Startup · $1m raised · AI
Melbourne, VIC
Programs: Startmate (Summer ’26)
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Deeligence raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Alice Anderson Fund | Pre-seed | - |
| Startmate | Accelerator | - |
Companies Deeligence acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Deeligence. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Stone & Chalk awarded its 2026 International Women's Day scholarships to twelve female founders across Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide hubs, doubling the intake after applications rose 60%; a past recipient's climate startup also appears.
Roundup of the week's Australian startup funding: fresh raises for five companies, Startmate's Summer '26 accelerator intake of 19 startups, and Affinda's acquisition of Pathfindr.
Also Startup Daily
Nineteen early-stage companies join Startmate's Summer '26 accelerator intake, each receiving $120,000 for 7% equity — $2.28 million overall — spanning construction, healthcare, fintech, energy and manufacturing.
Recap of Australian startups Adiona and Deeligence pitching at a global startup competition in San Francisco; the million-dollar investment prize went to a US battery company, but both gained customers and investor contacts.
Fleet-logistics software firm Adiona Tech won the Sydney pitch competition and heads to the San Francisco finale vying for a US$1 million investment prize; Telstra and Third Sphere previously backed the company.
An annual analysis of Victoria's startup funding landscape, reporting 2024 venture investment of $748 million over 130 deals, sector trends, gender milestones, and LaunchVic's ecosystem support.
Year-in-review column on Australian AI in 2024: five startup raises, Canva buying Leonardo.ai, new government AI regulation and a parliamentary inquiry, the Cosmos AI trial backlash, and a national AI capability plan.
Also SmartCompany
Weekly AI column profiles Melbourne legaltech Deeligence, which raised $1 million with Alice Anderson Fund backing to automate due diligence and challenge billable hours; also DocuSign acquiring Lexion and a Microsoft-OpenAI deepfake fund.
Roundup of the week's funding news: nine companies across Australia and New Zealand secured investment spanning clean energy, construction logistics, legal tech, coaching, research tools, creator media, medtech and marketing software.
Also Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·LaunchVic
Lander & Rogers opens applications for the seventh, AI-focused LawTech Hub program and looks back at the five legal tech startups from its 2023 cohort.