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Boosting Female Founders: $11.6 million awarded to 34 businesses in Round 3 grant funding

Round 3 of the Boosting Female Founders Initiative has granted $11.6 million across 34 women-led startups; the article lists each recipient, its project and its grant amount.

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Meet the 34 grant recipients sharing in the $11.6 million Boosting Female Founders Initiative

Round three of a federal grant program backs 34 women-led startups, with individual awards listed from $133,740 to $480,000 drawn from an $11.6 million pool run by DISR.

Three Aussie startups that raised $36 million this week

Roundup of January raises: Sonder took $16 million in a Series B extension, Ultra Violette landed $15 million from Aria Growth Partners, VAPAR added $5 million; Sonder also named a new chairman.

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Pipe dreams: VAPAR secures $5 million for its AI sewerage solution

Australian AI software firm VAPAR has secured $5 million in a PureTerra Ventures-led round to fund North American expansion, with Autodesk, Halma, Access Capital, Metagrove and Sprint Ventures also taking part.

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Queensland VC Sprint Ventures nails first close on $50 million 2nd fund

Queensland early-stage investor Sprint Ventures reached an $8 million first close toward its $50 million Expansion Capital Fund, hired Georgia Barkell as COO, and has recently backed ausbiz, VAPAR and YouPay.

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VAPAR, the pipeline inspection startup founded by two female engineers, just raised a $2.5 million Seed round

Pipeline inspection software maker VAPAR has secured a seven-figure seed round from four venture backers to grow its team and expand into the United Kingdom and United States markets.

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From AI sewer tech to lab-grown meat: SmartCompany's 10 startups to watch in 2021

A roundup profiling ten Australian startups expected to grow in 2021, reporting raises by VAPAR, HealthMatch, Ovira, Heaps Normal, Vop and Outland Denim, plus grants, accelerator alumni and founders' plans.

AI-for-sewers startup bags $500,000 in federal grant funding to accelerate UK expansion

Sewer-inspection AI startup VAPAR wins a federal commercialisation grant, weeks after a seed round, as it speeds up plans to enter the UK market.

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Meet the school friends & engineers with the AI startup that's transforming sewerage

Profile of VAPAR, whose AI platform inspects sewer and stormwater pipes, announcing the founders' $700,000 seed raise as they prepare to expand into New Zealand and the UK.

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NSW Govt offers $25K to tech start-ups

A Sydney water-technology startup is named a recipient of a NSW government grant program, which has reopened applications for the next financial year, with the minister outlining eligibility and matching funding.

The NSW government is looking for more startups to fund to minimum viable product

NSW reopens its matching MVP grant scheme for 2019-20, offering startups up to $25,000. Minister Stuart Ayres cites lab-grown meat maker Vow as a recent recipient, while VAPAR used a grant to build pipeline-inspection AI.

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Sydney's VAPAR receives grant to help councils and utilities manage stormwater and sewerage assets

VAPAR, a Sydney startup using AI to analyse pipe inspection footage for councils and water utilities, has won a 25,000 dollar MVP Grant from Jobs for NSW and joined a Fusion Labs incubator targeting India.

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