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🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #179, 26th September 2026

Weekly roundup recording a dozen raises and acquisitions, Firmus's scheduled float, a new $50m venture fund, a founder share sale, grant winners, an accelerator intake, and an AI agent's government breach.

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Eight Aussie startups that raised $36 million this week

Weekly roundup detailing new funding for eight local startups: home lending, document verification, farm water monitoring, alcoholic drinks, freight software, leaf protein, artist content sales and organic bedding, totalling over $36 million.

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Road freight management startup confirms $31 million raise

Ofload, a Sydney freight software company, has confirmed a $31 million round at a $350 million valuation, half a year after the raise first surfaced; it earlier bought CIA Logistics.

Logistics startup Ofload raises $31 million to deliver carbon emissions tracking platform

Sydney logistics platform Ofload has confirmed a $31 million raise, with Yarra Capital Management leading, to fund its newly launched emissions tracking tool, valuing the firm at $350 million.

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Revealed: Top 20 startups in Australia

LinkedIn's seventh annual ranking of Australia's top startups puts Immutable first and Harrison.ai second; the piece also notes me&u's recent merger with Mr Yum and the Tran brothers' three-year fundraising tally.

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Cultured meat, seaweed and death tech: 10 startups we’re watching in 2023

SmartCompany profiles ten Australian startups to watch in 2023, recapping recent funding rounds, one acquisition, and pitch-event and awards results across insurtech, gaming, biotech, death tech and freight.

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FUNDED November 2022

Techboard's monthly roundup reports November 2022 Australian private funding of roughly $678 million across 38 deals, listing closed raises by Vow, Samsara Eco, Advanced Navigation and others, Sprint Ventures' first fund close, and rounds still open.

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Manufacturing news briefs – stories you might have missed

Manufacturing roundup: Vow, Ofload and Vaxev each raise new capital; Ofload buys CIA Logistics; Quickstep upgrades its outlook; Pawsey's Setonix earns green computing honours; Australia backs shipping and plastics pledges.

Zero Co, Ofload and Mad Paws: The startup winners of the 2022 Smart50 awards

SmartCompany names its 2022 Smart50 winners: July tops the list, Ofload ranks second after a $60 million raise, and Mad Paws, Zero Co, Code Like a Girl and Hero Packaging take out category awards.

$60 million Series B funding shifts Ofload into the next gear

Australian road-freight platform Ofload has raised $60 million in Series B debt and equity, led by Jungle Ventures, following its September purchase of Melbourne-based freight business CIA Logistics.

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Ignition Lane's Great Big Wrap: VCs court cash, an M&A bash & Canva makes a splash

Ignition Lane's weekly tech roundup covering fresh Australian startup raises, new venture funds and closes, a wave of acquisitions, delistings and a liquidation, executive moves, and Canva's product launch.

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Freight startup Ofload acquires Melbourne veteran CIA Logistics

Sydney freight software firm Ofload has bought Melbourne logistics company CIA Logistics, its first acquisition, with founder Tony Couttie joining as general manager; deal terms were not disclosed.

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The final FUNDED for 2021

Techboard's year-end roundup catalogues November funding activity: big raises for Rokt, Harrison.ai and Pet Circle, five acquisitions, Investible's second fund closing at $51.6m, plus a watchlist of companies still seeking capital.

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Ignition Lane's Weekly Wrap: Startup hatches, matches & dispatches, fresh crop of VCs, Microsoft 30.0

Weekly roundup reporting many startup funding rounds, Investible's fund close, Skalata's committed capital, hipages buying Builderscrack, Stack Sports acquiring Team App, and Level Equity's stake purchase in Eftsure.

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Pets, cars and cybersecurity: 10 Aussie startups that raised a combined $372 million this week

A weekly roundup reporting ten Australian startups that together raised about $372 million, spanning pet e-commerce, marketplace software, fintech, used cars, cybersecurity, freight, data tools, genetic testing and payments anti-fraud.

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Freight logistics startup Ofload raises $20 million Series A

Sydney freight logistics startup Ofload raised a $20 million Series A at a $100 million valuation, with existing backers reinvesting and King River Capital, Flexport and Bay Grove joining.

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Logistics startup Loadsmile rebrands as Ofload following $2.8 million seed round

Sydney freight-tech startup Loadsmile, now Ofload, closed a $2.8 million seed round led by Maersk Growth, with Global Founders Capital and Flash Ventures, to expand Australian operations and its carrier platform.

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