Every round, fund close and exit we can source, with the article it was reported in and what it actually said.
Profile of Mike Lee, who bootstrapped the MyFitnessPal calorie-tracking app to 80 million users before Under Armour bought it for $475 million in 2015; it was later sold to Francisco Partners for $345 million.
Curtin University has picked 13 startups for the 2026 intake of its free Accelerate program, which this year spans health, safety, education, beauty and robotics ventures.
Year-end letter from Dragonfly's chairman: new CEO and two board appointments, a completed biodiversity investment, portfolio progress in water, energy and biotech, and a conservation partnership noted.
Melbourne electric motorcycle maker Savic has banked $2 million via a convertible note, handing the chief executive job from founder Denis Savic to EV systems veteran Marc Alexander.
Founders backed by LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund fear the fund may not survive the Victorian government's confirmed merger of LaunchVic with Breakthrough Victoria; the piece recalls raises by Elita, MoreGoodDays and TalkiPlay.
A Sydney quantum chipmaker says its new processor keeps improving in accuracy as more qubits are added, a milestone published in Nature, with DARPA benchmarking progress and systems used by Telstra and Australian Defence.
Canberra data governance firm Aristotle Metadata has borrowed $400,000 from Tractor Ventures as venture debt, planning to grow its consulting partner network after equity investors labelled it too risky.
An Indigenous-led Cape York venture has raised $600,000 from two foundations and a private trust to commercialise wild beef from unmanaged cattle, planning national scale-up and an on-station processing facility.
Offshore wind developer Oceanex Energy will shut down in 2026 after ending partnerships and abandoning Australian and New Zealand projects, with co-founder Andy Evans urging Australia to overcome risk aversion and execute renewables opportunities.
Also RenewEconomy
One Roof, a Melbourne community for women founders, has promoted Frances Goh to its top job, succeeding cofounder Sheree Rubinstein, who joins a telehealth firm as general manager and stays on as advisor.
Profile of organics recycler SOILCO's national growth, recalling acquisitions of The Good Dirt Company and Martins Fertilizers and Queensland facility plans targeting more than a million tonnes annually by 2029.
Roundup of seven trans-Tasman raises worth $93.1m this week, headlined by IND Technology's $50m round, with LawVu also acquiring ClauseBase.
A year-end list profiling women leaders worldwide, from presidents to tech founders; it recalls Airwallex's landmark capital raise and Mira Murati's new AI venture with its record seed round.
Galileo Ventures' annual letter looks back on 2025: a partner hire, raises at Relevance AI, Andromeda and Tixel, a 25th investment in Isaacus, and Breakthrough Victoria as cornerstone backer of Fund II.
Also SmartCompany·Women's Agenda·Forbes Australia·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup News (WA)·SmartCompany
Heartful, a marketplace for accessible stays, may close next week after bot attacks on founder Jen Clark's design business destroyed its funding source; she is seeking a buyer, having earlier raised via equity crowdfunding.
Sparc Hydrogen, a Fortescue-backed joint venture, says its South Australian pilot plant has produced hydrogen continuously using sunlight and a catalyst; Fortescue Future Industries bought its stake in 2022.
A South Australian pilot plant run by Sparc Hydrogen, a venture of Sparc Technologies, Fortescue and the University of Adelaide, has shown sustained hydrogen production from sunlight and water alone.
Intelligent Bio Solutions announced a non-exclusive strategic alliance with Australian wearable-patch medtech Vlepis, covering joint R&D, distribution and regulatory work to enter consumer health monitoring.
Medical testing firm Intelligent Bio Solutions has formed a non-exclusive partnership with Australian wearable technology company Vlepis to collaborate on research, distribution and regulatory work for consumer health monitoring.
Insurtech firm JAVLN has bought Australian document management company organiseit, soon after a six million dollar capital raise; founding couple Raymond Hatch and Jane Davies are heading into retirement.
Three seasoned agribusiness and funds figures have launched a boutique fund to buy and turn around overlooked mid-market companies in staple industries, with capital raising under way and first acquisitions planned for early 2026.
Heartful may close after an AI bot attack destroyed founder Jen Clark's design business, which bankrolled the platform; she is seeking a buyer, having earlier raised via equity crowdfunding.
Tenacious Ventures' 2025 impact report notes Fund II's first close is complete, describes environmental outcomes delivered by portfolio companies, and outlines its ecosystem, education and advisory activity.
Uniseed's site carries a short announcement that Ferronova has secured a further $6 million for its surgical imaging technology used in cancer operations.
Also biospectrumasia.com·Business News Australia·Biotech Dispatch·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Wholesale Investor·Wholesale Investor
Alberts' year-in-review post recounts its 140th anniversary, board and staff appointments, follow-on venture investments in three portfolio companies, music education advocacy, a philanthropy strategy review, and reconciliation and gender-lens finance commitments.
Also SmartCompany
Accessible accommodation marketplace Heartful will shut down on 22 December after bot attacks destroyed its early revenue; founder Jen Clark is still seeking a buyer and cites funding barriers for female founders.
Adelaide medtech Ferronova has banked another $6 million from returning backers to advance its surgical tracer for cancer, lifting Series A funding to $17.5 million; backer parent UltraGreen.ai floated in Singapore this month.
Also movefm.com.au
Adelaide biotech Ferronova added $6 million to its Series A from prior backers, lifting the round's total to $17.5 million; backer Renew's parent Ultragreen.ai floated in Singapore this month.
Also ferronova.com.au·movefm.com.au·Biotech Dispatch·Startup Daily
Virescent Ventures announces it has invested in grid-tech firm IND Technology's inaugural institutional round, led by Energy Impact Partners and Angeleno Group, profiling the Melbourne company's early fault detection technology, founders and utility customers.
Also SmartCompany·Startup Daily·RenewEconomy·RenewEconomy·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily
Ten13 announces its pre-seed investment in Atrium, an AI assistant for managing professional relationships, with AirTree Ventures also taking part, and explains the market case and the founders' backgrounds.
ASX-listed Tyro is acquiring AI financial-admin startup Thriday for an undisclosed sum, with the deal tipped to close in January 2026. Thriday cofounder and CEO Michael Nuciforo will move across to Tyro.
Also Australian FinTech
Akaysha Energy has completed Ulinda Park in Queensland, its maiden grid-scale battery, while reporting its Waratah project remains at reduced output and that its Elaine development has secured project financing.
Also RenewEconomy
An aggregator snippet reports that a Cape York Aboriginal corporation is seeking capital to commercialise a wild bush food venture; no deal is closed and the linked article's details are not included.
Adelaide-founded agtech MEQ Solutions has raised a US$15 million Series A from New York VC Insight Partners to grow its team and expand its AI red meat grading and verification technology.
Also Startup Daily·Beef Central / Grain Central·SmartCompany·Startup Daily
Lightspeed has closed over nine billion dollars across six new funds, its largest fundraising ever, spanning early to late stage, with the opportunity fund mainly for follow-ons into its portfolio companies.
Also valueaddvc.com
University–government partnership Defence Trailblazer showcases the clean, low-emission defence projects it is funding with industry, plus ventures developed through its entrepreneurship readiness program.
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A green-methanol developer announces a 1.4 million dollar federal CRC-P grant toward a 2.8 million dollar pilot plant with university and utility partners, plus a new lead chemist joining.
Lumir Ventures explains its decision to back Quantum Art, a quantum computing startup whose architecture aims to squeeze more work out of qubits before noise overwhelms them.
A Far North Queensland Aboriginal corporation has raised $600,000 toward its wild-harvested Bush Beef venture and is seeking further backing, alongside a government-commissioned report finding consumers will pay more for Indigenous produce.
Lightspeed has closed over $9 billion across six vehicles, its largest-ever fundraise; the story ties the trend to LPs backing bigger firms and AI bets, and recalls IPOs by Rubrik, Netskope and Navan.
Also thetechportal.com
Property manager Corval has agreed to buy a Brisbane office tower from a Cromwell-run fund at a large discount, and is courting investors for equity in the vehicle holding it.
Brisbane food-safety software firm Squizify has opened a Japanese subsidiary and revealed a $10 million Series A that Coreline Ventures led months earlier; clients include 7-Eleven Australia and it has partnered with Square.
Also Startup Daily
Singapore state-owned Sembcorp has bought Alinta Energy, owner of Victoria's Loy Yang B coal generator, for $6.5 billion, with no early closure planned; its remote energy assets were recently sold to APA.
Singapore state-owned Sembcorp has acquired Alinta Energy, which owns the Loy Yang B power station in Victoria, for $6.5 billion. Jeff Dimery remains chief executive and no early closure is planned.
Also RenewEconomy
Funding roundup led by Airwallex's US$330 million Series G at a $12 billion valuation, with raises from Kasada, Hnry, All G, Bless Payments and Emanda, plus earlier rounds recalled.
Also Startup Daily
Startup Daily profiles Briefcase, founded by former Canva legal head Kirk Simmons, which digitises dispute handling for courts and tribunals; it is one of twelve companies in Techstars Sydney's 2025 cohort.
LaunchVic names four Victorian startups as winners of its energy technology challenge, with $35,000 apiece in extra funding, and flags a tourism-focused follow-up challenge and a February 2026 showcase.
Bot defence firm Kasada has secured $30 million from EQT plus earlier backers Turnbull & Partners, Reinventure, Main Sequence, OIF, StepStone and Ten Eleven, with founder Sam Crowther back in Sydney.
Defence Trailblazer is advancing emissions-cutting defence technology projects pairing companies with university researchers, and names seven ventures in its Entrepreneurial Foundations for Defence program.