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The Australian Renewable Energy Agency grants BOC $950,000 toward a green hydrogen pilot with a refuelling station at its Bulwer Island facility in Queensland.
Experian's Australian and New Zealand arm has bought merchant-transaction clarification startup Look Who's Charging, aiming to build a leading open data platform as Open Banking rolls out.
Melbourne drone medical delivery startup Swoop Aero has taken an undisclosed multi-million-dollar investment from Tempus Partners and Right Click Capital, whose partners join its board as it plans regional expansion.
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Profile of PolyLab, whose founders are developing the Eco Pellet Extruder to turn waste plastic into 3D printing filament while completing a Deakin accelerator program.
Customer feedback platform RateIt has closed a US$5 million Series A led by Singapore's Tin Men Capital, with Wavemaker Partners and angel backers also participating, to speed its South-East Asian expansion.
Australian loyalty fintech OpenSparkz has secured $2.5 million as it scales its earn-and-burn platform for Asian consumers. The profile traces Terry McMullen's career through American Express and Pinpoint, which Mastercard later acquired.
Trade services platform Taskforce, led by ex-racing driver Jason Bright, has raised $1.5 million from XSallarate and Futurist Capital as it pivots to SaaS for appliance brands.
A Western Australian agtech marketplace secured $150,000 in seed money from Wide Open Agriculture for a 28% stake, with $100,000 of that granted to the investor by Commonland.
Market research startup Qualie raised $1 million in seed funding from high-net-worth individuals including Simon McKeon, Michael Borsky, Mehrdad Baghai and Tony Ward, having won clients such as Google without marketing.
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Startupbootcamp is touring Australian cities with FastTrack events to find energy startups for its 2020 EnergyAustralia Program, offering mentorship, office space and seed funding to selected founders.
Scottish fintech The ID Co. announces finalist nominations for its Income Verification product and CEO James Varga, recalling its spring seed funding round and recent industry body memberships.
Melbourne construction tech startup Ynomia has raised seed capital led by US investor Brick & Mortar Ventures, with local backers and Aconex co-founder Rob Phillpot participating; Brick & Mortar also closed a new fund.
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Mirvac and INCO are opening applications for The Impact Accelerator, a nine-month environmental and social change program for Australian startups, with potential seed funding from Mirvac Ventures or Artesian Venture Partners.
Blockchain CRM startup Cere Network has completed a $3.5m seed round with a broad group of crypto investors, and is opening a New York office and a Berlin innovation hub.
Circle In, a platform helping employers support employees through parental leave and working parenthood, has raised a $1.5 million seed round from Our Innovation Fund, with its founders and the fund's partner welcoming the partnership.
She Codes wins a $210,000 Western Australian government grant, part of $738,000 shared among eight STEM education projects, with Fire Tech Camp and Winyama also funded.
US camping-marketplace Hipcamp raised a $25 million Series B backed by Will Smith's and Jay-Z's investment funds, and the piece recaps celebrity stakes in Impossible Foods and Klarna.
Mars picked six Australian food startups for its first Seeds of Change accelerator, each receiving a $40,000 grant, spanning fermented foods, native ingredients, edible insects, prepared meals and plant-based cheese and meat.
Four South Australian defence SMEs, including Inovor, Solinnov and Consunet, plus QinetiQ's Adelaide office, have won Defence Innovation Hub contracts for satellite, radio and electromagnetic technologies.
Profile of Andy Taylor's fintech Douugh, an AI financial wellness platform already live in the US, recalling Monex's June strategic investment and a MasterCard partnership, with an ASX listing planned.
NSW government grants $25,000 to Western Sydney cellular agriculture startup VOW, which grows meat from animal cells including kangaroo, co-founded by Tim Noakesmith and George Peppou.
Skedulo promotes its CEO Matt Fairhurst's interview with Disruptor Daily about technology trends and patient experience in healthcare.
Fifteen companies received defence innovation grants totalling $28 million through the Defence Innovation Hub, including Carbon Revolution for Chinook helicopter wheels; the Geelong firm also completed a convertible note raising in June.
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Recruitment platform for regenerative agriculture raised A$150,000 from listed farm business Wide Open Agriculture for 28% equity, to finish building its product and prepare a bigger raise in about a year.
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Government money flows to battery manufacturing: RedEarth secures a Queensland fund investment, Calix joins a CRC Projects grant round, and ARENA commits funding to a pumped hydro scheme.
Calix leads a lithium-ion battery manufacturing project backed by a $3.5 million federal CRC-P grant, working with Boron Molecular and Deakin University; the article also recalls Calix's July ASX listing.
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Andy Taylor profiles his AI financial wellness platform Douugh, detailing Monex's strategic investment, a Mastercard partnership and a planned ASX listing, while arguing it rejects the neobank label.
Antler's Sydney program has produced its first dozen startups, each taking a six-figure seed cheque from the generator, with a demo day pitch to outside investors set for November.
Brisbane battery maker RedEarth announced a $4.75 million Series A backed by a Queensland government fund, targeting local manufacturing growth, while the article also recalls Tritium's earlier backing and Redflow's $7.5 million placement.
A look back at cricketer Steve Smith's 2016 seed backing of mattress maker Koala, whose stake has grown sharply in value as the Sydney company's sales and headcount have expanded.
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Profile of payments startup Split Payments covering its Byron Bay base, founding team, open banking products, its Series A round closed in late 2018, and several industry awards.
Brisbane battery-storage maker RedEarth Energy Storage has raised its first external funding, a Series A, backed by institutional and family-office investors and matched by a Queensland government fund.
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Australian neobank Xinja Bank appoints John Pountain as Chief Technology Officer, citing his experience at Moven, BT Financial and Macquarie Group as it builds mobile-first banking technology.
Perennial Value's pre-IPO fund drew $50m from wholesale investors ahead of its August close, its microcap trust hard closed at $200m, and the firm is leading a second round into Nutricare.
Eaton Square's CEO Reece Adnams argues undervalued small listed companies can unlock value by going private, citing the completed take-privates of Zenitas Healthcare and Pepper Group as examples.
Perennial Value's microcaps team is backing six private companies, leading fresh expansion capital into Nutricare, while its new pre-IPO fund has gathered $50 million from wholesale investors ahead of closing.
Perennial Value reports its pre-IPO Opportunities Fund drew $50 million within weeks, while its Microcap Opportunities Trust closed at its $200 million target; a new Private to Public fund is planned.
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Applications open for a further round of a defence grants program; earlier recipients include three named manufacturers, with $12.4 million granted so far in amounts from $50,000 to $1 million.
Weekly roundup reporting seven startup raises, led by Fluent Commerce's Series B backed by Arrowroot Capital, plus funding for SpeeDx, eftsure, handdii, Pharmamark Nutrition, DC Power Co and Lumary.
Bitcoin investing app Amber is midway through a SAFE-note bridge raise with $300,000 closed, ahead of a planned Series A; the piece recalls its seed funding and Fabric Corp acquisition.
Sunverge, a San Francisco distributed energy platform provider, announced an $11 million raise led by Ecosystem Integrity Fund with Equinor Energy Ventures and Evergy Ventures participating to expand its utility offerings.
Brisbane EV charger maker Tritium announces a fully underwritten $30 million capital raise backed by existing shareholders and founders, following recent international deals in the UK, US and India.
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Tyro Payments has informally appointed Morgan Stanley as it prepares for a possible ASX listing, reportedly seeking a large valuation with a substantial raising, though no deal is agreed and other banks remain in talks.
Commonwealth Bank announced a US$100 million investment in Klarna within the Swedish payments firm's US$460 million raise, becoming its exclusive partner across Australia and New Zealand.
Australian payments-fraud verification firm eftsure has raised a further $2.5 million, with the round again led by venture firm Our Innovation Fund, which had backed its earlier rounds.
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Skedulo promotes its chief executive's published commentary, where he discusses how remote monitoring, telehealth and evidence-based care could shape healthcare over the coming decade.
Vertical farming company E Agri has gone live on Wholesale Investor's CRIISP platform while its capital raising nears completion, with due diligence underway by two overseas funds and a third funding offer under assessment.