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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.

Gold Coast startup Orbit 2 Orbit advances plans to facilitate a cargo service network in space

A Gold Coast venture that raised seed funding this year is building an in-orbit freight and servicing network, and a pathway for testing hardware in space, while the council weighs a defence precinct.

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Australian quantum communications technology set for stratospheric trial

Space CoLAB will test its HaloCore quantum communications hardware on Orbit2Orbit's high-altitude balloon flight from Queensland in November 2026, checking how components handle near-space conditions ahead of later orbital missions.

Space startup Orbit2Orbit to go public via reverse takeover of Credissential

Credissential, a Canadian listed company, has agreed to acquire Australian space startup Orbit2Orbit, which will become the public vehicle on the Canadian Securities Exchange through the deal.