Funding announcement
Seven ANZ startups that raised $111.5 million this week
Roundup of seven raises across the Tasman spanning fintech, marine tech, agtech, defence and AI, plus a first close for an ACT venture fund.
CTO · Founder, Bower
David Lyon
Roles
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| CTO · Founder | Bower | Startup Daily, bowerlabs.ai, Ten13 |
| Engineer (former) | Atlassian | Startup Daily, bowerlabs.ai, Ten13 |
| Engineer (former) | Xero | Startup Daily, bowerlabs.ai |
Coverage
Stories naming David Lyon. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Funding announcement
Bower raises $2M to bring ambient intelligence to the research lab
Bower, an Australian startup, has closed a $2 million pre-seed round led by TEN13 with Admiralty Capital Group, Edale Capital and angel backers, funding ambient AI that captures laboratory work as structured research records.
Pre-seed
$2m
Our Investment in Bower | The AI Research Partner for Scientists
Ten13 led Bower's A$2m pre-seed round for a voice-first AI assistant that helps scientists capture lab observations hands-free, founded by a four-person team with backgrounds at Microsoft, Google and Atlassian.
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