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Melbourne preventive-health startup Everlab has banked an A$65 million Series A led by Airtree Ventures with Plural, Left Lane Capital and b2venture taking part, funding overseas growth starting in the UK.
Sydney aerospace company MAKO has raised $28 million in a Virescent Ventures-led Series A to manufacture Flightfilm, a shark-inspired skin that cuts aircraft drag and fuel use.
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WA's government is putting $150,000 into Spacecubed's Perth Landing Pad through 2026, sustaining a 90-day program helping overseas startups enter Western Australia; 100-plus international startups have come through it so far.
UNSW Canberra is piloting an AI energy system with industry partners Voltval and JT Solar, backed by a $1.2 million TRaCE grant, to bring rooftop solar and shared batteries to apartment residents.
ARENA announced funding of up to $45 million for Sicona Battery Technologies to build a commercial-scale plant for its silicon-carbon anode material in the Illawarra.
ARN reports efex has acquired managed services provider onPlatinum from Comms Group for $30 million — its largest deal, following the Crowd IT purchase — with proceeds earmarked for debt reduction and investor returns.
Breakthrough Victoria announces it made follow-on investments in four portfolio companies during 2025-26 — Number 8 Bio, Navi Medical Technologies, Liquid Instruments and Type One Energy — to support their growth and commercialisation.
Weekly roundup flags Acorn's purchase of learning firm B Online Learning for an undisclosed sum, plus $487m across ten raises, Airwallex product launches, Blackbird's biggest-ever investment, and layoffs at Culture Amp and Immutable.
AgFunderNews roundup of agtech and foodtech developments: several funding rounds, four acquisitions including Danone buying Made in Protein, a leadership change at Vow, a grant, and other industry items.
Competition regulator approval lets Swiss trading giant Gunvor proceed with buying Zen Energy's retail arm and power purchase agreements; terms undisclosed. Article weighs whether the newcomer will challenge Australia's dominant gen-tailers.
The competition regulator has cleared Swiss trader Gunvor to buy Zen Energy's retail arm and linked PPAs; terms undisclosed. The article asks whether the deep-pocketed newcomer will challenge Australia's big three gen-tailers.
Analysis of Sierra's $950 million raise at a $15 billion valuation with Tiger Global and GV at the lead, weighing its revenue multiple, Fortune 50 customer lock-in, and competition from OpenAI and Anthropic's ventures.
Telco Swoop divests its incomplete Melbourne fibre network to Xenith's Australian arm for $11 million, proceeds going to debt repayment; the story also recalls Voicehub's 2024 sale to Pivotel for $9 million.
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Taronga's Hatch accelerator has graduated five conservation startups, with GreenPay taking a $50,000 top grant; prizes, seed funding, program totals and past alumni are also noted.
Airwallex has closed a Series H valuing it at $16 billion, with Addition in the lead and eight other backers named; the piece also recalls its December Series G.
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Australian neurotech company Control Bionics launched a A$10 million capital raising, with a A$9.5 million placement and shareholder plan, backed by existing shareholders Nightingale Partners and Phoenix Development Fund.
Profile of Oli CEO Tara Croft discussing the company's wearable AI for maternal monitoring, its combined government and private backing, and persistent underfunding of women's health innovation.
ANDHealth's blog interviews Australis Scientific's founder about its wearable therapy for bladder conditions, its years in ANDHealth programs, and plans to scale the device at home and abroad.
Zeller has rolled out a point-of-sale application for small Australian businesses, replacing subscription pricing with per-transaction charges and adding an AI assistant inside its merchant dashboard.
Australia's Capacity Investment Scheme storage auction names fifteen grid battery winners; Ampyr takes four projects, with Ascera, Potentia and Equis among the others, and a further tender has opened.
Australia's Capacity Investment Scheme named 15 winning battery storage projects, seven of them in Queensland; Ampyr Energy took the most slots, and a further tender is open for bids until August 2026.
Forbes Australia interviews Amal Clooney at the Cartier Women's Initiative 2026 celebration in Bangkok, where she mentored female founder fellows, including three Australian award winners, and discussed her justice foundation's legal-aid work.
Insect farming company Goterra has entered voluntary administration in Australia; its administrator is seeking a buyer while founder Olympia Yarger blames sector contagion and underfunding for the collapse.
FaBA profiles Nourish Ingredients, a Canberra startup using precision fermentation for dairy-style fats, recounting a co-investment project with Queensland academics that readied its Creamilux ingredient for commercial dairy customers.
Gilmour Space Technologies has appointed ex-NASA deputy administrator and astronaut Pamela Melroy to its board, a move the company says strengthens Australia's sovereign defence space capability.
South Australia's government investment corporation has put $5 million into Eastend Ventures' debut fund, lifting commitments beyond $25 million as the vehicle nears a final close.
Blackbird's post explaining its participation in Baseten's $1.5 billion Series F, its biggest investment yet, and why inference infrastructure will anchor the open-source AI era; notes rapid growth and senior engineering hires.
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A national alliance of disability sporting bodies has engaged a software provider to centralise volunteer registration, onboarding and records across its eight member sporting organisations.
Australian women's health AI startup Ovum AI has raised a 4 million dollar seed round led by Admiralty Capital Group, following an earlier pre-seed, with several impact and government backers participating.
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Counter-drone maker DroneShield has appointed retired Rear Admiral Lee Goddard as an independent non-executive director, citing his decades of defence leadership and board experience.
Australia's cotton research body CRDC has appointed Dr Georgina Pengilley as Managing Director from late July 2026, with Allan Williams stepping aside after 14 years.
Mobility newsletter: a new autonomy index puts Chinese robotaxi operators on top; Cargofy raises $11m, XDOF $70m; Carro buys CarPlace; plus driverless partnerships and a Waymo recall.
Weekly newsletter edition recaps seven funding deals worth $82.5m, reports Expert360 is seeking a buyer, covers Airwallex's new AgentOS product, notes a proposed capital gains tax break for startups, and unveils a redesign.
Opinion piece argues Goterra's administration shows Australia lacks scale-up capital; the author, AxleTree Capital's co-founder, links the collapse to underfunding of women founders and the system's failure to finance capital-heavy technologies.
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Commentary contends the federal government's near-$53m backing of a Tasmanian cement kiln switch to burning wood waste and tyres is misguided, arguing biomass burning raises emissions, damages forests and wastes public money.
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Perth tax research startup SavvyWise closed an equity crowdfunding campaign on OnMarket, raising $1.56m from 469 investors, half the capital from accountants, to fund tax-specific AI development.
Profile of Demyst founder Mark Hookey recalling his insurance-data startup's acquisition and the $60 million raised via a Series B extension round for his data company.
Profile of Sally Wood, whose venture Kinrest is developing a screen-free device that helps children wind down for sleep, built on customer testing after she joined Startmate's Launch Club.
Interview with Minh Cung about Hyperlocalise, which builds AI agents that adapt marketing and product content for new language markets while keeping cultural context intact; a Launch Club alumnus seeking a co-founder and capital.
MCi Carbon has launched a Newcastle facility that converts captured carbon dioxide into sellable building products, beginning with Austrian customer RHI Magnesita.
MCi Carbon has opened a Newcastle demonstration plant that converts industrial CO2 into sellable construction materials, beginning product testing for Austrian customer RHI Magnesita.
Melbourne preventative health startup Everlab raised a $65 million Series A to fund UK expansion, with Airtree Ventures, Plural, b2venture, Left Lane Capital and cricketer Pat Cummins among the backers.
Dealroom reports SharonAI Holdings' plan to fund an Nvidia GPU deployment for an Australian AI factory via equity and convertible notes, with both private placements likely to wrap up in June.
AFR reports Test cricket captain Pat Cummins backing a capital raising by Melbourne medical diagnostics start-up Everlab, which plans overseas expansion beginning in Britain.
The preventative healthcare startup behind a diagnostics-and-data platform has banked a $65 million Series A, headed by Airtree Ventures with several funds and cricketer Pat Cummins taking part, to fund international growth.
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Flyweel, a Queensland fintech for financing and managing ad spend, has banked $2.41 million in a pre-seed round Ten13 led, with Antler, QIC and several founder-angels aboard; a US launch comes first.
Melbourne-based ENA Respiratory announced US patent allowances covering its TLR2 agonist platform and a COPD treatment method, strengthening IP protection for its INNA-051 nasal spray candidate now in Phase II testing.
Queensland fintech Flyweel has closed a pre-seed round led by Ten13, with Antler, QIC and several fintech founders and executives backing, to help businesses fund advertising ahead of revenue.