Funding

Cheque-in: 7 ANZ startups got $93.1 million in funding Chrissie presents this week

- December 19, 2025 5 MIN READ

Much like the past two years, December is proving to be popular for VC funding. This week saw $93.1 million spread across energy infrastructure, agtech, legal AI and more. IND Technology: $50 million IND Technology founder Alan Wong. Source: IND Technology Leading this week’s funding round-up is energy technology startup IND Technology, which has raised… Read more »

Fintech

Cheque-in: 6 startups banking a whopping $568.1 million two weeks before Christmas

- December 12, 2025 5 MIN READ

With 12 more sleeps to Christmas, Melbourne-born Airwallex wins the 2025 Australian capital raising stakes with a massive $498 million Series G that values the fintech at $12 billion. Meanwhile, cybersecurity startup Kasada and sole trader accounting platform Hnry also booked $30 million and $26 million raises, respectively. Keep reading to learn more about six… Read more »

Ron Conry and Sam Ringwaldt
Business

Cheque-in: 6 startups banked $13.4 million in funding this week

- October 17, 2025 4 MIN READ

After last week’s $211 million raised across six startups – that largely to Heidi Health’s $98m Seris B as well as details of Octopus Deploy’s 2024 $45.6m round emerging, mid October seems more normal, with six Australian companies collectively raising a collective $13.4m. The biggest raise came from GXE, which secured $3.3 million in Series… Read more »

Irene Tsang
Funding

Cheque-in: 8 ANZ startups banked $53.46 million in funding this week

- October 3, 2025 6 MIN READ

Startup funding activity has continued to hold steady this week, with nearly $53.5 million announced across sectors including agtech, energy, AI, health and fintech. Oh, and Limoncello. Leading the pack is Queensland-based SwarmFarm Robotics, which has banked $30 million to ramp up production of its autonomous farm robots and expand overseas. SwarmFarm Robotics: $30 million The… Read more »

Business

Cheque-in: 19 ANZ startups that raised $69 million this week

- September 12, 2025 6 MIN READ

The start of spring appears to be a fruitful time for startup funding, with 19 blossoming Australian and New Zealand startups sharing in new funding deals this week. Keep reading to learn more about Andromeda, Starboard Maritime Intelligence, Freckle, Marloo, X-Hemp, Harvest B, Wable and Techstars’ latest cohort. Andromeda Robotics: $23 million Robotics startup Andromeda… Read more »