Company
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Federal Court raised.
Companies Federal Court acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Bernard Murphy | Judge | Startup Daily |
| Michael Lee | Justice | Startup Daily |
Stories naming Federal Court. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Canada's BC Securities Commission has permanently banned GetSwift cofounders Bane Hunter and Joel Macdonald from directing companies and trading securities, after Australian Federal Court findings of disclosure breaches and unpaid fines.
Metigy co-founder David Fairfull has admitted in court to deceiving investors and misusing his director role, after the marketing software startup's raises were built on fabricated figures before its 2022 collapse.
StrongRoomAI chief Max Mito denies EVP's fraud allegations in Federal Court; the startup is in administration ahead of a sale after the Sydney VC's $17m backing unravelled into litigation.
Queensland smart-grid company Elexsys Energy, trading as Planet Ark Power, won federal and state grants and partial Series B backing before being wound up on a tax office application.
Legaltech dispute-resolution platform Immediation has appointed FTI Consulting administrators after earlier raising $3.75m, $5m and $2.8m; its roughly eight employees and four contractors face an uncertain future.
Also Startup Daily
GetSwift's Australian subsidiary has been put into liquidation with KordaMentha, while its US-listed parent filed for Chapter 11 after court findings over misleading customer deal announcements; earlier ASX listing and raises are recalled.
Also Startup Daily
The federal resources minister awarded a $7.5 million grant to Sweetpea Petroleum for Beetaloo Basin gas drilling and $2.1 million to the Northern Land Council, citing Europe's energy crisis; Empire Energy's earlier grant is recalled.
Also RenewEconomy
News roundup: Das Studio to design Adelaide's Line Zero factory project, Adbri's Mawsons JV buys Milbrae, VEEM wins a modernisation grant, and Lithium Australia secures a European patent.
Melbourne dispute-resolution platform Immediation raised a $3.75 million Series A backed by Thorney, Euroz Hartleys and SG Hiscock, and acquired NZ's CODR, while ombudsman Kate Carnell pushes small-business justice reform.
Westpac is selling its 10.7% holding in Zip Co through an underwritten book build, worth over $367 million, after backing the lender in 2017 and 2019. The sale follows a newly announced Afterpay partnership.