AI/Machine Learning

AI-powered cyber-intelligence startup Apate.AI nabs $2.5 million Seed round for its anti-scam bot army

- August 25, 2025 2 MIN READ

Cyber-intelligence startup Apate.ai, a countermeasure to Australia’s $2 billion scam industry, has raised $2.5 million in Seed funding. The round was led by OIF Ventures with participation from Investible. The funds are for product development and international expansion, including hiring engineering and go-to-market teams, as well as expanding its partnerships with financial institutions, telcos, and governments… Read more »

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Mining business management startup SprintSuite digs up $3.5 million Seed round

- August 12, 2025 2 MIN READ

A business management platform purpose-built for mid-market mining and engineering services companies has raised $3.5 million in a Seed round led by Sydney VC EVP. The funding for SprintSuite is for expansion across Australia’s mining industry and international markets such as North America, as the company capitalises on the accelerating digital transformation in the mining… Read more »

Jamie Hall and Steve Hind
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Bird Seed: AI customer support platform Lorikeet flies high with $7.3 million raise

- October 4, 2024 2 MIN READ

An Australian-US startup that’s developed an AI-based customer support agent used by the likes of Chemist2U and Eucalyptus to solve complex problems has raised  US$5 million ($7.3m) in Seed funding. Lorikeet, named after the colourful and garrulous Australian parrot, was founded in mid-2023 (originally as Optech) by US-based former Stripe executive Steve Hind and former Google… Read more »

Phoebe Bardsley and Dr Joshua Case
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Regional doctors staffing platform Go Locum doses up on $350,000 Seed raise

- July 19, 2024 2 MIN READ

Medical staffing platform Go Locum, which connects doctors with temporary roles in regional and remote areas, has raised $350,000 in Seed funding from Darwin VC Paspalis. This round will support the software startup’s international expansion plans and the launch of an app to streamline locum (fill-in doctor) recruitment in Australia. Go Locum was founded by… Read more »

Factory.app cofounders Paul and Michael Lutkajtis
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Investible backs manufacturing software startup Factory.app’s $1 million Seed round

- October 23, 2023 2 MIN READ

Manufacturing process management platform Factory.app has raised $1.05 million in a Seed round led by early-stage VC Investible. The two-year-old Sydney software startup was also backed by TechnologyOne founder Adrian DiMarco, 1in100 Ventures, Beachhead Venture Capital, and Hugo-Hamman Investments. Serial entrepreneur Richard Hugo-Hamman, CEO of the legaltech firm The LEAP Group, along with HotelsCombined cofounder… Read more »

Carbonix Domani Drone
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Drone venture Carbonix lands $6.3 million seed round

- August 23, 2021 2 MIN READ

Carbonix, the Sydney startup that pivoted from high-speed sailing to drones, has raised $6.3 million in a late seed round ahead of US ambitions. The round was led by ASX-listed defence aerospace manufacturer Quickstep (ASX: QHL), and comes as the venture lands a major deal with electricity supplier Ausgrid to use Carbonix drones to monitor… Read more »