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Proptech platform NurtureCloud has raised $3 million in equity from real estate agency Ray White, which takes a 50% stake, as founder Adam Rigby prepares a market-wide and international launch.
Koch Equity Development is acquiring Golden Gate Capital's remaining stake in software firm Infor in a deal reported at roughly US$13 billion, with closing expected in 2020's first half.
Phoenix Development Fund took a minority stake in Spectainer, a container technology company, in January 2020; Lindsay Phillips came onto its board, and the piece profiles founder Nicholas Press and the COLLAPSECON product.
Brisbane marketing software company Outfit raised $19.5 million from US growth equity investor Five Elms to expand in America, having previously secured $1 million from Equity Venture Partners in 2017.
Explosives maker Dyno Nobel has won an Arena grant to study whether renewable hydrogen can replace natural gas as feedstock at its Queensland ammonia plant, examining costs, design and emissions reductions.
A profile of Calix recounting its flash calcination technology, a December US acquisition of Inland Environmental Resources paired with a fresh capital raising, battery materials research, and carbon capture work for cement.
South Australian-led scientists will spend four years combining wearable, survey and health data into a tool recommending optimal daily activity mixes, funded by a newly awarded National Health and Medical Research Council grant.
ARENA grants Renewable Energy Hub $845,000 to develop renewable-tailored hedge contracts and a trading marketplace platform for renewable energy and storage.
Profile of ocean-cleanup startup Seabin, recalling its 2016 Indiegogo raise and viral marketing success, as it launches an equity crowdfunding campaign via Birchal to fund growth.
Renewable Energy Hub, a digital trading platform backed by ARENA, is preparing to launch, letting clean energy technologies like big batteries trade directly in the wholesale electricity market.
Western Australia's travel grant program sends local game studios to global conferences, with Arility and Hungry Sky profiled among recipients and past winners crediting it for industry connections.
US software delivery startup Harness hires Simon Horrocks to lead Asia Pacific, signs Melbourne fintech EonX as first Australian customer, and had earlier raised US$60 million in Series B funding.
Perth motoring club RAC has expanded its BetterLabs Ventures seed fund to $23 million after strong early demand, letting it back startups beyond seed into Series A and B rounds.
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Energy software firm Simble will supply its app for Wattwatchers' national smart-energy roll-out, a project supported by a $2.7 million Australian Renewable Energy Agency grant covering homes, small businesses and schools.
Sydney whisky subscription startup Whisky Loot raised $400,000 in seed funding led by Ewert Leaf Labs, with unnamed Sydney angels, after two years of bootstrapping and strong revenue growth.
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NAB is buying neobank 86 400 for roughly $220 million, folding it into UBank, shortly after rival Xinja said it would quit banking, leaving fewer independent Australian neobanks standing.
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Profile of AML3D, a wire-arc additive manufacturing bureau whose founder Andy Sales credits certification focus for commercial success, with an ASX listing and a nine-million-dollar raise planned but not yet completed.
Adelaide performance-data platform Lumin Sports raised $650,000 from private investors, recalling an earlier seed round and a government grant, as it targets UK and European growth.
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Medtech startup Loop+ has closed a $3 million oversubscribed round led by Yamaha Motor Ventures to scale its wheelchair health tracker, with backing from several impact and health investors.
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Startup News recaps its most-read 2019 stories, mostly funding and launches, including raises by Bunsters, Terra15, Laconik and Ovidrive, alongside its own year of growth, sponsors and new databases.
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Federal education minister Dan Tehan announced grants sharing $7.5 million across 18 collaborative projects under the ARC Linkage Program, including Curtin University research on exporting green hydrogen as a solid.
Salesforce partner Arxxus Technology Partners has entered administration after a decade, with DXC offering roles to surviving technical staff; the article also recalls earlier Salesforce funding injections into the company.
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The Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre is co-funding VSPC, a Lithium Australia subsidiary in Brisbane, to develop cathode production from recycled battery material, with university and corporate partners also involved.
Ellerston Capital's post announces hotel-booking firm SiteMinder raised over $100 million from BlackRock, Ellerston Capital, Pendal Group and AustralianSuper, becoming a billion-dollar company, and promotes its JAADE private assets fund.
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Roundup covering Netflix ruling out ads, The Athletic's US$50m Series D, Taronga's new conservation accelerator, Amazon's Indian spending plans, and Catalyser's mentor call.
Payments firms Optal and eNett are reportedly in a sale process run by Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse, with WEX favoured as buyer, though no deal is signed yet.
Profile of Elbaite co-founder Samira Tollo, whose cryptocurrency exchange has completed two capital raises, reached a $3.6 million valuation, and appointed a board including Rod Tasker.
Melbourne medtech Navi Medical Technology received a government grant to advance its newborn-care device, adding to earlier backing from Artesian and support through the Medtech Actuator accelerator program.
Windlab has received a takeover bid from Federation Asset Management at one dollar per share, valuing the wind developer near 68 million; the piece recalls its 2017 exchange listing and Federation's earlier stake purchase.
Profile of Samira Tollo, young co-founder and chief technology officer of Australian cryptocurrency exchange Elbaite, which has completed a second capital raise and is valued at $3.6 million.
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Volt Bank has completed an oversubscribed $70 million Series C, lifting its total equity funding to $100 million, with a planned ASX listing and a Series D raise ahead.
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Neobank Volt has raised an oversubscribed $70 million Series C as it rolls out products and prepares for a possible IPO, with rivals 86 400 and Xinja also announcing new offerings.
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Nine companies share $4.7 million in federal Accelerating Commercialisation grants for January 2020, funding projects from sports protection to neonatal catheter placement. Navi Medical's NeoNav device grew out of a University of Melbourne program.
SiteMinder raised from BlackRock at a $1.1 billion valuation, becoming Australia's first unicorn of 2020, joined by AustralianSuper, Ellerston and Pendal; Bailador reported a partial stake sale.
Western Australia's Regional Economic Development program has awarded $797,995 in grants to eight projects in its second round, including Himac Attachments, which receives $47,148 for a digital fabrication platform.
Scottish cashflow forecasting firm Float raised a £1.5 million seed round led by Marchmont Ventures and will open a Sydney office to target Australia and New Zealand.
Telecom startup Spoke Phone raised a $6.7 million Series A led by Marbruck Investments, with Icehouse Ventures and K1W1 supporting, to improve its product and expand in Australia and the US.
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US crypto exchange Kraken has bought Bit Trade, a long-running Australian exchange, expanding into Australia and Asia-Pacific after its late-2019 purchase of Circle Trade.
Payments firm Novatti has attracted $18 million from two cornerstone investors into its banking subsidiary, supporting its push for an Australian restricted banking licence and planned digital banking launch.
Newcastle workforce-management firm Pegasus has raised $28 million from Accel-KKR to expand overseas, with the investor's principal joining its board and a specialist chairman added for the raise.
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A profile of Stockspot founder Chris Brycki, tracing his childhood passion for investing, his departure from UBS, and how his robo-advice startup grew to serve thousands of Australian customers.
Pearson has bought Smart Sparrow's adaptive learning technology in a deal valuing the Sydney edtech firm's assets at US$25 million, to strengthen Pearson's digital learning platform and e-book offerings.
Wealth-management software firm Practifi has raised a Series B led by Updata Partners, with Equity Venture Partners reinvesting, nearly 18 months after its Series A, as it expands its United States business.
A New Zealand AI company has closed a Series B round led by a Singapore investor to fund research into its digital customer service avatars, with the piece also recalling its 2016 Series A.
Practifi has closed a 24 million dollar Series B led by US firm Updata Partners, with existing backer Equity Venture Partners also participating, to grow its team and platform.
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Perth-born, Silicon Valley-based wearable startup Humm Tech has raised US$2.6 million from Blueyard Capital, CRCM Ventures and Berkeley Skydeck's fund, following its 2017 Plus Eight Accelerator stint.
Perth video analytics company iCetana completed its IPO on the ASX just before Christmas, becoming the first significant home-grown WA tech startup listing, with CEO Matt Macfarlane recounting its decade-long path from university research.
Adelaide agtech Safe Ag Systems begins a UK commercial trial with Heal Farms, backed by a $500,000 South Australian government grant that grew its staff from 11 to 18.