Company
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Australian Defence Apparel raised.
Companies Australian Defence Apparel acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Dixon | CEO | Startup Daily |
Stories naming Australian Defence Apparel. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Six Australian startups, including Bodd, Hachiko and Cor, collectively secured about $24 million in fresh backing, while seaweed peer Sea Forest floated on the ASX and jumped in early trade.
Weekly funding roundup covering raises by Bodd, Hachiko, Fremantle Seaweed, Cor, Detail Earth and Recovr, plus seaweed peer Sea Forest's ASX float at a $112 million market capitalisation.
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Bodd has banked a $15 million round with Blue Sky Capital leading and Ellerston Capital among backers, funding global expansion and a health push; the deal values the body-scanning company at $110 million.
Profile of Bodd, a Melbourne maker of 3D body scanners for uniforms and apparel, covering its Bosch-built hardware, defence and police customers, university ties, scan-based revenues and roughly $8 million raised to date.
Melbourne body-scanning startup Bodd raised $5 million led by Candice and Nick Hirons to expand into North American wellness, fashion and pharmaceutical markets and grow its uniform business.
Profile of TST, an Australian-Singaporean composites company commercialising the D4 forming process for helmets, covering its defence research origins and an Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre grant backing its motorcycle helmet work.