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Eight Australian companies make Forbes Asia's annual 100 To Watch list; the piece profiles each and recaps recent raises across climate tech, health and software.
A weekly roundup detailing new funding rounds for six Australian startups: Lyka, PlasmaLeap, Firmable, Veyor, Lumonus and Future Minds Network, with investors and round details.
Firmable, which sells AI sales-intelligence tools, has banked a $14 million Series A with Airtree leading, plus angel money from Sue Morphet, Sam Kroonenburg, Martin Hosking and Rob Phillpot, to fund a US push.
Glitch Capital, a new $50m vehicle led by Leigh Jasper and backed by exited unicorn founders, has completed its first deal, backing Melbourne edtech firm Cadmus.
Weekly roundup covering nine Australian startups' new capital totalling $40.5 million, across solar, quantum computing, marketing tech and crowdfunding, plus a look back at Aconex's $1.6 billion Oracle sale.
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Swedish communications firm Sinch is buying Melbourne-based MessageMedia for US$1.3 billion, in an article rounding up a surge of Australian tech acquisitions including A Cloud Guru, Big Ant, Neto and Vend.
Sinch, a Swedish communications group, has announced the $1.3 billion acquisition of Melbourne-based business messaging firm MessageMedia, weeks after rival Twilio moved to buy SMS player ZipWhip for $850 million.
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