Exit / M&A
Company
Aldi
Funding history
Investors
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Aldi raised.
What Aldi bought
Companies Aldi acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
People
Coverage
Stories naming Aldi. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
News
Types of business innovation and the problems they solve
An explainer from Radium Capital covering four innovation categories — incremental, breakthrough, foundational research and disruptive — with examples such as Avicena Systems and Airbnb, and advocating varied capital sources including R&D financing.
15 deals
Eleven Aussie startups that raised $61.5 million this week
Weekly roundup of funding rounds at eleven Australian startups, including a $28 million Series B, a $14 million raise paired with an acquisition, and a neural-implant company appointing a new chief executive.
9 deals
Eight Aussie startups that raised $433 million this week
Roundup of eight Australian startup raises totalling $433m, topped by Employment Hero's $263m Series F and Skykraft's $120m round; Darwinium, Konvoy Kegs, The Martec and three Birchal crowdfunds complete the week.
Also AgFunderNews
Funding announcement
Meet our FoodTech Tasmania 2023 Cohort!
Startupbootcamp Australia unveils the ten startups chosen for its 2023 FoodTech Tasmania program, spanning seven countries, and acknowledges its government, corporate and long-term partners.
2 deals
Manufacturing news briefs — stories you might have missed
Roundup of Australian manufacturing news: a university metaverse partnership, a CSIRO digital appointment, electric buses in Queensland, two secured funding facilities, and several workforce and recycling initiatives.
Also @AuManufacturing
News
After $10 million in sales, Liquor Loot is using crowdfunding to launch its international expansion
Maker of whisky and gin tasting boxes plans an equity crowdfunding campaign on Birchal to fund Southeast Asian expansion, having earlier taken capital from Koala's co-founders; no money has been raised yet.
Exit / M&A
Epho and Solgen: Is this the solar market consolidation Australia had to have?
AGL Energy has agreed to buy two leading Australian commercial solar firms, Solgen Energy Group and Epho, in separate deals signalling consolidation of the booming commercial and industrial rooftop solar market.
Funding announcement
Coronavirus update for business: Grocery restrictions relaxed, restaurant chatter in your own home, and Netflix eyes up $1 billion
A business news roundup: supermarkets ease buying limits, EnergyLab secures government-backed funding for a startup scale-up program, Startmate hosts an online demo day, Netflix plans new funding, and EatClub launches app features.
News
Perth's Unocart is changing grocery delivery in more ways than you think
Particle profiles Perth grocery-delivery startup Unocart, covering its founders' social mission against food insecurity, two earlier pivots, and its 2017 stint in the muru-D accelerator.