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Six ANZ startups that raised $211.1 million this week

Roundup of six Australian and New Zealand funding rounds, headlined by Heidi Health and Octopus Deploy, also covering Nexl, OpenSolar, Lucent and PAM, with past acquisitions of Stella AI, MagicBrief and Codefresh noted.

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Four Aussie startups that raised $123.6 million this week

Weekly roundup of four Australian raises: HammerTech $105m led by Riverwood Capital, JigSpace $13m led by Breakthrough Victoria, ExoFlare's $5.3m seed, and Go Locum's $350,000 seed led by Paspalis.

BREAKTHROUGH VICTORIA INVESTS IN CUTTING EDGE AR COMPANY JIGSPACE

Breakthrough Victoria heads a $13 million investment into augmented reality company JigSpace, with Aura Ventures, Anorak Ventures and returning backers taking part; the Melbourne firm plans US offices and team growth.

Investment Update: JigSpace

Breakthrough Victoria led a $13m raise for AR platform JigSpace, investing via convertible note alongside Aura Ventures, Anorak Ventures and returning backers, with Victorian job growth expected.

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Rampersand & Investible treble down on 3D presentation platform in $5.2 million raise

Melbourne 3D and augmented reality presentation startup JigSpace has banked a further $5.2 million from repeat backers Rampersand, Investible and Vulpes; customers include the Alfa Romeo F1 team.

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Six Aussie startups that raised over $19 million this week

A weekly roundup reporting six Australian startups that raised a combined $19 million, including Quasar, Nexl, MoreGoodDays, DAS and Our Cow, plus Our Cow's earlier acquisition of delivery startup Voly.

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Christmas comes early for 14 Aussie startups that raised $260 million this week

Weekly roundup covering 14 startup raises totalling over $260 million, headlined by Synchron's $110 million round, plus Roller's shareholder liquidity payout, Partly's record New Zealand Series A, and several government grants.

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Avarni is building a comprehensive dataset to analyze supply chain emissions

Sydney carbon accounting startup Avarni raised $3 million led by Main Sequence, with returning backers Vulpes Ventures and Common Sense Ventures, to grow its supply chain emissions platform and expand into the US.

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A Kiwi filesharing startup that’s cut the time taken to collate mortgage documents by 65% just raised NZ$10 million

New Zealand document-collection startup FileInvite raised a Series A led by Icehouse Ventures, with new backers Forefront Venture Partners and Vulpes Ventures, to replace email for requesting and sharing documents.

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FUNDED MARCH 2022

Techboard's March 2022 roundup of Australian funding: megadeals by Immutable, Saluda Medical, Linktree and Zeller, many smaller raises, acquisitions, an IPO, several fund closes, and companies still seeking capital.

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3D startup JigSpace scores $6 million series A

Melbourne augmented reality presentation company JigSpace has raised a $6 million Series A from returning and new backers to speed global expansion, after a smaller raise the previous October.

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Fresh haul: Digital seafood marketplace ShoreTrade raises $8 million to expand to global shores

Seafood trading platform ShoreTrade has raised $8 million led by Investible and Luxem, with Vulpes participating, to fund international expansion and new features; founder Peter Manettas previously raised $2 million in 2018.

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