Co-CEO · Founder, Great Wrap
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Profiles ten Australian women founders across prosthetics, sustainable materials, wellness, mental health and AI, including three recipients of a Xero award program and a Cartier fellowship.
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Weekly roundup listing seven Australian startups and their raises, totalling $17.7 million across AI, packaging materials, fintech, digital health, music licensing, construction software and swimwear.
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Victorian compostable stretch wrap maker Great Wrap has secured an $11 million Series A from impact backers plus $13 million in asset financing, supporting a new Tullamarine plant and coming overseas expansion.
Sustainable packaging firm Great Wrap has closed a $24 million Series A, combining equity from Darren Thomas and Woolworths' W23 with asset finance, to build a potato-waste bioplastics facility in Victoria.
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Compostable wrap maker Great Wrap has launched a catering wrap for Australian businesses, reports staff growth and pre-orders for pallet wrap, and recalls a $3 million seed raise.
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Profile of Great Wrap, whose founders produce compostable cling wrap at a solar-powered Melbourne factory, noting an Amazon grant and personal backing from Who Gives A Crap's chief.
Startmate's Demo Day unveiled its largest cohort of 18 ANZ startups, and the accelerator also raised a $2 million fund through its mentor network to invest in this intake.
Five Australian startups each win Amazon Launchpad Innovation Grants worth over $80,000 in cash, expertise and credits, selected from more than 500 applicants by judges including Lyre's co-founder Carl Hartmann.