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Fleet Space is partnering with three quantum sensor makers, mDetect, Nomad Atomics and DeteQt, to build next-generation exploration tools; the piece also recalls its HiSeis buyout and Series D round.
Fleet Space Technologies has secured $150 million in a Series D round led by a Canadian pension fund, with existing backers Blackbird Ventures, Hostplus and Horizons Ventures also participating.
Satellite company Fleet Space has closed a Series D backed by Teachers' Venture Growth and prior backers, lifting its valuation past $800 million, with proceeds earmarked for its mineral-exploration platform.
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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.
Bondi Partners reposts The Australian's coverage of Fleet Space Technologies' $50m Series C round, which Blackbird Ventures led and Bondi joined, valuing the Adelaide-based nanosatellite maker above $350m.
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Canberra is putting $20 million into an Adelaide space manufacturing project, matching the state government's earlier $20 million, with four local spacetech firms among the collaborators.
Adelaide satellite firm Fleet Space is developing 3D-printed Alpha small satellites for launch from 2022, following its recent US$26.4 million Series B raise, with global connectivity coverage targeted by 2026.
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Weekly roundup of Australian startup raises, including Airwallex's Series E extension, Fleet Space's Series B and Montu's record crowdfunding, plus Giant Leap raising $19.5 million toward a $50 million second fund.
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Moonshot, an Australian space-tech accelerator, has secured $500,000 from the federal government's Incubator Support Scheme and private investors, with a consortium of space figures investing as mentors, including Andrew Aldrin and Amir Blachman.
Manufacturing briefs: Fleet Space's satellite is orbiting, First Graphene wants industry partners, Micro-X wins a $400,000 government grant, Wellnex completes two acquisitions before relisting, Forbidden Foods enters Chinese e-commerce, Monash opens a blockchain hackathon.
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SmartCompany surveys Australia's space tech sector as Gilmour Space lands a $61 million Series C, profiling players such as Fleet, Myriota and Space Machines and recalling Moonshot's incubator backing of eleven startups.
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Fleet Space Technologies has received a government grant to upgrade its nanosatellite network, with a second award going to electronics manufacturer Crystalaid, both tied to a national space supply chain program.
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Ground-station startup Quasar has launched alongside a $12 million raise from CSIRO, Main Sequence, a NSW government office and several Australian space and telecom firms, commercialising phased array technology that talks to many satellites simultaneously.
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Space incubator Moonshot backed 11 startups in 2021, nearly trebling its planned four, naming six cohort members including Sydney's Arlula, which also received a $50,000 investment. CEO Troy McCann now plans 2022 programs.
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Gilmour Space and Fleet Space have partnered to launch six Australian-built nanosatellites in 2023, while Gilmour's chief executive criticises federal agencies for providing no funding or contracts to the local space sector.
Space incubator Moonshot has closed its first investment fund and opened applications for its next accelerator, having earlier put $300,000 into four startups via a Startmate partnership.
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Fleet's satellites reached orbit aboard Rocket Lab's debut commercial flight; the profile recounts the space startup's 2017 Series A raise and its plans for a global IoT network.
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Adelaide satellite maker Fleet Space will send its first two commercial CubeSats into orbit via Rocket Lab's New Zealand launch site, testing radios for a planned IoT network of over 100 nanosatellites.