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Crowdfunding just had another cracking year for capital raises

Birchal's CSF Yearbook 2021 found Australian equity crowdfunding hit record levels in 2021, with $71 million raised across 89 companies, and recalls Biome Australia becoming the first CSF-backed business to join the ASX.

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Boosting Female Founders: The women-led startups that secured a share of $12 million

Thirty-eight women-led startups, including Bubble Tea Club, The Hacker Exchange, Amelio Health and Ripple, received grants in round two of the Boosting Female Founders Initiative, sharing $11.6 million.

Meet the 38 grant recipients sharing in the $11.6 million Boosting Female Founders Initiative

Thirty-eight female-founded startups named as recipients sharing $11.6 million in grants under round two of a federal program helping women entrepreneurs expand domestically and globally.

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Quiet achievers and COVID successes: SmartCompany's 10 startups to watch in 2022

SmartCompany's year-end list profiles ten Australian startups poised for a big 2022, recalling their 2021 raises, crowdfunding campaigns, government grants and accelerator origins, from mtime and Quantum Brilliance to Zoomo and Superhero.

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The startup funding round: Digital ID verification, smart insurance, and nasal spray to protect against COVID-19

Weekly funding wrap covering several raises including Honey Insurance's record seed round, OCR Labs' Series A, and Ena Respiratory's COVID-19 nasal spray funding, plus Investible's second fund first close.

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Melbourne friends smash crowd-funding record with their Bubble Tea Club

Melbourne bubble tea kit startup Bubble Tea Club has launched a Birchal equity crowdfunding raise, setting an Australian record for expressions of interest, with nearly 3000 people pledging and $2 million in shares offered.

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Ignition Lane’s Weekly Wrap: VC’s $1.6bn year, Christmas collapses, Bassat’s bitcoin bet

Weekly newsletter rounds up venture news: multiple Australian and regional VC fund closes, startup raises including Brighte and Judo, acquisitions of eNett and Sine, neobank collapses, and new revenue-based lenders.

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