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MILLIBEAM, an Australian deep-tech firm, has revealed Rakurai, a portable counter-drone device built on bespoke chip-level radiofrequency design; the piece notes prior Commonwealth grants behind its semiconductor technology.
Terria, a geospatial startup spun out of CSIRO's Data61 lab, has launched with a $3 million seed round backed by deep-tech fund Main Sequence to build digital twin tools for cities and the environment.
Sydney coding-platform JDoodle raised 3.2 million Australian dollars in a round led by Main Sequence after bootstrapping to 800,000 users, aiming for eight million within two years.
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Drone logistics company Swoop Aero has raised a Series B led by Main Sequence, with Giant Leap and In-Q-Tel participating, to enter new markets and expand manufacturing.
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Chip startup milliBeam announces a $750,000 seed round from CSIRO's venture arm Main Sequence, funding its mmWave 5G beamforming technology and a planned Sydney research centre.
Sydney IoT chip startup Morse Micro has raised a $23.8 million Series A led by Analog Devices founder Ray Stata, with Blackbird, Main Sequence and other investors aboard, and plans to double headcount.
Sydney chip startup Morse Micro has closed a $23.8 million Series A led by CSIRO's Main Sequence Ventures to begin mass production of its low-power Wi-Fi chips for connected devices.