startups, spanning baked goods, retail, health AI, beverages, edtech, solar, legal tech, and Western Australian medical research grants.

Startup Daily 21 Nov 2025 ArthoLaseBiotome Pty LtdCurtin UniversityDermR Health Research WA Pty LtdDispute BuddyEdroloHoprMateria HealthMedow Health AIMetroElectroMurdoch UniversityPretect Devices Pty LtdProGenis PharmaceuticalsProteomics International Pty LtdRespirion Pharmaceuticals Pty LtdTeacher's BuddyThe Kids Research Institute AustraliaThe MemoUniversity of Western AustraliaCentre for Child Health ResearchChris O'Brien LifehouseMatildasMorgansRedbubbleThe Wine CollectiveCo VenturesEcotone PartnersEpic AngelsExhort VenturesFlying Fox VenturesGiant LeapInnovation Seed FundPier 12 CapitalSaniel VenturesSoul CapitalTechstars SydneyWA Future Health Research and Innovation FundWavemaker ImpactChris TitleyJohn BromleyDr Johnny WuDr Michael BoyerDr Michael SolomonSue ReadDame Theresa GattungBen SzeJoel FreibergJose RamirezJosh FreibergKate CaseyLaz SiapantasLloyd HeinrichMatt AbrahamPhoebe Simmonds
Funding announcement

New Zealand's Icehouse Ventures is raising a $20 million fund to back female founders

Icehouse Ventures has made a first NZ$5 million close toward a $20 million second ArcAngels fund for women-led startups, with Gattung, Rowsell and K1W1 among backers; its predecessor fund backed 31 ventures.

Startup Daily 6 Apr 2022 ArchiProAstrix AstronauticsEasy CryptoGlobal WomenHnryIcehouse VenturesSheEOSupieVendK1W1Dame Theresa GattungBrittany GribbenClaire FullerJanine GraingerLauren FongSarah BalleSir Stephen Tindall

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