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Regrow secured a US$17 million Series A led by Ajax Strategies, Tenacious Ventures and Cargill to scale its carbon measurement platform for agri-food supply chains, having earlier acquired soil analysis firm Dagan.
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Western Australia's government has granted ATCO $1.97 million to blend renewable hydrogen into the gas grid, and the article recalls an earlier ARENA award of up to $28.7 million for an electrolyser.
Company profile and investment offering for Opuz, which is developing a non-invasive wearable ring for blood glucose monitoring, highlighting a successful clinical study and plans for a 2022 launch.
Antler Australia's guest post explains its Antler Angel Experience, a program giving angels close-up access to its Pre-Launch cohort and investment process, with a second intake of 35 angels already making investments.
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EnergyLab's Climate Solutions Accelerator has picked six climate tech startups for its six-month program, backed by a combined $500,000 pre-seed investment; three are Sydney-based, two Brisbane, one Californian.
Construction group BMD has invested nearly $1 million for a 10% stake in Brisbane AI startup Octant AI, after using its project cost-prediction platform since 2018, including a pilot on road projects.
Clinical VR startup Vantari has partnered with the University of Wollongong to pilot virtual reality training for medical students, starting with arterial blood gas collection, with university teams validating the software.
Culture Amp co-founder Didier Elzinga discusses survey data showing pandemic-driven burnout and doubled turnover, the company's recovery after 2020 layoffs, its rapid growth, and its 2021 hiring plans.
Carbon MRV platform Regrow has closed a $17 million Series A, with Cargill, Ajax Strategies and Tenacious Ventures joining returning backers such as M12 and Main Sequence. Regrow was formed via the FluroSat-Dagan merger.
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Roundup of manufacturing briefs: Fable Foods raises seed funding for mushroom-based meat, Nufarm wins US FDA recognition, Alexium commercialises BioCool, Archer patents its quantum chip in Asia, and Cann Group ends its Emyria collaboration.
Community-backed VC fund AfterWork Ventures has collected $10 million in commitments toward a $30 million target, with founders including Simon Griffiths investing, and has hired Jessy Wu as head of community.
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ASX-listed wealth platform Praemium has made Anthony Wamsteker its permanent chief executive after his interim stint, drawing on his past leadership at Powerwrap and ME Bank.
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has agreed to buy fintech Ferocia, creator of the Up banking app, for up to $116 million in shares, internalising the digital platform and its team while Ferocia runs as a standalone division.
Disability support platform Hireup has raised $40 million led by SEEK Investments, the job marketplace's investment arm, which takes a minority stake to fund national expansion, product improvements and hiring.
A promotional profile of WMAC.Cloud, whose Grid Science platform monitors power networks, pitching a $5 million offering for 15% equity that the company aims to close by October.
Obituary of New Zealand businessman and philanthropist Sir David Levene, recalling his retail career, the 1994 sale of his company to Skellerup, the later receivership, and his charity work.
Roundup of recent raises: a New Zealand legaltech Series A, plant-based meat seed funding with a celebrity chef tie-in, hospitality software capital, and battery materials funding, plus board additions.
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Ecommerce AI startup Splashup won x15ventures' Xccelerate21 pitch contest, earning a $150,000 SAFE note. Four other startups pitched, and givvable, the prior year's winner, has since expanded its supplier network.
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US liquid metal battery maker Ambri raised US$144 million (A$196 million), led by Reliance New Energy Solar with Bill Gates, Paulson & Co and others joining, to commercialise its long-duration storage technology and build manufacturing facilities.
Aura Ventures led a A$5 million pre-Series A round in blockchain fintech Lygon, joined by ANZ and CBA, marking the second deal from Aura Venture Fund II, which first closed in December 2020.
Western Australia's voucher scheme has granted support to 21 small companies, with glue-ear medtech firm EarBuddy and rapid antigen test developer Alcolizer among those named as recipients.
Alberts Impact Ventures announces backing thermal storage startup MGA Thermal's $8 million Series A, led by Main Sequence Ventures with CP Ventures, New Zealand's Climate Venture Capital fund and The Melt participating.
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Aera VC co-founder Derek Handley explains why the firm joined Fable Food Co's seed round, citing the Brisbane shiitake-mushroom meat alternative startup's retail traction, low-carbon product and experienced founding team.
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Influencer marketing platform Vamp appoints Gabriele Famous as CEO, with former chief Gill Findlay joining the board alongside founders Ben McGrath and Aaron Brooks; the article also recalls an $8.5 million raise last year.
UK and US medtech firm Bioself Technology, maker of the Sensate relaxation device, is raising USD$1 million via a SAFE with over 40 percent already committed, backed by two US venture firms and an angel.
IMCRC and Allegra Orthopaedics have awarded $118,338 to a 12-month project with Swinburne and RMIT developing a bioceramic coating process for orthopaedic implants.
Sydney mushroom-based meat alternative maker Fable Food raised A$6.5 million in a Blackbird Ventures-led seed round to fund US expansion and R&D, and appointed Dan Joyce as chief growth officer.
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Blackbird answers common questions about its new Aotearoa Community Lead job, covering the New Zealand team's community events, programmes with partners, ethical investing approach, venture capital business model and application process.
Insight Partners led a NZ$17 million series A into New Zealand legal tech firm LawVu, with AirTree Ventures returning; the article also recalls Insight's recent backing of Employment Hero, SafetyCulture and Octopus Deploy.
ASX-listed lender Latitude plans a $200 million shares-and-cash deal for Melbourne lending fintech Symple Loans, whose founders previously raised a $15 million Series D; Latitude itself listed in April after a $200 million raise.
Canberra space firm Skykraft, a UNSW Canberra spin-off, plans a 300kg satellite launch aboard SpaceX's Transporter-5 rideshare toward a 210-satellite air traffic constellation, and recently won a $1m ACT government grant.
Sydney customer-research software firm Dovetail raised $5 million from existing backers Felicis, Blackbird, Grok and Didier Elzinga, following its 2020 seed round, to fund a North American expansion.
Bioself Technology, the London and LA maker of stress-relief device Sensate, reports strong revenue growth and says its SAFE raise has already passed its lower funding target.
Blackbird is recruiting its first Head of Investor Relations to manage relationships with existing and prospective LPs, describing the role, benefits, and the firm's assets under management and portfolio.
ASX-listed lender Latitude has agreed to buy Melbourne personal-lending fintech Symple Loans for $200 million in shares and cash, pending regulatory approval, with Symple becoming Latitude's lending platform.
Wellness streaming platform BodyMindLife reports post-launch growth, corporate outreach, mentoring program acceptance, team expansion, and fresh investment from existing pre-seed backers via the Wholesale platform.
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Wholesale Investor profiles Inception Labs, a clinically dosed nutritional supplements business with a vertically integrated model spanning formulation to retail, setting out its market, track record and investment highlights for prospective backers.
Investment technology startup Fresh Equities raised $2.3 million, led by Archangel Ventures with Flying Fox Ventures and founders of Zip, Wisr and Synthetix Coin investing, to build an underwriting business and platform features.
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Nedlands nonprofit CERI has launched CERI Start, a $100,000 fund backed by donations from Charlie Bass and Anthony Torresan, to offer micro-seed funding to its alumni and resident startups.
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Singapore startup JAVIS closed a S$500,000 pre-seed round to prototype its automated bubble tea cart and won a S$50,000 Enterprise Singapore grant, with ITE as mentor partner and test site.
Perennial's third pre-IPO fund has secured an initial $100 million toward a $200 million target, with $50 million already deployed into Demyst, Songtradr and InDebted; its previous fund closed at $125 million.
The federal government awarded over $8 million through the latest Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority grant round to 11 Australian defence businesses, funding equipment, facilities and capability upgrades.
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V2food has closed a €45 million Series B extension led by Astanor Ventures, with ABC World Asia, Huaxing Growth Capital and Main Sequence also taking part, to fund expansion into Europe and Asia.
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Tidal Ventures explains why it invested in Operata, a platform monitoring call quality for cloud contact centres, covering the market, product, business model and founding team.
Profile of Nina Hooper, whose startup Abrility teaches children soft skills through live online classes, and how joining Antler's program helped her meet co-founder Philip and build the platform.
Produce marketplace Foodbomb has raised a A$4.5 million Series A from EVP, Athletic Ventures, Aura Ventures, Tahmedia and Platform Advisory Partners, funding expansion into Brisbane and a doubling of staff.
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Rapid Circle's Australian arm has bought Brisbane Microsoft partner Adopt & Embrace, its second 2021 acquisition after Insync Technology. Terms undisclosed; staff join the combined change management practice.
OIF Ventures' first portfolio newsletter: OIF Fund II closed above $100 million, plus recent raises at Go1, Circle In, Assignar, Arcade, Visionary Machines, Neara, Futurerent and Adventus.io.
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US digital workspace vendor Mural hired Rob Malkin to lead Asia Pacific expansion after completing a US$50 million Series C led by Insight Partners and Tiger Global, following its US$118 million Series B in 2020.