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Autra

Brisbane, QLD

Coverage

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

Fund close $6.8m

Pioneering VC fund Uniseed doubles its backers as five universities, including Monash, UTS and Macquarie, chip in

Uniseed adds Monash and a four-university NSW collaboration, lifting its third fund by $6.75 million to $56.75 million; the article recalls past portfolio sales to Novartis, Shire and Schneider Electric.

Fund close $75m

UniSuper tips $75 million into early stage VC Uniseed

UniSuper commits $75 million to Uniseed, the research commercialisation fund owned by four universities and CSIRO, its first venture investment; past portfolio sales to Schneider Electric, RTP Co and Novartis are recalled.

Exit / M&A

Schneider Electric completes acquisition of Australian IoT company

Schneider Electric has finished buying Aurtra, a University of Queensland power-asset-monitoring spinout. Its sensor technology and team, including co-founder Terry Woodcroft, now sit inside the French group's digital transformer services business.

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Switched off over Christmas? Here’s the startup news you might have missed

A holiday roundup of startup headlines: several Australian funding rounds, Airwallex's funds frozen amid a fraud probe, Fintech Australia's policy submission, and Travis Kalanick selling his remaining Uber stake.

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