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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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Breakthrough Victoria's university platform funds EntroMat, Excelligent and Remagine Labs

Victorian pre-seed program BVUIP, backed by Breakthrough Victoria and seven universities, has funded startups EntroMat, Excelligent and Remagine Labs, plus fellowship grants for three PhD-led ventures.

Remagine Labs raises $500,000 pre-seed via Monash Ventures fund

Melbourne wearable drug-delivery startup Remagine Labs secured $500,000 pre-seed funding, split between Breakthrough Victoria and Monash University, to advance chronic condition treatment devices.

3 Monash University health tech startups score $2.25 million in pre-Seed backing, supported by Breakthrough Victoria

Two Victorian backers put a combined $2.25 million into three university spinouts pursuing biologics, antibody drugs and delivery devices, launching a new $15 million pre-seed vehicle.

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Four Aussie startups that raised $4.25 million this week

Weekly roundup: Breakthrough Victoria and Monash University co-invest $2.25 million across three university healthtech spinouts, while Blackbird backs Hall, which helps businesses win visibility on AI platforms, with $2 million pre-seed.

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BREAKTHROUGH VICTORIA AND MONASH UNIVERSITY INVEST IN THREE GROUNDBREAKING STARTUPS TO IMPROVE LIVES AND EASE PRESSURE ON VICTORIA’S HEALTH SYSTEM

Breakthrough Victoria and Monash University put joint pre-seed backing into three life-sciences spinouts and launched the $15m Monash Ventures pre-seed fund, part of a $100m platform commercialising Victorian university research.

Breakthrough Victoria and Monash University Back Three Health Startups with $2.25 Million Investment

The investor's site reports a joint pre-seed investment with Monash University totalling $2.25 million across three health startups, and the launch of Monash Ventures' $15 million pre-seed fund for research commercialisation.

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Breakthrough Victoria and ACU Co-Invest $14 Million In State's Future Growth

Australian Catholic University signs on as the seventh university in Breakthrough Victoria's co-investment platform, with matched funding pledged; the article also recaps four earlier startup investments via Melbourne's Genesis Pre-Seed fund.

$51 million for CRC-P industry research collaborations

Federal grants roundup: 21 Cooperative Research Centres Projects awards worth $51 million in Round 15, with EQ Plastics, Optiscan Imaging and NEXSEN BioTech each receiving $3 million for product development.

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