Every round, fund close and exit we can source, with the article it was reported in and what it actually said.
Profile of BindiMaps, an indoor navigation app for visually impaired users, recalling its SheStarts accelerator stint and past raises as it positions contactless wayfinding during COVID-19.
Techboard's periodic funding analysis reports record Australian startup funding in March and April 2020, driven by large neobank raises, while declining deal counts suggest an emerging Covid-19 downturn.
Profile of David Rohrsheim, ex-Uber Australia chief, who manages the state government's established $50 million venture capital fund for early-stage companies and explains what he seeks in founders.
SoftwareOne has acquired Sydney cloud management startup GorillaStack, with undisclosed terms, to boost its AWS and Azure cloud capabilities and enhance its PyraCloud platform.
Interview with David Rohrsheim on managing South Australia's $50 million venture capital fund and chairing InDaily's 40 Under 40 judging panel, and what he looks for in founders.
Brisbane IoT firm Movus has raised $2.5 million, with Telstra Ventures, Skip Capital and Blackbird Ventures reinvesting, following its 2018 series A as it expands manufacturing.
Leading Edge Data Centres secured $20 million from Washington H. Soul Pattinson and joined SparkLabs Cultiv8's 2020 accelerator, funding a national rollout of regional edge data centres starting in NSW.
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Ettitude founder Phoebe Yu closed a $2.54 million seed round for her sustainable bamboo bedding brand, which she started in Melbourne in 2014 before relocating the company to Los Angeles.
Wholesale Investor invites subscribers to join its in-progress Series B capital raising for its CRIISP platform, describing its marketplace, traction, and existing shareholders.
First-time entrant Stone Axe Pastoral won the Australian Wagyu Association's 2020 branded beef competition; the article also recounts Roc Partners' 2017 investment and Stone Axe's stake in the Yarranbrook feedlot.
Seven companies have received Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority grants totalling 2.4 million dollars to expand defence-related manufacturing capacity across several states.
Brothers behind Mindset Health, a hypnotherapy app startup, raised $1.1 million from Fifty Years, YC, Gelt VC and Giant Leap; the piece profiles the apps and their clinical collaborators.
Sydney financial wellness platform Your Financial Wellness has raised a series A round and formed a new advisory board that includes former Bank of Queensland risk chief Peter Deans.
WA mental health startup People Diagnostix won a $372K grant, partnered with Generali's benefits network, achieved ISO certification and opened a Series A round.
Adelaide X-ray maker Micro-X is spending $4 million expanding Nano device production after a $15 million institutional capital raising and a share offer, amid surging Covid-driven demand and orders.
Atlassian announced buying Slack startup Halp; Twitter made remote work permanent; Facebook agreed US$52m moderator settlement; Tesla restarted output; Ai-Media bought ACS after a A$10.3 million raise.
Australian payments startup Limepay has raised $6 million from private investors to help retailers run branded checkout and buy-now-pay-later, positioning itself against Afterpay and Zip.
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Atlassian has acquired Colorado-based Slack helpdesk startup Halp for an undisclosed sum. Halp previously raised US$2 million in April 2019 from Matchstick Ventures, Slack and Techstars at a US$9.5 million post-money valuation.
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TradeFloor completed acquisitions of stockbroker OpenMarkets and CCUBE's wealth management technology, with all three now under OpenMarkets Group; CCUBE had entered administration after a failed capital raise.
Yamaha's venture arm leads an $11m raise for agtech startup The Yield, while Sydney home-loan fintech Verteva lands a $33m Series A; plus Twitter's Covid warning labels and Sidewalk Labs dropping its Toronto project.
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Southern Green Gas has secured non-dilutive funding from ARENA and APA Group for a renewable methane demonstration project in Queensland, while an equity round to complete its funding remains open.
Sydney digital home loan startup Verteva has raised a $33 million Series A from New Zealand's Bolton Equities, with founders Andrew Walker and Chris Lumby, formerly of Westpac, planning to disrupt mortgage lending.
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Question-and-answer profile of Melbourne wealth-tech platform Tanggram, covering its origins, four co-founders, earlier angel and seed backing, and plans for a Series A.
Westpac is backing mx51, a payments spin-off from Assembly Payments, to compete with global payments providers and Tyro, using open architecture supporting systems including Afterpay and Zip.
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Network provider Swoop, formerly Cirrus Communications, has agreed to acquire Anycast Networks and ISP DCSI, gaining assets, staff and customers. Its earlier capital raising counted Minderoo, James Spenceley and Tony Grist as investors.
A US utility will pilot Gates-backed Form Energy's long-duration aqueous air flow battery, promising 150 hours of grid storage, with Australian-linked backers and solar players mentioned.
Surf Lakes, the wave-pool technology company, has appointed Troy Warfield, previously a senior executive at Topgolf, British Airways, Avis Budget Zipcar and Kimberly Clark, to its board as a non-executive director.
Uber invests in Lime and Lime takes over Uber's Jump bike business, while Australian states ease COVID-19 business restrictions and a voucher platform launches for local firms.
Adelaide employee-feedback software firm Teamgage launched a remote-work survey tool that gained 1,200 users in three days, and has a $350,000 South Australian government grant to help expand into overseas markets.
Digital receipts startup Slyp has taken a minority investment from Commonwealth Bank, joining Westpac, NAB, ANZ and Scentre Group, which backed a $4 million round in 2019.
Circle In launched a COVID-19 Parent Portal for employers of working parents, signed international clients, and closed an investment round led by existing investor Our Innovation Fund, with the amount undisclosed.
Commonwealth Bank has taken a minority equity stake in digital receipts startup Slyp, making it the first fintech backed by all four major Australian banks, with Scentre Group also an investor.
Ten Australian energy-sector projects, half from Western Australia, have received NERA COVID-19 pivot grants totalling $227,500, including iSOL8's contact-tracing app Radius and nine other companies' adaptations.
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ARENA grants APA Group money to build a renewable methane demonstration plant in Queensland, developed with Southern Green Gas, testing conversion of solar-made hydrogen into pipeline-compatible gas.
The federal NAIF has reached contractual close on a $24 million loan to Signature Onfarm for a beef processing facility and worker accommodation near Clermont in Central Queensland.
Australian SME lender Judo Bank has closed a $230 million raise from existing backers, reaching a billion-dollar valuation; the piece also recalls its record 2019 raise and recent credit facilities.
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Payments company SendFX appoints former Bank of Queensland and Bankwest CEO Jon Sutton to its advisory board, where he will advise CEO Paul Billing on growth, customers and capital raising.
Proptech firms :Different and Sorted each announced funding this week, with Rampersand leading Sorted's round, while founders and investors discuss whether COVID-19 will permanently modernise property industry practices.
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The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has awarded Powerlink Queensland nearly half a million dollars to study grid system strength solutions, with a GHD-prepared report now published to inform the AEMC's review.
Afterpay secured a 5% stake purchase by Tencent, lifting its share price sharply, with founders and a Tencent executive commenting on the investment and possible collaboration.
Qwilr raised a $10.8 million Series A led by AirTree Ventures, with Skip Capital and Typeform co-founder Robert Munoz investing, ahead of the pandemic; the article also recalls its 2017 raise.
Tencent bought a five percent stake in Afterpay for $300 million, sending shares sharply higher. The buy-now-pay-later firm's founders welcomed the strategic Chinese investor, which also holds a stake in Airwallex.
A Monday tech roundup covering Virgin Galactic's test glide, NASA lunar lander contracts, crude oil storage, Clipchamp appointing a US-based executive, and Google losing a defamation case.
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Sydney document automation startup Qwilr closed a $7.25 million Series A led by AirTree Ventures, with Skip Capital and Robert Muñoz joining, plus existing backers participating, to fund US and European expansion.
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Profile of stylist-turned-founder Richard Kavanagh, whose smart mirror startup Piiq hibernated during COVID-19 and pivoted to a retail platform directing salon revenue back to struggling hair businesses.
A company update announcing Zega's cookware launch, its Amazon brand partnership, and that the final allocation of its seed round is closing with 70% committed and $300,000 still open to investors.
Google is granting $2.3 million across 18 Asia-Pacific news organisations via its innovation challenge fund; named recipients include Australian Community Media, Gaon Connection, The Morning Context and three Korean dailies.
Westpac's venture arm Reinventure is in discussions with the bank about possibly adding outside investors to its next fintech fund, which to date has relied solely on Westpac's capital.