Every round, fund close and exit we can source, with the article it was reported in and what it actually said.
Roundup of international agtech and foodtech items: startup funding rounds, investment funds reaching closes, a New South Wales government lending fund, CEO appointments and new partnerships.
NSW's government is lending startups money to commercialise research via a new repayable fund, and names biotech and RNA grant recipients while reopening a ventures grants round.
Sydney legaltech startup Mary Technology has raised $7 million, led by OIF Ventures with existing backers, to fund US expansion including a new San Francisco office.
Australian e-invoicing firm Link4 has bought all shares of Singapore-based Unifiedpost Pte Ltd from Banqup Group, taking on its customers, with the sellers' accreditations ending as Link4's take over.
Partners for Growth's PFG Income Fund has held a first close on private credit for later-stage technology borrowers, with commitments exceeding A$250 million, deploying structured growth debt in Australia and globally.
Also Australian FinTech
Yann LeCun's new artificial intelligence venture has raised a billion-dollar seed round and appointed an undisclosed chief executive, signalling a shift from research toward commercialisation.
Robotics startup Rhoda AI announced a $450 million Series A valuing it at $1.7 billion, debuting FutureVision, software helping robots handle unpredictable industrial settings; Khosla Ventures, Temasek and others backed the round.
Nexthop AI, which builds networking gear for AI data centres, has banked $500 million in a Lightspeed-led round valuing it at $4.2 billion, and showed off three new switches.
NSW has launched a $20m fund to help startups commercialise emerging tech and named All G, HydGene Renewables, Number 8 Bio and Swan Genomics as recipients of Biosciences Fund grants.
Also Startup Daily
Betashares leads several digital-asset investors backing Macropod, issuer of the regulated AUDM stablecoin, in an undisclosed minority funding round aimed at scaling the token.
GSFM has filled senior executive roles internally, seeking greater leadership depth across operations, finance and compliance as it prepares for its next growth phase; no appointees are named.
Stone & Chalk awarded its 2026 International Women's Day scholarships to twelve female founders across Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide hubs, doubling the intake after applications rose 60%; a past recipient's climate startup also appears.
AI finance brokerage LoanOptions.ai has completed its first acquisition, buying Sydney equipment finance specialist Asset Alley, whose brokers gain access to its AILO loan matching technology and commercial lending tools.
Indigo Power has energised its first community battery at Beechworth's historic gaol, the first of seven planned across Victoria and southern NSW, supported by a multi-million-dollar commitment from the national renewable energy agency.
Also RenewEconomy
A weekly roundup detailing new funding rounds for six Australian startups: Lyka, PlasmaLeap, Firmable, Veyor, Lumonus and Future Minds Network, with investors and round details.
The funds manager GSFM has filled two senior executive roles: Stuart Osborne as Chief Operating Officer and Peter Nichols as Chief Financial Officer, amid ongoing growth.
GSFM has elevated two long-serving staff: Stuart Osborne becomes chief operating officer and Peter Nichols takes a newly created chief financial officer role, both reporting to CEO Damien McIntyre.
Retired Major General Andrew Bottrell has joined defence company Aurora Labs as a non-executive director, bringing senior military and acquisition experience; he also founded Rockpool Partners and holds an academic chair at Deakin University.
Expeditions' news page carries a stub announcement: defence startup Uforce has picked up $50 million at a valuation above a billion dollars, with the captured text offering no investors, stage, or location details.
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Newcastle printed solar company Kardinia Energy has won a $2.1 million federal grant to scale up its flexible panel technology, following a state government grant the previous year.
Also RenewEconomy
PlasmaLeap, a Sydney maker of emissions-free fertiliser technology, has closed a US$20m Series A backed by Gates Foundation, Investible, Yara Growth Ventures and other investors.
Sleep tech firm Eight Sleep has secured a $50 million strategic round led by Tether Investments at a $1.5 billion valuation, its second raise in a year, funding an expansion into preventative health tools.
Guardhouse, a Sydney workforce management platform for physical security, announced a strategic growth investment from Sundance Growth; the firm's $125 million debut fund from 2025 is also noted.
Also sundancegrowth.com
Q&A with Inaam's Arjun Agarwal reflecting on how Startupbootcamp's accelerator and a Money20/20 Asia 2024 booth built credibility that helped close a funding round; ends pitching 2026 exhibitor kiosks.
Investible announces it backed Lumonus' A$28 million round with three co-investors, the first deal from its new early-stage fund; Lumonus builds AI software that automates cancer clinic workflows.
Birchal's CEO promotes four women-led companies raising now on its crowdfunding platform ahead of International Women's Day: a NSW brewery, a cardiac medtech, sustainable activewear and a cocktail foamer.
Pet food subscription company Lyka has closed a $67 million Series C led by New York fund LGVP, which backed its earlier raises, lifting the startup's lifetime funding to $155 million.
Sydney construction logistics software firm Veyor has banked US$7.5 million in Series A money, with Marbruck Investments leading and CoAct, Investible and SpringCapital taking part; CEO Richard Fifita is relocating stateside.
Also Startup Daily
Payments automation firm Lessn reports over $100 million transacted on its platform in its first year, recalling a small November 2025 round at a $30 million valuation, with further investment under consideration.
European buyout firm Charterhouse has reached a roughly €1bn first close for its latest fund, targeting €1.5bn, after recently selling Casa Optima and a Novetude stake and acquiring medtech business Winback.
Vinyl Group is buying Val Morgan Digital, publisher of BuzzFeed and PopSugar, from Hoyts for $10.5 million, with funding via a shareholder facility and Hoyts CEO Damian Keogh joining the Vinyl board.
A retrospective explainer on WhatsApp's ownership: its 2009 founding, Meta's roughly $19 billion takeover in 2014, the founders' later departures, privacy disputes, and the app's scale and estimated value under Meta.
Firmable, which sells AI sales-intelligence tools, has banked a $14 million Series A with Airtree leading, plus angel money from Sue Morphet, Sam Kroonenburg, Martin Hosking and Rob Phillpot, to fund a US push.
WorkOS has closed a $100m Series C at a $2bn valuation — its first external backing in over four years — with founder Michael Grinich pointing the company at identity infrastructure for enterprise AI agents.
AndHealth has appointed Seer Medical's co-founder and former COO George Kenley as its 2026 ACTIVATE Executive in Residence; she will mentor Victorian digital health startups, with applications due 22 March.
Firmus announces three new non-executive directors joining its grid board from March 2026, each bringing finance, governance or resources and energy delivery experience.
Profile of 2026 Cartier Women's Initiative fellow Rosie Dumbrell, whose femtech firm Everform Therapywear makes wearable garments supporting pelvic-floor recovery in women with incontinence or prolapse.
Screen Queensland allocates $3.7 million across 20 digital game projects, with the Queensland government predicting the funding will support 330 jobs and deliver a sixfold economic return.
OpenAI has raised a record private financing of $110 billion, with Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank investing, lifting its pre-money valuation sharply, alongside an expanded cloud partnership with Amazon Web Services.
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Weekly roundup covering UpGuard's $105 million Series C and EatClub's $27 million Series B, plus earlier funding history for both Australian companies.
IP Group-backed copper-tech spin-out Banksia Minerals has won a federal renewable energy grant worth as much as $5 million, a year after banking $1.05 million in seed capital.
Podcast interview in which Btomorrow Ventures' Karen Xiang discusses the firm's funds, its drinks-sector investing, and how founders should weigh strategic capital.
Also podtail.se
Interview with the investment lead of British American Tobacco's venture arm about corporate venture capital in drinks, its two funds, and the growth platform it offers beverage brands.
Hobart cybersecurity company UpGuard has landed US$75 million in Series C backing led by Springcoast Capital, with the article also recalling earlier Startmate and Firemark Ventures rounds.
Also Dealroom·Forbes Australia·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·ontargetish.com·SmartCompany·Forbes Australia
Q&A introducing Adam Taylor, Tenacious Ventures' new insights lead, covering his engineering and consulting background, his interest in agrifood, and plans to expand the advisory offering.
Breakthrough Victoria recounts how its joint fund with La Trobe University seeded hydroponics developer YieldX, now running a commercial greenhouse in Victoria and expanding to India via a deal with Zomato's Hyperpure.
Also LaunchVic
A retrospective on 2025 Australian venture activity: large raises at Firmus, Heidi Health, Airwallex and others, deep tech momentum, and Folklore's own backing of Hullbot and Sphere.
Cybersecurity firm UpGuard has announced a $75 million Series C round led by Springcoast Partners, with existing backers joining, to fund product development, global expansion and acquisitions.
MGA Thermal, a NSW-based thermal energy storage developer, has received a $3.25 million grant from ARENA to fund engineering design studies aimed at commercialising its block-based heat storage technology for industrial use.
Also RenewEconomy·RenewEconomy
Payments firm Zepto has elevated long-serving security lead Mariana Paun to a newly created Chief Business Resilience Officer role, pulling information security, operations, risk and compliance together as Australian scam and payment rules tighten.