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🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #151, 1st March 2026
$132m raised across 3 rounds, Canva acquires Cavalry and MangoAI to build an end-to-end content creation and distribution stack, Heidi Health acquires…
Feb 28
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Haris Qureshi
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🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #150, 22nd February 2026
$106.7m raised across 27 rounds, Eucalyptus acquired by hims & hers for $1.6b, Techstars Sydney to shut down, NextGen Ventures raises $4.3m for new…
Feb 21
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Haris Qureshi
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🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #149, 15th February 2026
$215m raised across 10 rounds, Neara becomes Australia's newest unicorn, Firmus plans mid-year IPO, Jack Zhang full 2025 Airwallex update, Heidi…
Feb 14
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Haris Qureshi
🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #148, 8th February 2026
$45.9m raised across 6 rounds, Square Peg closes $650m for new fund, Aura acquires Qoria for $972m in all shares deal, Cut Through Venture releases the…
Feb 7
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Haris Qureshi
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January 2026
🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #147, 1st February 2026
$263.2m raised across 8 rounds, Compass acquires Clipboard, Rokt rules out 2026 IPO, Cuttable expands to the US, KPMG launches 'The Exit Readiness Gap…
Jan 31
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Haris Qureshi
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🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #146, 25th January 2026
$219m raised across 4 rounds, Airwallex acquires Paynuri to expand in Korea as they face an audit over money laundering fears, Koala resurrects IPO…
Jan 24
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Haris Qureshi
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🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #145, 18th January 2026
$42.8m raised across 5 rounds, Sidekicker sold to SEEK, Anthropic is setting up shop in Australia, SXSW Sydney cancelled, Sendle shuts down
Jan 17
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Haris Qureshi
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🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #144, 11th January 2026
$22.17m raised across 2 rounds, Airwallex appoints James Teodorini to lead ANZ, Australia leads developed world in govt quantum investment, NextGen…
Jan 10
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Haris Qureshi
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🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #143, 4th January 2026
$88.1 raised across 9 rounds, Potentia Capital to buy HotDoc, AirTrunk plans $5b Melbourne data centre, Build Club launches Solaris, Employment Hero…
Jan 3
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Haris Qureshi
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December 2025
🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #142, 14th December 2025
$712.3m raised across 8 rounds, Blackbird announces 2026 Sunrise Sydney date, Airwallex to spend $1.1b on UK base, Australia’s world-first teen social…
Dec 13, 2025
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Haris Qureshi
🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #141, 7th December 2025
$24.3m raised across 6 rounds, Atlassian acquires Secoda, OpenAI launches startup program in partnership with Blackbird, Square Peg and AirTree…
Dec 6, 2025
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Haris Qureshi
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November 2025
🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #140, 30th November 2025
$37.3m raised across 4 rounds, EVP raises $100m fifth fund, Blackbird writes down Culture Amp, Safety Culture, Eucalyptus set to raise $190m at $1.4b…
Nov 29, 2025
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Haris Qureshi
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