Tag: startup

Qld defies climate tech slowdown with $78m in startup deals

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
Queensland’s climate tech sector remains resilient despite national volatility in venture capital funding, recording strong investment activity last financial year, according to a new report. Data from Cut Through...

Problem-busting AI startup tapped for APS rebuild

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A Canberra startup using bleeding edge AI to tackle complex problems like geopolitics and the energy transition has been tapped for the Albanese government’s public service rebuild under a...

Ex-Atlassians raise $2m for SaaS data startup

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Three ex-Atlassian employees have raised $2 million in a seed round led by their former employer and Queensland’s sovereign wealth fund to get their analytics startup off the ground...

Satellite imaging firm wins $1m through NT’s Croc Pitch

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Earth observation startup Esper Satellites has secured $1 million from a Northern Territory-based venture capital fund for winning the local Croc Pitch event. Esper develops an analysis tool, dubbed...

Gravitational energy startup banks $9m in Series A round

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Gravitational energy storage technology startup Green Gravity has raised $9 million from local and international institutional investors through a Series A funding round. The Wollongong-based company plans to store...

Harrison.ai’s new model beats GenAI giants

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Sydney-based Harrison.ai has launched a new AI model to help radiologists analyse and interpret their patients’ x-rays, proving twice as effective as major large language models. On Thursday, the...

Biosecurity startup ExoFlare raises $5.3m

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Biosecurity startup ExoFlare has closed a $5.3 million capital raise to develop its online platform for tracking threats in the agriculture and food supply chain. The seed raise was...

CSIRO’s free R&D program opens to critical minerals SMEs

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The latest round of CSIRO’s free research and development support service is targeting small to medium-sized enterprises in the critical minerals sector. ‘Innovate to Grow’ is a 10-week program...