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AI decisioning firm Rich Data Co has landed $9 million from Acorn Capital, lifting its Series B to $37 million, as it pushes into North America after signing its first US bank customer.
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Remarkable has picked Australian and international startups for its 2024 disability technology accelerator intake, flagging AI as a theme and citing strong customer, revenue and jobs growth among last year's participants.
Profile of InvestorHub, a Melbourne platform helping listed companies engage retail investors, tracing its founders' path through Stone & Chalk and LaunchVic's 30X30 scale-up program ahead of overseas expansion.
Eyeonic, a Melbourne startup screening for glaucoma with AI, has completed an oversubscribed $2.6 million seed round led by Martin Goodrich after winning SmartCompany's Pitch competition, and now targets expansion across Asia and Africa.
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Hurtec reports joining Startmate's Winter 2024 accelerator intake, one of 11 companies chosen from 600 applications.
For World Breastfeeding Week, Lactamo's founder discusses why the first week after birth is decisive, citing hospital trials across two countries and survey data showing most new mothers face breastfeeding difficulties.
GSFM has brought Lewis Bond on board as a key account manager covering NSW and the ACT, starting 22 July, reporting to Steven Taylor.
DroneShield has completed a roughly $120m underwritten share placement to fund R&D, AI products and acquisitions, after a $75m raise in April; its ASX-listed shares fell 16 percent on the news.
Firmus introduces Daniel Kearney as its new chief technology officer and interviews him about his cloud and thermal research background, his PhD work on liquid cooling, and his views on sustainable AI infrastructure.
Analysis column arguing Australia's coal mine methane mitigation has stagnated, with Kestrel Coal mine's newly won matching grant and South32's planned trial the first commercial-scale projects in years, aided by government handouts.
The renewable energy agency commits grant funding to two solar projects: forecasting software at PV Lighthouse and robot automation of solar farm construction at Built Robotics.
Weekly roundup: InvestorHub banks a $4m Series A extension led by EVP, while Brisbane compost-tech maker Monty Compost Co picks up $1 million from Skalata, Antler and other backers.
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Fusion startup Type One Energy has pulled in a $53.5m extension to its seed round, led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures with Foxglove Ventures and GD1 taking part, to accelerate its stellarator reactor plans.
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Canva is set to buy Sydney AI startup Leonardo.Ai for an undisclosed sum; the piece also recalls Leonardo's $47 million 2023 raise with Blackbird and Canva's earlier $1 billion Serif purchase.
TEN13's investor letter celebrates passing $100 million deployed, plus fresh backing for iion and Switchboard, team promotions, AutoGrab's overseas growth and NZ-arm sale, and the Mr Yum–Me&U merger.
Vast's chief executive argues hydrogen demand is maturing, with shipping and aviation emerging as anchor customers for green methanol and eSAF, and points to government grant funding for the company's Port Augusta methanol project.
Profile of Uluu, a Perth climate tech startup turning farmed seaweed into biodegradable PHA to replace plastics, recalling early backing from Alberts Impact Ventures and Main Sequence plus two grants.
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Roundup: BrainChip's completed placement plus an LDA Capital stake sale, Arafura's committed raise, a $76m Queensland regional fund, ARENA and ACCC appointments, a Tryp advisory hire, and Steel Cement's licence approval.
South Australia's Economic Recovery Fund has granted Hendon Semiconductors $605,561, matched by the company, to lift defence electronics production capability; it earlier received a 2023 sovereign capability grant.
Stone & Chalk and KPMG Australia selected five startups for the fourth Future Technology Program cohort, providing residency and mentorship to enhance business productivity.
0x, a decentralized trading protocol, has closed a $70m Series B led by Greylock, with Pantera, OpenSea and Jump Crypto joining; proceeds fund cross-chain work, new chain integrations and its Matcha search engine.
Singapore's Cyan Renewables has bought ASX-listed marine services firm MMA Offshore for more than A$1 billion in a take-private deal, with AIMCo among co-investors, and pledged further Australian offshore wind investment.
Perth drone-engine maker Orbital has begun pre-production of two new UAV engines for Textron Systems and DSO National Laboratories, and received government R&D incentives and WA grant conversions.
Weekly roundup of three Australian raises: adtech firm Cuttable's seed round, Fundabl's equity round and SeenCulture's funding, naming investors, plus new Cuttable co-CEOs and a board appointment.
PsiQuantum will build a second quantum computer in Chicago with US$500m in tax incentives, after Australian and Queensland government equity in April. Forbes Australia's 30 Under 30 nominations are open.
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EMVision has built the prototype of a lightweight brain scanner for ambulances, developed for an Australian stroke research group with federal funding, and has lodged paperwork to trigger a further milestone payment.
Conservation Labs, maker of the H2know sound-based water monitor, announced a $7.5 million Series A round led by RET Ventures' Housing Impact Fund, with SustainVC also taking part.
The Victorian network company has reshaped its executive team around four business lines, appointing leaders for each, saying the changes will unlock grid capacity and speed connections for new generation.
Seven organisations share federal grants under a carbon capture programme; named recipients include MCi Carbon, Novalith, Calix and KC8, whose award follows a $10 million raise backed by Woodside Energy and Cemex Ventures.
Panel hosted with Carers Australia explores workplace support for caregivers, featuring Like Family co-founder Jenna Leo, plus executives from Parents at Work, Carers Australia and NAB sharing their caring experiences.
Australian insurtech momentum examined: Honey Insurance's Series A and Cover Genius's raise led Q2 2024 funding, while an Airtree partner argues incumbents have left insurance open to technology-driven challengers.
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Square Peg announces its participation in Cuttable's AU$5.5 million seed round. The AI-powered advertising platform was founded by Jack White, Ed Ring and Sam Kroonenburg, and already works with major Australian brands.
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Square Peg's half-year letter reports US$187 million distributed via the Nvidia purchase of Deci.AI plus stake sales in Canva and Bugcrowd, several new investments, team promotions, and a fresh fundraise for its next funds.
Sprint Ventures announces Todd Crowley, an early investor in the firm with two decades of business experience, has joined its investment committee, with chairman Llew Jury welcoming the appointment.
SeenCulture, a workplace platform, has secured $1 million in a pre-seed round from Alice Anderson Fund, M8 Ventures, InterValley Ventures and Torus, having earlier joined Techstars' first Sydney cohort with Cut Through Angels backing.
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Jelix's note explains its fund's participation in Fugu Carbon's newly announced seed round, with Investible leading and Counteract VC plus Electrifi Ventures also in, covering the carbon capture venture's market, technology and founders.
Shearwater's blog post announces it completed a secondary transaction buying shares from founders at Melbourne edtech firm Vivi, citing Vivi's school reach, North American growth, and its strategy of giving early backers liquidity.
Weekly roundup of four Australian raises: HammerTech $105m led by Riverwood Capital, JigSpace $13m led by Breakthrough Victoria, ExoFlare's $5.3m seed, and Go Locum's $350,000 seed led by Paspalis.
Melbourne water-quality monitoring firm Eco Detection has announced a $10 million investment from London-listed mining services firm Capital, which it says will speed production growth and push sales into new markets.
Interview with IIF founder Nathan MacPhee on his cooperative platform letting ordinary people fund crops and livestock, giving farmers earlier payment and shifting seasonal risk; New Zealand's Agnition Ventures has backed the company.
A partner memo profiling Licode, a no-code platform for AI web apps founded by ex-Finder engineer Kelvin Htat, which took pre-seed backing from Antler Australia and is seeking follow-on capital.
ASX-listed Spenda is acquiring payments fintech Limepay, rebranded April Solutions, in an all-scrip deal that could reach $8 million depending on revenue targets, delivering a long-delayed public listing.
Government agency ARENA funds a Geelong wastewater trial capturing oxygen byproduct from Viva Energy's hydrogen electrolyser to cut treatment emissions.
Zip raised fresh equity to repay its corporate borrowings, with quarterly results showing strong growth in its United States business.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency is funding a Barwon Water-led trial with Viva Energy to test capturing electrolyser oxygen for wastewater treatment, beginning with a feasibility study before a two-year demonstration phase.
Genesis Capital says the AFR reported its roughly $350 million fundraise, which strengthens its ability to back growth-stage healthcare companies in medical services, diagnostics and care infrastructure.
Profile of JigSpace recalling its Melbourne origins, its 2016 stint at Adam Draper's accelerator with initial backing, and Breakthrough Victoria's investment keeping the 3D software firm in Victoria with job growth plans.
Biographical profile of Randi Zuckerberg covering her Facebook career, her media company, books, television work and family; no funding activity is reported.
AuManufacturing roundup of brief industry news: Wide Open Agriculture banks a $7.5 million raise, Liontown adds a lithium offtake partner, Osteopore signs Zimmer Biomet for distribution, plus quantum, defence, rail and recycling items.
Ex-Shippit logistics executive Dominic Culbert has taken a growth role at Dyspach, a young Sydney company using AI to automate freight sales; co-founder Amit Kumar earlier sold his Addverb stake to Reliance.