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Private-equity-backed drinks group Fermentum has bought Melbourne craft brewer Two Birds for $24.7 million, its sixth brewery; the piece also reviews the site's sustainability record and earlier sector consolidations.
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The ASX-listed energy software firm has turned down Volue's sweetened $17-per-share cash offer worth $539.7 million, calling it opportunistic and undervalued, and pointing to its growth momentum under new chief executive Ben Tranier.
Perth solar-glass maker ClearVue has signed a $600,000 subcontract to fit Canva's new Sydney headquarters, converting May's preliminary agreement, shortly after a $6.25 million capital raise.
Crimson Education launched an unsolicited $38.3 million takeover bid for Australian tutoring franchise Kip McGrath, offering a 62 percent premium and backed by shareholder Pie Funds Management.
A large South Australian battery has stood idle for weeks because part-owner Zen Energy entered voluntary administration, triggering its market suspension, while its hoped-for sale to commodities trader Gunvor collapsed.
ARENA's white paper update finds ultra low-cost solar is achievable but delivery speed and scale of big projects is now the main risk, highlighting supported work by 5B, Built Robotics, Nextpower and Luminous Robotics.
Roundup of eight Australian and New Zealand startups whose late-July funding totals $102 million across space capsules, medical devices, livestock breath analysis, sports analytics and AI crop forecasting.
Profile of JET Charge co-founder Tim Washington, tracing the EV charging firm's growth and recalling its 2020 institutional round and $72 million Series C led by Mirova.
Startmate unveils its incoming Winter '26 accelerator intake, profiling AI, aerospace, legal tech, construction and healthcare startups founded across Australian cities, with others based in San Francisco and Christchurch.
Aussie Angels, a platform for angel investing, is now Ventari. It hosts over 60 syndicates and funds whose backers have deployed $75m into ANZ startups; the company itself raised $2m in 2025.
An Australian biosensor startup has won a national fabrication facility's pre-seed grant to advance its implantable pet health monitor toward market-ready prototypes.
Devoli has hired Kent Plummer from Aussie Broadband as channel manager for Australia, tasking him with helping the provider's MSP partners simplify how they run connectivity.
A maker of satellites for in-orbit drugs and materials production has landed an outsized pre-seed round led by New Zealand's GD1, with Airtree and other venture firms taking part.
Antler's blog post announces that 83 founders have begun its sixteenth Australian residency in Sydney, selected from over 2,300 applicants, with partners and staff describing what makes founders succeed.
Blackbird's post explains why it led Superstat's seed round alongside Startmate and angel backers, praising the founding trio's decade-long shared focus and rapid early growth in amateur basketball analytics.
Blackbird introduces the twelve engineers, mathematicians and researchers chosen for the first Foundry Fellowship, a program connecting technical people with founders and investors across Australia and New Zealand.
Investible's note explains its pre-seed backing of satellite startup Outlier Space alongside GD1 and others, arguing uncrewed return-capable platforms will make off-world manufacturing viable as the ISS retires.
Hello Clever has released Clever Connect, which gives software platforms and marketplaces dedicated accounts for instant merchant payments over Australian and Japanese rails, with a US launch planned later this year.
Sydney AI grain-forecasting startup Octopusbot has raised over $1 million from Folklore Ventures and No Brand to grow its platform and enter further commodity markets.
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The platform behind Aussie Angels adopts the new name Ventari, positioning itself as infrastructure for fund managers and syndicates rather than angels alone, and shares customer endorsements and market figures.
Melbourne and Boston medical device firm Navi Medical Technologies has closed a 6.8 million dollar round led by KP Rx to commercialise its neonatal catheter technology in the United States.
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A Sydney research foundation has put funding into miRecule's next-generation therapy for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, which targets two disease mechanisms; the biotech hopes to run early trials in Australia.
Australian vehicle-subscription firm Carbar and UAE counterpart Carasti have combined under a Singapore-headquartered parent, ownership split 55/45 between their shareholders; a capital raising is under way to bankroll the combined group's expansion.
A FlutterFlow employee recounts turning a 2D canvas experiment into Campus, a free macOS app putting terminals, browsers and apps on one shared canvas, with multiplayer rooms and mobile, web and 3D versions planned.
Agscent, a NSW agtech venture that reads cattle breath for pregnancy, illness and methane, has secured $5 million from Scale Investors and Tundra Capital, valuing it at $26.9 million.
Queensland medtech Laronix has built AI that recreates patients' own voices from brief recordings; the profile recalls its 2023 seed round, earlier federal grants and a 2025 non-dilutive award.
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Yanara, a renewables developer created from BrightNight's Asia-Pacific operations last year, has landed roughly A$245 million from asset manager Mirova to progress over 2 GW of Australian projects, including its Mortlake Energy Hub.
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Heaps Normal has launched High Hopes, its first non-alcoholic prosecco, after years of development, choosing brand trust over a fast entry into the alcohol-free wine category.
Queensland's government has committed $7.5 million from its Sovereign Industry Development Fund to Black Sky Aerospace for a defence testing and evaluation launch site near Thargomindah, expected operational by mid-2028.
Salesforce specialist Davanti has been sold by Dentsu to US buyer Enduring Ventures and has reverted from the Merkle brand to its original name, with the deal completed at the end of June.
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Insurance software firm Monvia has begun trading on the ASX under ticker MNV after completing a $17.5 million initial public offering, with proceeds set to redeem preference shares and fund growth.
Australian food-tech firm All G has launched a low-iron, fermentation-derived lactoferrin in the US, producing multiple tonnes yearly via a Chinese manufacturer, with European capacity and a human-equivalent version planned.
The Sendle delivery brand, liquidated earlier in 2026 after a troubled merger, has been bought by logistics executive Andrew McKenna, who expects a September relaunch with Quantium Solutions handling deliveries.
Liverpool's owner Fenway Sports Group confirms talks with a consortium led by Amit Bhatia over a minority stake, while the piece recalls the 2010 takeover and a 2023 investment deal with Dynasty Equity.
Fourteen projects won grants under the federal government's Grid Enhancing Technologies program, including EV charging firms Jet Charge and Charge Hub Australia, to show how EVs and other tech can ease grid constraints.
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ARENA has conditionally awarded HAMR Energy $32 million toward engineering design for a plant turning forestry residues in Victoria and South Australia into methanol-based jet fuel and other low-carbon products.
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A Hyper reflection on how founders refine rough ideas through early customer feedback, citing Zuckerberg and its Accelerate process, and recalling that portfolio company Empiraa has raised $3 million.
Melbourne EV materials company Kite Magnetics has been awarded an Australian government grant to commercialise its motor-core material, with a larger Series A raise planned but not secured.
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Australian workforce software firm Wrkr has raised A$12 million in post-listing equity, pairing a completed placement with a shareholder purchase offer, to build enterprise payroll connections and chase cash-flow breakeven.
Cut Through Venture's Q2 2026 report counts $1.7 billion announced across 64 venture rounds, carried by two mega-deals, with record median deal sizes, AI concentration, and deal counts at their slowest since before 2020.
South Australian startups Lunio Energy and OptiGrid launch a 5 MW Strathalbyn battery into market trading; the piece recalls OptiGrid's seed round backed by CEFC, IP Group, Hostplus, universities and EnergyLab.
A 5 MW South Australian battery has started trading, the first project for developer Lunio Energy and the first four-hour site run on OptiGrid's optimisation platform, whose seed backers are recapped.
Australian eBike subscription service Lug+Carrie has lined up $18 million in debt financing from Catalytic Impact Capital to expand its fleet across Australia and the US, where it trades under the Wombi name.
Technology contractor HiTech Group has agreed to acquire recruiter Hudson's Australian operations for A$7 million upfront, with the deal revealed in an ASX statement after a management buyout was rejected.
Interview with NinjaOne's A/NZ chief Geoff Davies on MSP tool consolidation, recalling the company's US$252 million acquisition of Dropsuite and its US$400 million Series C funding round.
Xero's chief people officer Jeff Ryan left the ASX-listed software firm in early July, with its people function reporting interim to CFO Claire Bramley, as the company's shares slide on AI disruption fears.
Thermal storage company MGA Thermal hires a former Shell Energy Australia executive as its commercial chief, with the appointment underpinned by a $17 million raise made earlier in the year.
Insurtech Cover Genius, previously ranked first on the Smart50 list, has secured $143 million from Vista Credit Partners at a valuation above $2 billion, with funds earmarked for AI development and acquisitions.