Every round, fund close and exit we can source, with the article it was reported in and what it actually said.
Queensland energy investment manager Quinbrook has bought Habitat Energy, a UK AI battery storage trading platform, aiming to use machine learning to optimise renewables and storage across its international portfolio.
Nightingale Partners announces its completed sale of Academic Assessment Services to Janison Education Group, receiving nine million dollars upfront plus an earn-out, roughly fifteen times its capital after backing the company from 2016.
OIF announces it followed on into Atelier's $3 million seed round. Atelier's marketplace helps creators and brands manufacture and launch beauty and wellness products; OIF first backed the company's December 2020 pre-seed.
Sydney AI personalisation startup Particular Audience raised a $10 million Series A led by Equity Venture Partners, with Carthona Capital and earlier angels taking part, following a $2.7 million earlier round.
Blackbird's investment note announces it led Foundry Lab's Series A. The New Zealand startup uses microwave-based digital metal casting to make cast metal parts in hours, founded by David Moodie, and is now recruiting specialist staff.
Holon's analysis of play-to-earn token incentives, recalling Illuvium's pre-seed and Filecoin's raise as examples of Web 3.0 capital formation.
Colin Porter, who founded CreditorWatch, has launched PayOK, an invoice-verification tool, backed by a $3 million oversubscribed round led by Nightingale Partners; the piece also recalls hedge fund Levitas Capital's collapse after fraud losses.
Singapore tiny-house company Big Tiny raised US$3 million (A$4.2 million) in a pre-Series A led by Koh Boon Hwee, valuing it at A$31 million, to fund Australian growth and a planned New Zealand expansion.
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Monash University has licensed its fossil-free ammonia process to spin-off Jupiter Ionics, which secured seed funding to commercialise the zero-emission production technique.
Harrison.ai raised a Series B led by Horizons Ventures with Sonic Healthcare, I-MED, Blackbird and Skip Capital, and announced a pathology joint venture with Sonic Healthcare.
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Aura Ventures maps the Web3 ecosystem, separating private blockchains from four public layers, and argues genuine value will migrate to scaling and application layers, citing its portfolio firm Lygon and Australian protocol Synthetix.
Blackbird presents its seven new investment associates, profiling their varied backgrounds across elite sport, science, banking, consulting and startups, plus prior roles at firms including Sprint Ventures, NZ Growth Capital Partners and AustralianSuper.
Five Australian defence SMEs received federal grants totalling $1.1 million to buy equipment for export-focused manufacturing, with the defence industry minister also launching a defence export app.
PayOK, a platform verifying bank details to stop invoice fraud, raised a $3 million Series A led by Nightingale Partners at a $10 million valuation; founder Colin Porter previously started CreditorWatch and Avenue Bank.
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Listed cloud security firm FirstWave is buying software provider Opmantek in an all-scrip deal, with Opmantek's chairman becoming FirstWave's CEO.
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Sydney-based retail personalization startup Particular Audience raised $7.5 million in Series A funding led by Equity Venture Partners, with Carthona Capital participating, bringing its total funding to $9.5 million.
Wide Open Agriculture announced binding commitments for a $20 million share issue, with a shareholder plan potentially adding $2 million, to fund Western Australia's first oat milk factory and a protein facility.
Tenacious Ventures' investment note on its participation in Jupiter Ionics' AUD 2.5 million seed round; the startup develops carbon-neutral ammonia production using technology invented at Monash University.
Weekly roundup of nine Australian startup raises, led by SimPRO's $485.6 million round, plus SimPRO's acquisitions of AroFlo and ClockShark and Open Markets Group's buyout of Cannon Trading.
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Impact Absorbing Systems receives $100,000 from the Innovative Manufacturing CRC to work with University of South Australia engineers on energy-absorbing traffic lights, part of a $640,000 re-engineering project.
New Zealand data startup Segna has received US$125,000 from Y Combinator before starting its accelerator program, taking total funds raised to NZ$880,000 with backing from three venture funds.
Bill-sharing app HelpPay has secured a $2.4 million Series A ahead of its public launch, led by William Buck, with funds earmarked for sales, marketing and expansion into Australian and US markets.
Former Xero executive and investor Chris Ridd has joined the board of New Zealand boardroom software company BoardPro, and discusses why startup founders should prioritise corporate governance.
Payments firm Till Payments secured a New Zealand acquiring license and hired Nev Cowley as regional director; the article also recalls its recent NZD$116 million Series C raise.
Leona Murphy retires as Stone & Chalk Group chair after six years, succeeded by board member Richard Kimber. Michael Bromley serves as the newly appointed CEO.
Tasmania's government has named eight manufacturers as round-one recipients of its Accelerating Growth grants, worth about $700,000 combined, funding equipment and expansion; a second round opens in late January.
Raiz Invest has appointed Stuart Grimshaw as a non-executive director from December 2021, replacing retiring director David Gordon; Grimshaw brings decades of financial services experience from roles at EZCORP and Bank of Queensland.
Dark fibre provider FibreconX has secured investment from Andrew Forrest's private investment group Tattarang, supporting planned network expansion into Melbourne and Brisbane; Tattarang previously backed telco NodeOne in 2020.
Health insurer nib has paid $4 million for a half share of digital health startup Midnight Health, whose platforms Youly and Stagger sell online healthcare, with funds earmarked for growth and a strategic partnership.
Tenacious Ventures' investment note explains why it led agrifood blockchain platform Geora's AUD 1.5 million seed round alongside NAB Ventures and Flying Fox Ventures, its ninth investment.
Payments company Visa has taken a stake in open data platform Basiq to speed its API growth, with Visa and Touch Ventures each adding a representative to the company's board.
Shell's takeover of Powershop from Meridian Energy has upset green-minded customers; Environment Victoria cut ties, while renewable-focused retailers reported sign-up surges as defectors shop elsewhere.
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US-based leadless pacemaker maker EBR Systems has listed on the ASX, spurning US SPAC offers thanks to its local investor base; Blackbird's earlier investment in Vexev is also noted.
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Melbourne accommodation booking platform Riparide raised $4 million from Macdoch Ventures and Upswell Ventures to fund its first international expansion, starting with Auckland, New Zealand.
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ANDHealth has appointed US healthtech investor Lisa Suennen to lead a new international expert committee advising its government-funded digital health accelerator fund and ANDHealth+ program.
AfterWork Ventures' investment note explains why it backed OfferFit, whose AI replaces A/B testing for marketers, in a May 2021 pre-Series A round, and notes Canvas Ventures led a $14m USD Series A.
Crypto exchange CoinList, founded by Brisbane-born Graham Jenkin, raised US$100 million in Series A funding led by Agman and Accomplice, reaching a US$1.5 billion valuation, after a Dorsey-led US$10 million round in 2019.
Roundup of climate-fintech funding: Ando Money raised a $6 million seed round led by TTV Capital, while Xpansiv, Evergrow and Doconomy also secured new financing amid growing policy and carbon-market tailwinds.
Openmarkets Group grew its pre-IPO funding to 17.8 million dollars and agreed to buy the remaining share of trading tech developer Cannon Trading, while adding several senior staff.
Two technology lawyers advise Australian founders entering the US market to prioritise intellectual property and privacy compliance, citing client examples Zip Co and Faethm and recent capital raises by Zoomo and Playside.
OIF says its early stake in Israeli cybersecurity firm XM Cyber, bought by Schwarz Group for US$700 million, returned the firm's entire first fund; Macquarie and others joined its 2020 Series B.
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TechCrunch's space digest reports Rocket Lab buying Planetary Systems Corporation, new raises from Hydrosat, Fleet Space, Inversion and Sierra Space, Musk's Starship launch timeline, and other space industry developments.
Compliance software maker Zipline has secured a six million dollar Series A2 led by EVP with King River Capital involved, to fund hiring, hospital expansion and a US push; its purchase of 6Q.io is also noted.
Tracking-device maker Tile is being bought by family-safety platform Life360 for $205 million, following Life360's earlier purchase of Jiobit. Tile raised $40 million in debt in September; Life360 eyes a US listing.
Brisbane lending and payments firm WLTH has opened a $15 million Series A and finalised a merger with an unnamed Australian payments platform, following a $3 million seed round raised earlier in 2021.
Compostable wrap maker Great Wrap has launched a catering wrap for Australian businesses, reports staff growth and pre-orders for pallet wrap, and recalls a $3 million seed raise.
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Crunchbase analysis finds 2021 set a record with 30 newly minted decacorns, recounts landmark valuation rounds from Facebook to Canva, and tallies how many $10 billion startups have listed or been acquired.