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15 ANZ startups that raised $67.2 million this week

Roundup of the week's Australia and New Zealand raises: Gridsight, Pearler and Apate.AI secure the biggest cheques, Drumbeat and GonGlobal add smaller sums, and ten AI startups join Airwallex's Latitude 37 program.

SmartCompany Fri 4 Sep 2026 Apate.aiAXIOMSBlank RoboticsDreamscale LabsDrumbeatForwardGeospanGonGlobalGridsightKronusPearlerPolarbear AISeatFinderSuperstatSyncPayAirwallexBreakthrough VictoriaCBACONQAEndeavour EnergyEucalyptusHectreIdeallyLaunchVicMutinexNew+Improved VenturesThinkerbellTimelyTracksuitAera VCAirTree VenturesAltered CapitalA private investorArchangel InvestorsBaobab VenturesBrand FundConcept VenturesEnergy Transition VenturesGalvanizeIcehouse VenturesInnovation VictoriaInsight PartnersInvestibleLobby CapitalNo BrandOIF VenturesPortageRMIT UniversityTen13Adam FerrierCharlie GearsideHenry InnisPat CumminsDanny CooperEllen GondaDr Igor GondaJack ZhangKurt WalkomNick NicolaidesPeter Eckermann
Seed $3.4m

Former Kiwi TikTok boss gives PowerPoint an AI makeover with NZ$3.8 million Seed round

Aether, a New Zealand AI presentation startup co-founded by a former TikTok NZ manager, raised NZ$3.8 million in seed backing from Icehouse Ventures and Brand Fund 2 after spinning out of studio New+Improved.

Startup Daily Fri 22 Aug 2025 AetherIdeallyNew+Improved VenturesTikTokTimelyTracksuitXeroBrand Fund 2Icehouse VenturesBarnaby MarshallCarsten GrueberSimon PoundUrsula von Keisenberg

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