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Western Australia's government is funding three local early-stage venture funds — Purpose Ventures, Fund WA and Quokka Capital — through its WAVES co-investment scheme, offering each capped annual operational support to grow the state's venture sector.
Transport operator Elite Logistics Australia has agreed to acquire freight management platform FreightExchange, with the deal value undisclosed and FreightExchange's team, led by CEO Cate Hull, staying on.
Tidal Ventures led a US$3.43 million seed round into Melbourne fintech RedOwl, with CP Ventures participating at a US$25.9 million valuation. The round follows a $15 million pre-seed raised in March 2025.
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Australia's renewable energy agency is giving up to US$20.1 million to two robotics firms to make machines that assemble solar farms locally, announced October 2026.
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Nicola Forrest's Coaxial Foundation commits up to US$19.4M as anchor limited partner in Antler's third Australian fund, with part earmarked for grants and support aimed at women-founded startups.
Identifai Genetics has joined the ASX after raising about US$6.47 million in its IPO, with proceeds going toward its non-invasive prenatal screening platform Windrose; Aesir Corporate managed the offer.
Square Peg Capital has banked about US$647 million for two fresh vehicles, its biggest fundraise yet. The piece also recalls Blackbird's billion-dollar fund and Square Peg's past stake sales and exit windfalls.
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Pacific Equity Partners has agreed to take a 30 percent stake in Australian on-site renewables firm Energy Bay, mainly via new shares; existing backers include Skip Capital, Grok Ventures and Soletto. Value undisclosed.
RocketDNA completed a US$1.44 million strategic placement, led by major shareholder Daniel Narayan through Sadietilly Capital, to fund its xBot drone hardware rollout, software engineering and security accreditation.
Australian animal health investor Arrow Ventures, founded by Nick Bova, is seeking up to US$125 million to develop veterinary therapeutics; five portfolio companies are named, but no money has yet been committed.
ASX-listed Melbourne sensor maker dorsaVi has raised US$1.94 million in a post-IPO placement backed by 62 Capital, to expand its movement-data library and advance neuromorphic and RRAM chip development.
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FeBI Technologies won an Australian government grant of about A$1.52 million for its quantum-based iron blood test, building on earlier Stage 1 funding, and will partner with universities and Aboriginal health services.
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Silicon Quantum Computing received a US government-backed grant to advance quantum-enhanced energy forecasting work with Schneider Electric and UNSW into Stage 2 of the Critical Technologies Challenge Program.
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Bose has acquired Firelight Technologies, the Melbourne creator of FMOD interactive audio software, to expand its business-to-business audio unit into gaming and other real-time applications; terms undisclosed.
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A university spinout commercialising concrete recycling has secured pre-seed backing from Genesis Pre-Seed Fund and Uniseed to build a pilot plant, with field trials planned for early 2027.
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Melbourne oncology startup Skopos Bio has raised a seed round from Tenmile, Tin Alley Ventures and Yosemite to advance radioactive cancer therapy toward human trials.
Australian logistics software company Yojee raised about US$6.76 million via placement and share purchase plan, exceeding its target, while reporting a fiscal 2026 net loss as it rolls out its MOSAIC platform.
Adelaide-based Eastend Ventures closed its debut fund at US$19.4 million, backed by cornerstone investor Funds SA and over 50 investors; it has deployed over US$5.18 million into seven startups.
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APM Group, an Australian company, is buying Medcor, an employer-facing healthcare business, at a price it did not disclose, and will merge it with WorkCare and Assure into a single North American workplace-health operation.
Sydney-based maker of 3D infrastructure inspection software has landed a Series B with OIF Ventures leading, earmarked for growth abroad, hiring and product work.
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Dealroom reports Sydney investment house Ellerston Capital plans to buy at least a 12% stake in travel platform Luxury Escapes at a $525 million valuation, with board representation and an expected two-to-three-year exit.
Kinoxis Therapeutics, a biotech targeting dementia symptoms, raised US$5.99 million in a round announced September 2026; CSIRO-backed Main Sequence took part, alongside a US$1.62 million grant.
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A new precision-medicine company formed by Perth's Syngenis Labs, a research institute and two scientists has bought Gene S, maker of the Rosa pharmacogenomics tool; no price was disclosed.
Heidi, maker of AI tools for clinicians, raised a Blackbird-led Series C with earlier backers joining, plus growth capital from General Catalyst, to expand from documentation into supervised clinical action.
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Brisbane clean-tech firm Graphene Manufacturing Group is issuing shares to a lone private backer for about US$10 million to lift graphene and battery output, with completion due about 23 September.
Sydney biotech Promethean BioPharma has launched an OnMarket crowdfunding round to fund manufacturing, trials and its push for non-prescription status of its CBD pain tablet in Australia.
Waste platform Jerrara Environmental has taken investment from Direct Capital and MADAUS Capital Partners, the second deal from Direct Capital's $525m fund raised in April 2025.
Brisbane weather-tech startup SkySight received a UK research agency grant to build a forecasting and flight-planning platform for stratospheric aircraft, delivered through its UK subsidiary among 18 funded teams.
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Australian energy retailer Amber Electric has raised US$50.8 million in a round led by Morgan Stanley's climate fund 1GT, with earlier backers joining, to drive local growth and a European expansion.
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Listed investor Scalare Partners has taken an undisclosed early-stage stake in Sydney AI scent startup Auric, which has opened a lab at Tank Stream Labs after earlier backing from Antler and Sputnik ATX.
Australian biotech Nyrada has banked US$7.76 million through a share placement managed by Bell Potter, with proceeds going to its clinical pipeline, including the Phase IIa trial of Xolatryp in heart attack patients.
Australian-listed Telix is buying German radioisotope supplier ITM in a $1.65 billion deal with contingent milestone payments, creating an end-to-end radiopharmaceutical business.
Dealroom reports CSIRO lifting its stake in Main Sequence's early-stage Atmosphere vehicle fourfold to US$12.9 million, money earmarked for a fourth fund the firm has yet to raise.
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Design and technology company Portable received a Business Research and Innovation Initiative grant to build Sweep, its wage-underpayment detection platform, as Australia criminalises intentional wage underpayment.
Xpansiv has wrapped a growth equity round with Blackstone, Macquarie, CBA, Goldman Sachs, Aware Super and Aramco Ventures among its backers, as the IPO hopeful looks to fund expansion in Australia and globally.
Sydney events-software startup Evatto has raised a $1.02 million pre-seed round led by Purpose Ventures to fund product development, international growth and hiring.
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Australian medtech Ceretas hit a milestone in its CUREator+ program, unlocking the final instalment of a government-funded grant; the piece also recaps its A$8 million IPO and ASX listing earlier in 2026.
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Brookfield has struck a deal worth about $2.8 billion to take over plumbing products maker Reliance Worldwide; the target's board backs the offer, with completion expected in 2027 pending approvals.
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Dealroom reports Australian battery materials startup Sicona acquired Louisiana-based Advano, taking its New Orleans facility, and recalls Advano's earlier $45 million raise backed by Tony Fadell and Peter Thiel.
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Cycliq, which makes cycling safety cameras, has completed a steeply discounted A$1.5 million equity raise brokered by CPS Capital Group, with proceeds earmarked for stock, artificial intelligence projects and general operations.
Listed regtech firm Dataworks Group has locked in A$3 million in committed investor backing via a share placement, with Cygnet Capital running the raise, to repay debt and expand its government technology platforms.
Australian gold explorer Auravelle Metals has settled the second instalment of its post-listing share placement, worth about A$205,000, with the cash earmarked for drilling at projects in South Australia and Western Australia.
A consortium fronted by Calvary Health Care has completed its takeover of Healthscope, the nation's second-biggest hospital operator, ending 16 months of instability. Whyalla's steelworks will shed 500-plus jobs after its furnace restart failed.
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Wealth platform Netwealth is acquiring AI advice-automation startup Paradino for A$20 million upfront, mostly cash, plus earn-outs that could reach A$9 million, and intends another A$10 million of investment.
Pet-health startup Elita Genetics, based in Melbourne, has secured $1.9 million to grow from cell banking into canine longevity, with Boost VC leading and four other backers alongside.
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A British Formula 1 hardware supplier has bought Melbourne timing specialist Dorian for an undisclosed sum, keeping the brand serving racers in the region while Alitrax continues frontline support.
Darwin chemical recycler Global Resource Recovery has obtained A$55 million in debt funding from the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation to build out facilities at the port, creating construction and permanent roles.
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MetaCognition, an Australian AI startup, has raised a $10m seed round led by Main Sequence to develop software that lets AI models control robots and industrial machinery.
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Dealroom reports South Australian renewables firm YES Group obtained ARENA funding for 14 batteries across SA and NSW, in a tranche that also grants Ausgrid and the City of Newcastle money for more storage.
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Growth equity firm Thoma Bravo has invested in Tanda, a Brisbane workforce-management software business, its first external funding after 14 years of bootstrapping; the money targets AI features and overseas expansion.
NextDC, an Australian operator of data centres, announced a A$1.1 billion convertible note offer, following April equity and May debt raises, to bankroll local expansion.
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Lexaria Bioscience agreed immediate warrant exercises to raise about $5.9 million gross, cutting exercise prices, with H.C. Wainwright placing; proceeds plus an Australian tax rebate may carry operations and R&D into 2027.
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| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luminous | Grant | 13 Oct 2026 | ≤$17.8m | |
| Qippay | Unnamed stage | 12 Oct 2026 | $4m | |
| Energy Bay | Unnamed stage | 8 Oct 2026 | - | |
| dorsaVi | Unnamed stage | 6 Oct 2026 | $3m | |
| FeBI | Grant | 2 Oct 2026 | $2.2m | |
| Silicon Quantum Computing | Grant | 2 Oct 2026 | $3.6m | |
| R2Crete | Pre-seed | 1 Oct 2026 | $750k | |
| Skopos Bio | Seed | 30 Sep 2026 | ~$8.4m | |
| Trendspek | Series B | 29 Sep 2026 | $6m | |
| Kinoxis Therapeutics | Unnamed stage | 23 Sep 2026 | $6.8m | |
| Kinoxis Therapeutics | Grant | 23 Sep 2026 | $2.5m | |
| Heidi Health | Series C | 22 Sep 2026 | $140m | |
| Amber Electric | Series D+ | 21 Sep 2026 | $78.5m | |
| Auric | Unnamed stage | 21 Sep 2026 | - | |
| SkySight | Grant | 21 Sep 2026 | ~$960.8k | |
| Hysata | Grant | 18 Sep 2026 | $30m+ | |
| Evatto | Pre-seed | 16 Sep 2026 | $1m | |
| Cycliq Group | Unnamed stage | 15 Sep 2026 | $1.5m | |
| Volt Resources | Grant | 15 Sep 2026 | $7.7m | |
| Elita Genetics | Seed | 14 Sep 2026 | $1.9m | |
| Tanda | Unnamed stage | 13 Sep 2026 | - | |
| Global Resource Recovery | Venture debt | 11 Sep 2026 | $55m | |
| Metacognition AI | Pre-seed | 9 Sep 2026 | $10m | |
| Dela | Seed | 8 Sep 2026 | $1m+ | |
| NextDC | Venture debt | 2 Sep 2026 | $1.1b | |
| City of Newcastle | Grant | 1 Sep 2026 | $5m | |
| Ausgrid | Grant | 1 Sep 2026 | $8m | |
| YESGroup | Grant | 1 Sep 2026 | $10.3m | |
| Heidi Health | Series A | 26 Aug 2026 | $16.6m | |
| Ceretas | Unnamed stage | Jul 2026 | $8m | |
| NextDC | Unnamed stage | Apr 2026 | $2.2b | |
| Evatto | Accelerator | 2026 | - | |
| Hypersonix | Series A | 28 Oct 2025 | $46m | |
| RedOwl | Pre-seed | Mar 2025 | $15m | |
| Amber Electric | Series C | Jun 2024 | $12m | |
| Trendspek | Series A | 9 Dec 2022 | $6.3m |
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