Every round, fund close and exit we can source, with the article it was reported in and what it actually said.
ARN reports Capgemini is acquiring Sydney-based MuleSoft consultancy WhiteSky Labs, with more than 150 staff set to move across; terms undisclosed. WhiteSky previously drew backing from Salesforce Ventures' US$50 million Australia Trailblazer Fund.
Data analytics vendor Databricks appoints ex-AWS executive Ed Lenta to lead its APJ region alongside other recent hires, with the piece recalling the company's US$400 million Series F backed by Andreessen Horowitz.
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Fraud and abuse prevention startup Arkose Labs secured a $22 million Series B led by M12, with PayPal and USVP joining, after strong 2019 growth; the piece also notes M12's recent $300 million Series B for Bakkt.
Emirati investment firm World Investments is committing A$433 million over two years to Australian neobank Xinja Bank, taking a major stake, in a deal brokered by First Penny Investments.
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ASX-listed fintech Identitii has launched a partially underwritten rights issue seeking $3.82 million and appointed John Rayment as its new CEO and Managing Director, effective immediately.
Interview with activated-carbon startup Bygen, which converts farm waste and plastics into carbon products, covering its completed seed round, ongoing second raise and accelerator history.
ZipTel has signed a binding agreement to buy all of Douugh, planning to relist on the ASX under the Douugh name while the AI fintech scales its US smart bank and adds banking partners.
Wholesale Investor invites readers into a medicinal cannabis company's newly launched Series B raise, opened by its founder with a six-figure injection, citing retail reach and a tax incentive deadline for investors.
Property fragmentation platform Bricklet opened its Series A round, with Mirvac and Stockland leading and over $1 million committed, after selling nearly $9 million of bricklets in its first quarter.
Coronavirus disruption forces BlueScope, Boral and Cochlear to revise outlooks, while Carbon Revolution raises $25 million, Titomic $19 million, and sanitiser and infant formula exporters report surging demand.
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A $131 million Cooperative Research Centre applying manufacturing techniques to construction has won federal support, with $28 million in government funding announced and industry partners contributing the remainder.
An Adelaide machine learning research group led by Tat-Jun Chin has won a $600,000 SmartSat CRC grant to continue work on detecting, tracking and removing space debris, collaborating with universities and local space firms.
Wheel maker Carbon Revolution completed a $25 million institutional placement and announced a $3 million share purchase plan to strengthen its balance sheet against COVID-19 disruption, months after listing.
Vaxxas received a Gates Foundation grant to run first-in-human trials of its microneedle patch vaccine for measles and rubella, building on an earlier preclinical grant from the same funder.
Software firm Iress has bought UK pension and investment research provider O&M Systems, whose 2000-plus clients and team will join Iress, with its software integrated into the Xplan advice suite.
Drawboard has raised US$6 million (AU$9 million) led by Blackhorn Ventures with TEN13 and others, to expand its paperless markup software in the US market.
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Development finance platform Wefund launches, giving property developers streamlined access to non-bank lenders, wins a broker panel approval with MoneyQuest Australia, and receives a seed investment from Bravo Futura Capital.
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WORK180's founders reflect on stepping back as the startup scales, describing their careful recruitment of a chief operating officer and a chief marketing officer while expanding into the UK.
OneVentures announces ten million dollars of equity and credit financing for business intelligence firm Phocas, combining a recent credit facility with a 2018 equity investment, as the company prepares for international growth.
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OneVentures' blog reposts coverage of Phocas Software, a veteran data analytics firm that turned to venture backing, with the page also recording the investor's investment and a later $45 million raise.
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An Australian manufacturing industry body is co-funding Gilmour Space's push for lighter rocket fuel tanks, matching the company's contribution, within a Queensland collaboration also involving a university and two materials firms.
Blackbird announces a $1 million investment in Ovira, a direct-to-consumer period pain device startup founded by Alice Williams, whom the firm met through Startmate.
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Techboard revises its analysis of large 2018 funding events won by female-founded companies, recounting raises by Airwallex, Canva, Judo Capital and others, earlier big rounds, and UrbanYou's acquisition.
Brisbane EV charging maker Tritium names ex-Boeing Phantom Works executive Jane Hunter as CEO, with founder David Finn moving to Chief Growth Officer.
ARENA has awarded a $1.25 million grant to Stanwell Power Corporation for a feasibility study into a renewable hydrogen demonstration plant beside its Rockhampton-area power station.
Perth hydrogen technology developer Hazer Group received a $1.3 million R&D tax incentive refund for 2019 financial year work, which together with a November capital raise supports further research and business development.
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ARENA awards $2 million to Melbourne autonomous EV maker Applied Electric Vehicles to build a pre-production prototype of its solar-powered driverless vehicle, in a project partnered with Japan's Teijin.
The George Institute's commercial arm and its drug development company have secured $53 million from three Australian investors to speed commercialisation of medical research, with Brandon Capital's Ingmar Wahlqvist involved.
Profile of Basiq, a Sydney fintech giving fintechs access to banking data, covering its origin, leadership team, locations and its investment from NAB Ventures, Reinventure and Salesforce Ventures.
Interview with the founder of a food-rescue app discussing diversity in hiring, recent user growth since its Sydney launch, and earlier pre-seed and seed raises from supportive investors.
Profile of Luckbox, an Isle of Man-licensed esports betting platform, covering its market opportunity, experienced team and milestones as it seeks $5m for development and marketing ahead of an anticipated trade sale.
Recruitment software startup Reejig raised $2.2 million in its first capital round from Right Click Capital and Arun Krishnankutty of OMKA Group, with funds earmarked for scaling its SaaS product.
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IoT startup Cellr won government backing to commercialise NFC bottle-cap anti-fraud tech for wine. Its team graduated from Founder Institute; Chris Braine recently attended SA's FOMENT program.
Bricklet sold all 259 fragments of the Roxy Muse apartment development within five weeks, and is now launching a Series A after earlier seed backing from Mirvac and Stockland.
Federation Asset Management announces an investment in George Health Enterprises, part of a 53 million dollar cash injection from Australian investors, described as a major private-public health partnership.
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Canva marks International Women's Day with workplace initiatives: superannuation on parental leave, a school holiday program for employees' children, and a partnership with Project F to lift women in engineering.
Tech roundup: DeepMind applies AlphaFold to COVID-19, Zoho cancels Zoholics events, Canva marks International Women's Day, Xinja pauses new savings accounts after announcing a $50 million crowdfunding raise, plus MYOB research on women shoppers.
TechCrunch invites early-stage founders to apply for free exhibition spots through its Top Picks program at Disrupt SF 2020, with a past participant crediting the designation for helping secure a seven-figure seed investment.
South Australia's government has named Artesian Venture Partners to manage its $50 million venture capital fund, which has previously invested in three companies; Artesian will open a small office at Lot Fourteen.
Wholesale Investor profile of Tessara Therapeutics, a biotech developing 3D human brain tissue for drug discovery; recounts past grants, an R&D tax incentive, CSIRO partnership, board and revenue projections.
Xinja's Series D crowdfunding raise is underway, with a $20 million first tranche secured and shares offered via Equitise, valuing the neobank above $285.5 million as it reports deposit and customer growth.
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Long-time Australian Salesforce integrator Arxxus went into liquidation in February 2020 owing millions, including to Salesforce Ventures; the piece retraces its funded rise and rapid financial collapse.
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Two Australian incubators, Social Impact Hub and Maker & Co Collective, have received federal grants under the Incubator Support initiative, which has distributed $23 million since 2016, according to industry minister Karen Andrews.
Federal officials told a senate estimates hearing that no taxpayer money has been committed to a Collinsville coal plant study or to AGL's Liddell generator, despite earlier government announcements suggesting otherwise.
Debt-collection technology company InDebted raised a $14 million Series A co-led by Carthona Capital and MassMutual Ventures, with Reinventure reinvesting, following strong revenue growth and plans to expand into the UK.
Profile of switcH2, founded by three UNSW engineering graduates, developing catalyst technology to produce hydrogen from brewery wastewater, with support from Startmate's accelerator, which Grok Ventures backs.
Property management startup Instarent completed partial seed funding via equity crowdfunding platform Birchal, drawing 177 investors, and was named among prop-tech startups to watch by the Australian Financial Review.
Blackbird's February newsletter reports new investments in Roborigger and Dovetail plus Process Street's Series A, alongside portfolio updates, a founder spotlight and hiring notices.
SparkLabs Group has started SparkLabs Connex, a proptech and IoT accelerator for green building and smart cities, to be led by Charles Reed Anderson with partners including Nokia, Beca and Skyroam.