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Six Aussie startups that raised $197.4 million this week

Roundup of six Australian funding deals: AutoGrab, Applied EV, Checkbox, Hometime, Factory and On the House, with amounts, investors, and Hometime's past acquisitions and raise history detailed.

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Checkbox raises $35 million Series A to scale AI legal platform

Australian legaltech firm Checkbox has raised a $35 million Series A led by Touring Capital to grow its AI platform for corporate legal teams, with four institutional backers joining.

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Slow and steady or fast and furious: Different pathways to commercialisation

Radium Capital article contrasts two aviation founders: Stralis Aircraft raised venture capital through Y Combinator, grants and R&D lending, while V-TOL Aerospace bootstrapped for two decades before sharing a federal grant.

Renewable Tech Patent Holder with Blue-Chip Clients Wins 2021 Hitachi Global Challenge for the Circular Economy

Profile of Wildfire Energy, whose patented MIHG waste-to-hydrogen technology won the 2021 Hitachi Global Challenge. It completed Brinc.io's accelerator, secured government grants, and is launching a seed funding offering.