#Funding
Funding roundup: Electric trucks, women’s health data and home services AI secure fresh capital
Electric trucks, women’s health data and AI platforms. Here is where the funding went this week.
Weekly funding roundup: Seed rounds, government grants and a $16M launch dominate this week
From data centre cooling to enterprise AI, here are this week’s biggest startup raises
Funding roundup: Syenta, Renewable Metals, Ideally and Wasabi pull in more than $300M
This week’s funding roundup covers AI infrastructure, clean tech, consumer insights and cloud storage.
From quantum chips to AI receptionists: This week’s funding rounds in focus
Four startups across deep tech, AI and digital health have secured fresh funding this week.
A $2.5 trillion funding gap, and a new wave of lenders stepping into it
Cash flow stress is pushing Aussie SMEs away from the big banks, and a major shift in how business finance works is already underway.
This week’s funding roundup: $27M raised across five deals worth watching
From a Sydney tradie tech startup to a defence fund backed by Steve Baxter, this week’s funding roundup covers five deals worth knowing about.
This week’s funding roundup: Startups raise over $326M
Australian, New Zealand, and international startups secured over $326 million this week across AI security, legal tech, space technology, and clean energy sectors.
Funding roundup: Inside this week’s frenzied startup deals
Here are the top funding highlights of the week
Funding roundup: Double mega capital raises this week
This weekly feature from Dynamic Business runs down the week’s top funding rounds from Australia.
Australia’s flagship quantum co Silicon Quantum raises $50.4m
Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC) has closed its Series A capital raising to fund its ongoing quest to manufacture the world’s first scalable, error corrected quantum computer
Funding roundup January 9 – January 13: Vedi, Coho AI and more
This weekly feature from Dynamic Business runs down the week’s top funding rounds from Australia and the US.
Funding roundup December 11 – December 16: Picaluna, Partly and more
This weekly feature from Dynamic Business runs down the week’s top funding rounds from Australia and the US.
Funding roundup November 2 – November 11: Kara tech, Kyte, Amagi and more
This weekly feature from Dynamic Business runs down the week’s top funding rounds from Australia, India and the US.
Are health tech opportunities being squandered?
Health tech funding totalled $2.2 billion in the third quarter of 2022, a dramatic decrease from $11 billion in the second quarter of 2022.
Funding roundup June 20 – June 24: Airbnb, Bare, Okra Solar and more
Dynamic Business brings you the key startup fundraising from this week:
Support packages for Victorian businesses
With Victoria’s seven-day lockdown inevitably impacting the state’s economy, the Victorian Government has announced support packages for the businesses most affected. The ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown has forced many businesses to shut their doors and the packages aim to minimise the damage to Victoria’s workforce. Up to 90,000 Victorian businesses affected by the restrictions that remain until […]
VentureCrowd and Uniseed Partnership announced to back ‘home-grown’ innovation
Australian company, VentureCrowd, announces partnership with Uniseed to support Australian research.
New funding for Emesent takes drone company to new heights
Drone autonomy company, Emesent, has announced a new investment from In-Q-Tel (IQT), the investment arm of the US intelligence agency the CIA. The strategic investment will help power Emesent’s expansion into new industries including defence, security, and emergency response. “This investment from In-Q-Tel and the strategic support it offers is a boon for our continued growth and the […]
Rare Birds program will help 90 women jump-start their businesses
In a fully-funded program announced in June by the Federal Government, Inspiring Rare Birds has awarded scholarships to 90 female business owners from marginalised or disadvantaged backgrounds, who will receive a formal, structured mentoring program that will equip them to grow their businesses and be successful. The initiative is funded by the Department of Prime […]
Uni startups face funding withdrawals, Stoic Venture Capital steps in
Due to the current climate, university startups, research projects and jobs, have experienced funding withdrawal. They are being given the vital boost needed with prominent early-stage venture capital fund Stoic Venture Capital, as they increase their investment in startups that specifically commercialise university research and innovation. Stoic is seen to be bucking the trend of […]
Financing business growth through equity
Very few business owners entirely self-fund their growth, especially if the growth is significant. While some are sufficiently profitable to fund growth through cash flow, in most cases, businesses use other funding sources to increase the speed of growth. There are various ways to do this, including offering equity to staff members. This can provide […]
Crowd funding hopes for Demand.film expansion
The world’s largest cinema-on-demand chain, Australia’s Demand.film, is giving its 100,000 strong community an opportunity to share in the company’s success when it opens up to investment through equity crowdfunding to help fund its growth and expansion plans. Hot on the heels of ride sharing app Shebah’s record breaking $3 million in crowd sourced equity […]
Ombudsman supports Business Growth Fund for high growth SMEs
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO), Kate Carnell today welcomed the announcement of an Australian Business Growth Fund, a recommendation in the ASBFEO’s Affordable Capital for SME Growth report. “Our report identified the need to address a critical funding gap for long-term, patient capital to enable our up-and-coming, high growth potential small […]
National research reveals SMEs’ top five funding frustrations
Around 9 out of 10 Australian SMEs are frustrated about their business funding, naming onerous loan conditions, having to provide property security and a lack of flexibility as their major concerns. These are the findings of the latest SME Growth Index, conducted independently by banking market analysts East & Partners, on behalf of national working capital […]