Every round, fund close and exit we can source, with the article it was reported in and what it actually said.
Five tech and venture figures look back on 2023 and ahead to 2024, mentioning Giant Leap's fund close, Everlab's pre-seed raise, AI regulation, cybersecurity, and defence export controls.
ABGF invests $10 million in Solbari, a Melbourne sun-protective apparel brand, marking the growth fund's second woman-led backing and funding wholesale and overseas expansion.
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Brand-collaboration platform Collabosaurus has been bought by Cali Social founder Lauren Swidenbank, terms undisclosed, with founder Jess Ruhfus selling up to pursue her home-fragrance ecommerce venture No.2.
A year-end countdown of 2023's twenty largest agtech funding rounds, from biofuels and carbon marketplaces to farm robotics, with EcoCeres' $400 million raise at the top.
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Profile of F5 Collective, an Australian venture firm backing women-led startups across Asia-Pacific, its family-office-funded first fund, and its sponsorship of California's diversity-reporting law SB 54.
Feature on Australia's fast-growing climate tech sector, recounting raises at companies including Neara, Loam Bio, Goterra and Great Wrap, and warning that scarce growth capital and limited foreign investment could stall the industry.
Profile of Mentorloop, a profitable Melbourne mentoring-platform startup whose cofounders urge founders to seek sustainable growth instead of repeated fundraising; the piece recalls its 2017 seed round backed by Blackbird, Rampersand and Folklore.
A year-end SmartCompany roundup counting down 2023's ten largest Australian startup raises, headed by Employment Hero's $263m Series F, with investor details and commentary on fewer mega-rounds and continued under-representation of women co-founders.
Growth fund ABGF has invested $10 million for a minority stake in Solbari, a Melbourne sun-protective clothing label, its tenth deployment and second backing of a female-founded company.
ComfortDelGro has agreed to acquire A2B Australia, operator of 13cabs and Cabcharge, for $182 million. Major shareholder Sandon Capital endorses the deal, and A2B will also pay a 60-cent dividend.
Podcast episode in which a scientist and medtech founder describes his ME/CFS illness, diagnosis and pacing, and his hopes for research.
Anne Wilson interviews Dr Alex Lubansky on Emerge Australia's podcast: a chemical engineer and ME/CFS patient who founded the biomedical device firm Haemograph and is its chief technology officer.
Dataweavers announced a $5.5 million Series A led by Five V Capital with QIC and existing backer OIF, funding US expansion, a near-doubling of headcount and more than 20 new Brisbane jobs.
Year-end Crunchbase column recapping five distinctive 2023 raises: Cortical Labs, Forward, Neura Robotics, KoBold Metals and Living Carbon, with amounts, backers and one stated valuation.
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Brisbane surgical-robotics startup Convergence Medical wins a US regulator's fast-track designation for its arthroscopic robot; the piece recalls two recent raises totalling $3 million and a new chief medical officer hire.
Blackbird's yearly letter recaps 2023: 38 investments worth $189 million across Australian and New Zealand startups, heavy AI and deep tech deployment, community programs, and open investment-team roles.
Investor's own year in review: five new portfolio companies, a follow-on into ULUU, the Verve Super exit, the Equity Clear gender-reporting initiative, a first founders' retreat, and a sweep of awards for portfolio companies.
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Akaysha Energy has given final approval to its Brendale battery beside a Brisbane sewage plant and flagged another huge battery near Gladstone.
Genesis Capital's blog post highlights Australian Financial Review coverage of its funding of clinical-trials firm AusTrials, which it says will help expand the company's capabilities and sponsor relationships.
Sydney payments startup Payble has raised $3.5 million in an OIF Ventures-led round, bringing its seed total to $6 million, with earlier backing from Commonwealth Bank's x15ventures.
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OIF Ventures' year in review: full Eftsure exit, Opportunity Fund close, Visory, DataMasque and Nullify backed, follow-ons at Inspace and Dataweavers, new team members and portfolio milestones.
OneVentures realised $116.2 million selling its Employment Hero stake in a secondary deal, and its managing director Michelle Deaker is leaving the HR platform's chair role while staying on the board.
The government renewable energy agency is granting millions to a metering company for a platform that aggregates household energy devices into flexible demand across the national grid.
Recipe app ReciMe grew from 20,000 to 400,000 users in 2023, launched a subscription tier, and the article recalls its $500,000 pre-seed raise backed by three investors.
Square Peg's blog carries an AGM conversation in which co-founder Paul Bassat interviews Airwallex co-founder Lucy Liu about scaling the payments fintech, rivals, product strategy and how founders delegate as firms grow.
Linktree has bought and will shut down rival Koji, acquiring it from parent GoMeta for an undisclosed sum. The article also recaps Linktree's earlier Bento purchase and its past funding rounds.
Roundup: Arafura Rare Earths banks $25m for its rare earths project; Incitec Pivot, Electro Optic Systems and Alpha HPA announce leadership changes; Titomic extends its MD's contract; Cobram Estate grows US olive output.
Melbourne wealth platform OpenInvest has landed a backing deal with Tayside Group, the Smith family's family office. The piece also covers OpenInvest's partner pipeline, looming Australian advice reforms, and Kelly+Partners' use of the platform.
Mist, a Sydney app for relocating international students and migrants, has secured seed backing from Investible, Allectus Capital and other investors to launch its services.
Weekly agrifoodtech digest: Vegrow's Series C headlines several raises, alongside two acquisitions, a Swiggy board appointment, Chipotle's accelerator investment and cultivated meat developments.
Linktree has bought rival link-in-bio service Koji from owner GoMeta for an undisclosed sum, its second such purchase of 2023 after acquiring Sequoia-backed Bento in June; Koji's product sunsets in January.
Blockbuilder, an Australian cashless deposits startup, has launched a $4 million raise with $2 million committed from lead investor Correlation Australia Holdings, which also backed its seed round; funds target UK and US expansion.
Year-end podcast episode: a festival panel with the founders of Uluu, Raaise and Electro Ventures on climate tech challenges, wins and plans for 2024.
RenewEconomy reports the national renewable energy agency's announced plan to back the climate-focused startup accelerator EnergyLab, recapping its years supporting clean energy founders and naming standout graduates.
Payments fintech NexPay has filled three senior board roles: David Johnstone becomes chair, Rajesh Yohannan joins as a director, and Clive Wilson takes the new chief risk and governance position.
Square Peg partner James Tynan interviews Neara's chief commercial officer Jack Curtis on the company's 3D modelling of energy networks, doubling grid capacity, and constraints on the energy transition.
Square Peg partners discuss climate tech investing at the firm's AGM: venture's role, regulation, energy cost tailwinds, and startups they flag such as Tomorrow.io, Vow, Neara and Amber; also recalls Occidental buying Carbon Engineering.
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Square Peg's blog runs a conversation from its 2023 AGM in which partner James Tynan interviews Neara's chief commercial officer Jack Curtis about the company's grid-modelling software and the energy transition.
Alberts profile of Brighte founder and CEO Katherine McConnell on her shift from Macquarie Bank to solar payments, the company's expansion and cutbacks, its culture, and her awards.
A rolling roundup of Australian energy-sector job moves, listing dozens of executives, directors and ministers joining or leaving utilities, regulators, developers and industry bodies between May and December 2023.
Publisher's post about a venture firm multiplying its money thirteen-fold on one startup bet; the page also carries linked reports of Eucalyptus's $1.6 billion sale and Vaxxas naming David Peacock chief executive.
Perth fitness equipment maker Vitruvian has raised $21.8 million from existing backers, extending its 2022 Series A after two earlier seed rounds, with the money earmarked for product development.
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A Startupbootcamp profile of climate tech firm BOOM, whose software streamlines building electrification, covering its growth, a home-electrification pilot with a bank, and past backing from Boundless Earth.
Blackbird announces it led Clove's US$2.75 million pre-seed round. Founders Anna Guerrero and Sam Killin, formerly of Canva, are building a recipe creation and discovery platform ahead of a beta launch.
Hydration-tracking startup Omni Biotech, based in Perth, has completed a $300,000 pre-seed round from Skalata Ventures to develop phone- and wearable-based hydration monitoring, founders Will Poot and Zac Farrow announced at West Tech Fest.
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Bupa's eco-Disruptive program funds six Australian and New Zealand sustainability startups to pilot health and planet solutions; past winner Cassava Bags now supplies the insurer with its biodegradable bags.
Interview with Code Like A Girl founder Ally Watson on 2023's challenges — a federal grant, loyal partners, burnout — and 2024 plans for a new business-to-business product.
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Breakthrough Victoria puts $2 million into Cyban's $6.25 million Series A round with Significant Early Venture Capital and InterValley Ventures, backing the Melbourne company's non-invasive brain oxygen monitor.
Straand, an Australian scalp-care startup, has landed $4 million from Unilever Ventures and the Harvey family office, on top of a $2 million pre-seed round, to fund its global retail expansion.
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