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| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Jie Lu | Professor | Startup Daily |
| Professor Andrew Parfitt | Vice Chancellor | Startup Daily |
| Professor Roy Green | Innovation Advisor | Cotton Research and Development Corporation |
Stories naming UTS. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Uniseed chief executive Peter Devine departs after two decades; Monash's Alistair Hick takes over in 2026. The piece recounts Uniseed's fund history and recent stakes in ENA Respiratory and Morse Micro rounds.
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.
Citing AFR reporting, the publisher relays that the federal reconstruction investor is set to announce a stake in a glaucoma treatment developer, alongside venture co-funding, and plugs its June funding panel.
UniSuper adds a further $25 million to its backing of Uniseed, reaching $100 million in total support for the university research commercialisation fund; past cheques to quantum and biotech startups are recapped.
Manufacturing roundup: Nourish Ingredients' precision fermentation milestone, MyNu Energy's investment from Melt Ventures, a refused Veolia licence, AusBiotech committee applications, UOW community batteries, a Gold Coast rail contract, and Premcar's South African launch.
Built-world software firm Sitemate has closed a $27.5m Series A led by Blackbird at a valuation above $150m; Blackbird also backed its 2022 seed, and Sitemate bought Nomad Fleet this year.
Also Startup Daily
SmartCompany's rolling coverage of SXSW Sydney day two, recording Polymath's pre-seed raise and Build Club's recent funding, the Equity Clear launch, Startmate's Demo Day, and women-founded startup pitches at Google's event.
Sitemate, an Australian construction-industry software firm, has bought asset-tracking startup Nomad Fleet for $2 million. The profile also recalls the $5.2 million seed round Blackbird led in 2022.
Stoic Venture Capital has promoted Harikesh Pushpapathan into its partnership, with co-founder Guy Hedley crediting two years of work helping university researchers commercialise their science.
UTS has won a Space Research Network seed grant to collaborate with Sydney spacesuit startup Metakosmos on digitally optimising spacesuit fit for varied body types.
University-backed investor Uniseed has brought in Monash and four NSW universities as partners and is recruiting technology and biotechnology investment managers in Melbourne and Sydney.
Construction software startup Sitemate has secured $7.5 million in pre-Series A funding, led by Marbruck Investments with Blackbird and Artesian participating, and intends to double headcount during 2024.
Uniseed adds Monash and a four-university NSW collaboration, lifting its third fund by $6.75 million to $56.75 million; the article recalls past portfolio sales to Novartis, Shire and Schneider Electric.
Aura Ventures announces Annie Liao has joined as Investment Associate, covering deal origination and platform strategy, with an interview tracing her prior roles at Westpac, BCG and Archangel Ventures.
Profile of Sydney genomics startup 23Strands, covering its university and research collaborations, a $1 million grant, an NHMRC-backed project, and its 2020 UNSW Health10X accelerator background.
CSIRO has revived its ON Accelerate program and named ten deep-tech startup teams, drawn from universities and its own research, joining the seventh cohort starting in early 2023.
Australian crypto card startup CryptoSpend has launched its first national advertising campaign and recently closed another funding round, with its founders reporting strong trading and everyday crypto spending despite market dips.
NSW government backing for Morse Micro's HaLow Wi-Fi expansion in Tech Central is still subject to a formal agreement, UTS plans a defence-compliant vault, and five scaleups are named as first recipients of accommodation rebates.
Profile of Sydney underwater robotics maker Blueprint Lab, which won an Australian space agency grant and, its CEO says, is being acquired by London's General Oceans.
CRDC profile celebrates FluroSat founder Anastasia Volkova topping The Australian's 100 Innovators list, recalling its startup workshop support since 2017 and FluroSat's acquisition of Dagan's soil modelling capability to form Regrow Ag.
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