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Swinburne

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Stories naming Swinburne. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

Funding announcement

Bodd sizes up potentially huge apparel markets

Profile of Bodd, a Melbourne maker of 3D body scanners for uniforms and apparel, covering its Bosch-built hardware, defence and police customers, university ties, scan-based revenues and roughly $8 million raised to date.

Grant

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.

2 deals

The Victorian government is investing $100 million into university startups

Breakthrough Victoria launched a $100m program with nine Victorian universities to fund university startups; its first $7.5m went into Melbourne's $15m Genesis Pre-Seed Fund, and RMIT spin-out Atmo Biosciences recently raised $9.6 million.

News

Ventilator project lead wants to recreate ‘the model that changed the world’

Profile of Grey Innovation executive chair Jefferson Harcourt on its new venture capital fund, commercialising university research via GreyScan and Eco Detection, ventilator manufacturing, and gaps in Australian engineering skills and venture finance.

7 deals

Ignition Lane's Weekly Wrap: MyDeal and Adore hit the ASX, the Future Fund takes a hit on Quibi

Ignition Lane's weekly roundup reports MyDeal and Adore Beauty listing on the ASX, Rokt's US$80 million Series D, several trans-Tasman raises, Quibi shutting down, Westpac trimming its Zip stake, and local executive appointments.

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