1+ week, 2+ day ago  (775+ words) Investors continue to pour astonishing levels of capital into Sydney-founded Firmus Technologies, which has confirmed it's set to raise another US$505 million (AU$725 million) at an AU$8 billion valuation. In a carefully worded statement released Tuesday morning after news of…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago  (836+ words) After figurative tumbleweed blew through the startup sector in the lead-up to Easter, things are looking much healthier this week. Five Australian startups have raised a combined $30. 1 million, with funding flowing into enterprise AI infrastructure, vertical software, women's health diagnostics…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (418+ words) Capital Brief first reported the deal, and if the price is right, there's considerable upside for the six-year-old Melbourne adtech platform's founders, Sean Law and Tom Sawkins, and investors, including Paul Little's Skalata, along with Archangel Ventures, which backed a…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (518+ words) New South Wales biomanufacturing startup Cauldron has secured $13. 25 million in new funding in a Series A2 round led by leading deep tech venture firm Main Sequence Ventures. Horizon Ventures, SOSV and NGS Super also backed the Orange-based startup, which has now…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (538+ words) New Zealand agtech startup Halter is now valued at almost $3 billion, following a blockbuster $314. 4 million (US$220 million) Series E funding round. Led by Peter Thiel's venture capital firm Founders Firm, the capital raise will see the virtual fencing startup push…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (478+ words) Get your intro offer." Rising costs and changing investor expectations are forcing Australian startups to focus on runway preservation over growth, according to a new sector snapshot. Fresh research from private capital platform Carta, using insights of 500 startup decision-makers across…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (329+ words) Get your intro offer." Sydney legal tech startup Mary Technology has raised $7 million in fresh funding as it looks to expand into the US and grow adoption of its litigation data platform among law firms. The round was led by…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1117+ words) From dog feed and fertiliser, to B2 B sales and teaching entrepreneurship, the local startups that have raised fresh funding this week are as varied as they are ambitious. We've counted six Australian startups with new funding deals this week, with…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (633+ words) Alice Anderson opened Australia's first all-women motor garage in 1920. She couldn't get a bank loan. She couldn't own a car in her own name. She did it anyway. I watched billion-dollar transactions run on human endurance, and I noticed something....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (659+ words) Get your intro offer." Edtech social enterprise Future Minds Network has raised $650, 000 to make the entrepreneurship pathway a reality for 80, 000 students in low-income and regional communities who don't complete Year 12, giving them the opportunity to launch real businesses and fast-track…...