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Coverage

Stories naming World Economic Forum. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

News

Q-Day: why quantum readiness can't wait, with Vikram Sharma, QuintessenceLabs

Allens' Cyber Brief podcast hosts QuintessenceLabs founder and CEO Vikram Sharma discussing quantum computing threats to encryption, harvest-now-decrypt-later attacks, and the governance steps boards should take toward post-quantum readiness.

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Radium Capital surpasses $1 billion in innovation funding

Radium Capital's R&D lending has passed $1 billion across 1,000-plus companies since 2017; case studies recall WeMoney's $12 million Series A and ElectraLith's $27.5 million Main Sequence-led round.

Also Startup Daily·Australian FinTech·SmartCompany·Fintech News Australia·Fintech News Australia

Grant $15m

Best of the week — the five most popular stories among readers, January 20 – January 24, 2025

Roundup of the week's five most-read manufacturing stories: a defence radio contract for Codan, university facility funding, a WEF white paper, ASCA missile-defence awards, and a port chair's farewell.

Grant $14.6m

We need 'intention, integrity, courage' on climate: Sophia Hamblin Wang at the World Economic Forum

Clean tech executive Sophia Hamblin Wang discusses her Davos panel appearance, urging climate action, and recalls MCi Carbon's 2021 federal government grant for its Newcastle carbon-to-materials demonstrator plant.

Pre-seed

BLAST OIF | Edition VI

OIF Ventures' newsletter announces leading Nullify's pre-seed round, two investment team hires, portfolio company awards and product launches, and Go1's acquisition of Anders Pink.

Also OIF Ventures portfolio·Startup Daily·Startup Daily

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NSW Bouncing Back With R&D Commercialisation

NSW's second R&D Innovation Districts Challenge awarded $500,000 in seed grants to winners including Adiona, Arludo and Kleu Australia, while a closing profile introduces Hayley Saddington's medtech startup Peak Medical, now seeking strategic investors.

Funding announcement

Peak Medical wins Innovation District Challenge; partnering with top research facilities in Australia, to accelerate their growth.

Medtech startup Peak Medical has won the NSW-backed Innovation Districts C19 R&D Challenges, gaining support from Macquarie University, Western Sydney University and CSIRO to speed its post-operative home care product toward market.

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