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🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #180, 4th October 2026

Weekly roundup reporting Australian startup funding rounds and government grants, a venture fund close, agreed acquisitions, an IPO pricing, a collapse, plus executive hires and AI policy developments.

Three Aussie startups that raised $18.75 million this week

Roundup of three Australian raises: Skopos Bio's $12m seed for targeted cancer radiopharmaceuticals, Trendspek's $6m for infrastructure condition AI, and R2Crete's $750,000 pre-seed for concrete recycling.

Also Startup Daily·This Week in Australian Startups·Cut Through Venture

Asset analysis platform Trendspek banks $6 million to keep critical infrastructure upright

Trendspek, a Sydney maker of 3D infrastructure condition records, has banked $6 million in a round OIF Ventures led, funding North American and European growth and AI tools that flag defects in inspection imagery.

Also Dealroom·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·This Week in Australian Startups

Archangel Ventures - 2022: Year in Review

Archangel Ventures' annual review recounts closing its second fund above $32 million, passing $10 million invested in Australian startups, and portfolio raises by Aerotruth, Bare, Trendspek, Pearler and Vively during 2022.

Also Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Forbes Australia

Ten Aussie startups that landed over $80 million combined this week

A weekly roundup reporting ten Australian startup funding rounds totalling roughly eighty million dollars, spanning insurance tech, biotech, process mining, connectivity and food, with several female-founded companies among the recipients.

Also @AuManufacturing·SmartCompany

Infrastructure monitoring startup Trendspek banks $6.3 million in Series A

Sydney digital-twin software firm Trendspek raised a $6.3 million Series A led by Taronga Ventures with IAG's Firemark Ventures, after a 2020 seed round led by Sydney Angels.

Also SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Dealroom

Investment group Sydney Angels just gave 3 startups a $2.4 million boost

Sydney Angels announced $2.4 million invested across three startups, leading Trendspek's $1.1 million seed round and backing NZ insurtech JRNY and scheduling platform Cogsworth despite COVID uncertainty.

Also SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily