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SQC among 6 startups sharing $12.3 million in quantum grants

Six Australian quantum startups, including Silicon Quantum Computing and QuantX Labs, have received federal grants totalling $12.3 million under the Critical Technologies Challenge Program for projects in energy, health, biosecurity and logistics.

Arena-backed green hydrogen plan disappears from queue for federal environmental approval

Edify Energy's Townsville green hydrogen project has been pulled from the federal environmental approval queue after two-and-a-half years, despite earlier grant wins from Arena and a federal hydrogen hubs program.

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Affinda named fastest growing AI company in Australia, closes further $10m raise

Melbourne document-AI firm Affinda, founded by Tim and Ben Toner, closed a $10m round from family offices and wealthy individuals after an earlier $13m raise; Deloitte ranked it the nation's fastest-growing AI company.

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Manufacturing news briefs – stories you might have missed

Roundup of Australian manufacturing news: OncoSil, K-TIG and Aurora Labs complete or commit raises, Amplia opens an offer, Siemens agrees to buy Altair, CSIRO unveils a printed-solar facility, and a WA medical alliance grows.

How the moon motivates additive manufacturer SPEE3D

Podcast conversation marking ten years of cold-spray printer maker SPEE3D, its technology chief discussing the TitanSPEE3D printer for US defence needs, roughly 100 units shipped, and ambitions for off-world manufacturing.

Dovetail to use Siemens software to develop e-aviation retrofits

Dovetail Electric Aviation will use Siemens' NX X design software to develop electric propulsion retrofits for small aircraft. The Melbourne-based company counts Rex, Invest Victoria, Aciturri and Air Nostrum among its backers.

Manufacturing news briefs – stories you might have missed

Roundup of Australian manufacturing briefs: Nova Eye Medical banks $8m, Ridley buys Oceania Meat Processors, Orica sells Deer Park land for $260m, plus appointments, research projects and CSIRO program deadlines.

$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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Manufacturing news briefs — stories you might have missed

Manufacturing briefs: Orthocell swaps royalty entitlement for UWA equity, Quickstep hands an unmanned aircraft frame to Carbonix, Sparc and QUT win a research grant, EOS disputes a lender fee, Neurizer plans a rights issue.

Eight Aussie startups that raised $433 million this week

Roundup of eight Australian startup raises totalling $433m, topped by Employment Hero's $263m Series F and Skykraft's $120m round; Darwinium, Konvoy Kegs, The Martec and three Birchal crowdfunds complete the week.

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Siemens signs Gilmour on as industrial software user

Gilmour Space Technologies will deploy Siemens Xcelerator industrial software across its Queensland sites, with PhoenxPLM assisting implementation, as the rocket developer prepares its Eris launch.

Manufacturing news briefs — stories you might have missed

Roundup covering an SME sentiment survey, Renewable Metals winning a Supercharge Australia award, a new Queensland trade commissioner, an FFI green hydrogen power deal, a Siemens emissions pilot, and a CDU drones grant.

Preloved wind turbines from Netherlands help power remote outback microgrid

Refurbished Dutch turbines have reached Advanced Energy Resources' Moora microgrid project in WA; the piece also recalls the Port Gregory microgrid, which received ARENA support and a $1.8m state government grant.

Australia and Germany fund first stages of two gigawatt scale green hydrogen projects

Canberra and Berlin award HyGATE initiative grants to green hydrogen projects led by Edify Energy with Siemens and by ATCO, plus electrolyser developer Hysata, backing early stages of gigawatt-scale Australian plans.

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Ignition Lane’s Weekly Wrap: the State of the Cloud, Belong’s multi-series, SPAC warnings and Roblox IPO delivers big

Weekly roundup by Ignition Lane covering Vend's sale to Lightspeed, Roblox's listing, raises at Pipe, DataGrail, Mastt, Sonnant and Corvus, LaunchVic's new fund for women founders, and Scale Investors' new co-CEOs.

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Japan giant buys into Australian green hydrogen pioneer and big South Australia project

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has taken a capital stake in green hydrogen developer H2U, supporting its South Australian Eyre Peninsula Gateway project, which earlier received state government grant and loan backing.

Fluence buys bidding software firm AMS in high speed push to energy transition

Fluence has taken over AMS, an AI bidding software provider backed by Arnold Schwarzenegger, to speed trading for renewable and battery assets; the price was not disclosed.

Sydney 1.7MW rooftop solar “power station” switched on and playing both sides of meter

Epho Commercial Solar has commissioned a 1.7MW rooftop solar plant at a Sydney warehouse, built with an earlier ARENA grant, able to send power behind the meter or trade it on the market.

K-tig relists on stock market after raising $7m

A welding technology developer has returned to the ASX through a backdoor listing, raising seven million dollars and reaching a market capitalisation near twenty-nine million, with two fund managers among backers.

Jemena buys electrolyser for NSW as industry eyes mammoth hydrogen opportunities

Gas utility Jemena buys NSW's first electrolyser for a Western Sydney green gas trial, backed by a $7.5 million ARENA grant, while summit speakers discuss hydrogen's domestic and export potential.

Refurbished wind turbines to help power W.A. garnet mine

ARENA is granting $3 million toward a hybrid wind, solar and battery project that will supply a Western Australian garnet mine, built and operated by Advanced Energy Resources under a long-term power purchase agreement.

Profiles of success: the manufacturer making dumb machines smarter

Profile of Movus, a condition-monitoring technology venture, recalling its $4.8 million Series A backed by Blackbird Ventures, Skip Capital and Telstra Ventures, and charting its growth, partnerships and assembly arrangements since.

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