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Record Investment Fuels Victoria’s Startup Surge
LaunchVic and dealroom.co report Victorian startups raised a record $2.4 billion in 2025, driven by late-stage deals despite early-stage declines.
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dealroom.co
Funding history
Investors
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round dealroom.co raised.
What dealroom.co bought
Companies dealroom.co acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
People
Coverage
Stories naming dealroom.co. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Series A
$12.5m
Melbourne AI startup set for global expansion after $12.5 million raise
AI search startup Marqo has landed a $12.5 million Series A and is relocating its headquarters to San Francisco, while LaunchVic statistics show Victoria's ecosystem grew in value despite a funding drop.
14 deals
Ignition Lane's Weekly Wrap: Unicorns galore, online marketplaces put on notice, VC pyramid schemes
Weekly roundup reporting Invoice2go's sale to Bill.com, raises by Go1, Employment Hero, InDebted and others, Rokt's secondary sale, Wildcard Ventures' launch, plus global deals including Zoom-Five9 and Salesforce-Slack.