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Rocket Lab alum raises $10.5m to build ‘anti-gravity chamber’ for space manufacturing

Outlier Space has raised an unusually large $10.5 million pre-seed round to build a satellite designed to help companies manufacture pharmaceuticals, silicon and other advanced materials in microgravity. Space is becoming a new frontier of advanced manufacturing thanks to the wonders of microgravity. That may sound like sci-fi, but antipodean investors are betting it will […]

  • By Daniel Van Boom
  • Business Journalist

AI made founding a startup easier than ever – but VC data shows funding is getting harder

It is true that AI has made creating a software startup easier, but data from Cut Through Venture indicates getting funding may be another story.

  • By Daniel Van Boom
  • Business Journalist
Elli Hanson

Australian startups punch above their weight. Coming from America, I think I know why

Opinion: Australian startups turn modest venture capital funding into global companies more efficiently than anywhere on earth. The reasons are in the dirt and distance, argues partner at Side Stage Ventures, Elli Hanson

  • By Elli Hanson - Contributor

Inside AI unicorn Anthropic’s unusual US$750 million fundraise

The startup’s new round led by Menlo Ventures surprised some industry insiders for its form of a special purpose vehicle and its function to help price bets by giants Amazon and Google.

  • By Alex Konrad
  • Forbes Staff

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Follow the funds: Australia’s daily VC deals

Forbes Australia presents the latest in the world of Venture Capital every day. For the latest news on funds, innovation and the businesses attracting the money, visit us here.

  • By Jane Lindhe
  • Forbes Staff

Billionaire Li Ka-Shing backs Aussie biocomputing startup combining AI and brain cells

Cortical Labs, an Australian startup developing a new type of artificial intelligence that combines lab-grown human brain cells with computer chips, has raised $10 million in a funding round led by Horizons Ventures, the private investment arm of Hong Kong’s richest person, Li Ka-shing.

  • By Zinnia Lee
  • Forbes Staff

Venture fundraising in US hits 9-year low

The amount was also less than half the level raised in the preceding three months.

  • By Elise Shaw
  • Digital Editor

Back to day one: How Australia’s tech ecosystem began

It is easier than ever to launch a startup – which is why it is also more competitive than ever.

  • By Jessica Mudditt
  • Contributor

Despite startup downturn, Australia is a growing light on global stage

In the face of a downturn, the opportunity lies in new company creation and early-stage companies.

  • By Andy Tsao
  • Contributor

Virtual personal and professional coach creator takes funding to $9 million

Big names are backing virtual AI startup Fingerprint for Success.

  • By Elise Shaw
  • Digital Editor
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