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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.

OS Weekly

💌 Aussie Startup & VC Summary | 1st August, 2026

Cover Genius hits US$1.9B valuation. Aussie Angels rebrands. DroneDeploy signs exit papers for US$845M. Startmate unveils its 17-company Winter '26 cohort. Plus, the hydrogel condom combatting Gen Z STI's with Olympic dreams.

Navi banks $6.8M to take its newborn catheter tech into US hospitals

The Melbourne-and-Boston medtech has FDA clearance and A$6.8 million to bring its neonatal catheter-placement device into US children's hospitals.

Capital Raise

Outlier Space lands a record New Zealand pre-seed to manufacture in orbit

The Auckland startup and Rocket Lab spin-out wants to make drugs in orbit, then bring them safely back to Earth in a reusable capsule.