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The Australian government is lifting its industry-policy focus on space; the National Reconstruction Fund has already put $200 million into local space companies, among them Gilmour Space Technologies and Southern Launch.
Technology contractor HiTech Group has agreed to acquire recruiter Hudson's Australian operations for A$7 million upfront, with the deal revealed in an ASX statement after a management buyout was rejected.
Accenture has bought CyberCX, an Australian cybersecurity firm serving government agencies, from BGH Capital in a deal reported at over $1 billion, a windfall for founders Alastair MacGibbon and John Paitaridis.
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Australia's defence industry minister has begun handing out grants from a $169.1m program, with 58 local suppliers sharing $16.5m, days after a critical national audit of Defence's domestic industry performance.
Perth consortium AROSE has unveiled Roo-ver, its Trailblazer-funded moon rover prototype, at Parliament House; the Australian-built machine will study the lunar surface carrying a NASA instrument.
Three Australian AI companies share a $500,000 public interest prize run by AI Sprint; Dragonfly Thinking, created by two ANU academics, takes the top award of $300,000 for development work.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has committed $20 million to vehicle subscription provider Splend, letting it roughly double its electric fleet to about 1,000 cars serving rideshare drivers.
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The Western Australian government committed $6.5 million over four years to the state's space sector: $4 million to consortium AROSE and $2.5 million to Curtin University's Binar space program, supporting Diversify WA.
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The national government has granted Lifeline an extra $1.5 million to widen its around-the-clock text counselling line, with the health minister saying the expansion reaches more people under pandemic pressures.
Seventeen unnamed startups and small businesses share federal grant funding for feasibility studies aimed at reducing regulatory burdens, under the latest round of a government innovation program.
Deals recorded from The Mandarin's coverage. A round is listed once, however many of their articles mention it.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragonfly Thinking | Grant | 25 Jun 2024 | $300k | |
| Splend | undisclosed | 22 Jun 2023 | $20m | |
| Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth | Grant | 20 Mar 2023 | $4m |
Companies named in The Mandarin's articles, most-covered first.
| Company | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| the federal government | 1 | |
| Stone & Chalk | Deep tech innovation hub hosting ecosystem mixer | 1 |
| Splend | vehicle subscription startup | 1 |
| Southern Launch | South Australian rocket launchpad and spaceport operator | 1 |
| Perth consortium known as Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth | 1 | |
| NRF Corporation | 1 | |
| National AI Centre (NAIC) | 1 | |
| NASA | Space agency and customer of Advanced Navigation | 1 |
| Liquid Instruments | Maker of reconfigurable measurement devices originating from ANU research | 1 |
| Hudson | 1 | |
| Google Cloud | 1 | |
| Gilmour Space | Queensland rocket builder and launchpad scaleup | 1 |
| Dragonfly Thinking | 1 | |
| Defence | 1 | |
| CyberCX | 1 | |
| Curtin University | 1 | |
| Business Research and Innovation Initiative (BRII) | 1 | |
| BGH Capital | 1 | |
| Australian Space Agency | Federal government space agency | 1 |
| Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth | Perth-headquartered, not-for-profit, industry-led consortium focused on making WA a world… | 1 |
| Australian National University | University from which Liquid Instruments spun out | 1 |
| Australian Government | 1 | |
| ATO | 1 | |
| Advanced Navigation | Navigation technology company using AI, robotics and sensing for GPS-independent position… | 1 |
| Accenture | 1 |
Investors named in The Mandarin's articles, most-covered first.