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A Melbourne health-tech founder spends eight months in stealth building “Kindred.” The brand is chosen from a shortlist of forty; the domain is bought for $12,000 on secondary; the logo is …

A Melbourne climate-tech founder is halfway through a $2.4 million pre-Series A. She has closed the lead and about half the balance from warm intros. To fill the round she pulls a list of 180 …

A Sydney seed founder is closing a $1.8 million round. The lead is a family office cutting $600,000 on a signed subscription agreement. There are eleven angels averaging $50,000, three …

A Sydney fintech runs a $6 million ARR lending product. The underwriting decision is made in about 900 milliseconds by a gradient-boosted model that reads open banking data, a bureau file and a …

A Sydney two-founder pre-seed company incorporates in early 2024. Each founder takes 50% of the issued shares at $0.0001 per share, signs a founder accession deed and gets on with building. Eighteen …

A Melbourne defence-tech founder is closing a $4 million Series A in mid-2026. The lead is a Singapore-based VC. The second-largest cheque comes from a US fund with a Canadian sovereign-wealth limited …