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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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Spacetalk lines up A$10M placement at a discount to fund expansion

Spacetalk, an ASX-listed maker of family safety wearables, has locked in A$10 million via a discounted share placement split into two tranches, the larger awaiting shareholder approval, to bankroll product and operational growth.

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Firmus appoints new CFO & chair after USD $330 million raise

Firmus Technologies names Kirsty Godfrey-Billy CFO and Grant Dempsey incoming chair after a recent US$330m equity raise, and advances its Tasmanian AI campus project with the state government.

AI-powered cyber-intelligence startup Apate.AI nabs $2.5 million Seed round for its anti-scam bot army

Apate.ai, which floods scammers with AI bots that soak up their time, has raised a $2.5 million seed round — OIF Ventures leading, Investible taking part — to build product and expand overseas.

Vocus appoints Ricky Corker to lead enterprise and government

Telecom Vocus hires Ricky Corker from Nokia to lead enterprise and government from November, amid its agreed purchase of TPG Telecom's fibre assets for about $5.3 billion.