The StartUp ScaleUp Headlines 2023
Since StartUp ScaleUp launched in July 2023, here are the major headlines… Check it out!
JULY
- MedTech startup Kali Healthcare raises $1 million in pre-seed round
- Brisbane-based electric vehicle charging start up EVOS closes $5m funding round
- Carbon disruptor Sensand to power smart-farming breakthrough with $6 million funding injection
- Secure Code Warrior ushers in next era in developer driven security with $50M Series C funding round
- Luyten 3D technology company wins nearly $3 million CRC-P Grant to build affordable housing across outback Australia
- SME lender Lumi completes $15 million capital raise
- Diraq awarded $3 million grant from the NSW Quantum Computing Commercialisation Fund
- Nominations are open for The Next Gen Awards 2023
- Homely grows yearly revenue by over 20% in challenging market conditions
- Main Sequence & top US sustainability VCs lead $US28m Series B for Australian breakthrough mining tech Plotlogic
AUGUST
- Healthtech disruptor Vitable launches $3m equity crowdfunding campaign off the back of closing $7.5m round
- Medtech startup Navi Medical Technologies raises $2.4 million
- MGA Thermal secures $8.25 million in new funding
- Side Stage Ventures announces first close of $15m with new seed fund
- Insurtech LifeBid secures $700K and follows with the launch of an equity crowdfunding campaign with Stride Equity
- Cybersecurity company Plerion announces US$10M seed round led by Prosus Ventures
- Cloud security company Kivera secures $5+ million in Seed Funding
- eCommerce scale-up Awayco raises $11 million to transform how category-leading retailers operate
- Melbourne startup Marqo secures US$5.2 million in seed funding led by Blackbird Ventures
- CUREator+ delivers $50m funding boost to commercially focused BioMedTech startups
- EdTech scaleup Compass secures $63 million WA Department of Education contract
SEPTEMBER
- WA seaweed startup Fremantle Seaweed receives $4 million in funding
- Aussie scaleup Infravision raises US$23m to accelerate power line construction and grid capacity in North America
- Sydney scaleup Neara closes $24m Series B funding round
OCTOBER
- Payments pioneer Visa to invest $100 million in fintech startups focused on generative AI
- ALIAVIA Ventures closes $13.5M Fund I to back female tech founders
- Skykraft secures over $100 million of investment to transform Air Traffic Management
- Clean energy startup Orkestra secures $2 million in Seed Funding led by Tidal Ventures
- Insurtech LifeBid raises $1.45million in its first equity crowdfunding campaign with Stride Equity
- Leading AI mining tech company Plotlogic welcomes $2 billion boost to Australia’s critical minerals sector
NOVEMBER
- PropTech startup Happly launches with $1.75 million seed funding round
- From home salon to global empire: Young Aussie mum Ayla Akyol builds multi-million dollar beauty enterprise
- Plastic reduction platform Phantm raises $2 million to spearhead plastic reduction for Australian businesses
- Jack Dorsey’s Block backs Indigenous business sector with A$3m investment in First Australians Capital
- Avarni raises $2.5 million to accelerate pathway to net zero across $1.5 trillion supply chain data
- Touch2Pay secures $3.2m in pre-Series A2 Funding as total capital reaches $6.3m
- Leonardo.Ai accelerates global growth, generates 700 million AI images in less than a year
- Proptech EnvisionVR raises $2.5 million to propel global expansion
- Happenco raises $12m to back early-stage startups
DECEMBER
- Australian GenAI startup Leonardo.Ai raises A$47 million
- Relevance AI raises AU$15m to help businesses scale rapidly with autonomous AI workforces
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