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Australian carbon credit prices have tripled on growing private demand. Amid rising interest in soil carbon projects, Armidale-based Precision Pastures has completed a $500,000 capital raising.
Twenty-two Australian companies plus Monash University won Accelerating Commercialisation grants worth $12.2 million combined, with recipients including EVOS, BioCarbon, Ripe Robotics and Endua, each receiving matched government funding for commercialisation projects.
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Koala co-founder Dany Milham's rapid grocery delivery venture Milkrun has launched with a $75 million Tiger Global-led Series A, following an earlier $11 million seed round; Tiger also backed wholesale marketplace TradeSquare.
Milkrun, Dany Milham's four-month-old rapid grocery delivery startup, has raised a $75 million Series A led by Tiger Global, with Airtree, Skip and Grok also investing; it had earlier raised A$11 million in mid-2021.
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has committed $37 million to X-Elio's 200MW Blue Grass solar farm in Queensland, lending alongside ING and SMBC, with the project using bifacial panels and half-cut cells.
Profile of Ezybandz, a digital health and fintech startup developing smart medical alert wristbands, outlining its market opportunity, technology, partnerships and an open investment offering for product and business development.
Eaton Square advised ASX-listed Credit Clear on its acquisition of debt recovery firm ARMA Group for $46 million plus earnout; the post also recalls WME's sale to Melbourne IT and a Drawbridge Pharmaceuticals raise.
Uber has bought the decade-old Australian car-sharing marketplace Car Next Door for an undisclosed price. The startup's leadership stays on; Hyundai was its most recent backer with $6.2 million in 2019.
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Drilling technology firm Minnovare has been bought by Hexagon AB to strengthen its underground mining offerings, the second WA mining tech company Hexagon has purchased following its 2018 purchase of MiPlan.
Adelaide clean-tech firm Phosenergy won an Innovative Manufacturing CRC activate grant to develop GenT, a panel converting waste heat into electricity, with the University of South Australia's Future Industries Institute collaborating.
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TradeSquare, a B2B wholesale marketplace co-founded by ex-Catch CEO Nati Harpaz and Einat Sukenik, has raised $28 million from Tiger Global to scale its Australian platform.
Adelaide proptech HappyCo raised US$52 million (A$72 million) in a Series B led by Camber Creek to build new products, hire locally and pursue acquisitions; it is a 2012 Startmate accelerator alumnus.
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Law firm Biztech Lawyers represented Black.ai on its over-subscribed $5.3 million round, led by Jelix Ventures with follow-on from Right Click Capital and Pan Group, plus new AI-focused investors.
Security vendors McAfee Enterprise and FireEye, both acquired by Symphony Technology Group in 2021, have merged into XDR firm Trellix, which plans an Asia Pacific push focused on managed service providers.
Canadian commerce software firm Maropost has acquired Retail Express, a Brisbane-founded point-of-sale and ecommerce platform, for C$55 million (A$61 million), continuing Maropost's global expansion.
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Profile of Andisor, co-founded by Vandana Chaudhry and Katie Fletcher with backing from Antler, offering a SaaS marketplace that streamlines wholesale buying between emerging brands and retailers.
Pre-launch fintech Cashero pitches investors on its savings, currency exchange and cross-border payments app, seeking 1.5 million pounds before launch through an offering of non-voting B shares.
Canadian firm OSF Digital has bought Sydney Salesforce Marketing Cloud specialist Datarati for an undisclosed price, its sixth purchase in nine months, with Datarati's founder moving into an area vice president role.
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Advisory firm Eaton Square says it ran the sale of specialty chemicals company RPL Trading to IMCD, appointed by the founders in August 2021, with IMCD the successful acquirer.
LaunchVic case study on Boab AI, a Melbourne investor backing artificial-intelligence companies through a program funded by LaunchVic and Artesian; it names Remi, PI.Exchange, Daitum and Strongroom among those supported.
Australian men's health startup Mosh has secured $25 million in fresh capital from Hims co-founder Joe Spector, Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Regal Funds Management, with existing backers Parc Capital and Thorney also participating.
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Beforepay's shares plunged 44% in its ASX debut, erasing the $35 million IPO raise and much of its $158.4 million listing value; the article recalls earlier raises backed by James Spenceley and Alium Capital.
Victoria is funding more than $7 million in grants for renewable hydrogen ventures, supporting hydrogen bus trials, a refuelling station, hydrogen production facilities, and the state's first hydrogen-powered cremation prototype.
Square Peg Capital leads cloud-skills edtech saasguru's AUD1.3 million pre-seed round, with BlackNova VC investing. The Sydney company was co-founded by Amit Choudhary and Atif Saad, who earlier built and sold consultancy SaaSFocus.
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Solar technology company 5B has launched an automation program backed by a government agency grant, aiming to cut the cost of its deployable solar systems, and recently bought a solar manufacturing business.
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UK investment company Lift Global Ventures plans to list on London's Aquis Stock Exchange within weeks, raising via a share placing, and may interest Australian companies eyeing the UK market.
The renewable energy agency announces a $14 million grant to Sydney solar company 5B to automate manufacturing of its Maverick utility-scale solar array, within a larger $33.4 million project at its Mascot headquarters.
Company update from MyBricks Finance: a second UK property secured, legal partner Pails has completed an NFT ownership contract, a wallet launches in February, and the team is seeking external capital to speed purchases.
Verdant Earth has filed US registration documents ahead of a planned Nasdaq listing, seeking roughly US$70 million to recommission a New South Wales power station to run on biomass and produce hydrogen.
A company update in which Paysme sets out its fintech strategy for small businesses and says it is still closing its fundraise to build a European super app for SMEs.
Six Victorian companies including Austeng, Volgren and Viva Energy received grants from a $6.6 million state pool; Austeng will work with Geelong Cemeteries Trust on hydrogen-fired crematoria furnaces.
Canberra dental robotics startup Dentroid is leading a collaborative micromirror project with Griffith University and the IMCRC, backed by a $100,000 IMCRC grant, to advance drill-free, laser-based dental surgery.
Death-tech startup Gathered Here raised $1 million led by Common Sense Ventures, with BetterLabs and Murray Bleach participating, doubling its valuation seven months after a $1.1 million seed round.
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ASX-listed payments firm Novatti has finalised its takeover of Malaysian digital payments provider ATX, whose founders stay on, supporting Novatti's Southeast Asian growth plans.
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Wholesale Investor profiles Zedosh, an early-stage fintech whose Attention Exchange pays consumers for watching video ads, highlighting angel backing, regulator approval and an open bridge raise for potential investors.
NAB's payments subsidiary HICAPS has signed an agreement to buy LanternPay, a digital health claims platform, from owner InLoop, pending regulatory approvals; the deal would fold LanternPay into HICAPS.
Australian payments fintech Airwallex has officially launched in Singapore after gaining a Major Payment Institution licence, and the piece recalls its recent US$300 million Series E and E1 raise that lifted its valuation.
Blockchain network NEAR pulled in $150 million from Three Arrows Capital and several crypto funds, with angels also taking part; its token rallied on the announcement.
Sunman Energy, founded by Zhengrong Shi, has opened a 1GW gigafactory in China for its lightweight flexible solar panels; the article recalls a 2020 US$12 million round backed by CEFC and Southern Cross Ventures.
IBM has bought Envizi, a Sydney-based sustainability data and analytics software firm, to strengthen its environmental performance offerings; the deal closed 11 January 2022, terms undisclosed. IBM also bought Melbourne's SXiQ late last year.
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TechCrunch's daily roundup leads with Brex's $300 million Series D-2 at a $12.3 billion valuation plus a Meta executive hire, Kleiner Perkins closing $1.8 billion across two funds, and several other startup raises.
Adelaide IVF device startup Fertilis secured a seed round led by Horizons Ventures to advance clinical trials and commercialise its embryo-culturing cradle devices.
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Canadian compressed air storage developer Hydrostor has secured a US$250 million preferred equity commitment from Goldman Sachs Asset Management, funding its Australian and California projects and expanding its global long-duration energy storage pipeline.
Meal-kit startup My Foodie Box has listed on the ASX, raising $6 million at $0.20 a share for a roughly $13.4 million market cap, with shares up 25% on debut before easing the next trading day.
CRDC profile celebrates FluroSat founder Anastasia Volkova topping The Australian's 100 Innovators list, recalling its startup workshop support since 2017 and FluroSat's acquisition of Dagan's soil modelling capability to form Regrow Ag.
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Square Peg Capital announces it has invested in Timo, a Vietnamese digital banking platform, joining co-investors Jungle Ventures and Granite Oak in a US$20 million round, and profiles Timo's growth, market and leadership team.