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Deep tech investor Main Sequence promotes Elaine Stead to partner while preparing a fourth fund; the piece recalls earlier fund closes and CSIRO's enlarged commitment to the Atmosphere pre-seed program.
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Prenatal screening developer Identifai Genetics has joined the ASX after a $10m public offering, with proceeds earmarked for clinical validation and a first United States launch of its AI-based maternal blood test.
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Vertical farming company Stacked Farm is seeking fresh capital for working capital amid US expansion and a Melbourne facility opening; the article recalls its closed 2022 raise of $56 million.
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Perth robotics firm FBR passed factory acceptance testing for its first Mantis welding robot, making its first US sale unconditional, and separately completed a $4 million capital raising including a $1.846 million placement to Alpine Capital.
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Debt collection fintech InDebted hires Chris McNamara as CEO and Brendan Lee as CFO, while recalling its $60 million Series C led by Airtree and its acquisition of Germany's Receeve.
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Fuel retailer Ampol is buying EV charging network Evie Networks, via holding company Fast Cities Australia, for $225 million funded from debt, with completion expected in first-half 2027 pending ACCC approval.
A Gold Coast venture that raised seed funding this year is building an in-orbit freight and servicing network, and a pathway for testing hardware in space, while the council weighs a defence precinct.
Elixinol has agreed an all-share takeover of supplement subscription platform Vitable at a $2.5 million headline value plus earn-out, while shareholder Ben McHarg commits a convertible note; the piece also recaps Vitable's earlier raises.
Sydney fintech OpenDebt, which automates debt recovery with AI agents, has closed a pre-seed round backed by Blackbird and Antler, and will grow its team while pursuing US partnerships.
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Melbourne energy tech firm Amber has banked a $78.5m Series E led by Morgan Stanley-backed climate fund 1GT, with E.ON, ETF Partners and Innovation Victoria joining, to fund growth and European expansion.
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Melbourne's Telix Pharmaceuticals will merge with German radioisotope maker ITM in a deal worth as much as $3.3 billion, keeping about 76 per cent ownership with existing Telix shareholders once completed.
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Melbourne electric motorcycle maker Savic has launched a process seeking acquirers and strategic investors; the article recounts its earlier crowdfunding, capital injection and government grant, though no new funding is confirmed.
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Perth drone-intelligence startup Overwatch Technologies is preparing an ASX float planned for October to support maritime surveillance services for government customers, having earlier raised seed capital of $2.35 million.
Cycliq, a Perth-based bike camera maker, has closed a $1.5 million placement that CPS Capital Group led, with two directors committing funds, to stock inventory for Black Friday and pursue AI work and acquisitions.
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Netwealth has agreed to buy advice-automation startup Paradino for as much as $39 million, combining upfront cash and shares with earn-outs and a product investment pledge, aiming to build Australia's leading AI wealth platform.
Green360 reports its MKX cement substitute has now been used in over 3,500 cubic metres of concrete across Victorian infrastructure projects, with Holcim Australia and Eifers among purchasers and June-quarter sales of $3.3 million.
Crimson Consulting has raised its hostile bid for tutoring company Kip McGrath to a conditional 74c a share and pushed the deadline out, with several big shareholders accepting or signalling support.
A Darwin chemical recycling firm has landed a $55 million debt facility from the federal National Reconstruction Fund to build out port-side storage and logistics, adding temporary and permanent roles.
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Japan's Sekisui Chemical has agreed to buy a controlling 51 per cent of Brisbane homebuilder Ausbuild for $335 million, valuing the group near $670 million, with settlement due January 2027.
DroneShield names Rebecca Lowde, previously at MYOB and Afterpay, as finance chief, succeeding Carla Balanco, while revealing a $251 million full-year order book and an initial sale of its RfRecon detection device.
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Austal has received an indicative US$1.25 billion offer from a Wildcat Infrastructure-led syndicate for its US shipbuilding arm, outbidding Hanwha, while heavy US losses weigh on the group.
Australia's national hearing services provider has bought Earworx, a nurse-led ear wax removal clinic group founded in Tasmania, adding ear wax removal to its integrated care offering.
Gilmour Space and Hypersonix have partnered to offer hypersonic flight testing to defence customers, with both firms' recent raises recapped.
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Perth-listed robotics firm FBR announced a $4 million equity raise, mixing a share placement with a shareholder purchase plan, to finish testing its Mantis welder, roll out Hadrian bricklaying tech and repay debt.
Melbourne biotech ImmunoBiota courts investors for its still-open seed round around an oral Type 1 diabetes therapy; its recent Diabetes Australia award is recorded, while the flagged Series A and listing remain plans.
Australian payment-fraud prevention company Eftsure has bought US vendor-data firm Relish, its third international expansion in about a year following backer Level Equity's earlier purchase of France's Sis ID; terms undisclosed.
Plant-based food maker OMG Group has locked in a $1.5 million placement, with beverage manufacturer Slades Beverages taking a cornerstone stake and becoming its oat milk production partner as sales grow.
Steve Baxter's Brisbane defence-tech venture firm Beaten Zone has wrapped its first fund at $26 million, with Baxter the largest backer at $6 million of his own money.
Melbourne pharma Clinuvel is weighing a restructure into a US holding company listed only on Nasdaq and an ASX exit, weeks after completing a Nasdaq ADS uplisting, alongside a tenth straight annual profit.
Edge Early Learning, a Brisbane childcare chain backed by HEAL Partners, Centennial Property Group and Normanby Capital, has gone into administration under KordaMentha following a rental standoff with Arena REIT, its landlord.
Blackbird has finalised a $1.05 billion close for its sixth vehicle, the biggest Australian or New Zealand venture raise on record, adding new global institutions to long-standing local superannuation backers.
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EQT Holdings faces a potential bidding war as BGH Capital's higher cash offer for the trustee group tops TPG Global's bid from days earlier; both proposals remain conditional and non-binding.
India's biggest PR agency has taken a majority stake in Melbourne communications consultancy SenateSHJ, which keeps its brand and leadership; deal terms were not disclosed.
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Australian security-workforce software firm Guardhouse has bought US patrol-verification company Mobohubb, with growth-equity backer Sundance Growth — whose first fund closed at US$125 million last year — supporting the deal.
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A $4 million round for Canberra defence sensing firm Seitec is led by ACTivate Capital with UNSW and Beaten Zone co-investing; the ACT Government-backed fund earlier closed $23 million of a possible $50 million.
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Private equity firm TPG Global has launched a non-binding $657.7m bid for embattled ASX-listed EQT Holdings, whose stock slid amid the First Guardian collapse and ASIC litigation; the board is evaluating the proposal.
Brookfield has made a $4.1 billion cash offer for Reliance Worldwide, with the board yet to recommend it, as the plumbing manufacturer reports a steep FY26 profit decline and skips its final dividend.
Gold Coast AI startup Sophiie AI has raised a $5m seed round at a $30m valuation, with five backers on board and the money set for building product and entering the US.
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Six Australian health tech startups received non-dilutive grants totaling $13.5 million from the government-backed CUREator+ program to accelerate commercialisation of medical innovations.
Sydney ADHD care startup Kantoko has secured $3.5m in a seed round co-led by two venture firms, with Go1's founders among angel backers, to widen its clinician network and speed up product development.
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Tabcorp has agreed a $283 million takeover of BetMakers, a Melbourne-based racing technology provider, in a cash-and-scrip deal the target's board unanimously backs, pending shareholder, court and regulator approvals.
Australian AI infrastructure firm Firmus has locked in a US$2 billion equity round from Blackstone, Coatue, NVIDIA and Jane Street, valuing it above US$10.5 billion, funding GPU data centre expansion across Australia and Asia-Pacific.
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Melbourne fitness chain STRONG Pilates partners with Poland's Xtreme Brands to enter Central and Eastern Europe; the piece also recalls bValue Fund's roughly $17.5m investment in the Polish operator.
A consortium of Amwins, Dragoneer and KKR is moving toward a binding agreement to acquire Steadfast after completing most due diligence, valuing the insurance broker at $7.7 billion; two senior executives have left.
Consultancy V2 AI hires four senior executives as it opens a Perth base and expands in Singapore; the piece also recalls its 2024 $30 million raise from Columbia Capital.
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Adelaide University researchers are testing black soldier fly larvae as safe human food, while Goterra, Australia's most prominent insect-farming startup, has entered liquidation after its Series B hopes fell through.
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HSBC is selling its Australian home and personal loan book to Blackstone and shutting local retail banking, with Pepper Money appointed servicer; no purchase price disclosed.
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The ASX-listed energy software firm has turned down Volue's sweetened $17-per-share cash offer worth $539.7 million, calling it opportunistic and undervalued, and pointing to its growth momentum under new chief executive Ben Tranier.
Perth solar-glass maker ClearVue has signed a $600,000 subcontract to fit Canva's new Sydney headquarters, converting May's preliminary agreement, shortly after a $6.25 million capital raise.
Crimson Education launched an unsolicited $38.3 million takeover bid for Australian tutoring franchise Kip McGrath, offering a 62 percent premium and backed by shareholder Pie Funds Management.
Aussie Angels, the Sydney angel-syndicate platform, has become Ventari, pivoting to fund infrastructure; it reports $75m-plus deployed and a $2 million raise in 2025.
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Australian deeptech startup Agscent has banked a $5 million round that lifted its worth to $26.9 million, with Tundra Capital, Scale Investors and producers among the backers of its NASA-derived livestock breath-sensing platform.
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Brisbane supply chain software company Pollinate, founded by Corey Berther and Adeep Mitra, has been accepted into Y Combinator's winter 2026 batch with US$500,000 in initial funding, after earlier University of Queensland programs.
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Adelaide biotech Ferronova added $6 million to its Series A from prior backers, lifting the round's total to $17.5 million; backer Renew's parent Ultragreen.ai floated in Singapore this month.
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The ACT Government has launched the ACTivate Capital venture fund, with an initial $23 million close and capacity for $50 million, to back Canberra startups and commercialise local research, led by fund manager Ken Kroeger.
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Marloo, a Sydney maker of AI assistants for financial advisers, has secured pre-seed backing from Blackbird Ventures and several founder-angels to build out its product.
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Brisbane biotech Vaxxas has raised a combined equity and debt package to speed its patch-based vaccine technology to market, while announcing a chief executive departure and a board chair change.
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Sydney fintech Send Payments has banked $5 million from iPartners and returning backers, and handed the CEO role to Matt Barr, with co-founder Paul Billing stepping aside.
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Sydney Angels' third sidecar fund raised $3.5 million on VentureCrowd in a week to back early-stage startups, while the article recalls past fund wins including Clarity Pharmaceuticals, Instaclustr and Aurtra.
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Deals recorded from Business News Australia's coverage. A round is listed once, however many of their articles mention it.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenDebt | Pre-seed | 22 Sep 2026 | $2m | |
| Amber Electric | Series D+ | 21 Sep 2026 | $78.5m | |
| Cycliq Group | Unnamed stage | 15 Sep 2026 | $1.5m | |
| Global Resource Recovery | Venture debt | 11 Sep 2026 | $55m | |
| FBR Limited | Unnamed stage | 7 Sep 2026 | $4m | |
| OMG Group | undisclosed | 2 Sep 2026 | $1.5m | |
| Seitec | Seed | 17 Aug 2026 | $4m | |
| Sophiie AI | Seed | 16 Aug 2026 | $5m | |
| Kantoko | Seed | 12 Aug 2026 | $3.5m | |
| Firmus Technologies | Unnamed stage | 7 Aug 2026 | $2.8b | |
| Agscent | undisclosed | 29 Jul 2026 | $5m | |
| Amber Electric | Grant | 1 Jun 2026 | $13.6m | |
| Firmus Technologies | undisclosed | 6 Apr 2026 | $725m | |
| Gilmour Space | Series D+ | 20 Jan 2026 | $217m | |
| Orbit2Orbit | Seed | 2026 | $1.4m | |
| Pollinate | Accelerator | Jan 2026 | $747k | |
| Ferronova | Series A | 17 Dec 2025 | $6m | |
| Savic Motorcycles | Bridge / extension | Dec 2025 | $2m | |
| Hypersonix | Series A | 28 Oct 2025 | $46m | |
| Marloo | Pre-seed | 10 Sep 2025 | $4.2m | |
| Firmus Technologies | undisclosed | Sep 2025 | $330m | |
| Send Payments | Unnamed stage | 25 Aug 2025 | $5m | |
| Vaxxas | Series D+ | Aug 2025 | $49m | |
| Vaxxas | Venture debt | Aug 2025 | $40m | |
| Vaxxas | Grant | 14 Jan 2025 | $3.2m | |
| Ventari | undisclosed | 2025 | $2m | |
| InDebted | Series C | 27 Sep 2024 | $60m | |
| Amber Electric | Series C | 31 Jan 2024 | $29m | |
| V2 AI | undisclosed | 2024 | $30m | |
| Savic Motorcycles | Unnamed stage | 25 May 2023 | $1.2m | |
| Ferronova | Series A | 23 Jan 2023 | $8m | |
| Send Payments | Series B | 2023 | $11.5m | |
| Stacked Farm | Seed | 20 Sep 2022 | $56m | |
| Afterpay | Unnamed stage | 1Q 2021 | $1.5b |
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