ASX-listed technology firm Scalare Partners will acquire coworking space Tank Stream Labs in a deal worth up to $5.5 million. The move comes as 12-year-old Tank Stream Labs prepares to move out of the Sydney Startup Hub, which is being shut down by the NSW government. Tank Stream Labs CEO Bradley Bradley Delamare will remain… Read more »
New Zealand small business tech developer Black Pearl Group (NZX: BPG) will dual list on the ASX in the coming months as it looks to expand its Australian presence. Blackpearl founder and CEO Nick Lissette, who recently told Startup 360 that the company was exploring an Australian listing, today confirmed the company preparing to file… Read more »
Storm Menzies knows better than most about the challenges of finding funding to back women-led startups. The founder of accessible beauty tools startup ByStorm Beauty set out to help more than 700 million women globally living with a disability to look and feel good, launching last month. Menzies has mild cerebral palsy, and after breaking… Read more »
Qantas chair John Mullen and digiDirect founder Shant Kradjian are among several prominent backers in a $1.2 million raise for a new proptech for residential property management. The round for Sydney startup Cohabit, a data and benchmarking platform for strata and residential buildings, was also supported by strata lawyer Christopher Kerin, and Sentia’s Michael Cindric. … Read more »
Quantum computing startup Diraq has raised $15 million as part of a new funding round that’s yet to be completed. The deep tech venture, which was spun out of the University of NSW in 2022 last month announced it had collaborated with fellow Sydney startup Emergence Quantum to develop technology that reduces the size of… Read more »
Brand new edtech startup Alumly has secured what it says is one of 2025’s largest early-stage tech investments to help university students find work. While the size of the angel round was not disclosed, Startup Daily understands it topped 7-figures. The raise was led by Ann and John Ellis, cofounders of Mauve Group, a London-based,… Read more »
Sydney startup Brainfish has banked another $9.8 million (US$6.4 million) in a pre-Series A to ramp up its US focus. The round was led by European VC Prosus Ventures, with support from existing backers, including Peak XV’s Surge and Macdoch Ventures. The AI software platform previously raised $3.85 million in May 2024, and has now… Read more »
Sydney artificial intelligence (AI) and data insights fintech MogoPlus has raised $1.5 million from existing UK investor New Model Venture Capital Group. The funding will be used to expand the scale-up’s existing AI-based credit insights portfolio and help it expand into other emerging open data markets and verticals globally. MogoPlus provides vertical agentic AI solutions… Read more »
Brisbane-based cryptocurrency exchange Swyftx is acquiring boutique digital assets brokerage Caleb & Brown in a deal that given them access to the wealthiest crypto investors in the US. The terms were not disclosed, although Swyftx hailed it as “the largest crypto acquisition in ANZ history ” in a media announcement, but Decrypt reports a source… Read more »
UQ Venture’s iLab, Australia’s longest running accelerator program for early-stage startups, has merged with their later-stage Momentum accelerator for a super cohort in the second half of 2025. But you’re keen to be part of the action, get cracking – applications for both the iLab and Momentum Accelerators close this Monday, July 7, at noon.… Read more »
An eight-year-old investing podcast created by two former ANU students and backed by the likes of Stake’s Matt Leibowitz and Zip’s Larry Diamond has been acquired by BetaShares in a deal worth $8.5 million. Equity Mates was founded by Bryce Leske and Alec Renehan in 2017 and has produced more than a dozen different podcasts… Read more »
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinstash has raised $4.7 million in a Series A led by an undisclosed Brisbane family office. The eight-year-old digital assets fintech plans to use the cash for platform development, team expansion and user acquisition, with a plan to treble its current customer base. Coinstash CEO Ting Wang said the business has now raised… Read more »
The technology behind Owls Eat Rats is more RI (raptor intelligence) than AI-based, but it solves a big agricultural problem and won the $50,000 grant prize at the Hatch: Taronga Accelerator Program pitch last week. Six startups were involved in the annual program, which culminated in the pitch night at Taronga Zoo Sydney. Owls Eat… Read more »
The South Australian government has given the go ahead to an 11-storey building office tower at the Adelaide innovation precinct Lot Fourteen. The government will finance, deliver and own the project, known as the Innovation Centre, with the build kicking off next year for tenants to move in by late 2028. The Innovation Centre is… Read more »
If, like this writer, you’ve had time on your hands, felt mischievous and decided to take on scammers with a meandering conversation to slow them down, you’re going to love what a Sydney startup is doing with Australia’s biggest bank. Sydney cyber-intelligence startup Apate.ai has teamed up with the CommBank to create AI-powered “victim bots”… Read more »
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