There’s been no scarcity of startup funding bulletins this week, with 10 Australian and New Zealand corporations that collectively raised $193.65 million in new funding.
Maintain studying to study extra about Neara, Splose, Operata, HAMR Energy, Adora, Fluency, Wellumio, eGuarantee, Contented and Agover.
Neara: $90 million
Main this week’s funding round-up is Sydney-based startup Neara, which has develop into the most recent non-public Australian know-how agency to be valued at greater than $1 billion, after elevating $90 million in Collection D funding.
The brand new funding is about to speed up Neara’s international ambitions for its digital twin modelling know-how, which makes use of AI and machine studying to create 3D digital fashions of energy and infrastructure networks to assist higher perceive how they behave and reply in real-world circumstances and situations.
The Collection D spherical was led by international progress fairness agency TCV, which has beforehand invested within the likes of Netflix, Spotify and Revolut, in addition to native know-how companies together with Xero, Employment Hero and SiteMinder.
Numerous Neara’s present buyers additionally participated within the spherical, together with Sq. Peg Capital, Skip Capital, Companions Group and EQT.
Neara has now raised round $180 million in exterior funding up to now, and the most recent capital elevate provides the corporate a valuation of $1.1 billion, in line with an announcement supplied to SmartCompany.
It follows a $45 million Series C round in late 2024. In September 2023, Neara added $15.25 million to a $20 million Collection B spherical launched in 2022.
Splose: $46 million
Adelaide-based well being tech startup Splose has secured $46 million in a Collection A funding spherical that reportedly values the corporate at greater than $100 million.
In line with the South Australian authorities, the funding represents the most important progress capital spherical secured by a SaaS enterprise within the state.
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It comes a number of months after Splose founder Nicholas Sanderson was a finalist in SmartCompany’s Smart50 founder of the year category in 2025.
Based by Sanderson in 2016, Splose gives an all-in-one platform for allied well being professionals, together with physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech pathologists, to handle appointments, consumer onboarding, invoicing and compliance.
The software program is utilized by greater than 20,000 particular person allied well being practitioners in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, with Sanderson telling SmartCompany this week that determine has grown by greater than 100% year-on-year.
The Collection A funding spherical was led by US progress fairness agency Spectrum Fairness and included participation from Australian investor collective Athletic Ventures. It follows a $5 million round led by Sydney-based fund EVP in 2025.
Operata: $11 million
Melbourne SaaS startup Operata has raised $11 million in Collection A funding, bringing its valuation to $100 million.
The spherical was led by Tidal Ventures, with participation from new investor Glitch Capital and present backers Ghost VC, Black Nova Enterprise Capital and Flying Fox Ventures.
Whereas the corporate didn’t disclose the precise quantity raised, a supply near the deal confirmed with quantity with SmartCompany.
Based in 2019, Operara now operates primarily from the US, although its roots and investor base stay Australian.
Operata positions itself as a “CX observability platform” designed to help enterprises understand what is actually happening inside increasingly complex contact centres where humans, AI agents and third-party voice tools now operate side-by-side.
The company argues that the rapid adoption of AI assistants and specialised applications has fractured the traditional “all-in-one” contact centre model, creating a growing visibility gap.
HAMR Power: $10 million
Australian low-carbon liquid fuels firm HAMR Power has closed a $10 million Collection A funding spherical backed by Airbus, Qantas and industrial agency Thyssenkrupp Uhde.
The funding spherical was opened in mid-2025 and can now present recent money to advance HAMR Power’s pipeline of tasks. These are targeted on changing plantation forestry residues into low-carbon fuels for hard-to-abate transport sectors, reminiscent of aviation and delivery.
The funding from Qantas and Airbus has been made by their joint Australian Sustainable Aviation Gasoline funding fund, with present buyers additionally recommitting to the enterprise.
“This funding spherical is a pivotal second for HAMR Power and for Australia’s clear vitality future,” stated HAMR Power co-founder David Stribley.
“With the backing of world-class partners, we are advancing projects to deliver the lowest-cost, lowest-carbon fuels to decarbonise aviation and shipping at scale.”
The company’s flagship project, Portland Renewable Fuels (PRF) in regional Victoria, is designed to produce 300,000 tonnes per year of low-carbon methanol using residues from the local plantation forestry industry.
According to the business, that methanol can be used directly as a marine fuel or converted into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Adora: $9.9 million
An AI-powered journey mapping and product insights platform co-founded by Canva’s former head of product has raised $9.9 million (US$7 million) in seed funding.
The spherical for Adora was led by Blackbird Ventures, supported by Designer Fund, Skip Capital, Co Ventures and Garuda Ventures.
Adora, based by Omar Salem and Nathan Scully, has already launched with product groups from the likes of Canva, Notion, Replit, Granola and Chess.com utilizing it in non-public beta, with one other 2000 corporations on Adora’s wait checklist to have a crack.
Adora captures each display screen, interplay, and person path throughout a product mechanically, so that you don’t have to fret about handbook occasion tagging. The platform then creates dwell visible maps of person journeys, overlaid with analytics and AI-powered usability insights, so groups can see what clients expertise.
Salem, Adora’s CEO, stated product groups can battle to know what their work truly appear like in a person’s fingers.
“I felt this ache firsthand at Canva, the place I led the Product Progress crew. The product was within the fingers of tons of of thousands and thousands of individuals, from academics and college students to Fortune 500 corporations, all with completely different options and product experiences obtainable to them,” he defined.
“But we had no dependable solution to perceive what expertise we had been serving every group. We ended up counting on check accounts and screenshots that went stale virtually instantly.
Fluency: $8.55 million
Melbourne startup Fluency has raised US$6 million (A$8.55 million) in a Seed spherical led by US VC Accel, Atlassian’s first exterior investor.
The elevate values the enterprise at round $30m. The money will assist increase the engineering crew and help worldwide progress.
Different buyers embody DST World Companions (which, together with Accel, was an early Fb backer), Combination of Consultants, Carya Enterprise Companions, Archangel Ventures, and NextGen Ventures.
Fluency beforehand banked a $1.5m pre-Seed round in April final 12 months.
Swinburne engineering graduates and self-taught builders Finnlay Morcombe and Oliver Farnill, each now 25, launched Fluency in 2023. They joined the Swinburne Innovation Studio Pre-Accelerator, successful the Best Pitch Award, then the People’s Choice Award within the subsequent accelerator, and we a part of Startmate’s Summer ’25 cohort.
The work intelligence platform captures how work occurs throughout an organisation, utilizing AI to show it into documentation, alongside outlining automation alternatives, and transformation insights.
Wellumio: $6.2 million
A New Zealand medtech creating a transportable neuroimaging system for fast, point-of-care stroke detection, has raised $6.2 million (NZ$7.28 million) in a primary shut for its pre-Collection A.
The elevate to date for Wellumio was led by Nuance Related Capital, with help from Icehouse Ventures, NZ Progress Capital Companions (NZGCP)’s Aspire Seed Fund, Pacific Channel, Booster, and Treatment Children Ventures.
Angel investor teams Flying Kiwi and Enterprise Angels additionally chipped in, alongside worldwide buyers through the New Zealand Authorities’s Energetic Investor Plus (AIP) programme and retail buyers by Snowball Impact.
Wellumio is reworking stroke care with its transportable mind scan know-how, known as Axana, to quickly detect acute stroke and unlock therapy throughout the crucial ‘golden hour’, when each second counts for improved outcomes and restoration.
The brand new funding will go in direction of constructing out the crew and capability, advance medical improvement, refining Axana for scalable manufacturing, and ongoing medical analysis. The pre-Collection A continues.
eGuarantee: $5.5 million
Sydney proptech eGuarantee has raised $5.5 million, with international specialist insurance coverage investor Correlation rising its possession stake from 25% to greater than 60%.
The elevate follows rising adoption of eGuarantee’s digital Lease Bond platform, which is designed to exchange conventional financial institution ensures for industrial property leases.
In line with the corporate, the entire worth of bonds facilitated by the platform has grown from $8 million to greater than $100 million in lower than 4 years. Over the previous 12 months the worth of bonds written elevated by 338%.
The new funding will be used to scale eGuarantee’s operations, expand landlord acquisition and distribution, and support a planned expansion into New Zealand.
“This capital lets us scale fast to meet surging demand,” Stephen Ellis, executive chairman of eGuarantee, said.
“Real estate is a notoriously slow-moving industry but landlords need to move fast to address antiquated bank guarantees. We are introducing Lease Bonds that cut risk for landlords and unlock cash for tenants.”
Contented: $3.5 million
New Zealand AI work conversations abstract platform contented raised $3.5 million *NZ$4.1 million) n a Seed spherical backed by Altered Capital, with help from Shearwater Capital and Exhort Ventures.
Taking its lead from the likes of Gemini, Otter and different AI conferences word takers, Contented turns conferences, video calls, and different discussions into minutes, well being and security reviews, statements of recommendation, and compliance documentation, specializing in areas reminiscent of wealth administration, skilled providers, and monetary recommendation.
The startup, based by Hannah Hardy-Jones and Lucy Pink has greater than 200 clients and bootstrapped to NZ$1.4m in annual recurring income, with a Sydney workplace deliberate within the subsequent few months.
The funds will go in direction of product improvement, trebling the crew to fifteen, and UK and US growth.
Agover: $3 million
New Zealand horticultural robotics startup Agovor, has raised A$3 million in a pre-Seed funding.
The spherical has been led by Australian agriculture-focused VC Tenacious Ventures with co-investment from the Hort Innovation Funding Fund, managed by Artesian, and a Kiwi investor through Make investments New Zealand’s Energetic Investor Plus scheme.
Agovor combines an electrical, autonomous eTractor with a variety of sensible towed attachments, together with mowers and sprayers. The small, light-weight tractor-and-trailer models can function for as much as 10 hours repeatedly, together with slim rows and all climate circumstances and is designed for vineyards, orchards and berry farms.
Richard Beaumont, who cofounded Agovor with Simon Carroll in 2022, stated the thought started as a solution to remedy issues at their very own nursery.
“We had the identical issues as everybody else – labour constrained, whereas making an attempt to cut back prices – however there have been too many limitations for adoption of recent options,” he stated.
“We constructed one thing that labored for us, and it’s been encouraging to see our first clients throughout New Zealand and Australia discovering the identical worth, whether or not they’re working in berry tunnel homes, orchards or vineyards.
Beaumont stated their focus following the elevate is threefold: “persevering with to enhance the eTractor itself; increasing the vary of towable implements so growers can perform a number of duties by merely switching trailers; and serving to clients get essentially the most out of those machines on their farms, each minute of the day and evening.”
