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🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #173, 9th August 2026

Weekly roundup: Firmus completes its $2.85b round; Procore acquires DroneDeploy; Atlassian rebounds while Canva cuts guidance; plus fresh raises for Zabidou, BioScout, Vexev, Enrola, Spacetalk and others.

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Airtree more than doubles its money in US start-up sale

Airtree Ventures has exited DroneDeploy in a $US845 million sale after an eight-year hold, pocketing over twice its outlay and returning cash to early backers as venture firms face investor pressure to distribute returns.

Mapping startup DroneDeploy takes to Australian skies in a bid to help save the Great Barrier Reef

Profile of a drone mapping software company covering its mid-2018 Series C raise, its founders and origins, and its Australian reef monitoring and emergency response work.