Venture Capital stories

Tether invests USD $134 million in listed stablecoin platform as stablecoin use surges past USD $300 billion and eyes public market access.

Gizmo secures USD $22 million to deepen AI-powered study tools as it targets US college students and broader global growth.

Auctor secures USD $20 million from Sequoia Capital and backers to automate enterprise software rollouts and cut costly project delays.

Emergent's Wingman promises an always-on digital assistant that can juggle email, calendars and chat, while pausing for approval on bigger actions.

US AI megadeals push global venture capital to a record USD $330.9 billion as OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI dominate first-quarter funding.

Springboards unveils Flint, a novelty-focused AI model for marketers, as it refreshes its platform with new self-serve plans and wider access.

Clean Slate Clinic secures $4.3 million to expand virtual alcohol detox service, with new support from Giant Leap and Scale Investors.

Caruso lands AUD $9.3 million from Icehouse Ventures and GD1 as Centuria joins 80-plus clients using its AI-native fund administration platform.

Infobip marks 20 years with AgentOS launch as it pushes into agentic AI, aiming to unify customer data and let AI agents act across channels.

Deteqt secures AUD $5 million seed backing to speed up a chip-scale quantum magnetometer for GPS-free defence navigation and wider uses.

Moodi boosts Female Founder Fund with NZ and Australia grants, offering $15,000 to four women-led start-ups without equity or repayment.

Sydney-founded Haast secures $17.2 million as investors back its push to embed automated compliance checks into enterprise workflows.

FinTech Australia has named Xero policy chief Grace Gown to its board as the industry body steps up its push for fintech-friendly regulation.

Aria launches Deep Networking platform as it secures GBP £97 million to target AI data centre networking bottlenecks.

Firmus secures USD $505 million from Coatue and NVIDIA backers to expand energy-efficient AI factories across Australia and Asia-Pacific.

Brisbane startup East Forged wins Best Drink Innovation in London as its nitrogen-infused tea outshines Coca-Cola and PepsiCo at global food awards.

Neara turns to ClickHouse's ClickStack as engineers cut incident response times by more than half and track seven terabytes of data monthly.

Beaten Zone secures AUD $17 million as Steve Baxter-backed fund benefits from rising investor interest in Australian defence technology.

NeuBird AI expands beyond incident response with a production ops agent and Falcon engine as it secures USD $19.3 million in new funding.

NeuBird AI study finds execs and engineers sharply split on AI for incident management as alert fatigue fuels outages and burnout.