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Boosting Female Founders: $11.6 million awarded to 34 businesses in Round 3 grant funding

Round 3 of the Boosting Female Founders Initiative has granted $11.6 million across 34 women-led startups; the article lists each recipient, its project and its grant amount.

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Meet the 34 grant recipients sharing in the $11.6 million Boosting Female Founders Initiative

Round three of a federal grant program backs 34 women-led startups, with individual awards listed from $133,740 to $480,000 drawn from an $11.6 million pool run by DISR.

First KPMG and Stone & Chalk Future Tech Program startups set to solve supply chain problems

KPMG Australia and Stone & Chalk launched their inaugural Future Technology Program, selecting five Australian startups focused on supply chain innovation for a twelve-month residency and support initiative.

Here are the winners of the UNSW Founders Awards

UNSW Founders honoured eight winners at its inaugural awards, with Forage taking Startup of the Year; the piece also notes Psylo's $5 million seed raise and this year's 10x Demo Day cohort.

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Fintech Paytron scores $250,000 from CBA's x15ventures

Paytron won x15ventures' Xccelerate 2022, receiving a $250,000 SAFE note plus access to CBA's ecosystem. The piece recalls its earlier $4.35 million seed round backed by Carthona Capital and Picus Capital.

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$12 m in Accelerating Commercialisation grants awarded

Twenty-two Australian companies plus Monash University won Accelerating Commercialisation grants worth $12.2 million combined, with recipients including EVOS, BioCarbon, Ripe Robotics and Endua, each receiving matched government funding for commercialisation projects.

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AI-based ecommerce startup Splashup has scored $150,000 in backing from CBA's x15ventures

Ecommerce AI startup Splashup won x15ventures' Xccelerate21 pitch contest, earning a $150,000 SAFE note. Four other startups pitched, and givvable, the prior year's winner, has since expanded its supplier network.

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Here are the 4 startups in CBA’s Xccelerate program pitching for $150,000

Four startups in Commonwealth Bank's x15ventures Xccelerate program pitch for a $150,000 investment, with the winner to be announced; givvable won the inaugural program in July.

CBA is tipping $28 million into startups via VC funds

Commonwealth Bank invests US$10 million each in Square Peg and Zetta's latest funds, backs new venture Backr via X15 Ventures, awarded Givvable a cash prize, and recalls its Klarna stake.

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A small business startup building relationships with corporates has won the $300,000 prize from CBA’s new accelerator program

Sisters' sustainability procurement startup givvable won X15 Ventures' inaugural Xccelerate2020 accelerator, taking $150,000 from CBA plus Microsoft technology and program support; SpendAble, Link4 and SenseIQ were the other finalists.

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