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11 deals

Seven ANZ startups that raised $93.1 million this week

Roundup of seven trans-Tasman raises worth $93.1m this week, headlined by IND Technology's $50m round, with LawVu also acquiring ClauseBase.

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Eight Aussie startups that raised $104.4 million this week

Weekly roundup of eight Australian startup raises, led by Sonder's $40 million round, plus AMP's $20 million raise and acquisition of the Shopify app Back in Stock.

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$739 million hits start-ups in Q3 – but funding still lags behind 2022

A quarterly venture funding report shows Australian startups collected $739 million across 77 deals in Q3 2023, trailing earlier periods; SafetyCulture and Lyre's Spirit Co drew the largest rounds while female founders' share improved.

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SaaS startup Capsifi banks $11 million from government-backed investor the Australian Business Growth Fund

Enterprise software firm Capsifi has received an $11 million growth investment from the Australian Business Growth Fund, its first for 2022, to fund international expansion, with the fund's earlier backing of two other startups also recalled.

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Series B $25m

Investment notes: Athena AU$25m Series B

Square Peg explains its rationale for leading Athena's Series B, joined by Hostplus and Airtree, with analysis of the Australian mortgage market, the challenger lender's model, and its founding and senior team.

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US VC Insight Partners backs Kiwi legal tech in $16m series A

Insight Partners led a NZ$17 million series A into New Zealand legal tech firm LawVu, with AirTree Ventures returning; the article also recalls Insight's recent backing of Employment Hero, SafetyCulture and Octopus Deploy.

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Funding announcement

Ignition Advice welcomes Russell Scrimshaw to growing global team

Ignition Advice appoints Russell Scrimshaw as deputy chairman and non-executive director, adds two business development hires, and recalls its 2020 Series B raise with Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.

Unnamed stage $750k

Sydney startup Inspace XR scores $750,000, drawing on VC experience to launch “obvious application” of VR

VR property startup Inspace XR raised $750,000 led by Investible, with Artesian, Taronga Group and Sydney Angels participating; founders Justin Liang and Eric Fear credit Liang's venture capital background.

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