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Buildkite, a Melbourne software firm, secured $21m in January using a convertible note as cash burn mounted and founder Keith Pitt departed; AI coding demand is boosting its test-and-deploy product.
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Electricity grid capacity software maker Gridsight has landed USD26 million in a Series B round, with Insight Partners leading and Galvanize plus prior backers Airtree, Energy Transition Ventures and Aera VC joining.
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Capital Brief's roundup: superannuation policy plans, a NSW data centre planning dispute, KPMG resisting a break-up, Stripe and Canva leaders on AI, Stripe's local Treasury push, and Culture Amp's data policy change.
Hobart-based cybersecurity firm UpGuard secured USD75m Series C funding led by Springcoast Capital, with existing investors participating, to expand its risk platform.
Melbourne healthtech Everlab closed an oversubscribed $65m Series A led by Airtree Ventures to expand its AI preventative care platform into the UK.
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Days after buying Pedestrian from Nine, Vinyl Group has told the youth publisher's staff to stay away from the office while it finalises redundancies affecting part of the team.
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Canberra has awarded initial contracts worth $21.3 million and $10.4 million to two counter-drone companies under a defence accelerator program, with billions more set aside for drone technology across the coming decade.
Contented, a Christchurch AI startup, has raised NZ$4.1 million in seed funding, with Altered Capital leading and two Australian venture firms participating, to support expansion into Australia.
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Freckle, a Melbourne data-enrichment startup, has banked a seed-stage round from Gradient, Google's AI-focused investment vehicle, alongside several US funds, after an unnamed local VC pulled its term sheet over a portfolio conflict.
Swedish BNPL firm Klarna is preparing a renewed New York float, seeking as much as USD1.27 billion at a valuation a source puts at USD12.5-14 billion, after earlier delays.
Canva is letting staff sell shares at a $65.3 billion valuation, with Fidelity and JP Morgan's asset management arm among those buying, ahead of a possible listing this year.
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Australian research-tech startup Heatseeker AI has landed $US1.5m in pre-seed backing from Capital F and others to chase the huge market research industry.
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E-commerce software firm AMP has raised fresh capital from two investors and acquired the Shopify restock-notification app Back In Stock, taking its lifetime funding to $50 million.
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Sonder, a workplace health and wellbeing provider, closed a 40 million dollar round with Blackbird and Seek leading, Hostplus newly investing, and funds aimed at growth across Australia, New Zealand, Britain and AI features.
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PropHero, an AI property investment platform, has banked a $25.1 million Series A backed by Bailador and several venture firms; Bailador's David Kirk joins the board.
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An AI education community has closed an oversubscribed early-stage cheque backed by five investors; its founder and a lead backer's partner comment on reskilling demand.
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Sydney cash-management startup Primary has completed a $3.5m seed round backed by Carthona Capital and five other funds, with Carthona partner Damian Fox set to join its board.
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Deals recorded from Capital Brief's coverage. A round is listed once, however many of their articles mention it.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gridsight | Series B | 1 Sep 2026 | $36m | |
| Everlab | Series A | 4 Aug 2026 | $65m | |
| SYPAQ Systems | Accelerator | 21 Apr 2026 | - | |
| Aimdefence | Accelerator | 21 Apr 2026 | - | |
| SYPAQ Systems | Grant | 21 Apr 2026 | $10.4m | |
| Aimdefence | Grant | 21 Apr 2026 | $21.3m | |
| Contented | Seed | 13 Feb 2026 | $3.5m | |
| BuildKite | Venture debt | Jan 2026 | $21m | |
| Freckle | Seed | 7 Sep 2025 | $6.2m | |
| Heatseeker | Pre-seed | 30 May 2025 | $2.4m | |
| AMP | Unnamed stage | 11 Mar 2025 | $20m | |
| Sonder | Unnamed stage | 10 Mar 2025 | $40m | |
| PropHero | Series A | Feb 2025 | $25m | |
| Build Club | Pre-seed | 11 Oct 2024 | $1.8m | |
| Matilda Migration | Pre-seed | 27 Sep 2024 | $1m | |
| Primary | Seed | 18 Sep 2024 | $3.5m | |
| Sonder | Series B | Jan 2024 | $16m | |
| AMP | Series A | Sep 2023 | $28.5m | |
| BuildKite | Series B | 17 Nov 2022 | $31m |
Companies named in Capital Brief's articles, most-covered first.
| Company | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Canva | Online design and visual communication platform | 3 |
| Morgan Stanley | Investment bank where Gabrielle Munzer previously worked | 2 |
| Aimdefence | 1 | |
| Airwallex | Fintech payments and financial infrastructure company | 1 |
| Allens Linklaters | 1 | |
| AMP | 1 | |
| Atlassian | Australian software company referenced as Accel's earlier investment. | 1 |
| August Capital | 1 | |
| Australian Defence Force | 1 | |
| Back In Stock | A popular Shopify app for restocked notifications for customers | 1 |
| BofA Securities | 1 | |
| Build Club | AI-builder community building an e-learning platform for AI education | 1 |
| BuildKite | 1 | |
| Chime | 1 | |
| Cisco | 1 | |
| Citigroup | 1 | |
| Cohere | 1 | |
| Contented | AI work-conversation documentation platform | 1 |
| Culture Amp | 1 | |
| CultureAmp | 1 | |
| David Jones | 1 | |
| Deloitte | Professional services and advisory firm | 1 |
| DISSH | Women's clothing and accessories for everyday and occasion wear | 1 |
| Endeavour Energy | Australian utility partner of Neara | 1 |
| EToro | 1 | |
| Eucalyptus | 1 | |
| Everlab | AI-powered preventative healthcare platform | 1 |
| Fidelity Management & Research Company | 1 | |
| Freckle | 1 | |
| Goldman Sachs | Investment bank | 1 |
| Technology company operator of Firebase, referenced as comparison | 1 | |
| Gridsight | AI-powered capacity management platform for energy grids | 1 |
| Groq | 1 | |
| Heatseeker | 1 | |
| Hoyts | 1 | |
| IAG | Besieged insurer | 1 |
| Identitii | Financial crime prevention small cap | 1 |
| JP Morgan | 1 | |
| JPMorgan Asset Management | 1 | |
| Kismet | Melbourne-based Kismet provides a digital platform for elder and childcare | 1 |
| Klarna | Payments and buy-now-pay-later company | 1 |
| KPMG | Professional services firm | 1 |
| Leonardo.Ai | AI art production platform for consumers and enterprise users | 1 |
| Lyka | Subscription fresh dog food maker selling direct to consumers | 1 |
| Macquarie Group | 1 | |
| Matilda Migration | AI-plus-human platform for streamlining Australian visa applications | 1 |
| McKinsey & Company | Partner ecosystem member of Clear Dynamics | 1 |
| Mirvac | Property company, customer of Relevance AI | 1 |
| New York Stock Exchange | 1 | |
| NextDC | 1 | |
| Nine | Australian media company that acquired Pedestrian TV | 1 |
| NSW Government | 1 | |
| Nvidia | Technology company developing platforms for AI computing including orbital compute. | 1 |
| Pedestrian Group | 1 | |
| Pelion Venture Partners | 1 | |
| Primary | Treasury software for global growth companies | 1 |
| Princess Polly | 1 | |
| PropHero | Real estate investment platform | 1 |
| Shopify | 1 | |
| SKIMS | 1 | |
| Societe Generale | 1 | |
| Sonder | Safety technology company | 1 |
| Springcoast Partners | 1 | |
| Square Peg Capital | 1 | |
| State Street Global Advisors | 1 | |
| Steve Madden | 1 | |
| Stripe | 1 | |
| SYPAQ Systems | Drone manufacturer | 1 |
| UBS Investment Bank | 1 | |
| UpGuard | Cybersecurity firm providing AI-powered cyber risk posture management | 1 |
| UserTesting | 1 | |
| Vinyl Group | 1 | |
| Vow | Cultivated meat company | 1 |
| Yo-Chi | 1 |
Investors named in Capital Brief's articles, most-covered first.