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Boosting Female Founders: $11.6 million awarded to 34 businesses in Round 3 grant funding

Round 3 of the Boosting Female Founders Initiative has granted $11.6 million across 34 women-led startups; the article lists each recipient, its project and its grant amount.

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Meet the 34 grant recipients sharing in the $11.6 million Boosting Female Founders Initiative

Round three of a federal grant program backs 34 women-led startups, with individual awards listed from $133,740 to $480,000 drawn from an $11.6 million pool run by DISR.

Three Aussie startups that raised $36 million this week

Roundup of January raises: Sonder took $16 million in a Series B extension, Ultra Violette landed $15 million from Aria Growth Partners, VAPAR added $5 million; Sonder also named a new chairman.

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Pipe dreams: VAPAR secures $5 million for its AI sewerage solution

Australian AI software firm VAPAR has secured $5 million in a PureTerra Ventures-led round to fund North American expansion, with Autodesk, Halma, Access Capital, Metagrove and Sprint Ventures also taking part.

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Queensland VC Sprint Ventures nails first close on $50 million 2nd fund

Queensland early-stage investor Sprint Ventures reached an $8 million first close toward its $50 million Expansion Capital Fund, hired Georgia Barkell as COO, and has recently backed ausbiz, VAPAR and YouPay.

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Female-founded VAPAR raises $2.5 million to take on sewage pipelines and storm drains

Pipeline inspection software firm VAPAR, co-founded by Amanda Siqueira and Michelle Aguilar, lands seed backing to expand its AI defect-detection platform overseas, after earlier support from Blackbird Ventures and Startmate.

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VAPAR, the pipeline inspection startup founded by two female engineers, just raised a $2.5 million Seed round

Pipeline inspection software maker VAPAR has secured a seven-figure seed round from four venture backers to grow its team and expand into the United Kingdom and United States markets.

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