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The Australian government is lifting its industry-policy focus on space; the National Reconstruction Fund has already put $200 million into local space companies, among them Gilmour Space Technologies and Southern Launch.
Technology contractor HiTech Group has agreed to acquire recruiter Hudson's Australian operations for A$7 million upfront, with the deal revealed in an ASX statement after a management buyout was rejected.
Accenture has bought CyberCX, an Australian cybersecurity firm serving government agencies, from BGH Capital in a deal reported at over $1 billion, a windfall for founders Alastair MacGibbon and John Paitaridis.
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Australia's defence industry minister has begun handing out grants from a $169.1m program, with 58 local suppliers sharing $16.5m, days after a critical national audit of Defence's domestic industry performance.
Perth consortium AROSE has unveiled Roo-ver, its Trailblazer-funded moon rover prototype, at Parliament House; the Australian-built machine will study the lunar surface carrying a NASA instrument.
Three Australian AI companies share a $500,000 public interest prize run by AI Sprint; Dragonfly Thinking, created by two ANU academics, takes the top award of $300,000 for development work.
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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has committed $20 million to vehicle subscription provider Splend, letting it roughly double its electric fleet to about 1,000 cars serving rideshare drivers.
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The Western Australian government committed $6.5 million over four years to the state's space sector: $4 million to consortium AROSE and $2.5 million to Curtin University's Binar space program, supporting Diversify WA.
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The national government has granted Lifeline an extra $1.5 million to widen its around-the-clock text counselling line, with the health minister saying the expansion reaches more people under pandemic pressures.
Seventeen unnamed startups and small businesses share federal grant funding for feasibility studies aimed at reducing regulatory burdens, under the latest round of a government innovation program.
Australia's Defence Innovation Hub has granted Myriota $5.48 million under a contract to move sensor data from Defence platforms via the company's nano-satellite network.
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Four unnamed manufacturers, three in Queensland and one in South Australia, will share $3 million in federal grants under the Moon to Mars program, supporting the goal of tripling Australia's space sector by 2030.
Federal defence contracts worth more than $100 million include $1.8 million for University of South Australia laser research, $7.4 million for Silentium Defence radar, and $183,022 for Varley Rafael Australia's missile kit production.
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Six Australian defence small businesses have received Defence Global Competitiveness grants totalling upwards of $1.2 million to strengthen export capability, with Defence Industry Minister Melissa Price announcing the latest funding round's recipients.
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The Australian government is giving the Bushfire Building Council of Australia a $3 million grant to build a bushfire home-rating app, one of five disaster resilience projects sharing just over $4.2 million.
Victoria's government has announced eight Traditional Owner Corporations as recipients of grants from its $1.1 million renewable energy fund, covering Gunaikurnai, Wurundjeri, Yorta Yorta and other groups.
Australia's CSIRO and the NSW Chief Scientist's office have launched Quasar Satellite Technologies, a startup developing phased-array technology so ground stations can communicate with many satellites simultaneously.
Epic Games, maker of Fortnite, announced it raised one billion dollars to develop the metaverse, a digital world where people interact as avatars.
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An audit office review found a government program awarded Shine Energy a multi-million dollar coal power feasibility study grant despite partially met criteria and completion risks.
A Melbourne consulting firm received a federal grant for a feasibility study into an online learning platform for the public service, with findings due soon.
Canberra intelligence startup WorldStack has raised half a million dollars in seed funding from unnamed angels, while its chief executive highlights the difficulties startups face winning government contracts.
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Deals recorded from The Mandarin's coverage. A round is listed once, however many of their articles mention it.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragonfly Thinking | Grant | 25 Jun 2024 | $300k | |
| Splend | undisclosed | 22 Jun 2023 | $20m | |
| Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth | Grant | 20 Mar 2023 | $4m | |
| Myriota | Grant | 29 Jul 2022 | $5.5m | |
| Electro Cad Australia Pty Ltd | Grant | 29 Nov 2021 | $240k | |
| Varley Rafael Australia (VRA) | Grant | 21 Sep 2021 | $183k | |
| Orbital Corporation | Grant | 1 Sep 2021 | $195.6k | |
| Gaardtech | Grant | 1 Sep 2021 | $166k | |
| Trakka Corp | Grant | 1 Sep 2021 | $193.2k | |
| JTM Gaskets | Grant | 1 Sep 2021 | $211.3k | |
| Repetition Engineering | Grant | 1 Sep 2021 | $240k | |
| Epic Games | Unnamed stage | 19 Apr 2021 | $1b | |
| WorldStack | Seed | 5 Feb 2019 | $500k |
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