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Six ANZ startups that raised $211.1 million this week

Roundup of six Australian and New Zealand funding rounds, headlined by Heidi Health and Octopus Deploy, also covering Nexl, OpenSolar, Lucent and PAM, with past acquisitions of Stella AI, MagicBrief and Codefresh noted.

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Law tech management platform Nexl nabs $35 million Series B

Sydney-based legal CRM firm Nexl secured a US$23 million Series B led by Tidemark Capital to fund hiring, acquisitions and AI development, lifting its recent fundraising beyond $45 million.

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AI-based conversation analysis startup raises $2.3 million for sales insights solution

Twine has raised $2.3 million in an Airtree-led round with three angel backers. The startup analyses business conversations to give sales and product teams actionable insight and plans to grow its AI features.

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Six Aussie startups that raised $87.7 million this week

Roundup of six Australian funding rounds this week: InDebted, Evolt, Restoke.ai, Mary Technology, Matilda and Demtech.ai, with investors, amounts, InDebted's valuation and a secondary component for early backers and staff.

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Eight Aussie startups that raised $36 million this week

Weekly roundup detailing new funding for eight local startups: home lending, document verification, farm water monitoring, alcoholic drinks, freight software, leaf protein, artist content sales and organic bedding, totalling over $36 million.

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Eleven Aussie startups that raised $61.5 million this week

Weekly roundup of funding rounds at eleven Australian startups, including a $28 million Series B, a $14 million raise paired with an acquisition, and a neural-implant company appointing a new chief executive.

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Six Aussie startups that raised over $19 million this week

A weekly roundup reporting six Australian startups that raised a combined $19 million, including Quasar, Nexl, MoreGoodDays, DAS and Our Cow, plus Our Cow's earlier acquisition of delivery startup Voly.

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Hybrid work startup Calven raises $6.8 million seed round

Sydney workplace experience platform Calven has raised a $6.8 million seed round led by Airtree, with backing from Michael Gonski and the Gonski family office, to grow its hybrid work product in Australia and the US.

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Spanish firm Iberdrola receives FIRB clearance for $864m Infigen takeover

Iberdrola's contested bid for ASX-listed Infigen Energy gains foreign investment clearance and board endorsement, but shareholder acceptance remains outstanding, so no takeover is recorded as completed.

Peplin - LEO Pharma to Acquire Peplin for US$287.5m

LEO Pharma has struck a deal to buy ASX-listed Peplin for roughly US$287.5 million, with its two biggest shareholders, including GBS Venture Partners, backing the transaction.

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