Four Australian startups have raised over $43 million combined as investors back solutions addressing workforce challenges and healthcare innovation.
Australian startups are securing fresh capital as investors back technology solutions addressing real-world challenges across education, insurance, healthcare and business operations.
Education gets smarter
Education technology startup Teacher’s Buddy has raised $1.85 million in seed funding to tackle the global teacher burnout crisis. The round was led by Giant Leap, with participation from Flying Fox Ventures, Co Ventures, Exhort Ventures, Saniel Ventures and Soul Capital.
Founded in 2024 by Matt Abraham and Ben Sze, Teacher’s Buddy is reimagining the teaching experience with a platform that lightens the administrative load, supports ongoing professional development and uses data to improve student outcomes.
The investment comes as the edtech market in 2024 showed a total funding increase of 24.5% compared to 2023, driven largely by growth in the Future of Work and Lifelong Learning segments.
AI tackles insurance
Insurance underwriting startup Pibit AI announced a $7 million funding round to accelerate development of its Centralised Underwriting Risk Environment (CURE™) and expedite industry-wide adoption.
The Series A funding round was led by Stellaris Venture Partners with participation from Y Combinator and Arali Ventures. The company is rethinking underwriting from the ground up, aiming to make the process faster, more accurate and trusted.
Automating accounts receivable
Stuut Technologies, the first AI platform that automates accounts receivable work for companies, announced it has raised $29.5 million in combined Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Activant Capital, Khosla Ventures, 1984.vc, Page One Ventures, Vesey Ventures, Carya Venture Partners and Valley Ventures.
Seema Amble from Andreessen Horowitz and Steve Sarracino from Activant Capital will join the board. The funding will accelerate product development and expand Stuut’s autonomous account receivable capabilities for mid-market and enterprise companies across six key functionalities: collections, payments, cash application, deductions, credits and disputes.
Medical innovation funding
Nearly $5 million in funding has been awarded to 12 Western Australian innovators and startups working on local health and medical innovation projects.
The ideas, many from academics and Western Australia’s universities, span tests for liver cancer to heart monitoring, endometriosis diagnosis, asthma treatment and more. They were funded from the Innovation Seed Fund 2024-25 Program.
The funding rounds highlight how Australian startups continue to attract significant capital across diverse sectors, from technology solutions addressing workforce challenges to medical innovations improving patient outcomes.
With Australian startups announcing $1 billion in capital raised in Q3 2025 across 85 venture capital rounds plus 31 accelerator rounds, the ecosystem continues demonstrating resilience despite global funding contractions in some sectors.
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