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The federal government has re-awarded a $19.4 million grant for Beetaloo Basin gas drilling to Empire Energy after a court challenge by an environment group voided the original award.
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Victoria's startup agency has picked a new fund-of-funds firm started by two ex-Hostplus investors to build a state-backed vehicle, with the government cornerstone committed and a matching private raise still to come.
Calix-backed SOCRATCES project is trialling calcium looping for concentrated solar power storage, using Calix kiln technology at a Seville pilot plant funded by the European Commission's Horizon 2020 scheme.
Atlassian's Cannon-Brookes, via his family firm Grok Ventures, has invested $200 million in renewables project financier Infradebt days after his AGL bid was rejected; the capital is already funding a Queensland battery project.
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Victoria's startup agency has chosen a new fund manager, led by two venture sector figures, to run its startup capital fund, which will now seek investor commitments alongside the government's cornerstone contribution.
Perth AI startup VROC has closed an investment round led by Adelaide advisory firm Venture Corporate Advisory, with funds earmarked for business development and a new smart cities offering.
Perth wealth fintech PictureWealth announced a $14 million Series A from an undisclosed institutional investor, lifting total funding to $30 million, and hired Westpac executive Allan Maitland to lead its advisory subsidiary.
Main Sequence's blog post sets out why the fund led RIOS's US$28 million Series A, highlighting the robotics firm's automated workcells, usage-based pricing, and fit with Australia's manufacturing strategy.
Carbon accounting platform for small businesses secures a seven-figure round from a broad backer group including a family office and angels, with founders ex-Finder and Macquarie, and an earlier pre-seed recalled.
Singapore-based climate tech investor Aera VC has held the first close of its new fund and launched a blockchain-focused DAO, with several already-backed portfolio companies named.
Delivery e-bike firm Zoomo has added US$20 million to its Series B, led by Collaborative Fund, three months after an $80 million round backed by the Atlassian founders' vehicles, lifting total funding beyond $100 million.
Australian venture firm King River Capital has launched a digital asset fund holding over $50 million in commitments toward a $150 million target, and hired David Adams as partner to manage it.
Sydney bitcoin mining startup Arkon Energy has raised pre-seed funding led by Kestrel0x1 to scale renewable-powered mining, with a Nasdaq-listed competitor aiming to take it public.
Silverstrand Capital led a secondary purchase of a stake in soil carbon testing firm Hone, following its GrainCorp-led Series A. The piece profiles Hone Carbon's spectrometry technology, customers and scale-up plans.
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OIF, an Australian VC, announces a $3.5 million investment leading Fortiro's seed round, profiling the document fraud-detection startup's technology, PwC-experienced founders, and customer traction.
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Australian SME lender Lumi has completed a $10 million raise backed by Arbel Fund and Perennial Partners, taking its fundraising to $30 million in two months, with plans to double headcount nationwide.
E-bike supplier Zoomo added $20 million in equity to complete its Series B, led by Collaborative Fund with several strategic backers joining, lifting the delivery-vehicle startup's total funding to $101.5 million.
Upflowy, an Australian no-code platform for optimising signup flows, raised $4 million led by Counterpart Ventures with returning backers, and plans to grow headcount and expand into the US.
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A non-profit is starting an ocean-health startup accelerator with a climate-tech accelerator partner, while an impact firm will help it raise a new early-stage fund for participants.
Bot-security firm Kasada, founded by Sam Crowther, raised $23m in a Series C led by StepStone, with OIF and Turnbull & Partners among existing backers; StepStone had recently acquired Greenspring Associates.
OIF republishes AFR coverage of adtech startup Linkby raising $5 million in a seed round the fund led, profiling founder Chris Wirasinha, his Pedestrian TV sale, and Linkby's publisher advertising model.
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A stub report noting the government-owned Clean Energy Finance Corporation is spinning out a specialist venture capital fund seeking $200 million for clean energy startups, linking to the full AFR coverage.
Brisbane drone mapping startup Emesent has raised a Series A to fund global growth, engineering hiring and new facilities, led by Perennial Partners with Tiger Global and TELUS Ventures joining existing backers.
A Hunter-region maker of smart maintenance tooling has closed a $1.6 million angel round through Sydney Angels' biggest-ever syndicate, and has appointed a new chairman and director to its board.
Australian property investment platform PropHero has raised a $1.6 million seed round led by GFC Global Founders Capital, with AfterWork Ventures, Jelix Ventures and The Fund participating, to improve data models and expand nationally.
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Twenty-four Australian manufacturers have won federal grants via AMGC's Commercialisation Fund, spanning clean energy, medical, food, defence, resources and space projects, with industry co-investment lifting total project funding beyond $32 million.
Six research projects share four million dollars in federal MERiL grants to test seaweed, legume and synthetic feed additives that could cut methane from cattle and sheep.
Company update on Metronomic, whose Materno platform offers home-based remote maternity monitoring in the US market, announcing a SAFE pre-seed raise with $300,000 already committed and plans for a larger seed round.
Animal-free cheese maker Change Foods has closed an oversubscribed seed round totalling $21.5 million, led by Route 66 Ventures with Giant Leap and angels, alongside collaboration deals with Upfield and Sigma.
Swiss gravity-based storage firm Energy Vault has listed on the New York Stock Exchange after merging with a blank-cheque company, opening near a two billion dollar valuation before its shares slipped on day one.
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Roundup of female-founder wins: Reejig raises $15m, Healthy Mummy acquired by Halo Food Co for $17m, Shebah exits administration, Canva donates to Afghanistan relief, and CBA buys into Paypa Plane.
Roundup covering K-TIG's four million dollar share placement, a regional AI grant deadline, Silex's licensee and HALEU, an alumina pilot trial, a cannabis export order and an electricity interconnector.
Sydney helmet-tech startup Forcite has drawn $1.15 million in its Equitise crowdfunding campaign's final hours, after a $4.6 million Series A preference share round led by Uniseed, valuing the business above $23 million.
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Investor-facing profile of Brivvio, a video-automation SaaS startup, citing strong 2021 growth, an ACT government grant, a completed angel-backed seed round, accelerator background, and an open capital raise.
Spiral Blue receives a $578,000 AMGC commercialisation grant for a hyperspectral satellite imagery project with several partners, and had earlier won an Australian Space Agency supply chain grant.
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Employment Hero raised £96 million led by SEEK Investments, reaching unicorn valuation, and acquired payroll firm KeyPay, whose founders stay on as the combined business targets UK growth.
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A Western Australian leather homewares maker has had its expected export grant cut sharply, and the piece examines how record demand stretched the government scheme's budget across more applicants.
An Australian tyre-recycling company revised its capital raising and the Queensland motor trades peak body committed a further $1.5 million into its ongoing $5 million raise, with an IPO planned for 2023.
Sydney enterprise risk management software firm Protecht has raised a $42 million Series A from California growth equity firm Arrowroot Capital to fund product features, customer service and global expansion.
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An EV charging company has closed a Series B of over A$25 million led by RACV, with the CEFC's innovation fund, Claremont Capital and earlier individual backers taking part; its 2020 Series A is also recalled.
Profile of Sydney fintech GetReminded, whose app alerts consumers before recurring bills fall due so they can shop around; the founders recount its origins, past angel backing and a live crowdfunding raise.
Conflux Technology and Deakin's materials institute have launched a nine-month alloy development project for 3D-printed heat exchangers, backed by a $138,000 IMCRC grant; the piece also recalls Conflux's $8.5 million Series A.
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Melbourne car subscription startup Carbar has raised $28.9 million led by insurer IAG and Seven West Media, following a 2019 raise, to fund marketing, partnerships, technology and growth of its electric vehicle fleet.
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Roundup reporting Singular Health's IMCRC grant for 3D-printed medical seals, Viva Energy's fuel security payment, a fine over a worker's death, and the national battery recycling scheme's launch.
A roundup of 19 Australian startup funding announcements totalling over $851 million in early February 2022, covering raises by Cyara, Karbon, Slyp, Reejig and others, alongside record 2021 venture investment figures.
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Singapore's refurbished-device marketplace Reebelo announced a $20 million Series A led by Cathay Innovation and June Fund, with several returning backers participating; its earlier seed round closed in mid-2020.
Woolworths' corporate venture arm W23 has added an undisclosed multi-million-dollar investment to its backing of Sydney alt-protein maker All G Foods, which had earlier raised a $16 million seed round in late 2021.
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Workforce analytics firm Reejig has raised a further fifteen million dollars, four months on from its October Series A, taking total funding to twenty-one million as backers double down ahead of US expansion.