Queensland’s venture scene is back in growth mode. Cut Through Venture’s FY 2025 report shows $417 million across 109 deals—up 37 percent year‑on‑year—fuelled by enterprise software, climate and health tech. With bigger seed and Series A cheques and strong female‑founder uptake, investors say Brisbane is no longer a satellite market.
Mable – think Airtasker for aged care and disability support workers – is hoping to become a unicorn 11 years after its founding if it find a buyer willing to pay $1 billion. The Australian’s DataRoom reports that the gig economy platform has put up the For Sale sign with a 10-figure price tag, even… Read more »
When Halter raised a $155 million Series D last month, turning the Kiwi agtech scaleup into a unicorn, Icehouse Ventures was once again among the investors. Now the New Zealand VC is gearing up to back the next wave of Kiwi tech startups and has already secured NZ$15 million in commitments towards a new $30… Read more »
Sydney adtech startup Linkby has raised US$15 million (A$23m) in a Series B to expand its US presence. The round was led by Boston VC Volition Capital, making its first Australian investment. Alongside Linkby’s US expansion, the 5-year-old startup will invest in developing its platform, which helps media publishers monetise content with brands seeking their… Read more »
Matt Vitale, cofounder of equity crowdfunding platform Birchal, has returned to startup life after a six-month recharge with a new venture, using AI in regulated sectors. New Dialogue is an enterprise AI platform for organisations to deploy open-source large language models (LLMs) in secure environments. Vitale and founder Tod Pedler have spun out New Dialogue… Read more »
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 »
When Victoria Minell, founder of Recipes by Victoria first shared a video of sushi rice sizzling in a waffle maker, she wasn’t thinking about virality. She was just having fun. That video didn’t just go viral – it exploded, inspiring thousands of recreations and paving the way for her next sensation: sushi muffins. “That one landed me… 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 »
Two deep tech companies created from research at national science agency CSIRO have merged after raising $11 million. MagnaTerra Technologies is the result of combining mining innovator NextOre and explosives detection startup MRead. Together they have more than two decades of sovereign innovation in Magnetic Resonance (MR) sensing, a rapid, accurate, and safe detection technology developed… 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 »
Nominations for the 3rd annual Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards have been extended for another 48 hours to midnight on Sunday, July 6. There are 14 categories in the 2025 Best in Tech awards including startup investor of the year, best technical leader, the AI gamechanger, best startup event, and the GSD Award –… 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 »
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