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Meet the start-ups tracking clothes made by forced labour 

New import bans have sent retailers scrambling to prove their supply chains are free from cotton originating from places like China’s Xinjiang region — or else risk millions in seized merchandise. 

  • By Lauren Debter

$739 million hits start-ups in Q3 – but funding still lags behind 2022

Seventy-seven deals were announced in the third quarter of 2023, with total funding this year slightly outpacing 2020 – but still well below 2021 and 2022, Cut Through Venture’s Australian Venture Capital Funding Report reveals.

  • By Anastasia Santoreneos
  • Journalist & List Editor
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