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The Victorian government granted Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences $5 million for mRNA vaccine manufacturing ahead of Phase 1 trials; the vaccine earlier attracted $3 million from the Medical Research Future Fund.
Wholesale Investor profiles Buildz.pro, a Queensland social platform for project builders, citing revenue growth to $32,500 by May 2021 and a newly launched seed offering seeking $200,000 for 10% equity.
SME lender Judo Bank raised $174 million in equity at a $1.9 billion valuation and announced a $50 million Tier 2 debt issue, following a $284 million round four months earlier.
Republished AFR report recalls Go1's earlier backing and Series C investors, including OIF, while its reported Series D at a billion-dollar valuation remains in progress and a listing is flagged.
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NSW's second R&D Innovation Districts Challenge awarded $500,000 in seed grants to winners including Adiona, Arludo and Kleu Australia, while a closing profile introduces Hayley Saddington's medtech startup Peak Medical, now seeking strategic investors.
Weekly funding wrap covering several raises including Honey Insurance's record seed round, OCR Labs' Series A, and Ena Respiratory's COVID-19 nasal spray funding, plus Investible's second fund first close.
Eight companies, including VitalTrace, 3DMorphic and Battery Graphene Corp (Vaulta), received Accelerating Commercialisation grants totalling $3.2 million in June 2021, announced by industry minister Christian Porter.
Fleet Space Technologies has received a government grant to upgrade its nanosatellite network, with a second award going to electronics manufacturer Crystalaid, both tied to a national space supply chain program.
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Australia's space agency has awarded $4 million in Demonstrator Feasibility grants to twenty organisations, backing projects including a lunar construction rover and Valiant Space's in-space chemical thruster, part of the Moon to Mars initiative.
Unhedged's crowdfunding offer on Birchal hit its $350,000 minimum within 45 minutes and passed $1 million in six hours, with the public offer opening on 18 June.
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Honey Insurance has raised $15.5 million in seed funding backed by RACQ, PEXA, Metricon and founders of Zip and Afterpay, to launch its smart-home insurance offering.
Open source integration software firm WSO2 has bought Platformer, a Melbourne cloud native startup, to strengthen the Kubernetes capabilities of its Choreo platform, with Platformer's co-founder joining WSO2 to lead the Choreo data plane.
Electrolyser developer Hysata has raised $5 million, led by IP Group with a $750,000 commitment from the CEFC through its Clean Energy Innovation Fund, to commercialise technology developed at the University of Wollongong.
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A new national network to certify space-bound hardware has launched with a $2.5m federal grant, with six organisations including Wollongong and Saber Astronautics contributing; Saber's control centre earlier received a similar grant.
Profile of MyAssetPay, a lender advancing cash against assets like wine, art and Bitcoin, noting an initial financing of up to $10M already secured and a current $500,000 offering under way.
US angel VC The Fund launches an Australia and New Zealand chapter, backed by local founder limited partners, with a four-person investment committee intending to back around 40 early-stage startups over two years.
Australian founders and operators including Kate Morris and Alex Zaccaria have launched the local arm of angel group The Fund, targeting seed and pre-seed deals, with an aim to raise about US$3.5 million.
Australian biotech ENA Respiratory raised funding led by Brandon Capital and Minderoo Foundation to advance its Covid-19 nasal spray toward the clinic, and appointed Ruth Tal-Singer to its board.
Australian home insurer Honey Insurance launched with a A$15.5 million seed round, reportedly the country's largest, led by insurers and property firms alongside several fintech executives investing personally.
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Financial advice platform Lumiant has prolonged its Equitise crowdfunding round, attracting $630,000 more toward a valuation of up to $12.9 million, with the offer closing on June 22.
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Amazon Australia has awarded its Launchpad Innovation Grants to five local startups, each gaining a prize bundle valued at $200,000. Winner Milkdrop, founded by Alex Sinickas, makes breast pump cushions and previously joined Startmate.
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A consortium led by Monash University and BiVACOR won a $1 million Medical Research Future Fund grant to commercialise an Australian total artificial heart; BiVACOR had earlier closed a US$19 million Series B.
Questsemi and Griffith University won an Innovative Manufacturing CRC Activate grant for silicon carbide diode fabrication research; the $1.3 million project includes a pilot production facility, and Alcolizer and FormFlow are past program recipients.
Advice software startup Lumiant has drawn over $600,000 in public commitments for an extended seed crowdfunding round run via Equitise, following its earlier $1.17 million raise, with the offer due to close in June.
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Commonwealth Bank has invested $20 million in energy startup Amber, taking a 25% stake and planning to offer its product to home loan customers; Alberts Impact Ventures, an earlier backer, notes the deal.
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ARENA is funding a Rio Tinto feasibility study into using renewable hydrogen instead of natural gas at its Yarwun alumina refinery, and previously funded Alcoa's recycled-steam process heat project.
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Leigh Creek Energy raised $18 million through a placement to advance syngas, power generation and urea production at its former South Australian coalfield, with a Korean engineering firm to build the plant.
Alberts Impact Ventures has led a 1.5 million dollar investment in Australian ticket resale platform Tixel, with David Albert joining the company's board of directors.
ENA Respiratory secured up to AU$32 million, co-led by Brandon Capital Partners and Minderoo Foundation with Uniseed, to advance its INNA-051 nasal spray, and appointed Ruth Tal-Singer to its board.
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Carbon risk analytics startup Emmi launched with an undisclosed investment from Catherine Brenner, Tim Samway and Patrick Sieb, who join its board, alongside super funds. Founders Michael Lebbon and Ben McNeil lead the venture.
Early-stage venture firm The Fund is expanding to Australia, naming a four-person local investment committee and founder limited partners to back pre-seed and seed startups across the region.
Ellerston Capital has promoted Fredy Hoh to lead its Asia Growth Fund portfolio following Mary Manning's resignation. Hoh, with the firm since 2017, previously covered risk, sector and country analysis as deputy.
Venture firm Investible completed a first close above target on its second seed fund, securing $35 million toward a $50 million goal to back early-stage Australian and global founders.
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AfterWork Ventures explains why it invested in Send Payments, a partnerships-led foreign exchange provider embedding FX services inside partner brands' platforms, praising its customer support and go-to-market.
Three far north Queensland manufacturers have received grants totalling $930,000 under Queensland's Manufacturing Hubs Grant Program, funding equipment purchases expected to lift production and create new jobs.
Melbourne workforce management firm Ento raised a $5 million Series B led by Perennial Value Management with AirTree Ventures participating, to grow its team and expand; AirTree had earlier backed a $1.2 million raise in 2015.
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Remarkable's accelerator unveils seven startups in its 2021 cohort serving people with disability, including Tunisia's Cure Bionics, with Demo Day set for July and last year's intake averaging investment per startup.
Antler Australia has backed 13 early-stage startups in its fourth cohort, taking 12% equity per company, and unveiled a new capital-raising platform; managing partner Bede Moore outlines its plans.
Analysis of the investors behind SOSV's Climate Tech 100, mapping more than 500 backers across venture firms, corporates, angels, celebrities, governments, sovereign funds, family offices and foundations.
Grow-NY's agrifood startup competition is open for Round III applications with a $1 million top prize. Past participant Tiliter, an Australian company, won $500,000 and later raised $7.5 million.
Swedish communications firm Sinch is buying Melbourne-based MessageMedia for US$1.3 billion, in an article rounding up a surge of Australian tech acquisitions including A Cloud Guru, Big Ant, Neto and Vend.
Northvolt, a Swedish battery manufacturer, has raised US$2.75 billion from Goldman Sachs, Volkswagen and others to expand gigafactory output, lifting its lifetime total past $6.5 billion as it targets 150GWh by 2030.
Profile and investment offering for Ravens Masking, a data masking software startup whose co-founders announce a planned USD 1.5 million seed raise for 20% equity; no money has yet been raised.
Daily roundup reporting Sinch's $1.3 billion acquisition of MessageMedia, Northvolt's $2.75 billion raise, Scalable Capital's Series E, fund closes by SVLC and Rev1, and rounds for Stoke, Terraformation, Hawthorne Effect, Wagely and Aura.
Weekly funding roundup: UpGuard raises $25m, Tanggram $5m, Endua launches with $5m, Cubiko $1.7m, The Village Co $1.2m, Tribu $1.25m, SmartOysters and BatNav crowdfund, Chipper Cash closes US$100m, and Main Sequence's fund closed.
Sinch, a Swedish communications group, has announced the $1.3 billion acquisition of Melbourne-based business messaging firm MessageMedia, weeks after rival Twilio moved to buy SMS player ZipWhip for $850 million.
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New York faux-chicken nuggets maker Simulate, founded by Australian Ben Pasternak, raised a US$50 million Series B led by Alexis Ohanian's Seven Seven Six, with McCain Foods returning; earlier seed and Series A rounds are recalled.
Plant-based food startup Simulate has raised a $65 million Series B led by Alexis Ohanian's Seven Seven Six, with Ohanian joining its board, as the Aussie-founded company scales Nuggs and enters Canada.
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