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Digital mortgage broker Finspo has secured $3 million in equity commitments to grow its digital home loan platform and back its purchase of Lanteri Partners' mortgage lending portfolio.
Podcast episode where SwarmFarm Robotics co-founder and CEO Andrew Bate outlines three emerging categories of agricultural autonomy; the publisher discloses it is an investor in the company.
Blackbird announces its NZ Fund has backed Carepatron's pre-seed round, profiling founders Jamie Frew and David Pene and their all-in-one practice management software for small healthcare providers.
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Australian neurotech firm Synchron has implanted its brain-computer device in a US patient, reportedly ahead of Neuralink, which has seen several founders, including Max Hodak and Paul Merolla, depart.
Startupbootcamp profiles Firefly Initiative, a volunteering rewards platform whose co-founders discuss their vision and experience in the accelerator's 2022 Sports and EventTech cohort.
Payments fintech InDebted has closed a $22.5 million round doubling its valuation to $200 million, led by Perennial Value Management, while restructuring with a 17% workforce cut of 40 staff.
Health tech startup Human closed a seed round led by Airtree Ventures with Skip Capital participating, which the founders say is the largest raise by an all-Australian female founding team.
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Ignition Lane's weekly wrap reports falling Australian venture funding, lists several startup raises and fund raises, covers Chargefox's acquisition, Volt's closure, the Zip-Sezzle merger termination, and global tech news.
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Victorian compostable stretch wrap maker Great Wrap has secured an $11 million Series A from impact backers plus $13 million in asset financing, supporting a new Tullamarine plant and coming overseas expansion.
Profile of hydrogen storage maker Lavo: $65 million in pre-orders, utility-scale orders exceeding a billion dollars, grants and investor backing, with regulation and certification named as its biggest hurdles.
Profile of Flagship, a Sydney retail-tech startup founded by Simon Molnar, brother of Afterpay's Nick Molnar, which tracks in-store shopper behaviour using battery-less tags and counts Afterpay's early investors among its backers.
Sustainable packaging firm Great Wrap has closed a $24 million Series A, combining equity from Darren Thomas and Woolworths' W23 with asset finance, to build a potato-waste bioplastics facility in Victoria.
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Eaton Square acted for Onyx Projects' shareholders in the firm's sale to Sedgman, a CIMIC subsidiary. Both companies' managing directors welcomed the deal, which will broaden Sedgman's minerals processing offering.
OwnHome hires Janez Debevec as Head of Capital Markets to expand its debt and financial management capabilities, with co-founder James Bowe welcoming the structured finance veteran.
Skip Capital, owned by Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar and Kim Jackson, leads a conditional, non-binding bid with Stonepeak valuing Genex Power near $320 million; earlier stake-building and Stonepeak's renewables fund close are recalled.
ARENA grants United Energy $4 million toward a $10.98 million trial of pole-mounted batteries forming a virtual power plant in Melbourne's east, with Simply Energy trading the VPP output and Thycon building the units.
ARENA has granted Stanwell up to $2.17 million toward a feasibility study, run with Iwatani and Japanese partners, into shipping renewable hydrogen from Gladstone to Japan; an earlier electrolyser grant is also recalled.
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ARENA announced funding for Edify Energy's advanced-inverter battery beside its Darlington Point solar farm in NSW, expanded to 150 MW, with the NSW Government adding money under its Emerging Energy Program.
A roundup of Australian startups that raised funds in recent weeks: mx51, Refundid, Storipress, HIVERY, InternMatch, upcover, Pearler and Loopit together secured over $100 million despite a cooling venture market.
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Coworking operator Spacecubed marked its tenth birthday with a $5.9 million Lotterywest grant to back Western Australia's early-stage ecosystem — the funder's largest single award, ten years after a smaller grant helped launch it.
Startmate's Winter '22 intake of 12 Australian and New Zealand startups is its first cohort with a majority of women founders, each receiving a set investment; the piece also notes a principal leaving for AWS.
Shearwater Capital profiles portfolio company Storipress, noting it has closed a seed round following its 2021 pre-seed raise and been accepted into Startmate's next cohort.
EnergyLab has picked ten Australian climate startups for its 2022 Climate Solutions Accelerator, a six-month program, with the group sharing $750,000 from angel investors.
Square Peg's half-year letter to investors reports a 32% net IRR, $582m returned across eleven exits, conservative revaluations amid market uncertainty, and a slower investing cadence ahead.
US tech giants are slowing or pausing hiring, while Atlassian says it will keep hiring toward 25,000 staff by 2026, according to a republished Information Age report.
WA's New Industries Fund is backing 34 home-grown ventures with over $643,000 in Innovation Booster Grants, most receiving up to $20,000 for commercialisation support, with four funded via a life sciences stream.
Ex-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has taken an undisclosed equity stake in US solar steam firm GlassPoint and joined its advisory board, as the Blackrock-rescued company pursues a giant solar heat project in Saudi Arabia.
Australian crypto exchange Cointree has named Jess Renden as its new chief executive, the first woman to lead the company, taking over from founder Shane Stevenson.
Brandon BioCatalyst's CUREator incubator names its first-round awardees, distributing government-backed funding across 23 Australian life science companies working on treatments from schizophrenia to diabetes, with round two applications now open.
The CUREator incubator, run by Brandon BioCatalist's partner organisation, names its first-round awardees, distributing government-backed grant funding across 23 Australian life science companies developing treatments for diseases including diabetes, cancer and COPD.
Streaming service Netflix has announced plans to acquire Sydney animation studio Animal Logic, subject to regulatory approval, with terms undisclosed; its entertainment arm stays independent.
Netflix has announced plans to buy Sydney animation studio Animal Logic, co-founded by Zareh Nalbandian, to strengthen its original animated content, subject to regulatory approvals.
Valocity Australia appoints Will Ryan as CEO and Maya Dekanovic as Customer Success Director, while Country Manager Mark Nassif moves to a project advisory role. The company also recently announced a data partnership with REIP.
Remarkable presents its 2022 accelerator cohort of eight disability-tech startups from Australia and the US at Demo Day, each having received seed funding, with a US program planned for next year alongside its sister organisation.
Biotech incubator CUREator has awarded its first grants, totalling $17.4 million, to 23 early-stage medical startups including Phrenix and RAGE Biotech, aiming to ready them for commercial investment.
Payments company mx51 has closed a Series B round of $32.5 million with existing backers participating, after an undisclosed lead investor, and plans to expand in Australia and internationally.
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Silicon Valley agrifood investor SVG announces plans for a Melbourne base and a $50 million fund for ANZ agtech, recalling its 2020 challenge award won by Ceres Tag.
Netflix announced it is buying Australian animation studio Animal Logic, known for films like Happy Feet, to expand its animation production capacity and compete with Disney+, with the deal expected to close this year.
Wealth platform Pearler closed a seed round led by Portage Ventures, with Archangel Ventures and Ten13 joining, to fund product development and expansion.
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Square Peg's investment note explains why it co-led predictive growth platform Voyantis' $19 million seed round with Target Global, covering the founders' backgrounds and the market shift toward predicting customer lifetime value.
Profile of New Zealand call-administration software company Vxt and founder Luke Campbell, covering its product pivot, its place in the Phase One incubator, and early backing by venture firm GD1.
Roundup of manufacturing items: a ventilation grant program reopens, MGC Pharma reports Long Covid trial results, CSIRO and CSCRC projects win iAwards, Spiral Blue completes satellite integration, and AML3D raises capital.
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Startupbootcamp Australia introduces Aphetor, a creator-competition sports entertainment platform, profiling co-founder Carsten Thode and the company's goals within the accelerator's 2022 Sports and EventTech program, plus a call for mentors.
Climate tech firm Rumin8 has secured seven million dollars from Prelude Ventures and the Aware Super-backed Sentient WA Growth Fund to develop methane-reducing livestock feed supplements.
Rental-advance lender Futurerent has closed a $9 million Series A, with early backer OIF Ventures reinvesting alongside newcomers BridgeLane, Mulpha, iPartners, MFO Investments and Second Century Ventures.
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AfterWork Ventures' team reflects on lessons from raising their first community-powered fund, describing their fundraising approach, community generosity, and recognition on The Australian's Innovator's List.
ANZ has told the ASX it is in talks with KKR about a possible takeover of accounting software firm MYOB, though no agreement exists and the deal may not proceed.
SourseAI has promoted Tanya Hyams-Young from product chief to chief executive, with Matt Jones shifting to a revenue role while keeping his director seat, as the founding team turns to European growth.
RegTech firm Synnch has appointed Adam Stead, an eCommerce product leader with Shopify partnership experience, as Chief Technology Officer to lead product development as the company grows.
Techboard's monthly roundup logs June 2022 Australian funding events, including GO1's Series E, Edrolo's Series B, two acquisitions, several new funds reaching closes, and accelerator intake announcements.
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