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Federation

Investment products for institutional and individual investors

Sydney, NSW

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Stories naming Federation. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

Funding announcement

Sendle is back and under new ownership

The Sendle delivery brand, liquidated earlier in 2026 after a troubled merger, has been bought by logistics executive Andrew McKenna, who expects a September relaunch with Quantium Solutions handling deliveries.

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Fifteen big battery projects named winners of massive CIS storage tender, nearly half of them in Queensland

Australia's Capacity Investment Scheme storage auction names fifteen grid battery winners; Ampyr takes four projects, with Ascera, Potentia and Equis among the others, and a further tender has opened.

Funding announcement

Fifteen big battery projects named winners of massive CIS storage tender, nearly half of them in Queensland

Australia's Capacity Investment Scheme named 15 winning battery storage projects, seven of them in Queensland; Ampyr Energy took the most slots, and a further tender is open for bids until August 2026.

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Sendle suddenly shutters deliveries amid financial concerns after merger investor freezes funding

Alternative parcel delivery firm Sendle stopped taking bookings five months after merging into US parent Fast Group, whose financial troubles led investor Federation Asset Management to suspend fund withdrawals and inject emergency capital.

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The Victorian government is investing $100 million into university startups

Breakthrough Victoria launched a $100m program with nine Victorian universities to fund university startups; its first $7.5m went into Melbourne's $15m Genesis Pre-Seed Fund, and RMIT spin-out Atmo Biosciences recently raised $9.6 million.

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Multi-million-dollar mission to tackle major global health challenges

The George Institute's commercial arm and its drug development company have secured $53 million from three Australian investors to speed commercialisation of medical research, with Brandon Capital's Ingmar Wahlqvist involved.

Also Brandon BioCatalyst portfolio

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Courier startup Sendle raises $20 million Series B led by Federation

Delivery startup Sendle has closed a $20 million Series B led by Federation, with three other backers, and separately Humanforce has raised $22.5 million from Accel-KKR for overseas expansion.

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