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Nicola Forrest anchors Antler’s $70 million 3rd fund in $30m push for women founders

Antler's third Australian fund has drawn a $20m commitment from Nicola Forrest's Coaxial Foundation, part of up to $30m backing women founders via grants and co-investment through the new Momentum program.

2025 state of raising: $1.8 billion in – as late-stage deals boom

Tracxn figures show Australian tech funding reached $1.8 billion by mid-2025, powered by large late-stage rounds at Protecht, Airwallex, Harrison AI and Advancell, while seed and early-stage raising fell away sharply.

Upcover and Lawpath team up to streamline small business legals and insurance

Insurtech Upcover and legal platform Lawpath are launching a bundled insurance and legal documents offering for small firms; the piece recalls Upcover's $11m Series A and Lawpath's $10m backing from Westpac.

Commercial insurance broking startup lands UpCover $11 million Series A

Insurance broking platform UpCover secured a $19 million Series A — $11 million equity led by RealVC plus $8 million debt from Marshall Investments — with Antler Elevate, Betterlabs, Gandel Invest and individual investors taking part.

Also Australian FinTech·Australian FinTech

Queensland government backs 5 VCs, including Antler and Main Sequence, with $130 million

Queensland's government is committing $130 million across five venture firms — Antler, Five V Capital, Main Sequence, Mandalay and Salus — via a new fund to widen early-stage funding for local startups.

VC player Antler reportedly gauging interest in new multimillion-dollar fund targeting earliest-stage startups

Antler is reportedly sounding out investors about a $60 million fund for very early Australian startups, while its first Australian fund has nearly fully deployed and applications remain open for its pre-launch program.

CTV Funding News - July 2022

Cut Through Venture's August update rounds up July 2022 Australian startup funding, listing raises from Mx51 to WeMoney, Startmate's newest cohort of twelve, and the beta launch of its investor search tool.

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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.

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HIVERY, mx51, Refundid, and more: Local startups raise over $100 million in recent weeks despite market fearmongering

A roundup of Australian startups that raised funds in recent weeks: mx51, Refundid, Storipress, HIVERY, InternMatch, upcover, Pearler and Loopit together secured over $100 million despite a cooling venture market.

Also Cut Through Venture

Business insurance startup Upcover raises $2.7 million Seed round

Insurance platform Upcover has secured a $2.7 million seed round plus $2 million in debt from Antler Australia, Betterlabs and insurance executives, to fund product development and customer acquisition for its embedded SMB insurance API.

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BetterLabs Venture Fund portfolio increases to 22 startups after new investments

RAC's Perth-based BetterLabs Venture Fund has deployed more than $2.5 million across eight Australian startups in six months, including seed funding for Snackr, taking its portfolio to 22 investments and over $12 million.

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50 companies, 120 founders backed: the incredible achievements of Antler Australia in its first two years

Retrospective on Antler Australia's first two years: a $46 million first fund closed with Eduardo Saverin backing, pre-seed investments in about 50 startups, Melbourne expansion, and new programs including an Existing Business cohort.

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Antler Australia just put $1.2 million into 12 startups in its first Sydney accelerator

Antler Australia's first Sydney accelerator cohort has produced investments of $100,000 for 10% equity in each of 12 startups, formed largely by founders who met during the program, with a Demo Day planned for November.

Antler generator sees 12 new startups bag $100,000 each

Antler's Sydney program has produced its first dozen startups, each taking a six-figure seed cheque from the generator, with a demo day pitch to outside investors set for November.

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