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The founders' guide to Stripe Tour Sydney sessions

Stripe's free one-day Sydney conference is this Wednesday; here are the cherry-picked sessions to attend if you're a founder.

Ecosystem News

💌 Aussie Startup & VC Summary | 15th August, 2026

Heidi Health closes in on unicorn status, Alloy Robotics gets backing from the big 3, SafetyCulture rebrands Mitti, and South Australia takes both sides of the AI debate.

OS Weekly

Climate investor Impact Ventures crosses $10m under management, opens a follow-on fund

The EnergyLab-linked Sydney investor behind Amber Electric, Allegro Energy and Infravision is raising a $1 million-a-year vehicle to keep backing its best performers as they scale.

Venture Capital

Australia's data centre water debate needs to cool down

The utilities companies and the data centre industry can't agree on whether this is a crisis or a rounding error. So who’s right?

💌 Aussie Startup & VC Summary | 8th August, 2026

Canva downgrade, Atlassian upgrades. A $2.9 billion equity round for Firmus and meet Contactile, a Sydney startup giving robots a sense of feeling.