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Unnamed stage ≤€250m

Sia's Australian Gambit: Snags Seven Consulting in Push for AI Dominance

French consulting group Sia has bought Australian business transformation firm Seven Consulting, adding roughly 130 consultants and East Coast offices. The deal follows Sia's earlier acquisitions and Blackstone's minority investment earmarked for expansion.

Also consultancy.com.au

Fund close US$750m

Google Cloud launches US$750M agentic AI partner fund at Cloud Next

Google Cloud has committed US$750 million to a new partner fund for agentic AI resources and incentives, unveiled at Cloud Next; the piece also recalls Google's March acquisition of security firm Wiz.

5 deals

Five Aussie startups that raised $30.1 million this week

A roundup of five Australian startups that together raised $30.1 million this week, spanning compliance AI, chemical-industry software, insurance automation, women's health diagnostics and an AI receptionist for trades.

Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·theaustraliatoday.com.au

undisclosed US$9m

Investment Notes: Lorikeet

Blackbird's note explains why it led Lorikeet's nine-million-US-dollar round alongside co-investors, describing the startup's workflow-first approach to harder support tickets and its results with Eucalyptus.

Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily

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Seven Aussie startups that raised $155.5 million this week

Weekly roundup covering seven Australian companies' fresh capital: EV charging, satellite IoT, sovereign cloud, wearables, workplace messaging, plus two crowdfunding raises on Birchal.

Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily·@AuManufacturing·@AuManufacturing

Pre-seed $600k

Business digitisation and consulting startup FORMM raises $600,000 pre-Seed

Digital consulting startup FORMM has raised a $600,000 pre-seed round from individual investors who also take on leadership, board and advisory roles, to help mid-sized businesses digitise.

Also SmartCompany

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The Ignition Lane Wrap: Sunrise. Demise. No more pies.

Ignition Lane's weekly tech roundup covering record Australian VC fund raises, several green-tech startup funding rounds, Deliveroo's administration, the FTX collapse, and takeover offers for ELMO and Nitro.

Also Techboard

22 deals

Ignition Lane's Weekly Wrap: Tiger is the new Softbank, Accel's 40x, more marketplaces, Zooming into VC

Ignition Lane's weekly column rounds up Australian raises including Octopus Deploy, Neara, Mr Yum and Archistar, ThinkTilt's sale to Atlassian, Latitude's ASX listing, and US moves by Tiger Global, UiPath and Squarespace.

Also Startup Daily

2 deals

Welcome, New Blackbirds

Blackbird introduces seven new team members for 2020 across legal, operations and investment roles, while recalling a $100 million GP-led secondary, a raised New Zealand fund, and its earlier Startmate investment in Perx.

Also Blackbird Ventures portfolio

Unnamed stage $22m

Two local companies chase quantum computing success

Quantum control software firm Q-CTRL has raised $22 million led by Square Peg Capital, while ASX-listed Archer Exploration reports building a qubit prototype component and receiving a $15,000 NSW Government grant.

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