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Stories naming Elon Musk. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Profiles space investor Will Scully-Power, whose Pine Gap firm backs Australian space startups and plans a larger US fund with partners; defence VC Beaten Zone has also wrapped up a $26 million fund.
An analysis of what happens to brain-implant trial participants once studies end, covering Australia's growing neurotech sector, EpiMinder's FDA approval, Synchron's funding, and recommendations from a convened panel of specialists.
Tesla has reportedly dropped its Solar Roof tiles as financially unviable and will supply only conventional panels; the piece also recalls Australian startup Volt raising funds in 2024 for a competing product.
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The CEFC recounts a decade of project financing behind Australia's landmark grid batteries — DeGrussa, Hornsdale, Victorian Big Battery and Capital Battery — showing how early public capital helped storage reach mainstream markets.
Profile of JET Charge co-founder Tim Washington, tracing the EV charging firm's growth and recalling its 2020 institutional round and $72 million Series C led by Mirova.
Crunchbase's 2026 forecast lists fifteen late-stage companies it deems probable or very likely IPO candidates, profiling each with past raises, valuations and secondary sales; Australia's Canva makes the list.
Roundup of eight funding deals: Synchron's Series D, plus raises by Lumonus AI, Hullbot, Nbryo, Cytophenix, Giftbee, Understanding Zoe and Zeligate, spanning medtech, robotics, agtech and AI.
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Victorian solar tile maker Volt has passed A$1.1 million in an ongoing Birchal crowd-equity campaign, bankrolling a planned United States expansion that pits its roof tiles against Tesla's Solar Roof.
Australian neurotech firm Synchron reported year-long trial results showing its brain implant was safe in six US patients, including one who used Amazon's Alexa by thought alone, keeping it ahead of Musk's Neuralink.
Analysis of Neuralink's first human implant, its clinical and ethical challenges, and the competitive threat posed by Melbourne brain-computer interface startup Synchron.
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup covering Agrotoken's Series A, raises by Mediterranean Food Lab, Better Juice, Burro, SeeTree and farm-ng, the MaxAB–Wasoko merger, v2food's brand acquisition, a Flashfood CEO change, and Drizly's shutdown.
Ignition Lane's weekly wrap: Tiger Global's losses and past Australian bets, MilkRun and TradeSquare closures, Cyara's Spearline acquisition, a Co Ventures pre-seed fund, Square Peg's partner promotion and LaunchVic's 30×30 picks.
An overview of brain-computer interface history and current clinical-trial leaders, profiling BrainGate, a Dutch medical centre, and Melbourne-founded Synchron, written by a University of Melbourne neural engineering academic.
Analysis of the technological singularity concept, covering brain-computer interface work by Neuralink and Synchron, expert predictions about artificial general intelligence, and worries over unregulated AI. Republished from The Conversation.
NBN Co's faster Sky Muster trial and Starlink's Oceania speed results signal a rural bandwidth contest, with SwarmFarm and Zetifi founders describing connectivity struggles and their recent raises.
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Ignition Lane's year-end review of 2022 tech news: shifting VC sentiment, record Australian fund raises, grocery delivery failures and shutdowns, local M&A, crypto fallout, awards, and global stories from Twitter to ChatGPT.
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Brain-computer interface maker Synchron has closed an oversubscribed Series C, with proceeds earmarked for product development and clinical trials; its co-founder downplays any rivalry with Neuralink.
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Ignition Lane's weekly tech roundup covering record Australian VC fund raises, several green-tech startup funding rounds, Deliveroo's administration, the FTX collapse, and takeover offers for ELMO and Nitro.
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TechCrunch's Daily Crunch roundup covering Musk's Twitter purchase and Apple's fees, Zillow layoffs, LatticeFlow and OTI raises, Square Peg's fund close, and Argo AI's shutdown.
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TechCrunch's transport newsletter rounds up micromobility job cuts at Tier, Spin and Zoomo, Mobileye's IPO filing years after Intel bought it, new backing for Canada Drives and Halo Car, plus Rivian's safety recall.
Ignition Lane's weekly tech roundup covering fresh Australian startup raises, new venture funds and closes, a wave of acquisitions, delistings and a liquidation, executive moves, and Canva's product launch.
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Startup Daily relays Elon Musk's agreed takeover of Twitter for roughly US$44 billion, including his earlier 9.2 per cent stake purchase, board reactions, and the debt and equity financing behind the deal.
Twitter's board has approved Elon Musk's multi-billion-dollar takeover offer, prompting the author to ask whether the platform's harassment and safety problems will improve or worsen for women under its new owner.
Ignition Lane's weekly roundup: Zip's deal for Sezzle, Zeller's unicorn raise, several Australian funding rounds, Startmate backing Provvy, a space manufacturing grant, NZVC's first close, and tech's response to Russia.
Satirical awards column recalling 2021 business failures and wins: Hosking's Redbubble share sale, Greensill's collapse, GetSwift's downfall, Better.com's layoffs and funding, Moviepass's sale, and Digital World's Trump SPAC deal.
Student teams from Monash, Sydney and Tasmania universities won prize money in the XPRIZE Carbon Removal Student Competition backed by Elon Musk, with Monash's MC3 team receiving US$250,000.
Satellite IoT firm Myriota won a $5.48 million Australian government Defence contract via the Defence Innovation Hub, weeks after a Spire Global partnership and an insurance-sector investment from IAG's venture arm.
Profile of satellite IoT company Myriota, a University of South Australia spin-out, recalling its seed backing from exactEarth and support from investors such as In-Q-Tel, Host Plus and Main Sequence Ventures.
Ignition Lane's weekly roundup reports Tyro buying Medipass, several startup raises, ASX listings, Hey Tiger shutting down, Airwallex culture complaints, CSIRO's technology spending plan, and Musk's bitcoin antics.
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Comestri, once Fusion Factory, has raised a $15 million Series B led by Moelis Australia; Giant Leap promotes Rachel Yang to partner; plus Musk on SNL, Dogecoin swings and Goldman Sachs bitcoin trading.
Two overseas companies won a carbon XPrize for technologies storing carbon dioxide in concrete, with the article examining cement emissions and carbon capture prospects.
Daily roundup reporting Databricks' billion-dollar Series G, Robinhood's emergency raise during the trading saga, DesignCrowd's $10 million pre-IPO funding, Xinja's wind-up vote, and record Australian venture capital in 2020.
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Daily tech roundup covering a pardon for a ex-Google engineer, Jack Ma's reappearance, a cyberattack on Malwarebytes, Facebook's privacy settlement, Cruise's multi-billion raise, and neobank Xinja winding up.
Magnis Energy reports partner C4V tested an EV battery cell charging to 85% in six minutes; production could occur at Magnis's planned Townsville gigafactory, which received $3.1 million in Queensland government grants.
Analysis of how Australia's space sector is weathering COVID-19, recounting international space developments and domestic wins including a government grant to Fleet Space Technologies and Oz Minerals for mineral exploration.
Daily tech roundup covering Kogan.com's $100 million placement, Prospa's quarterly results with a government warehouse investment, Grubhub's merger with Just Eat Takeaway, plus Amazon, Ping Identity and Tesla news.
Analysis arguing tech billionaires' funds are investing in mining startups, citing past backing of KoBold Metals and Lilac Solutions, and urging Australian junior miners to position for this interest.
Tech roundup covering Apple and Google's contact-tracing API fixing CovidSafe, Afterpay's US user growth, Tesla dropping a lawsuit, and Bevan Slattery selling a third of his Megaport stake for $65 million.
A Monday tech roundup covering Virgin Galactic's test glide, NASA lunar lander contracts, crude oil storage, Clipchamp appointing a US-based executive, and Google losing a defamation case.
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