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Salesforce Ventures launches US$50 million Trailblazer Fund for Australian startups

Gina Baldassarre - March 5, 2019 2 MIN READ

CRM software company Salesforce has launched a US$50 million ($70.5 million) Australia Trailblazer Fund to invest in local startups.

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HubSpot launches US$30 million HubSpot Ventures fund to invest in SaaS startups

Gina Baldassarre - December 12, 2018 2 MIN READ

HubSpot is the latest company to move into the corporate venture capital space, building on its handful of investments with the launch of a dedicated US$30 million ($41.5 million) fund.

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National Australia Bank allocates a further $50 million to venture capital arm NAB Ventures

Gina Baldassarre - September 5, 2018 2 MIN READ

NAB has allocated a further $50 million in funding over the next two years to its venture capital fund NAB Ventures, bringing the total allocated to the fund until 2020 to $100 million.

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Coca-Cola Amatil partners with BlueChilli to launch accelerator program Xcelerate

Gina Baldassarre - April 12, 2018 3 MIN READ

Coca-Cola Amatil has partnered with BlueChilli to launch the Xcelerate accelerator as it looks to identify opportunities to grow outside its core business.

Machine learning data analysis startup Relevance AI lands $4 million as US VC Insight Partners thinks smaller

Sydney biotech matches crowdfunding record with $5 million with Covid vaccine plan

No-code app building startup Cogniss raises $1.1 million in crowdfunding campaign

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Fintech HelpPay raises $2.4 million as the bill-sharing app launches to aid people with household expenses

CBA’s X15ventures chips an extra $700,000 into on-time payments fintech Payble

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Australia’s agriculture sector is banding together to build a supply chain data exchange

South Australia’s seaweed industry is booming in a bid to cut carbon emissions

A $90 million plant to produce methane-reducing cattle feed using seaweed is being built in South Australia

Insurer nib takes 50% stake in medtech startup Midnight Health in $4 million deal

US VC ‘unicorn collector’ Lisa Suennen is chairing a new Australian investment committee looking to ramp up digital health startup backing

Australia’s first biotech incubator is happening thanks to a $40 million grant

Nanosatellite startup Fleet Space raises $36 million series B

The International Space Station just had a near miss with space junk – and the problem is getting millions of times worse

Australia plans to put a rover on the Moon in 2024 to search for water

Machine learning data analysis startup Relevance AI lands $4 million as US VC Insight Partners thinks smaller

Aconex co-founder Leigh Jasper shares his 5 key lessons (and more) on scaling a tech company in the US

Sydney biotech matches crowdfunding record with $5 million with Covid vaccine plan

Aconex co-founder Leigh Jasper shares his 5 key lessons (and more) on scaling a tech company in the US

Why female founders need to invest in themselves too

Australia’s ’20/12 rule’ is stifling angel investment and any chance of younger generations backing startups

Here’s why Australia’s EV uptake can’t end up like Turnbull’s Innovation Statement

The funding model for startups selling software-as-a-service is broken

Why connecting with people you don’t know on LinkedIn is wasting your time

Canva’s co-founders are revealing the secrets behind building $40 billion company at a free two day conference, Canva Create

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corporate venture capital

Salesforce Ventures launches US$50 million Trailblazer Fund for Australian startups

HubSpot launches US$30 million HubSpot Ventures fund to invest in SaaS startups

National Australia Bank allocates a further $50 million to venture capital arm NAB Ventures

Coca-Cola Amatil partners with BlueChilli to launch accelerator program Xcelerate

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