Startups

A Sydney fintech founder has just closed his seed round and wants to bring on his first four engineering hires. He offers each of them an option package: 40,000 options over four years, exercise price …

A Melbourne climate-tech founder is halfway through a $2.4 million pre-Series A. She has closed the lead and about half the balance from warm intros. To fill the round she pulls a list of 180 …

A Sydney seed founder is closing a $1.8 million round. The lead is a family office cutting $600,000 on a signed subscription agreement. There are eleven angels averaging $50,000, three …

A Sydney two-founder pre-seed company incorporates in early 2024. Each founder takes 50% of the issued shares at $0.0001 per share, signs a founder accession deed and gets on with building. Eighteen …

A Melbourne defence-tech founder is closing a $4 million Series A in mid-2026. The lead is a Singapore-based VC. The second-largest cheque comes from a US fund with a Canadian sovereign-wealth limited …

A Brisbane founder is closing a $1.2 million seed round in early 2026 — twelve angel cheques averaging $100,000 each. Two of the angels have come in late and asked the same question on the same …