Company

The Australian

Investor	Rounds	Invested
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What The Australian bought

Companies The Australian acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.

Company	Kind	Announced	Price	Sources
The Australian is not recorded as having acquired anything.

Name	Role	Sources
David Swan	Technology Editor	Cotton Research and Development Corporation

Coverage

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

11 deals

Six Aussie startups that raised $123.2 million this week

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.

Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily

Unnamed stage $2.8m

‘I’m really uncomfortable with certainty’: Meet Michelle Gilmore, the founder behind Blackbird’s latest AI bet Juno

Interview with Juno founder Michelle Gilmore on her AI listening engine, fifth venture and first external funding — $2.8 million with Blackbird's Nick Crocker leading — plus early customers.

Missing Perspectives Thu 16 Jan 2025 Try Juno Disney Dovetail EY-Parthenon Innocean Australia Leukaemia Foundation NAB Steppen The Australian Typeform Blackbird Ventures Benjamin Humphrey Cara Davies Josh Davey Michelle Gilmore Nick Crocker

8 deals

Ignition Lane's Weekly Wrap: Venture capital is down, but a long way from out

Ignition Lane's weekly wrap reports falling Australian venture funding, lists several startup raises and fund raises, covers Chargefox's acquisition, Volt's closure, the Zip-Sezzle merger termination, and global tech news.

Also Women's Agenda·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Techboard·SmartCompany

News

What we’ve learned as first time fund managers

AfterWork Ventures' team reflects on lessons from raising their first community-powered fund, describing their fundraising approach, community generosity, and recognition on The Australian's Innovator's List.

Afterwork Ventures portfolio Fri 15 Jul 2022 Afterwork Ventures The Australian Alex Khor Jessy Wu

Seed $1.2m

Generation Instagram startup The Daily Aus banks $1.2 million from Canva execs and former Nine boss David Gyngell

News startup The Daily Aus has raised a $1.2 million seed round led by former Nine CEO David Gyngell, with Canva executives and Untitled Group also investing, to grow its newsroom and expand internationally.

Startup Daily Mon 27 Jun 2022 The Daily Aus Canva Nine The Australian The Squiz Untitled Ventures David Gyngell Rob Kawalsky Zach Kitschke Billi FitzSimons Sam Koslowski Zara Seidler

Exit / M&A

Making it to the top: supporting start-up innovation

CRDC profile celebrates FluroSat founder Anastasia Volkova topping The Australian's 100 Innovators list, recalling its startup workshop support since 2017 and FluroSat's acquisition of Dagan's soil modelling capability to form Regrow Ag.

Cotton Research and Development Corporation Fri 7 Jan 2022 FluroSat Atlassian Cicada Innovations Cotton Research and Development Corporation Dagan Engineers Australia Netflix Regrow The Australian University of Technology Sydney X-Lab Dr Anastasia Volkova David Swan Dominic Price Jackie Lee-Joe Jane MacMaster Professor Roy Green Sally-Ann Williams

Also AgFunderNews

19 deals

2021 wrapped: a record-breaking year for fundraising and growth

Square Peg Capital's year-in-review recaps its 2021 portfolio: raises it led or joined, SPAC listing decisions, Vend's acquisition, new investment-team hires, and its newsletter and podcast output.

Funding announcement

Spotlight On: Lucy Lloyd, Mentorloop

Blackbird interviews Mentorloop co-founder Lucy Lloyd, who recalls the $275K pre-seed raise that convinced her and Heidi Holmes to go full-time on their mentoring software platform.

Blackbird Ventures portfolio Wed 29 Sep 2021 Blackbird Ventures Linktree Mentorloop Saturday Paper The Australian Lucy Lloyd Melia Rayner

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