Every round, fund close and exit we can source, with the article it was reported in and what it actually said.
Profile of spend-management startup Paytron, which won a 2022 fintech award and an x15ventures competition; co-founder Jaco Veldsman credits customer focus, team culture and problem obsession for its growth.
Secondaries fund SecondQuarter has reached an $83m first close on its second vehicle, aiming past $100m, with founder-angels and Minderoo among new backers; its portfolio includes past sales of ActivePipe and A Cloud Guru.
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Profile of Bit.leave, an Antler Australia pre-seed portfolio company whose platform converts excess employee leave into a tradeable currency, covering its NSW Government grant, early customers and founding team.
Cloud consultancy Versent has hired Gavin Wilkie, formerly of Quantium and Woolworths, as chief financial officer to support its expansion across Singapore and Asia following strong revenue growth.
Titomic has received a European Union Horizon Europe CoBRAIN grant worth 260,000 Euro to fund AI and machine learning research into its cold spray manufacturing processes.
Roundup of six Australian startups that together secured about $196 million this week, covering raises by Airwallex, SunDrive, T-Shirt Ventures, Iluminr, Foodini and Banksia Academy.
Profile of Melbourne games studio Massive Monster, whose Cult of the Lamb sold a million copies in a week, covering its VicScreen grant, Devolver Digital publishing deal and deliberately slow hiring plans.
A Shell Energy Australia-led project trialling demand-side energy management at commercial and industrial sites has won grant funding from ARENA, aiming to unlock flexible demand capacity across the national grid.
SunDrive has raised a Series A round co-led by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and Main Sequence Ventures, with Blackbird and Grok also backing its copper-based solar cell technology.
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A weekly roundup reporting agrifoodtech raises including Foodology, klikit, Pulp Culture, Foodini, Isthara, Soli Organic, FlyFeed and AgriWebb, plus Getir's acquisition talks for Gorillas and other sector news.
Elmo Software confirmed takeover approaches including from Accel-KKR, sending its ASX shares up 28%, though no deal is agreed. The Sydney HR software firm listed in 2017; AustralianSuper and Cooper Investors hold major stakes.
Workforce intelligence firm Reejig has raised $17 million with Salesforce Ventures investing, eight months after completing its Series A. The 2019-founded company's earlier backing came from Skip Capital, Airtree and Right Click Capital.
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Roundup of manufacturing items: a training milestone at Nova Systems, Gilmour Space rocket work, a Lockheed Martin STEM program, an ATSE infrastructure statement, a steel research hub launch, and Queensland's new startup fund.
Startup Daily profiles Bobbob, a high-interest savings and investment platform, covering its pre-seed backing by Antler Australia, app launch traction, carbon rewards partnership with Betacarbon, and founders' plans for follow-on capital.
ASX-listed payments fintech Novatti has appointed stockbroker Killian Murphy, recently of MST Financial, as a Non-Executive Director, effective 13 October 2022.
Australia may adopt methane reduction targets, benefiting livestock feed additive startups. Sea Forest, a Tasmanian seaweed producer, previously received federal grants and counts major dairy and beef companies among its customers.
Consumer goods analytics platform Insite AI has banked more than $19 million in Series A backing from NewRoad Capital and Microsoft's M12, earmarked for customer onboarding and hiring.
Square Peg's Piruze Sabuncu explains the firm's seed investment in Kula, whose products help companies source and hire talent through employee networks, and profiles the recruiting backgrounds of founders Achu, Sath and Suman.
Roc Partners insights page on private equity partnerships and value creation, carrying portfolio entries: Hive and Wellness Group from 2018, and LBNCo, taken over by Uniti Group in August 2019.
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Profile of Brieff, a pre-seed software startup helping accountants deliver advisory services, covering its founding team, early traction and backing through Antler Australia's startup program.
AgriWebb has secured a $10 million top-up from CEFC, Grosvenor Food & AgTech and Telus plus new backers iSelect Fund and Germin8 Ventures, ahead of a planned larger Series C round.
Iluminr, an Australian crisis-response SaaS startup, raised $4.2 million led by QBE Ventures, with Investible, Flying Fox, Jelix Ventures and US-based Rebellion Ventures participating, to fund US expansion and team growth.
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Vast Solar joins a US-led consortium awarded a US$2.3 million Department of Energy grant to develop concentrated solar thermal storage, while progressing plants in South Australia and Queensland.
Sydney dietary-needs dining app Foodini has raised a $700,000 pre-seed round, with founder Dylan McDonnell planning national expansion and a US push in 2023.
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German conglomerate 1komma5° has taken a controlling stake in NSW solar and battery retailer Natural Solar, launching its Asia Pacific expansion into household electrification services.
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Gilmour Space Technologies names UK firm Equipmake as supplier of electric motors and inverters for its Eris rocket, following collaboration since 2020 and a separate telemetry deal with Inmarsat.
TechCrunch's transport newsletter rounds up micromobility job cuts at Tier, Spin and Zoomo, Mobileye's IPO filing years after Intel bought it, new backing for Canada Drives and Halo Car, plus Rivian's safety recall.
AgriWebb, whose platform digitises livestock and farm records, announced a fresh $6.8 million round co-led by two backers, earmarked for overseas growth; the piece also recalls its 2021 Series B.
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Airwallex has secured a $100 million Series E-2 extension at an unchanged $5.5 billion valuation, joined by existing backers plus HostPlus, to fund growth, new products and acquisitions.
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Antler is reportedly sounding out investors about a $60 million fund for very early Australian startups, while its first Australian fund has nearly fully deployed and applications remain open for its pre-launch program.
Proptech PropHero closed an oversubscribed A$8 million seed round co-led by Fifth Wall and Samaipata, with existing backers Jelix Ventures and AfterWork Ventures returning after its 2022 pre-seed.
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Weekly roundup of agrifoodtech venture raises across food and agtech, plus JBS shutting its Planterra alt-protein division and Australian startup Optomni's seed round.
Startup Daily profiles Wellbase, a workplace wellness platform that Antler Australia backed at pre-seed as part of its portfolio reveal of thirteen newly funded startups.
Boundless, Mike Cannon-Brookes' philanthropic venture, has put $10 million into Tasmanian used-EV seller The Good Car Company, while Canva co-founder Cameron Adams and Lisa Miller separately invested $1 million to widen affordable electric vehicle access.
Breakthrough Victoria and Investible back Kite Magnetics, a Monash University spinout developing lightweight electric aircraft motors, in a seed round the article reports at $1.85 million.
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Q-CTRL has released an enterprise version of its quantum computing education platform, Black Opal, with early customers including IonQ, consultancies, a petrochemicals firm and government bodies.
Investible's Climate Tech Fund reveals its first eight investments, including Xylo Systems, Kite Magnetics and CIM, with $30 million committed toward a $100 million target; Xylo also drew Startmate and Taronga Zoo support.
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Investible names the first eight climate-focused startups receiving investment from its sector fund, which already holds commitments above $30 million, covering aviation, buildings, marine, agriculture, conservation and carbon advisory ventures.
UNSW Founders' New Wave program has named the winners of its tenth cohort showcase, with five female-led startups sharing prize money across judge, people's choice and faculty award categories.
Startupbootcamp Australia interviews NovoNutrients co-founder Sara Howard ahead of its Food Innovation cohort's Demo Day, covering the startup's carbon-negative protein made from CO2 and hydrogen.
Profile of Clever Fruits, a Startupbootcamp Food Innovation cohort startup that ferments wasted fruit into antioxidant-rich supplements and drinks, ahead of the program's Demo Day.
Vow has opened a large cultivated meat facility in Sydney and plans a Singapore product launch pending regulatory approval, with a bigger second facility under development.
Ignition Lane's weekly tech roundup covering fresh Australian startup raises, new venture funds and closes, a wave of acquisitions, delistings and a liquidation, executive moves, and Canva's product launch.
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Startupbootcamp Australia profiles Transport Genie, a sensor startup monitoring livestock welfare in transit, as its Food Innovation cohort prepares to pitch at the upcoming Demo Day in Tasmania.
LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund and AXA Asia chief Gordon Watson have invested an undisclosed amount in Lift Women, an Australian crowdfunding platform helping female founders raise capital.
Paytron won x15ventures' Xccelerate 2022, receiving a $250,000 SAFE note plus access to CBA's ecosystem. The piece recalls its earlier $4.35 million seed round backed by Carthona Capital and Picus Capital.
Melbourne e-cargo bike subscription firm Lug+Carrie has landed $5 million in bridge financing ahead of planned Brisbane and Canberra launches and a US push, with Ecotone Partners helping arrange the deal.
Aura Group's Calvin Ng reflects on his own 2008 layoff, discusses current tech layoff trends and economic conditions, and encourages redundant workers to see job loss as an opportunity, noting his firm's recent team growth.