Every round, fund close and exit we can source, with the article it was reported in and what it actually said.
Defence Trailblazer is running clean-energy projects with university and industry partners for Australian defence; its EFD program backs seven ventures developing batteries, drone power, hull-cleaning robots and solar tech.
Podcast chat in which Hydrowood cofounder Andrew Morgan recounts salvaging timber from a flooded Tasmanian lake and the search for backers, alongside his job leading SFM's plantation estate work.
ARENA announces grants for three electric-vehicle charging projects, with Flow Power the largest recipient, and reports grant recipient Zenobē has opened a Sydney depot for charging electric trucks.
Accounting platform for sole traders Hnry has secured an oversubscribed Series C round led by Movac's Growth Fund, with Icehouse Ventures participating, to drive expansion across Australia and the UK.
Medtech firm Kitea Health has wrapped an oversubscribed $13 million round, with Icehouse Ventures leading, to fund planned American human trials of its implanted pressure sensor.
Startup Daily profiles Our Leg Up, a Melbourne fintech from the Techstars Sydney 2025 cohort, whose product lets homeowners pledge equity so buyers can obtain low-deposit loans, with Techstars explaining why it invested.
Sydney biotech All G raised $10 million via convertible note from Agronomics, Doehler's venture arm and ID Capital, alongside a joint venture with France's Armor Protéines to push its fermented lactoferrin products globally.
Fintech Airwallex raised a $498 million Series G led by Addition, lifting its valuation to $12 billion; Square Peg and Airtree joined, and Blackbird's $60 million May Series F backing is recalled.
Western Australia's latest Innovation Booster and Commercialisation Bridge grant round gives 21 startups a combined $1.9 million, unveiled at West Tech Fest; two-thirds are regional, First Nations or female-founded ventures.
Renewable electricity retailer Flow Power has bought comparison service Solar Choice, with backing from Canadian pension fund OPTrust. Solar Choice stays independent while its customers get access to Flow's retail plans.
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Perth remittance startup Bless Payments revealed a $3.75 million seed round backed by Charlie Shahin and London's Forte Securities, with a Series A planned to fund expansion into Canada, the UK and the US.
Victorian women-led startup founders warn a government restructure merging LaunchVic with Breakthrough Victoria could end the Alice Anderson Fund's backing, recalling raises by Elita, MoreGoodDays and TalkiPlay.
Precision fermentation startup All G banked A$10 million through a convertible note and teamed up with French dairy ingredients maker Armor Protéines to sell lactoferrin, targeting a first product launch in early 2026.
CreditorWatch has added a generative-AI feature that produces instant plain-language summaries of business credit reports, aiming to speed credit risk decisions; CEO Patrick Coghlan says the tool is now live for all customers.
Coterie Capital advised RedEarth Energy Storage on a reverse takeover with Health and Plant Protein Group, which has acquired over 90% of RedEarth's shares in a deal implying a combined value near $40m.
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Six Australian startups, including Bodd, Hachiko and Cor, collectively secured about $24 million in fresh backing, while seaweed peer Sea Forest floated on the ASX and jumped in early trade.
Artesian's write-up of its first Yield summit in Melbourne, where agrifood leaders discussed AI, biologicals, robotics, agri-energy and biosecurity, and how RDCs, investors and corporates can together speed Australian agricultural innovation.
Shearwater Capital announces it led Factory's Series A and sets out its thesis: the Sydney startup's platform digitises fabrication workshops, with room to expand products, geography and financial services.
Weekly funding roundup covering raises by Bodd, Hachiko, Fremantle Seaweed, Cor, Detail Earth and Recovr, plus seaweed peer Sea Forest's ASX float at a $112 million market capitalisation.
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Lendi Group has elevated Devesh Maheshwari into its top technology job to drive an AI-native shift, while Sebastian Watkins prepares to take over as chief executive from David Hyman in January.
Startup Daily profiles SurfLab, an AI-powered surf coaching platform founded by Ant Arena and one of twelve startups in Techstars Sydney's 2025 cohort, ahead of its December Demo the Future showcase.
The Australian chapter of the Founder Institute has picked eight startups for its Spring pre-seed program, connecting them with its worldwide network; the next intake runs from February 2026.
Investible's climate tech arm explains its seed investment in Hachiko, a software platform for commercial and industrial batteries, citing distributed storage growth and the founder's energy-trading background.
Bodd has banked a $15 million round with Blue Sky Capital leading and Ellerston Capital among backers, funding global expansion and a health push; the deal values the body-scanning company at $110 million.
Rampersand's December newsletter leads with its $2m pre-seed investment in Cor, maker of the Obi AI avatar coach, plus trend retrospectives, tech news, portfolio updates, community events and a job ad.
Startup Daily profiles Sedso AI, a platform letting brands manage how AI tools portray them, ahead of the Techstars Sydney 2025 cohort demo evening; co-founders David Sta.Maria and Silven Epistola are interviewed.
Sunman Group wins $171 million in federal and NSW funding for a Hunter Valley solar panel factory; earlier grants to Tindo Solar, Stellar PV, Solquartz and SunDrive are also recalled.
ARENA announces a conditional grant of as much as $151m for Sunman Group to build a large solar module factory in NSW, under the federal government's Solar Sunshot program.
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Startmate chief Michael Batko departs following an eight-year stint; COO Phoebe Pincus steps up. The piece credits his tenure for the accelerator's growth, returns and alumni, and notes his exits from two side ventures.
Long-serving Startmate chief Michael Batko departs the accelerator's top job, with operations lead Phoebe Pincus promoted to CEO; the piece also recalls two side ventures Batko previously exited.
Leigh Jasper keynotes SmartCompany's February 2026 startup event in Melbourne; the profile recalls his Aconex journey to an Oracle sale, Firmable's seed raise and his venture fund roles.
Medical device firm Epiminder has joined the ASX, its shares dipping below issue price on debut, with the $125 million IPO proceeds earmarked for an American launch of its implantable epilepsy monitoring system next year.
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Western Australia seaweed venture Fremantle Seaweed banked A$2.176 million from 676 crowd investors, with a larger sophisticated-investor tranche planned; Sea Forest's fresh ASX listing frames the story.
Forbes Australia profile of Grace Toombs, founder of women's health startup June Health, recalling her Startmate accelerator acceptance and her plans for an endometriosis clinic.
US investor David Fox has taken a board seat at Australian autonomous boat builder Ocius, which he backed early and served as a director in the 2000s.
Folklore Ventures brings Albert Bielinko in as a partner, recounting his decade as a Titanium Ventures general partner, his earlier investments, and Enable's later acquisition by Flintfox.
Health technology governance veteran Sergio Duchini joins ANDHealth's board, adding capital markets and R&D commercialisation expertise to the digital health accelerator.
Profile tracing Sara Prickett's path from UK labs to co-founding Aravax, the peanut-allergy biotech Brandon Capital backed, as its Phase II trial nears readout in mid-2026.
Forbes Australia unveils its 2025 30 Under 30 honourees across technology, sport, finance and the arts, noting startup raises, an early-stage venture fund close and major athlete contracts.
REA Group has acquired Melbourne lifestyle-data platform Neighbourlytics, delivering exits to investors including Aliavia Ventures and LaunchVic's Alice Anderson Fund. Terms were undisclosed; the company had raised $1.3 million in 2022.
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Zupee, a major Indian gaming platform, has bought Sydney-based AI storytelling startup Nucanon for a reported $5 million; Nucanon earlier raised pre-seed money via Antler and a seed round led by Skalata Ventures.
Startup Daily profiles Juxtabyte, a data governance startup founded by former CBA data governance lead Hugh Le, ahead of the Techstars Sydney 2025 cohort's Demo the Future event.
Funding roundup covering four raises: Pay.com.au's $25 million round plus a $28 million secondary, Ruminant Biotech's Series A, Australis Scientific's Rohto-backed funding, and Paperly's $3 million round led by Tribe Global Ventures.
Climate Salad's report says Australia's climate tech sector has passed 7,000 workers across 730 startups and drew $680 million in venture capital; Sea Forest's ASX debut and fund commitments point to investor appetite.
Recap of Breakthrough Victoria's end-of-year gathering in Docklands, where portfolio founders shared scaling stories and the investor noted its portfolio now spans 77 commitments worth $480.7 million.
First Nations-focused venture firm Ochre Ventures has closed the first tranche of its debut fund at $30m against a $100m goal, with PSG Holdings, MicroProse and Xylo Systems among five early investments.
Seaweed-based livestock feed maker Sea Forest lists on the ASX after an oversubscribed share offer pulled in $20.5 million, putting its value at $112.1 million, with proceeds earmarked for new facilities and global expansion.
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The article recalls a 2021 fund haul that set an Asian record and frames the firm's current capital-raising push as a gauge of whether Asia's private equity market is reviving.
Business Times reports Hillhouse has begun seeking US$7 billion for its sixth private equity fund as Asia-Pacific dealmaking and fundraising pick up, with KKR and Blackstone also raising and past Hillhouse buyouts recapped.
EVP says its fifth fund is live and nearing its $100 million cap, with most commitments from returning backers; the post describes its Series A business-software strategy and names portfolio companies.