Australian-born US-based solar panel design and sales platform OpenSolar has raised US$15 million (A$22m) in a Series B. Telstra Ventures led the round, announced last month, with support from sustainability fund 2150 and existing investors including Jeff Tannenbaum’s Titan Grove and solar entrepreneurs Alec Guettel and Howard Wenger. The funds will be used to expand… Read more »
Telstra’s VC arm, Telstra Ventures, has taken a deep dive into web3 and blockchain world amid the crypto crash that’s wiped $1.3 trillion in value from investors, with the market down 60% since January, to see who’s survived and thrived. The 12-page report, titled Blockchain Open-Source Developers Signal Strength of Web3 Community, shows that web3-developer… Read more »
Telstra has participated in the Series A funding round of Californian drone software startup Cape through its investment arm, Telstra Ventures, joining Google’s Gradient Ventures, Mitsui & Co and NEA in the round.
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