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Banking entrepreneur Anthony Thomson, who founded Metro Bank and Atom Bank, becomes Chair of Zip's UK board as the BNPL firm pushes British growth; its strategic investment in ZestMoney is also noted.
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Water monitoring company Farmbot Monitoring Solutions raised $2.7 million, with Telstra contributing $1 million alongside Macdoch Ventures, Follow the Seed and three customers, and plans US expansion and a future Series B.
Ignition hires Andrew Baker as Senior Adviser to advise on Asia Pacific and global pension strategy. He previously founded Tria Investment Partners and held roles at NMG Consulting and AustralianSuper.
Packform, an Australian packaging marketplace, raised $25 million from institutional investors at a $150 million valuation, with an IPO planned within six months as it prepares to expand internationally.
Main Sequence recounts how personal relationships across CSIRO, Woolworths, ANU and prior ventures converged over years to found plastic-recycling startup Samsara Eco.
Workforce intelligence platform Reejig has raised a $6 million series A led by Skip Capital, with Airtree Ventures and angels participating, following its 2020 seed, to fund expansion into the United States.
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Queensland battery maker RedEarth Energy Storage has raised $12 million ahead of a planned 2022 sharemarket float, with Ord Minnett Private Opportunities leading and Perennial Value and Thorney among the backers.
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Profile of Samsara Eco, an ANU spinout engineering enzymes that break down PET plastic, backed by Main Sequence, Woolworths and ANU, which recently won an AMGC commercialisation grant for a pilot plant.
Blackbird advertises an open Compliance and Risk Manager position in its operations team, describing the compliance duties involved and the benefits of working at the venture firm.
The Australian Business Growth Fund has made its first investment: $15 million in Hunter Valley battery maker 3ME Technology via a 10-year convertible note, with more SME deals expected.
Employee experience platform Culture Amp has bought San Francisco values-recognition startup Disco for an undisclosed sum, with Disco's former CEO joining Culture Amp and an Asana executive added to the board.
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GreaseBoss, a Queensland lubrication-monitoring startup, raised a $2.5 million seed round led by Pipeline Capital with NFL great Joe Montana among investors, after completing Y Combinator; earlier backing came via The Melt and 77 Partners.
Analytics automation firm Alteryx has acquired Sydney AI startup Hyper Anna on undisclosed terms. The article recalls Hyper Anna's 2016 seed round and 2017 Series A backed by Sequoia China, Airtree, Reinventure and IAG Firemark.
Two Victorian companies win Defence Innovation Hub grants: QinetiQ receives $5.4 million for a deployable battlefield micro-grid with the University of Melbourne, while DMTC Limited gets $3 million for protective suit technology.
Climate fintech Bloom Impact Investing has closed a pre-seed round led by EnergyLab, with angel backing including Envato's co-founders, to build its retail impact investing app and climate impact fund.
Sydney dialysis startup Ellen Medical Devices received a $427,500 grant from AMGC's Commercialisation Fund to help manufacture its low-cost dialysis system, lifting total development investment to $1.04 million.
Compliance software firm EncompaaS has secured a $14 million round co-led by three investors to develop its products and expand sales internationally, with new offices planned overseas.
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Novatti has wrapped up a $10.5m Series A to bankroll its new banking arm, with the money conditional on regulatory sign-off, and has bought out BC Growth Investments' stake in the subsidiary.
Manufacturing roundup: Universal Biosensors signs a French distributor, WA begins an automation precinct, Archer Materials completes a $15m placement, Austal delivers a ferry, and Rhythm Biosciences receives an R&D refund.
AMGC's Commercialisation Fund granted $6.1 million to ten manufacturers in tranches four and five, including $568,491 for Samsara's plastic-recycling pilot plant, with industry co-contributions lifting total project investment to $49.8 million.
Profile of Kairos Renewables, a Southeast Asian wind and solar project developer, noting its 2020 seed backing by SEACEF and the UN Environment Program and its plans for a trade sale or IPO.
Swinburne spin-out mDetect has received a $1.5 million government grant to commercialise muon-based sensors that detect weaknesses in mining tailings dams, with OZ Minerals an early adopter and local manufacturing partners involved.
Canadian revenue-based finance provider Clearco has entered the Australian market, pledging capital for ecommerce businesses, and has previously backed brands including Beard Market, Vegan Grocery Store and Jolyn.
AfterWork Ventures explains why it invested in Ripe Robotics, a Shepparton startup building fruit-picking robots that graduated from Startmate, while US competitor Abundant Robotics shut down.
Melbourne body-scanning startup Bodd is preparing a capital raise to fund global expansion, with William Buck advising, while Bosch manufactures its scanners and uniform and fashion clients deploy the technology.
Weekly roundup: three new agrifoodtech funds in Europe and South America, Perfect Day's large Series D, multiple startup raises, two ghost-kitchen acquisitions, a board appointment, and an Australia-Asia startup program.
Startup Daily lists the 19 Australian and New Zealand startups in Startmate's largest-ever Winter21 cohort pitching at Demo Day, including a climate stream backed by Mike Cannon-Brookes through Grok Ventures.
Profile of Fitafy, a Perth dating app matching singles on fitness and diet, covering its user growth, planned US launch, and a seed round that has topped $2.5 million.
Archa, once a consumer neobank, has released a business credit card with spend management tools for Australian small businesses, and is seeking growth funding co-led by two investment firms.
First Nations-owned non-alcoholic brewer Sobah raised A$1 million via a Birchal equity crowdfunding campaign backed by 569 investors, earmarked for a new brew house, amid record Australian equity crowdfunding volumes.
Payments firm Monoova hires Salvatore Papaluca from hummGroup as Head of Growth, with CEO Christian Westerlind Wigstrom citing upcoming PayTo launches and Monoova's client base.
Hong Kong payments network EMQ closed a $20 million Series B led by WI Harper Group alongside ten other backers, funding expansion, product work and licensing across Asia, Europe and the Americas.
Techboard's July 2021 roundup of Australian startup funding notes Go1's unicorn-making Series D, Culture Amp's US$100m raise, and ROKT's round valuing it at $1.36bn.
Techboard's roundup lists August 2021 Australian funding events, including raises by TechLend, v2food, Hireup and others, Fresh Equities' CEO-backed investment, and Five V Capital's $50m stake purchase in Penten.
Tidal Ventures has launched #ten, an expert network of tech founders and executives who put money into its seed fund and support its portfolio founders, bridging Australian and US ecosystems.
Sydney carbon-emissions platform Pathzero raised US$5 million (A$6.8m), led by Carthona Capital with Antler Australia and angel backers, to fund global expansion, after a $1 million seed round a year earlier.
Fundsquire has launched Grant Advance, a non-dilutive funding product for businesses using government grants, across Australia, Canada and the UK, following a strategic investment from Fasanara Capital.
The federal government announced a $30 million grant for Andrew Forrest-backed Squadron Energy's Port Kembla power station, which its backer says will switch fully to green hydrogen by 2030.
Equity crowdfunding platform Birchal reports a record September 2021 quarter for CSF raises, and the article rounds up September's large venture rounds including Airwallex, Canva, Cover Genius and Scalapay.
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Revenue-based e-commerce investor Clearco is entering Australia with $100 million set aside for local e-commerce businesses, and former Google executive Dan Peters will lead the new arm as managing director.
Edtech company Academy Xi has collected $14 million in total, adding $4.4 million from new and returning backers to support growth via acquisitions and partnerships.
Sydney legaltech company Lawpath has raised $7.5 million, led again by LegalZoom with backing from David Gonski's family office and two business chairs; the piece also recalls earlier raises in 2015, 2018 and 2019.
Brisbane construction contract management software firm ProcurePro has raised a $2.6 million seed round from industry executives including Payapps co-founder Geoff Tarrant, to fund Australian and international growth.
Blackbird's investment note explains why it co-led cyber intelligence startup Cyble's US$4 million seed round with Spider Capital, describing the dark web monitoring product, its founders, and its Y Combinator background.
Sydney insurtech Cover Genius raised a $100 million Series C led by Sompo Holdings to reach unicorn valuation, with G Squared participating, capping a strong month for Australian startup funding rounds.
Ready-to-drink cocktail pouch maker Sophisticated Cocktail Co marks its first year, launching a negroni, with founder Vicki Lyon recalling a seed round backed by an LA venture capitalist and a Sydney investor.
AfterWork Ventures profiles Functionly's co-founders Tim Brewer and Damian Bramanis, recalling its own late-2020 pre-seed investment and the earlier angel backing from Andrew Larsen and David Wood.
Greener, whose app offsets carbon emissions from consumer purchases, has raised a $1 million seed round to fund development and a national launch, and has signed over 50 brands to its program.
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