Every round, fund close and exit we can source, with the article it was reported in and what it actually said.
Goterra's founder argues first-of-a-kind companies need a layered capital stack spanning institutional, crowdfunding, government and corporate money rather than one lead investor, and points readers to her live CSF campaign on OnMarket.
Transcelestial announced a further US$9.7m close of its latest round, lifting total funding to US$34.7m, with MPower Partners joining SEEDS and Kickstart Ventures to back its Japanese defence and space communications push.
BindiMaps has exited administration with fresh owners set to broaden its commercial focus; the piece recalls earlier Artesian backing and a $1 million NSW government grant.
Canadian TaaS firm Turnium has proposed buying Sydney channel partner Insentra in a deal worth as much as C$15 million, expected to complete by the end of 2025 if conditions are met.
Morse Micro, a Wi-Fi HaLow vendor, appoints former Swann Communications chief executive Alex Talevski as its first senior product and AI executive, and tasks him with opening a Melbourne office.
Australian startup Fabra has debuted a browser-based 3D design tool alongside pre-seed backing of $2.8 million from four funds, and intends to seek seed capital ahead of 2026 general availability.
Rampersand's newsletter announces it led Keeyu's $2.3 million pre-seed round, alongside portfolio updates from Quantum Brilliance, Cuttable, Hatch and Goterra, plus job listings and reflections on domain founders and Australian venture capital.
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Ellerston Capital announces a $67 million investment in SEE Group, a Queensland and NSW civil and mining contractor, to fund fleet expansion, with investment partner Mark Paton joining the board.
Startup Daily profiles Slice, a proptech automating property transaction paperwork, and its founder Amy Stevens, among the 12 startups in Techstars Sydney's 2025 cohort ahead of its December demo event.
The renewable energy agency has committed as much as $45m to Fortescue's Pilbara solar testing hub, where demonstration projects with Built Robotics and 5B will trial construction robotics and rapid-deployment solar technology.
The ACT Government has launched the ACTivate Capital venture fund, with an initial $23 million close and capacity for $50 million, to back Canberra startups and commercialise local research, led by fund manager Ken Kroeger.
Sydney-founded quantum computing company Diraq has progressed to Stage B of a US defense agency program targeting utility-scale quantum computing by 2033, expanding its consortium with new industry and academic partners.
EVP's Federal Court bid to claw back $10.4 million from collapsed healthtech StrongRoom AI continues, with liquidator examinations of former directors ahead; the rebooted business has since raised fresh funds under owner Joe Zhou.
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Perth medtech spin-out Cytophenix raised a pre-seed round above its target to advance trials and grow the team behind FloCAST, a rapid test identifying effective antibiotics, after earlier grants and accelerator programs.
Roundup of eight funding deals: Synchron's Series D, plus raises by Lumonus AI, Hullbot, Nbryo, Cytophenix, Giftbee, Understanding Zoe and Zeligate, spanning medtech, robotics, agtech and AI.
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Sydney health-tech firm Lumonus AI has secured a $25 million Series B led by Aviron Investment Management with returning backer Oncology Ventures, to grow its US presence and develop medical-data tools.
Startup Daily profiles Zipline AI, a startup in Techstars Sydney's 2025 cohort whose tool helps brands build products alongside their audiences; repeat Techstars founder Michelle Reeves counts Forty-Love and Lemon Perfect as clients.
Sydney e-waste recycler Sircel has been put into voluntary administration, an appointment its directors dispute, stunning Australia's solar recycling sector; the piece recalls Kilara Capital's $5 million backing and industry warnings.
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IT services firm Entag has bought Rubicon 8, creating a combined 145-person business backed by Anchorage Capital Partners, with both companies recently recognised at the Telstra Partner Awards.
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup: raises for more than a dozen companies including Australia's Uluu and Nbryo, executive and board appointments, Leon's buyback from Asda, and the collapse of two insect firms.
Singaporean investor Verge HealthTech Fund has put $770,000 into Understanding Zoe, whose app helps parents of neurodivergent children coordinate care, with the round still open to further money.
Online used-car platform Carma slid on its ASX debut after a $70 million IPO; the piece recalls its earlier seed, Series A and convertible note raises and names its backers.
Metigy co-founder David Fairfull has admitted in court to deceiving investors and misusing his director role, after the marketing software startup's raises were built on fabricated figures before its 2022 collapse.
Radium Capital's R&D lending has passed $1 billion across 1,000-plus companies since 2017; case studies recall WeMoney's $12 million Series A and ElectraLith's $27.5 million Main Sequence-led round.
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Cattle genetics startup Nbryo has landed $10 million co-led by Tenacious Ventures and AgriZeroNZ, plus an $18 million research grant, to commercialise its embryo technology.
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Australian spend management platform ProSpend has been acquired by UK software group ISH, joining its new Fintech Track, while retaining its brand and ANZ leadership and planning a UK and Ireland launch in 2026.
ANDHealth reported portfolio metrics including patient impact and job creation, while securing additional MRFF funding to expand its digital health commercialisation program.
Queensland cattle-breeding biotech Nbryo has secured $10m in seed backing co-led by Tenacious Ventures and AgriZeroNZ, alongside an $18m research grant from the Gates Foundation and Meat and Livestock Australia.
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The co-founder and ex-CEO of collapsed marketing software firm Metigy has admitted to deceiving investors and misusing his director role in a corporate regulator prosecution.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is putting up to $40m into Brighte through a federal program, letting the home-energy fintech offer cheaper green loans for solar, batteries and other household upgrades.
Folklore Ventures announces it invested in Hullbot's A$16 million Series A with Regeneration VC, Trinity Ventures and Katapult Ocean, backing the Sydney hull-cleaning robotics company's growth.
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Airwallex's co-founder and CEO recounts the company passing a billion dollars in annualised revenue, crediting multi-product customers and global expansion, and flags AI, new markets and brand as growth levers.
The ACT Government launched the ACTivate Capital Fund with $23 million committed, backed by Epicorp, UNSW Canberra and family offices, targeting Canberra early-stage companies.
Scalare Partners has launched The Founders Union, an AI-driven hub connecting founders to education, community, services and investment providers; Westpac, MYOB, Atlassian and Zoho are among its partners.
Blackbird's investment note recapping its backing of Coherence Neuro and the neural implant startup's development milestones, institutional collaborations, and path toward first-in-human glioblastoma trials.
Federation Asset Management hires Rebecca Thomas to head responsible investments as investment director and brings in Tahlia Rozis to manage business development.
Ranking of Australia’s five best-funded fintechs — Airwallex, Athena, Zeller, InDebted and Brighte — profiling each one’s total raised, most recent raise, backers, valuation and growth moves.
Profile of a Melbourne medtech firm making lifelike artificial organs that let surgeons rehearse robotic procedures, noting its 2023 capital raise, rapid growth, and leadership training through a Victorian scaleup program.
Podcast interview in which the founders of Earthbuilt Technology and Crest Robotics discuss their Charlotte construction robot, which prints buildings from onsite materials, its lunar ambitions, and government program backing.
Blackbird partners reflect on their early pre-seed backing of AI entertainment studio Wonder Studios, covering its client projects, original shows and StoryEngine tooling since that first investment.
Nbryo closed a A$10 million round co-led by Tenacious Ventures with AgriZeroNZ, QIC, the Murdoch family and Mandalay, and has drawn over $18 million in grants from Gates Foundation and Meat and Livestock Australia.
Crunchbase's unicorn tracker analysis finds AI-driven valuations added over half a trillion dollars in months, reshuffling the top twenty and minting eleven new decacorns in H2 2025, including Figure, Kraken, Mistral and Sierra.
Antler led Giftbee's $1 million seed round, with Brisbane Angels also taking part, funding product development and expansion of its gift-card marketplace.
Weekly funding roundup covering eight raises totalling over $113 million across aerospace, biotech, materials, health and software, plus a pharmacy firm's acquisition out of administration.
Weekly roundup of eight trans-Tasman startup raises worth a combined $113 million-plus, alongside Joe Zhou's buyout of StrongRoom AI from administrators.
Roundup of manufacturing news: Archer Materials' biochip results with IMEC, Resmed's CPAP mask launch, Boeing's RAAF P-8A upgrades, Breakthrough Victoria's $75m across venture funds, an Avalon Airport freight facility, and Sleeptite's FlexiSense.
Queensland's critical minerals fund, run by QIC, has provided aluminium chemicals maker Alpha HPA with $30 million under royalty deed agreements, funding its Gladstone expansion project.
Beaten Zone Venture Partners will host ten Australian defence startups pitching to a judging panel in Sydney this November, with prizes including a SHOT Show trip and Reveille tickets.
Podcast episode in which Grown Not Flown founder Nikki Davey reflects on shutting down her flower-marketplace app, covering scaling struggles, investor challenges and the personal toll of a startup's end.
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