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🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #180, 4th October 2026

Weekly roundup reporting Australian startup funding rounds and government grants, a venture fund close, agreed acquisitions, an IPO pricing, a collapse, plus executive hires and AI policy developments.

This Week in Australian Startups Sun 4 Oct 2026 Avicena SystemsEastend VenturesFeBIHeidi HealthiQ SenseOrbit2OrbitPaperbarkQ FactorialQuantX LabsR2CreteSilicon Quantum ComputingSkopos BioTrendspekAdobeAdvanced NavigationAirwallexAmpolAnthropicAtlassianAUDCBarrenjoey Capital PartnersBasetenBig Picture MedicalBlackbird VenturesDroneshieldEqualsEvie NetworksFirmus TechnologiesGoldman SachsGreshamHarrison AIInDebtedLorikeetMegaportMetaMonoovaMorgan StanleyNearmapNexlOFXOpenAIOrd MinnettPerennial Private InvestmentsPlanet StartupPotentia CapitalPsiQuantumQueensland GovernmentREA GroupRedbelly NetworkRedEarth Energy Storage LtdReserve Bank of AustraliaREXRoyal Commission into AIScalare PartnersSicona Battery TechnologiesStanfordTank Stream LabsThe Tech Council of AustraliaThoma BravoThorney GroupUnileverUniversity of MelbourneWatchfulWeMoneyBlockwall Digital Assets FundCritical Technologies Challenge ProgramFunds SAFusion Venture LabsGenesis Pre-Seed FundMaven 11OIF VenturesShape CapitalTenmileTin Alley VenturesUniseedYosemiteJosh ParsonsBrendan LeeChris LehaneChris McNamaraChristian Westerlind WigstromChristopher ManningDavid JanetzkiIain RossIan WangJosh ForemanKate PounderMatt ReddenPhilipp ThurnerSam AltmanTrevor St Baker
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Minns Labor Government puts female founders in the fast lane with launch of Diversity Pre-Accelerator Program

The NSW Government has opened the first round of its $4 million Diversity Pre-Accelerator Program for female founders, appointing University of Newcastle and UNSW Founders to deliver training and mentoring for women-led startups.

nsw.gov.au Thu 30 Apr 2026 NSW GovernmentThe Tech Council of AustraliaUniversity of NewcastleUNSW FoundersProfessor Alex Zelinsky AOAnoulack ChanthivongDina TitkovaJodie HarrisonKate PounderYasmin Catley

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