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Steve Baxter's Brisbane defence-tech venture firm Beaten Zone has wrapped its first fund at $26 million, with Baxter the largest backer at $6 million of his own money.
Beaten Zone Venture Partners announces Fund 1 joined Activate Capital and UNSW in a seed round for Seitec, a Canberra defence startup whose seismic sensors find unexploded ordnance and hidden drones.
Also Dealroom·Business News Australia·Defence Connect·Startup Daily
BZV's post announcing it co-led Zendir's oversubscribed seed round with Investible, joined by Galileo Ventures, TEN13, Jelix Ventures and Innovation Bay, to fund overseas growth of the spacecraft digital-twin platform.
Steve Baxter's Brisbane defence-tech fund announces it now holds unconditional early-stage venture capital registration, giving investors tax breaks; it has put A$4.45m into four companies so far.
Brisbane defence-tech fund manager BZV says Fund I has drawn over A$10 million in commitments, meeting its ESVCLP condition, with A$60 million targeted and a final close expected inside 18 months.
Also Startup Daily
Roundup covering Jodie Fox's book on Shoes of Prey's failure, Google's agreed purchase of Fitbit, the return of Brisbane's RiverPitch investor night, Uber's new ventures, and Monica Lewinsky's anti-bullying Twitter bot.