ASX

Airtasker’s getting into F1 sponsorship too

- February 20, 2025 2 MIN READ

A week after Atlassian announced it would be lead sponsor of the Williams Racing Formula One team, ASX-listed Airtasker is slapping its name on the Visa Cash App Racing Bulls (VCARB) F1 team. It’s not that VCARB is going to be post “Wanted: someone to change 4 tyres in under 2 seconds” on the casual… Read more »

Christian and Sophie Silver
Funding

A gaming edtech app for kids to learn and love maths raises NZ$1.5 million pre-Seed

- February 18, 2025 2 MIN READ

A Kiwi startup that wants to make kids love maths as much as playing Roblox has raised NZ$1.5 million (A$1.35m) in pre-Seed funding. The round for Polymath was co-led by Blackbird’s NZ office and fellow Aotearoa VC GD1. The app gamifies maths for kids, underpinned by an algorithm that adapts learning moments to each child’s progress.… Read more »

Matt Smith
Funding

Worker credentials platform MyPass clocks on with $7.5 million Series A

- February 17, 2025 < 1 MIN READ

Global contractor credentials platform MyPass has raised $7.5 million Series A. The round for the 12-year-old worker onboarding, compliance and credentials management business, which counts BHP, Shell, Woodside and UGL among its customer base, was led by Sydney VC OneVentures. The capital will be used for expansion in North and South America and accelerate product… Read more »

Life hacks

Startup360 – the Valentine’s Day launch: workplace relationships, how to win when you fail & why the standards you set come from the ones you ignore

- February 14, 2025 2 MIN READ

Welcome to the Startup 360 product launch! We hope you like our MVP with cohosts Kayla Medica and Simon Thomsen. We want to have founder fun and find out what makes people tick – it’s not about GTM strategies and the next raise, it’s all about staying human. In our first show, Kayla and Simon… Read more »

Funding

AI agents startup for the aged care and disability services raises $2.5 million Seed round

- February 14, 2025 2 MIN READ

A Melbourne startup building AI agents for the disability and aged care sectors has raised $2.5 million in Seed funding.  The round for Minikai was led by Tidal Ventures with participation from Antler. Tigerspike founder Luke Janssen previously backed the startup with a six-figure pre-Seed investment nearly 12 months ago. Minikai’s AI agents are hoping to… Read more »

Climate Tech

Battery startup Allegro Energy scores $1.85 million federal grant

- February 13, 2025 2 MIN READ

Battery storage tech startup Allegro Energy has scored a $1.85 million federal government grant to bring its battery technology to mass production. The Newcastle-based startup is one of five early stage tech companies funded under the $400 million Industry Growth Program. Allegro Energy has developed water-based Redox Flow Batteries (RFB) to store renewable energy. The… Read more »

Funding

Cancer treatment biotech AdvanCell injects $178 million Series C

- February 13, 2025 2 MIN READ

Sydney clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical startup AdvanCell, which is developing innovative cancer therapeutics, has raised US$112 million (A$178m) in a Series C. The round was co-led by US-UK fund SV Health Investors, Sanofi Ventures, Abingworth, and SymBiosis. Additional support came from existing investor Morningside, alongside new investors Tenmile, Brandon Capital, and others. Founded in June 2019, AdvanCell was… Read more »

Funding

Real-time data management startup banks $5 million Seed round after six years of bootstrapping

- February 13, 2025 1 MIN READ

A Melbourne enterprise technology startup that’s bootstrapped since its founding in 2019 has raised a $5 million Seed round in taking on its first external capital. Slinging cash at Factor House were Blackbird, OIF, Flying Fox and the Alice Anderson Fund, LaunchVic’s female-focused co-investment side-car fund. The funding will accelerate the commercial release of the startup’s flagship product,… Read more »

AI/Machine Learning

Google backflipped on its policy of not using AI for weapons

- February 12, 2025 3 MIN READ

Last week, Google quietly abandoned a long-standing commitment to not use artificial intelligence (AI) technology in weapons or surveillance. In an update to its AI principles, which were first published in 2018, the tech giant removed statements promising not to pursue: technologies that cause or are likely to cause overall harm weapons or other technologies… Read more »

Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz
Business

You got a fast car and I want a Jira ticket to the F1: Atlassian becomes Williams Racing name sponsor

- February 12, 2025 2 MIN READ

Atlassian will join the likes of Red Bull and biotech company BWT as team sponsor in Formula 1 in a long-term deal with British team Williams Racing. Atlassian Williams Racing will debut in Australia in mid-March with the first race of the 24 round 2025 season. Under the partnership, Atlassian is title partner, technology partner… Read more »

Dr Aengus Tran and Dimitry Tran.
AI/Machine Learning

Medical diagnostics analysis platform Harrison.ai spots $179 million Series C

- February 12, 2025 2 MIN READ

Sydney healthtech startup Harrison.ai has raised AU$179 million (US$112m) in a Series C as it looks to expand in the US The round was co-led by Aware Super, ECP and existing supporter Horizons Ventures, the VC firm of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing. The federal government’s $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund announced its $32 millions… Read more »