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From fertility tech to quantum sensing, four Melbourne startups took centre stage at LaunchVic’s 2025 Gala as part of a broader $3.75 million push to grow Victoria’s startup sector.

Founded six months ago, Source is led by 18-year-old wunderkid Liam Fuller. Square Peg led the raise when Fuller was 17, making him the youngest founder in the portfolio. Ten13 VC and Aussie angels have written checks too.

Two Melbourne teenagers are lining up on grand prix grids worldwide, raising the profile of women in motorsport and vying to be F1’s first official female driver. It wouldn’t have been possible without another game-changing woman: Susie Wolff.

Lev Glazman and Alina Roytberg streamlined their product lines and focused on Fresh, laying the foundation for the eventual acquisition by LVMH and massive global success.

Australian founder and VC Paul Bassat’s Square Peg Capital is backing Murati’s record-breaking AI startup that aims to ‘advance collaborative general intelligence.’

From biology to the built world, these 23 homegrown deep tech startups are innovating their way to the future.

Gaining and refining skills anyway you can get them is the new path forward, say tech insiders.

Our land availability, policy stability and access to renewables are valuable building blocks for the AI future, OpenAI’s Australian Blueprint states. But is the report written for Australians, or for the bottom line of the company that wrote it?

The Clean Energy Council is teaming up with MyPass Global to provide digital solutions to renewables transition challenges.

Japan and Canada get a mention in the Top 10 too.