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Startups
Tracksuit acquires Hall to track AI brand mentions
Tracksuit acquires Hall to track AI brand mentions, adding Sydney startup Hall's monitoring tools to its brand-tracking platform.
Reflect Orbital space mirrors face cost and science doubts
Reflect Orbital space mirrors face a harder problem than launch approval: proving customers, costs and sky-brightness risks work at scale.
Milkrun outage pauses new orders across ANZ, reopens at 3pm
Milkrun outage paused new orders across Australia and New Zealand as the startup pushed return times from 11.45am to 3pm during a payments issue.
NSW MVP Ventures grants: 22 startups share $1m
NSW MVP Ventures grants have awarded more than $1 million to 22 startups, with the state pitching the round as a commercialisation push.
Gilmour Space capital raise rides SpaceX IPO frenzy
Gilmour Space capital raise plans show how SpaceX's IPO is pulling more attention into Australian deep-tech, but launch execution still sets the limit.
Goterra liquidation follows failed sale and funding search
Goterra liquidation follows a failed sale and bridge-finance search, leaving $11.73 million in creditor claims against a cash-starved startup.
Gridcog raises $12.5m Series A for energy-modelling software
Gridcog raises $12.5m in a Series A led by ABB Electrification Ventures to expand software that models solar, wind, batteries and flexible demand.
Nvidia tips $720m into Firmus as Australian cloud startup lines up mega-float
Nvidia has reportedly committed about A$720 million to Firmus Technologies, giving the Australian cloud infrastructure startup heavyweight backing as it raises roughly A$2.9 billion ahead of a possible market debut.
Qantas, Airbus back Wildfire in $2m Brisbane SAF raise
Qantas and Airbus backed Wildfire in a $2 million raise as the Brisbane startup moves its waste-to-jet-fuel process towards commercial scale.
Eastend Ventures gets $5m from Funds SA for debut fund
Eastend Ventures gets $5 million from Funds SA, pushing its first fund past $25 million as Adelaide chases more early-stage tech capital.
Cicada Tech23 2026 maps Australia's deep-tech pipeline
Cicada Tech23 2026 maps Australia's deep-tech pipeline as 23 startups from 236 applicants point to the sectors drawing attention in 2026.
Emesent $25m funding: NRFC backs defence robotics push
Emesent $25m funding includes $10 million from the National Reconstruction Fund as the Brisbane robotics startup hires and expands into defence.
MAKO raises $28 million for shark-skin aircraft film
MAKO raises $28 million to commercialise Flightfilm, a shark-skin-inspired aircraft film backed by IAG and aimed at cutting fuel burn.
Southern Launch raises $25m as NRF backs spaceport expansion
Southern Launch raised $25 million, including $10 million from the National Reconstruction Fund, to expand launch and re-entry sites in South Australia.
Baseten funding hits $US1.5b as Blackbird makes record bet
Baseten funding reached $US1.5 billion as Blackbird made its biggest-ever bet, highlighting Australian ties to the AI inference boom.
Ovum seed funding: women's-health AI startup raises $4m
Ovum seed funding adds $4 million for an AI-driven women's-health data platform, as the Australian startup scales beyond 20,000 downloads.
Startup CGT carve-outs 2026: Labor lifts threshold to $10m
Startup CGT carve-outs 2026: Labor lifted the small-business threshold to $10 million and promised founder relief after backlash.
PsiQuantum shifts Brisbane quantum project to Moreton Bay
PsiQuantum shifts its Brisbane quantum project to Moreton Bay, with construction under way and a 2029 target tied to Queensland's push.
SpaceX IPO jumps 19% as $US75bn debut tests tech
SpaceX IPO shares closed 19% above offer after a $US75bn raise, setting the public-market test for OpenAI and Anthropic.
Silicon Quantum Computing gets $40m NRF top-up
Silicon Quantum Computing has secured another $40m from the National Reconstruction Fund as Canberra backs local quantum-chip manufacturing.
Fishburners sale 2026: Scalare buys startup hub assets
Fishburners sale to Scalare shifts the 15-year-old founder hub from administration into a listed startup investor's ecosystem.
QuantX Labs raises $US5m for quantum atomic clocks
QuantX Labs has raised $US5 million to scale optical atomic clocks for defence, space and critical infrastructure from Adelaide.
South Australia $50m R&D fund gives startups a narrow win
South Australia $50m R&D fund targets startup commercialisation, but the 2026-27 budget offers a narrow form of relief.
SpaceX IPO price set at $US135 in record $US75bn float
SpaceX IPO price of $US135 puts Elon Musk's rocket company on track for a record $US75bn float and a $US1.75tn valuation.
DataMasque raises $5.6m for safer AI data privacy tools
DataMasque's $5.6 million raise puts AI data privacy in focus as enterprises look for safer ways to train and test models.
