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Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round FedEx raised.
Companies FedEx acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming FedEx. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
A Gold Coast venture that raised seed funding this year is building an in-orbit freight and servicing network, and a pathway for testing hardware in space, while the council weighs a defence precinct.
Three Australian companies — Fleet Space Technologies, MoreGoodDays and Syneta — feature on Forbes Asia's 100 to Watch list; the piece profiles each business, its backers and recent raises.
Blackbird's founder chat interviews HIVERY's Franki Chamaki on the company's origins in a Coca-Cola hackathon, its values, and its growth plans following this year's Series B round.
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Sydney freight logistics startup Ofload raised a $20 million Series A at a $100 million valuation, with existing backers reinvesting and King River Capital, Flexport and Bay Grove joining.
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Biotech Vaxxas has won a US government award via BARDA worth US$22 million to advance its needle-free vaccine patch for pandemic influenza; the piece recalls founding backing from OneVentures, Brandon Capital, MRCF and HealthCare Ventures.