Startup Daily

14/11/2025

Firmus trebles valuation to $6bn - https://mailchi.mp/pinstripemedia/startup-daily-oct-29-4748125

14/11/2025

Australia’s startup sector has seen a huge week of dealmaking.

Firmus Technologies surprised everyone on Friday morning with a massive $500 million raise just two months after it raised $330m.

14/11/2025

When AI drives the work, how do you measure the worker? The rise of AI means old-school performance reviews no longer cut it. Is it time for HR leaders to ask new questions?

When a junior lawyer uses AI to draft a contract in minutes, a task that once took senior partners years to master, how do you measure skill?

14/11/2025

This is part three of Christie Jenkins’ five-part series on bravery. It is inspired by her chat with Crista Samaras, the founder of Brave Enterprises.

It might be the little push you need to start the scary thing - and starting is always the hardest part, Christie Jenkins explains.

14/11/2025

Australia’s top national security bureaucrat used an AI chatbot to ghostwrite speeches and messages to his colleagues, internal documents show.

As the government pushes public servants to use AI, an FOI by Crikey has revealed how the government staff are already using the technology.

14/11/2025

Artificial intelligence data centre startup Firmus Technologies has trebled its valuation to $6 billion after raising another $500 million, just two months after banking $330 million in a deal with Nvidia.

Firmus was founded in 2019 by Oliver Curtis, Tim Rosenfield and Jonathan Levee, and originally focused on bitcoin mining.

14/11/2025

Australia’s tech sector is changing how we give. 💡

Antonia Ruffell from StartGiving reveals new data showing tech’s share of big philanthropy has jumped from 1% to 21% — and there’s $30 billion more waiting to be unlocked.

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13/11/2025

Australian entrepreneur Ned Dwyer has reason to celebrate, after Great Question, the San Francisco-based startup he co-founded in 2020, raised $20 million (US$13 million) in venture capital investment.

Australian entrepreneur Ned Dwyer reflects on life as an expat in Silicon Valley, after raising $20m for his US-based startup Great Question.

13/11/2025

Rage Biotech, a therapeutics startup tackling chronic inflammatory disease, has raised $29 million in a Series A.

The round was led by IP Group Australia and super fund Hostplus, with support from existing investors including Monash Ventures.

13/11/2025

Linktree acquires rival Fingertip - https://mailchi.mp/pinstripemedia/startup-daily-oct-29-4748116

13/11/2025

Just 18 months after serial entrepreneurs Gabby and Hezi Leibovich, teamed up with two young founders keen to take on Linktree with their own digital landing page startup, they’ve gone from trying to beat them to joining them.

Rival Fingertip is a Melbourne platform helping freelancers, creators, and small businesses manage and grow their work online.

13/11/2025

Victorian agtech startup Drone-Hand has raised $720,000 in a pre-Seed round for its autonomous livestock management platform.

Drone-Hand can track and count livestock, check water and fences, and flag animal-welfare issues, replacing hours on a bike.