Every round, fund close and exit we can source, with the article it was reported in and what it actually said.
Australian insurtech Cover Genius raised $143 million led by Vista Credit Partners, pushing its valuation above $2 billion, with funds earmarked for platform development, AI claims capabilities and international expansion.
Square Peg's half-year investor letter reports two funds reaching final close, three exits including Talon.One's sale to Adyen, realisations past US$1bn, and a framework for judging AI disruption across its portfolio.
Blackbird's blog post announces portfolio company Tracksuit has bought Hall, an AI brand-visibility startup the firm backed at pre-seed in 2023; Hall founder Kai Forsyth and his team have joined Tracksuit.
Square Peg reports 30% portfolio growth, US$1bn+ cumulative realisations, US$138m returned this half, closes two new funds, and outlines an AI disruption framework.
Payments provider Zip Co will wind down its New Zealand operations following a strategic review, concentrating instead on its growing Australian and US businesses, with any financial impact described as immaterial.
A New Zealand consumer research company has bought an Australian artificial intelligence startup, folding its tools into the buyer's brand measurement offering amid consolidation among analytics firms.
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Roundup newsletter tallies seven funding rounds worth $606.5m for the week, plus Heidi's record-scale NHS clinician contract, Canva's Code 2.0 release, and a newly announced Office of AI.
Historical profile of the Fremantle craft brewery founded in 2000, covering its rise, its 2012 acquisition by Lion and 2023 sale to Asahi, and its lasting mark on Australian beer culture.
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Victoria has folded LaunchVic and its Breakthrough Victoria investment fund into a new body, Innovation Victoria, naming its chair, deputy chair and leader, while recapping agrifood startups the fund has backed.
Perth family office Verona Capital has bought majority control of mining-robotics maker Dredge Robotics, giving early investor Acorn Capital a 3.4x return, while the founders retain significant stakes and stay in charge.
Roundup of three early-stage AI raises: BlueNexus's $2 million seed, Hyades's NZ$910,000 pre-seed plus a research grant, and ESGAgent's undisclosed round. All three companies are pre-revenue.
Roundup of three ANZ raises: BlueNexus' $2m seed led by M31 Capital, Hyades' NZ$1.1m pre-seed with Icehouse Ventures plus an R&D grant, and ESGAgent.ai's $725,000 seed led by DNX Ventures.
A launch profile of Wingman Money, a personal finance app built by two University of Queensland graduates that rates financial wellbeing with a single score; its founders earlier took part in Startmate's 2025 pre-accelerator.
Equity crowdfunding on Birchal saw the NSW pantry goods maker attract 179 backers, exceeding its minimum target, with proceeds earmarked for production capacity, wider retail reach and an export push.
Profile of SAP Signavio co-founder Gero Decker reflecting on his 2021 sale of Signavio to SAP and his later projects, including growing the product within SAP and co-writing a book on AI and art.
Brisbane radiopharmaceutical developer AdvanCell has closed an oversubscribed Series D round, led by Ally Bridge Group and Alpha Wave with several institutional investors returning, to fund late-stage prostate cancer trials and US manufacturing.
AgFunderNews roundup of agtech and foodtech items: several venture raises and EU grants, Uber's agreed takeover of Delivery Hero, Winnow's purchase of Lumitics, Norrsken Evolve's fund close, and Goterra's liquidation.
Grants totalling slightly more than $1m went to 22 NSW startups in the latest MVP Ventures round, with individual awards between $24,225 and $75,000; a third round is being assessed.
Podcast interview with Plico's chief executive on why few Australian battery owners join virtual power plants, lessons since the company's 2017 Western Australia launch, and what mainstream VPP adoption would take.
Activewear brand Stax has gone into liquidation after a June receivership, prompting founders Don Robertson and Matilda Murray to apologise online to customers awaiting orders, with CasCap Advisory appointed to wind up the business.
Insurtech BizCover has earned Insurance Business's Top Insurance Employer 2026 accolade; the piece highlights its people programs, 200-plus Australian staff, and back-to-back Deloitte best-managed company wins.
Australian biotech Starpharma has opened a 57-cent shareholder rights issue seeking about $32 million, with Canaccord Genuity underwriting the raise and an oversubscription facility letting holders apply for extra shares.
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Sydney firm BlueNexus announced seed funding of A$2 million, with M31 Capital leading and Antler, Eastend Ventures and inSilico One joining; proceeds go toward product rollout, connectors and compliance work.
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Gridcog, an Australian-founded energy modelling platform now headquartered in London, has landed a US$10 million ABB-led Series A, with Axpo, DNV Ventures, VERBUND X Ventures, AlbionVC and CEFC joining.
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The Dubbo-founded, Newcastle-based skincare brand for tradies completed a 535-backer equity crowdfunding raise on OnMarket and is expanding into the US via Amazon, with capital earmarked for marketing, inventory and team growth.
CDR solutions firm Biza.io signs four initial non-bank lenders as clients and adds three directors, Max Diamond, Anthony Spark and David Nixon, to its executive team amid growth.
UQ medtech spin-out Ceretas sold its IPO, raising about $8 million, and now targets a fast-tracked ASX debut; the article also recalls ResApp's 2022 acquisition by Pfizer.
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The head of neo-cloud firm Sharon AI argues no copyright change is needed to attract data centre investment; the piece recalls its Nasdaq listing raise and a large new financing.
Defense startup Singularity has surfaced from stealth, securing a large Series A co-led by two venture firms to scale production of affordable systems that counter cheap drones, with backing from several established investors.
Vista Credit Partners is backing Cover Genius's USD 100 million raise, which puts the insurance platform's value at USD 1.9 billion; Morgan Stanley acted as placement agent.
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Insurance platform Cover Genius has announced a $100 million raise with Vista Credit Partners backing it, at a $1.9 billion valuation; funds will go toward AI, partnerships and acquisitions.
Brisbane compliance software startup ESGAgent.ai, trading as Klean Technologies, has raised a $725,000 Seed round led by Japan's DNX Ventures, taking cumulative funding to $1.7 million, and made two senior appointments.
A founder's first-person account of building Biolae, a women's health startup tackling vaginal dryness in menopause, and preparing to launch Australia's first TGA-listed hyaluronic acid pessary.
Congo Brands Australia, the local company behind the Prime drink, has entered administration with minimal cash after packaging firm Orora sought to wind it up; Alice Ruhe oversees the process.
Australian SME spend management platform Budgetly has launched an AI Bookkeeping feature that automates transaction coding, receipt checks and GST handling, with availability across its paid plans from mid-July 2026.
Latrobe Magnesium has lined up a funding facility of up to $16 million from Long State Investment, with an initial $6 million due by September 2026 to complete its Victorian magnesium plant.
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Hyper reflects on how founders find purpose through ikigai, using portfolio company GymGoer's founding story and Canva's origins as examples.
SynGenis, a Perth biotech, has raised A$4 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed round arranged through Euroz Hartleys, to build an AI platform for RNA and DNA medicines ahead of a planned stock listing.
Credissential, a Canadian listed company, has agreed to acquire Australian space startup Orbit2Orbit, which will become the public vehicle on the Canadian Securities Exchange through the deal.
Brisbane defence-tech VC Beaten Zone Venture Partners has passed A$20 million committed toward its A$60 million debut fund; investor Robin Levison has joined its investment committee.
Business Kitz, a Sydney document platform, has secured pre-seed backing from angel investors to grow its SME software and expand overseas.
Ceretas, a university spin-off, has sold A$8 million of shares in a stockmarket float valuing the ultrasound medtech at A$18 million, with the proceeds going toward device trials.
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Profile of GoFIGR, a Sydney HR-tech startup founded in 2020 by two former Randstad colleagues, recording its 2023 seed round of $1.9 million backed by Aliavia Ventures, Antler and Wollemi Capital.
Startupik profile of Dylan Field tracing Figma's path from browser-based experiment to mainstream design-collaboration tool, its venture funding history, bottom-up adoption, and the Adobe acquisition that collapsed.
Weekly roundup: four raises totalling $20.5m, WiseTech's founder-chairman leaving his board role, Firmus nearing a large capital raise, and Aura's agreed ASX backdoor listing through Qoria.
Creditors have voted to wind up Canberra insect-protein startup Goterra after sale and recapitalisation efforts failed, with administrators reporting mounting losses and recoveries likely confined to their fees.
Clinara founders discuss building an AI tool that transcribes consultations and coaches aesthetic clinic staff, ahead of a planned pre-seed angel round.
A Delta blog event recap of Gero Decker recounting building Signavio in Berlin, its 2015 financing and internal crises, and its 2021 sale to SAP for 957 million euros, with founder lessons.
Wildfire Energy receives an 18.56 million dollar Queensland government grant for its Bulwer Island Biofuels Hub, with the article recalling earlier ARENA funding and a Climate Tech Partners investment.