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Billionaire Ed Craven backs Maincode's new venture arm, which takes half of each startup's equity in exchange for funding, salaries and AI access, aiming to build sovereign Australian AI companies across several industries.
Radiology AI firm Harrison.ai has restructured, shedding 34 local roles, while contracted revenue has grown fourfold to $40 million; founders insist research stays in Australia as they expand in the US.
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Heidi raised US$100m in a Blackbird-led Series C plus US$240m in customer-acquisition finance from General Catalyst, reaching a $1.26 billion valuation as Australia's fourth billion-dollar startup of the year.
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HEO, which builds cameras to monitor satellites, has secured a Series B with Beaten Zone Venture Partners leading and the national reconstruction fund among nine backers, on the back of a nine-figure US contract.
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Satellite-monitoring camera maker HEO has landed a $37 million Series B, with the federal reconstruction fund contributing $10 million, and will grow its team while pushing more cameras into geostationary orbit.
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Melbourne-based battery software firm Amber has landed a Series E led by Morgan Stanley's 1GT climate fund, with earlier backers returning, to fuel its overseas expansion.
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Filings show T. Rowe Price, Franklin Templeton and Blackbird have cut their Canva stake valuations, as the design company trims growth forecasts and builds a foundation model ahead of a planned Nasdaq listing.
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Deep-tech investor Main Sequence is seeking $400 million for a fourth fund, with $75 million already committed by the federal government, after two portfolio companies reached unicorn status this year.
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Australian AI engineer Andrew Tulloch, a Thinking Machines Lab co-founder, is leaving Meta for Anthropic after turning down a reported Meta package worth as much as US$1.5 billion.
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Former Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin warns rogue AI agents in enterprises are inevitable and discusses Aigentsphere, her AI-monitoring startup, which raised a $4 million seed round from Main Sequence in April.
Forbes Australia reports three researchers have closed a $10m pre-seed round with Main Sequence for Metacognition, whose software adds memory and guardrails so companies can deploy AI without unsafe behaviour.
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OpenAI has signed up as a customer for two Malaysian AI data centres from Firmus, an Australian group that last month drew US$2 billion from Nvidia, Blackstone, Coatue and Jane Street.
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Profiles space investor Will Scully-Power, whose Pine Gap firm backs Australian space startups and plans a larger US fund with partners; defence VC Beaten Zone has also wrapped up a $26 million fund.
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Canva is pushing productivity tools like Docs and Sheets to win enterprise subscribers from Microsoft and Google, while slowing its AI rollout to control costs and trimming its revenue growth forecast.
Brandon Capital is welcoming a $60 million commitment of public money via the NRF, earmarked for the firm's life-science investing.
Brandon Capital has put roughly $60 million of National Reconstruction Fund money into ten biotech companies and warns R&D tax changes would hurt deep tech; portfolio company Myricx Bio went to Novartis.
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Sydney quantum computing company Diraq will station an eight-qubit prototype machine inside an Equinix facility from October, a step toward moving the technology from lab to market.
Blackbird has banked a record $1.05 billion sixth fund with global institutional and local super backing, while partner Samantha Wong flags caution on AI and a tilt toward deep tech.
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Eight Australian companies make Forbes Asia's annual 100 To Watch list; the piece profiles each and recaps recent raises across climate tech, health and software.
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Filings show Canva backed Sharon AI's US$103 million December 2025 raise with Regal, Ellerston, Digital Alpha and others; the Sydney compute provider has since floated on Nasdaq and raised US$2.15 billion more.
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Forbes Australia reports Xero's board lifted CEO Sukhinder Singh Cassidy's potential pay to US$18.5 million, mostly equity vesting over three years, and now requires her to hold shares worth five times her salary.
At a Sydney event, Canva's co-founder explained how soaring compute bills forced a delay to its AI relaunch, and how homegrown models cut serving costs; he also recalls early government backing.
Forbes Australia profile of wine e-tailer Vinomofo: CEO Justin Dry on its 95% rejection rate, $90m annual turnover, a shelved 2021 float, and its whisky side business.
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Zac Altman’s ADHD telehealth startup Kantoko has secured $3.5 million in a Side Stage Ventures-led seed round, with Andrew Forrest’s Tenmile and Go1’s founders investing; the article also recalls his earlier ventures’ sales.
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Me&u launches a new AI-powered reservations platform to compete with Resy and SevenRooms, targeting profitability in 2026 after merging with Mr Yum.
SafetyCulture, an Australian unicorn selling workplace-safety software, has rebranded as Mitti. Luke Anear, who founded it, is chief executive again, and insurance plus AI now anchor its growth plans.
Forbes Australia reports the workplace-safety unicorn's new name and its expanding insurance arm, with founder Luke Anear back as chief executive.
Australian grid digital-twin startup Neara raised a $90 million Series D led by TCV, reaching unicorn status amid rising data centre power demand.
Adelaide practice-management software company splose closed a $46 million Series A, the largest ever for a South Australian SaaS firm, led by Spectrum Equity.
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Cybersecurity company UpGuard secured a $105 million Series C round to fund M&A, product expansion and global scaling, led by a US firm.
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Sydney/Perth navigation-tech firm Advanced Navigation raised $158 million in a Series C round to fund acquisitions, US manufacturing expansion, and sales growth, reaching unicorn status.
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Cibby Pulikkaseril secured seed funding for Zabidou, a manufacturing quality assurance startup, following the collapse of his previous venture Baraja.
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Deep tech founder Cibby Pulikkaseril has banked a $3.5m seed for Zabidou, whose lasers inspect factory output, with Black Nova, Main Sequence and Antler backing; his earlier LiDAR venture Baraja folded.
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Profile of JET Charge co-founder Tim Washington, tracing the EV charging firm's growth and recalling its 2020 institutional round and $72 million Series C led by Mirova.
A maker of satellites for in-orbit drugs and materials production has landed an outsized pre-seed round led by New Zealand's GD1, with Airtree and other venture firms taking part.
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Cut Through Venture's Q2 2026 report shows early-stage deal numbers at historic lows, though quarterly capital reached $1.7 billion, driven by two large rounds by Firmus and Airwallex.
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Xero's chief people officer Jeff Ryan left the ASX-listed software firm in early July, with its people function reporting interim to CFO Claire Bramley, as the company's shares slide on AI disruption fears.
Brisbane radiopharmaceutical developer AdvanCell has closed an oversubscribed Series D round, led by Ally Bridge Group and Alpha Wave with several institutional investors returning, to fund late-stage prostate cancer trials and US manufacturing.
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The head of neo-cloud firm Sharon AI argues no copyright change is needed to attract data centre investment; the piece recalls its Nasdaq listing raise and a large new financing.
Novartis is acquiring London biotech Myricx Bio for US$1.1 billion upfront plus milestone payments, handing Melbourne venture firm Brandon Capital a record return on the startup it seeded in 2019.
Samsara Eco, the enzyme-driven recycler behind fabric deals with major apparel brands, is seeking a Series B to move into rare earth recovery, with its founder pointing to a matching sum raised previously.
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Sydney aviation startup Mako has announced a $28 million Series A with Virescent Ventures, Grok Ventures, Skip Capital and IAG investing, funding A320 testing, industry rollout and team growth.
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IREN's board has signed off on long-term share awards worth roughly US$788 million for co-founder chief executives Daniel and Will Roberts, as the Sydney-based green data centre operator capitalises on AI demand.
Advanced Navigation will open an Alabama plant, its first American factory, using money from its March Series C, and is weighing US and European acquisitions plus a possible future listing.
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Forbes Australia interviews Amal Clooney at the Cartier Women's Initiative 2026 celebration in Bangkok, where she mentored female founder fellows, including three Australian award winners, and discussed her justice foundation's legal-aid work.
Zeller has launched point-of-sale software it will improve rapidly using AI, says founder Ben Pfisterer; the piece recalls the payments firm's $100m Series B and flags a future raise for overseas growth.
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Women's health AI app Ovum announced a $4 million seed round led by Admiralty Capital with Antler, Giant Leap, LaunchVic and others, 16 months after its pre-seed, citing rapid user growth and health partnerships.
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Lab-grown meat firm Vow has a new CEO, with its founding chief executive moving to a director role and launching a spin-off; the Blackbird-backed startup also recently cut staff.
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Immutable is winding down in-house game development to focus on AI marketing software for publishers, with the co-founder saying its 2022 raise still gives it years of runway.
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Melbourne preventive-health startup Everlab has banked $65 million at close to a half-billion-dollar valuation, backed by Airtree, Left Lane, Plural, b2venture and angels including Pat Cummins; the piece profiles co-founder Marc Hermann.
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Opinion arguing Australian climate startups struggle to find local first customers, citing Energy Locals' sale to Palisade Impact and PlasmaLeap's Gates Foundation-backed Series A, with corporate accelerators bridging innovation and adoption.
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Opinion by UNSW Founders' entrepreneurship director arguing founders should pick geography strategically instead of debating staying or leaving, using Cauldron's recent raise and Breaker's US expansion as contrasting examples.
ASIC filings show Advanced Navigation grew FY25 revenue sharply and halved losses, explaining investor appetite for the navigation-tech firm's March Series C, which lifted its valuation past a billion dollars, led by Airtree with government backing.
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Quantum chip venture Diraq has struck a US$38m deal with America's Commerce Department to build out its supply chain there, much of it becoming equity; Australia's NRF backed it with $20m in February.
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Defence-tech firm Arkeus has raised a $25 million Series A led by QIC at a stated $100 million valuation, funding US and Queensland manufacturing for its hyperspectral drone sensing systems.
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Interview with Canva co-founder Melanie Perkins on the release of Canva AI 2.0, its agentic and memory features, and Anthropic's Claude Design launch, which builds on the two companies' partnership.
Quantum sensing spin-out Deteqt has raised a $5 million seed round led by Main Sequence to advance its miniature magnetic sensors for navigation where GPS is blocked, after a smaller March 2025 seed round.
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Superpower, the health-testing startup of Sydney law dropout Max Marchione, valued at $432 million after a Series A of $43 million, has bought two diagnostics firms and is negotiating a supplements deal with IM8.
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Chime Labs, a Sydney startup founded by two former Google staff, has raised $900,000 in pre-seed money led by 500 Global to develop an AI phone receptionist for trade businesses.
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Deals recorded from Forbes Australia's coverage. A round is listed once, however many of their articles mention it.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heidi Health | Series C | 22 Sep 2026 | $140m | |
| Amber | Series D+ | 21 Sep 2026 | $78.5m | |
| HEO | Series B | 21 Sep 2026 | $37m | |
| Polyactiva | undisclosed | 11 Sep 2026 | $27m | |
| Metacognition AI | Pre-seed | 9 Sep 2026 | $10m | |
| ENA Respiratory | Accelerator | 30 Aug 2026 | $8.3m | |
| Heidi Health | Series A | 26 Aug 2026 | $16.6m | |
| Kantoko | Seed | 12 Aug 2026 | $3.5m | |
| UpGuard | Series C | 4 Aug 2026 | $105m | |
| Advanced Navigation | Series C | 4 Aug 2026 | $158m | |
| Oli | Series A | 4 Aug 2026 | $6.5m | |
| Mako | Series A | 4 Aug 2026 | $28m | |
| Arkeus | Series A | 4 Aug 2026 | $25m | |
| Everlab | Series A | 4 Aug 2026 | $65m | |
| splose | Series A | 4 Aug 2026 | $46m | |
| Deteqt | Seed | 4 Aug 2026 | $5m | |
| Ovum | Seed | 4 Aug 2026 | $4m | |
| Zabidou | Seed | 3 Aug 2026 | $3.5m | |
| Firmus Technologies | Unnamed stage | Aug 2026 | $2.8b | |
| Outlier Space | Pre-seed | 29 Jul 2026 | $10.5m | |
| AdvanCell | Series D+ | 15 Jul 2026 | $450m | |
| Alexandra Cannizzaro | Accelerator | 23 Jun 2026 | - | |
| Ruby Riethmuller | Accelerator | 23 Jun 2026 | - | |
| Rosie Dumbrell | Accelerator | 23 Jun 2026 | - | |
| Sharon AI | undisclosed | Jun 2026 | $2.3b | |
| Chime Labs | Pre-seed | 7 Apr 2026 | $900k | |
| Airwallex | Series D+ | 2Q 2026 | $460m | |
| Firmus Technologies | Unnamed stage | Apr 2026 | $725m | |
| Advanced Navigation | Series C | 18 Mar 2026 | $158m | |
| Lumonus | Series B | Mar 2026 | $28m | |
| Cauldron Ferm | Series A | Mar 2026 | $13m | |
| Diraq | Series A | Feb 2026 | $20m | |
| Sharon AI | Venture debt | Dec 2025 | US$103m (A$157m) | |
| Everlab | Seed | 22 Jul 2025 | $15m | |
| Deteqt | Pre-seed | 8 Apr 2025 | $750k | |
| Superpower | Series A | Apr 2025 | $43m | |
| Diraq | Grant | Apr 2025 | ≤$53m | |
| Arkeus | Unnamed stage | 20 Mar 2025 | $5m | |
| Ovum | Pre-seed | 4 Feb 2025 | $1.7m | |
| Harrison AI | Series C | Feb 2025 | $179m | |
| Varda Space Industries | Unnamed stage | 2025 | US$187m (A$301m) | |
| Thinking Machines Lab | Seed | 2025 | $2b | |
| Diraq | Accelerator | 2025 | - | |
| Fleet Space Technologies | Series D+ | 12 Dec 2024 | $150m | |
| Samsara Eco | Series A | 26 Jun 2024 | $100m | |
| Arkeus | Seed | 7 Dec 2023 | $4.5m | |
| Vow | Series A | 15 Nov 2022 | $73m | |
| Immutable | Series C | 8 Mar 2022 | $280m | |
| Zeller | Series B | 3 Mar 2022 | $100m | |
| Canva | Unnamed stage | 15 Sep 2021 | $273m | |
| Heidi Health | Seed | 2021 | $5m | |
| Harrison AI | Series A | 2019 | $29m | |
| Zabidou | Pre-seed | undated | $1.3m |
Companies named in Forbes Australia's articles, most-covered first.
| Company | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| 1GT | 1 | |
| Acorn Capital | 1 | |
| Advanced Navigation | Navigation technology company using AI, robotics and sensing for GPS-independent position… | 5 |
| AdvanCell | Produces radiopharmaceuticals that target cancer cells without the typical collateral dam… | 2 |
| AeroVironment | Drone manufacturer whose platforms integrate Arkeus systems. | 1 |
| Aigentsphere | Platform for managing and governing enterprise AI agents | 1 |
| AirTrunk | Data centre operator, subject of a major acquisition in Australia | 1 |
| Airwallex | Fintech payments and financial infrastructure company | 2 |
| Allianz | Insurance provider that previously underwrote SafetyCulture's business. | 2 |
| Alphabet | owner of the world’s dominant search engine and AI platform Gemini | 1 |
| Amazon | Global e-commerce and technology company | 1 |
| Amber | 1 | |
| AMD | Technology giant and rival to Nvidia | 1 |
| American Express | Financial services corporation owning Resy | 2 |
| Anduril | Defence technology partner of Advanced Navigation | 1 |
| Anthropic | AI company | 7 |
| Apple | 1 | |
| Applied Electric Vehicles | Melbourne company builds driverless EVs for businesses operating in remote or dangerous c… | 1 |
| ARENA | 1 | |
| Arkeus | AI-powered sensing systems for autonomous platforms | 1 |
| Arnott's Group | 1 | |
| Artesian VC | Alternative asset management for debt and venture capital | 1 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | |
| Atlassian | Australian software company referenced as Accel's earlier investment. | 3 |
| Australian Army | 1 | |
| Australian Department of Defence | 1 | |
| Australian Red Cross | 1 | |
| Australian Unity | 1 | |
| Axelia Oncology | Immunotherapy that stimulates the body's immune system to fight cancer cells | 1 |
| Baraja | Developer of advanced LiDAR systems for autonomous vehicles | 2 |
| Barrenjoey Capital Partners | Financial advisory firm that acted as strategic advisor on the deal | 1 |
| Baseten | AI inference infrastructure platform | 1 |
| BHP | Mining company | 3 |
| BlackNova | 1 | |
| Block | 1 | |
| Bloomberg | 1 | |
| Boeing | Parent company of drone maker Insitu. | 1 |
| Breaker | AI agent software letting operators coordinate teams of autonomous military systems via v… | 1 |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | 1 | |
| British Airways | 1 | |
| BYD | Automotive and battery manufacturer | 1 |
| Canberra Data Centres | 1 | |
| Cartier | 1 | |
| Cartier Women's Initiative | 1 | |
| Catch of the Day | 1 | |
| Cauldron | 1 | |
| Cauldron Ferm | Deep tech startup using hyper-fermentation to produce proteins, materials and chemicals w… | 1 |
| Character.AI | 1 | |
| Chime Labs | AI-powered receptionist service for trades and service businesses | 1 |
| Climate Salad | 1 | |
| Clooney Foundation for Justice | 1 | |
| Coles | Australian retailer using Zitcha's platform | 1 |
| Colonial First State | Investment firm where UpGuard founders previously worked as engineers | 1 |
| Commonwealth Bank | Australian bank | 3 |
| Cortical Labs | synthetic biology startup | 1 |
| CSIRO | Australia's national science research agency, from which Terria spun out | 2 |
| CultureAmp | 1 | |
| Currus Biologics | Biotech developing the BEAT platform to unlock CAR-T cell therapy for solid tumours | 1 |
| Cursor | AI startup cited for reaching $100M annual revenue rapidly | 1 |
| Cylite | Melbourne-based deep tech company developing optical coherence tomography devices for eye… | 1 |
| Datarati | Salesforce marketing agency | 1 |
| DCVC | 1 | |
| Dell | 1 | |
| Delta Air Lines | Commercial aviation partner of Mako | 1 |
| Department of Defence | 1 | |
| Department of Defense | 1 | |
| Deteqt | Deep tech spin-out building diamond quantum chips for magnetic field detection | 1 |
| Diraq | Quantum computing company building spin qubit chips on silicon | 3 |
| Docusign | Canva enterprise client | 2 |
| DoorDash | US food delivery company | 1 |
| Eat Just | 1 | |
| Employment Hero | Another Australian company backed by TCV | 1 |
| ENA Respiratory | Antiviral nasal spray to prevent severe respiratory viral infections | 1 |
| Energy Locals | Membership-based electricity retailer supplying power at wholesale market prices | 1 |
| EQT | Melbourne-based financial services group | 1 |
| Equinix | 1 | |
| ESDS | 1 | |
| Eucalyptus | 1 | |
| Everlab | AI-powered preventative healthcare platform | 1 |
| US tech giant | 1 | |
| Federal Government | 1 | |
| Fernwood Fitness | Fitness chain partnering with Ovum. | 1 |
| Figma | 1 | |
| Firmable | AI-driven B2B sales intelligence and automation platform | 1 |
| Firmus Technologies | GPU-powered AI cloud and scalable compute infrastructure | 3 |
| Fleet Space Technologies | nano satellite startup | 2 |
| Foodspring | 1 | |
| Forbes Asia | Publisher of the 100 To Watch list of rising Asia-Pacific small companies | 1 |
| Fortescue | Mining company using CorePlan's platform | 1 |
| Founders Fund | 1 | |
| Function Health | 1 | |
| Future Group | 1 | |
| Gates Foundation | 1 | |
| General Motors | 1 | |
| Gilmour Space | Queensland rocket builder and launchpad scaleup | 7 |
| GlobalFoundries | 1 | |
| Go1 | Startup that reached unicorn status in 1H 2021 | 3 |
| Gobi Partners | 1 | |
| Technology company operator of Firebase, referenced as comparison | 3 | |
| Halter | Makes a cattle collar and app for virtual fencing to run more productive, sustainable far… | 1 |
| Harrison AI | healthcare AI company | 1 |
| Heidi Health | Australian HealthTech company | 3 |
| HEO | 3 | |
| Hims & Hers | 1 | |
| Hitachi Ventures | 1 | |
| Hugging Face | 1 | |
| Hypersonix | 1 | |
| Hypersonix Launch Systems | 2 | |
| IBM | Technology company providing private blockchain infrastructure | 1 |
| Ikea | 1 | |
| Immutable | 1 | |
| Infleqtion | Quantum technology company that listed on the NYSE | 1 |
| INSEAD | 1 | |
| Insitu | Boeing subsidiary and drone manufacturer whose platforms integrate Arkeus systems. | 1 |
| Intuitive Machines | Company behind lunar lander missions | 1 |
| IREN | 2 | |
| Jaguar Land Rover | 1 | |
| Jet Charge | EV charging company whose project explores network benefits from vehicle-to-grid technolo… | 1 |
| Kantoko | A venture seeking to simplify ADHD assessment and treatment via telehealth. | 1 |
| King River Capital | 1 | |
| Lazada | Southeast Asia's ecommerce platform | 1 |
| LoungeBuddy | A traveltech startup that allowed travellers to book airport lounges. | 1 |
| LSKD | 1 | |
| Lululemon | Retail apparel company that entered offtake agreement with Samsara Eco | 1 |
| Lumonus | AI-native digital oncology platform automating radiation oncology workflows | 1 |
| Macquarie Group | 1 | |
| Maincode | 1 | |
| Mako | Maker of shark skin-inspired film that reduces drag on aircraft to cut fuel use and emiss… | 1 |
| Mars | 1 | |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | 1 | |
| McAfee | 1 | |
| Me&U | 1 | |
| Medibank | Health insurance provider partnering with Ovum. | 1 |
| Menopause Friendly Australia | Organisation partnering with Ovum on menopause support. | 1 |
| Merivale | Hospitality group associated with Justin Hemmes | 1 |
| Meta | 2 | |
| Metacognition AI | An AI startup building 'Windows for robots', an operating system for AI agents sitting un… | 1 |
| Microsoft | 6 | |
| Mitti | 3 | |
| Moderna | 1 | |
| Monday.com | Work management software platform | 1 |
| Morse Micro | Hardware/Robotics/IoT company | 3 |
| Mr Yum | Digital ordering and hospitality technology company | 1 |
| Myricx | Biotech company developing cancer-killing biological missiles | 1 |
| Myricx Bio | 1 | |
| NASA | Space agency and customer of Advanced Navigation | 1 |
| Nasdaq | 2 | |
| Neara | Critical infrastructure digital twin modelling company | 3 |
| NextDC | 2 | |
| Novartis | Swiss giant | 3 |
| Number 8 Bio | Sydney-based innovator in sustainable agriculture technologies reducing livestock methane… | 1 |
| Oli | Wireless wearable device monitoring maternal and fetal signals during childbirth | 1 |
| OncoRes Medical | Handheld probing device that assesses during surgery whether all breast cancer tissue has… | 1 |
| OneMRI | 1 | |
| OpenAI | AI company | 7 |
| OpenTable | Online restaurant reservation service partnering with Uber | 1 |
| Optus | Australian telecommunications company where Aigentsphere founders previously held senior … | 1 |
| Origin Energy | 1 | |
| OSF Digital | 1 | |
| Outlier Space | Builds autonomous, uncrewed satellites acting as orbital factories for high-value materia… | 1 |
| Ovum | AI-powered women's health platform building a longitudinal health dataset. | 2 |
| Palantir | Data analytics software company | 1 |
| Palisade Impact | Infrastructure and real assets investment management | 1 |
| Patties Food Group | 1 | |
| Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre | 1 | |
| PhysioXtra | Physiotherapy practice with more than 100 staff, early splose client | 1 |
| PlasmaLeap Technologies | Developer of zero-emissions chemical reactors for green fertiliser and fuel production | 1 |
| POINT Biopharma | 1 | |
| Point72 | 1 | |
| Polyactiva | Developing a glaucoma treatment | 1 |
| Porsche | 1 | |
| Prenetics | 1 | |
| Proto Axiom | biomedical technology incubator | 1 |
| PsiQuantum | Quantum computing company establishing APAC HQ in Brisbane | 2 |
| Q-CTRL | 1 | |
| Qantas | 1 | |
| QBE | Insurance company that previously formed a joint venture with SafetyCulture. | 2 |
| QIC Ventures | 2 | |
| Quantum Brilliance | Quantum computing company that installed QPUs at Oak Ridge National Laboratory | 1 |
| Queensland Government | 1 | |
| Canva enterprise client | 1 | |
| Resy | Booking platform owned by American Express | 1 |
| Rocket Internet | 1 | |
| Rocket Lab | Commercial aerospace company and global launch provider. | 1 |
| Royal Australian Air Force | 1 | |
| SafetyCulture | Workplace safety and operations software company. | 3 |
| Salesforce | Software company | 2 |
| Samsara Eco | AI-powered enzyme discovery platform for recycling plastics at scale | 1 |
| Scale AI | Company whose Alexandr Wang was hired by Meta | 1 |
| Sentient Vision Systems | AI computer vision company | 1 |
| SevenRooms | Hospitality platform owned by DoorDash | 1 |
| Sharon AI | Neocloud company | 2 |
| Shopify | 1 | |
| Silicon Quantum Computing | startup founded by Michelle Simmons | 2 |
| Skykraft | 1 | |
| Snowflake | US data cloud company | 1 |
| Southern Launch | South Australian rocket launchpad and spaceport operator | 2 |
| Space Forge | 1 | |
| SpaceX | Aerospace company operating the Starlink satellite constellation and orbital launch servi… | 2 |
| splose | Adelaide-based practice management software platform for allied health professionals | 1 |
| SQC | 1 | |
| Square | 1 | |
| Squarespace | Website building company that sold Tock | 1 |
| Startmate | Early-stage investment and mentorship for founders | 1 |
| Stripe | 2 | |
| Suncorp | 1 | |
| Superpower | 1 | |
| Sweat | Fitness app partnering with Ovum. | 1 |
| Taxi Pro | A taxi hailing app. | 1 |
| TCV | 1 | |
| Tekever | Drone manufacturer whose platforms integrate Arkeus systems. | 1 |
| Telstra | Telecommunications company | 1 |
| Tesla | 3 | |
| Textron | Drone manufacturer whose platforms integrate Arkeus systems. | 1 |
| The Catch Group | 1 | |
| The George Institute for Global Health | 1 | |
| The Lycra Company | 1 | |
| The Tech Council of Australia | Industry lobby group | 1 |
| Thiel Fellowship | 1 | |
| Thinking Machines Lab | 2 | |
| Titanium Ventures | 1 | |
| TMRW | Healthtech scaleup | 1 |
| Tock | Booking platform acquired by American Express from Squarespace | 1 |
| Trace | AI-powered software for climate compliance and carbon reporting | 1 |
| Treasury | 1 | |
| Tyro Payments | 1 | |
| Uber | Ride-hailing and delivery platform | 2 |
| Uluu | Deep tech startup making biodegradable plastic alternatives from seaweed-derived PHA | 1 |
| UNSW | 2 | |
| UNSW Founders | 1 | |
| UpGuard | Cybersecurity firm providing AI-powered cyber risk posture management | 1 |
| Upside Foods | 1 | |
| US Air Force | 1 | |
| US Army | United States military branch | 1 |
| US Department of Defense | 1 | |
| Varda Space Industries | Space manufacturing company that grew and returned crystalline pharmaceutical compounds f… | 1 |
| Verve Super | Women-focused fintech | 1 |
| Vinomofo | 1 | |
| Volvo | 1 | |
| Vow | Cultivated meat company | 1 |
| Woolworths | Australian grocery retailer using electric truck delivery fleets | 1 |
| x15ventures | 1 | |
| Xero | 3 | |
| Y Combinator | 1 | |
| Yara Growth Ventures | 1 | |
| Zabidou | AI computer vision for automated industrial robotics QA | 2 |
| Zeller | Integrated payments and business banking solution for SMEs | 1 |
| Zoom | 1 | |
| Zynga | 1 |
Investors named in Forbes Australia's articles, most-covered first.