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Stories naming Alphabet. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

Funding announcement

This former OpenAI exec is trying to cure chronic diseases, including her own

Profile of Fidji Simo, who left OpenAI to cofound ChronicleBio, which has raised $20 million to use AI and biological data to subtype chronic illnesses like POTS and long COVID and rescue shelved drugs.

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Q2 2026 Global Fund Newsletter

Defender's quarterly newsletter reports an exceptional quarter for its global fund, headlined by portfolio holding SharonAI, which surged after a February Nasdaq uplisting and an NVIDIA GPU deployment partnership.

Also Defender AM portfolio·Startup Daily·AFR Technology·Forbes Australia·Forbes Australia·Dealroom

Funding announcement

🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #175, 23rd August 2026

Weekly roundup: Constantinople raises $62.5m; Blackbird wraps fund six above $1b; Guardhouse buys Mobohubb; SCX.ai debuts on the ASX; plus seed rounds, exits and executive changes across the ecosystem.

Funding announcement

Topic | Managed funds | Australian Financial Review

An AFR managed-funds topic page: a star small-caps deputy goes solo with a new Sydney firm, Gigacomm buys rival DGtek, Google plans a multibillion-dollar domestic bond, plus fund manager and market stories.

Funding announcement

Q1 2024 Global Fund Newsletter

Defender's fund letter reports a 2% quarterly return, discusses listed trades including a semiconductor ETF position, and revisits its Series A investment in Australian pet-food maker Lyka Pet Food.

43 deals

Ignition Lane's Weekly Wrap: The Great Reengagement, backing Web3, riding the markets & the big local raises

Ignition Lane's weekly tech roundup: AirTree raises $700m across three new funds, dozens of Australian startups announce rounds, a wave of acquisitions including Block completing its Afterpay buy, plus Web3 commentary and US market moves.

Also SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily

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Ignition Lane's Weekly Wrap: VC investment peaks, cowtech as bro, Big Tech earnings soar

Weekly roundup covering Main Sequence's second-fund close, operating partner hires at Blackbird and AirTree, raises by Sea Forest, Adventus.io, Halter and others, acquisitions by Equiem, Stripe and Toyota, plus Big Tech earnings.

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Your 90-second guide to the day in tech

Daily roundup reporting Databricks' billion-dollar Series G, Robinhood's emergency raise during the trading saga, DesignCrowd's $10 million pre-IPO funding, Xinja's wind-up vote, and record Australian venture capital in 2020.

Also Startup Daily

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5 things you should know about tech today

Yamaha's venture arm leads an $11m raise for agtech startup The Yield, while Sydney home-loan fintech Verteva lands a $33m Series A; plus Twitter's Covid warning labels and Sidewalk Labs dropping its Toronto project.

Also SmartCompany·SmartCompany·@AuManufacturing·Women's Agenda·AgFunderNews

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