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Who's buildingthe future.

Deep-dives on the Aussie and Kiwi startups building what's next, from farm robots to fusion.

[ 01 · Deep-dives ]

One company.Properly explained.

What they build, who is behind it, and why it matters. No press release voice, just the story.

[ 02 · Roundups and news ]

Every raise,and my read.

The ANZ rounds that actually matter, every week. And when something big moves, a straight take on what it means.

[ 03 · Across the ditch ]

Kiwi founderstoo.

ANZ means both sides of the Tasman. New Zealand startups get the same treatment.

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My 112 most watched ANZ startup reels, written up properly. Tap a city or an area of the map to see who is building there.

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Everywhere 112 stories

  1. Emerald · Deep-diveThe Queensland farmers whose robots are saving millions of litres of farm chemicals334k views
  2. All of ANZ · The listThe ANZ companies I think will be worth billions272k views
  3. Melbourne · Deep-diveTwo brothers bought four froyo stores out of a collapse. Now there are about 70.155k views
  4. Sydney · News takeFirmus pulled what would have been Australia's second biggest float132k views
  5. Auckland · Deep-diveThe Kiwi cow collar company that just hit a US$2 billion valuation131k views
  6. Southern Tablelands · Deep-diveShe found a NASA sensor that can tell if a cow is pregnant from one breath115k views
  7. Brisbane · Deep-diveThe Brisbane startup that flew a 3D printed jet engine at five times the speed of sound90.6k views
  8. Newcastle · Deep-diveTwo Newcastle engineers want to make fertiliser from steam and air83.9k views
  9. Sydney · News takeFirmus raised US$505 million, and lined up US$10 billion in debt82.7k views
  10. Wellington · Deep-diveA Wellington warehouse is building a piece of the sun70.9k views
  11. All of ANZ · RoundupSix ANZ businesses raised serious money in a fortnight67.4k views
  12. Sydney · Deep-diveHe co-founded a $1.6 billion company. Now he's building a movement.58.5k views
  13. Auckland · Deep-diveTwo Kiwis built a legal AI tool used by Canva, Uber and IBM53.8k views
  14. Sydney · Deep-diveWi-Fi was invented in Australia. The same Aussies are now rebuilding it.52.3k views
  15. All of ANZ · RoundupFour ANZ startups raised $76 million in one week42.3k views
  16. Wollongong · Deep-diveA Wollongong startup worked out that bubbles make hydrogen expensive41.2k views
  17. Sydney · Deep-diveThe former CEO of Intel just joined the board of a Sydney chip startup40.8k views
  18. Brisbane · Deep-diveThe ASX debut that doubled on day one for sending sound waves through skulls39.7k views
  19. All of ANZ · The listNine ANZ AI companies hiring now, some offering life changing equity39.4k views
  20. Auckland · Deep-diveA tiny Kiwi lab just raised millions to take on China's grip on rare earths33.8k views
  21. Sydney · Deep-diveThe Sydney quantum sensor that can read a heartbeat's magnetic field32k views
  22. Christchurch · Deep-diveThe Kiwi company that went supersonic for the first time since Concorde30.8k views
  23. All of ANZ · The listSeven ANZ side hustles that turned into million dollar businesses29.3k views
  24. Sydney · Deep-diveThe first startup since Canva backed early by Australia's three biggest VCs24.4k views
  25. Sydney · Deep-diveA Sydney engineer designed his own chips for a drone jammer one soldier can carry24.3k views
  26. Wellington · Deep-diveThe Kiwi startup whose whole job is finding ships that went dark22.9k views
  27. Auckland · Deep-diveIt didn't exist in January. Now it's inside live investigations in three countries.22.8k views
  28. Sydney · News takeCanva quietly bought eight startups in two years. Here's what it's building.19.6k views
  29. Melbourne · Deep-diveThe Melbourne computer that runs on living human brain cells19.6k views
  30. Sydney · Deep-diveRobots are scrubbing the Sydney ferries while they float18.6k views
  31. Sydney · Deep-diveA Sydney team taught drones to tell a shark from a surfer18.1k views
  32. All of ANZ · RoundupNine ANZ startups raised money in two weeks, from dental lasers to quantum chips18k views
  33. All of ANZ · RoundupA $65M bet on catching disease early, and Australia tops a global growth table17.6k views
  34. Melbourne · Deep-diveA Melbourne urologist and an 85 year old engineer cut a hospital stay to 5 minutes16.7k views
  35. Auckland · Deep-diveAn ex-Apple engineer sailed to NZ and stayed to build ferries that fly15.6k views
  36. Sydney · Deep-diveHe left investment banking to take on the credit card, and built Zip14.3k views
  37. Melbourne · Deep-diveThe US military has been funding a Melbourne nasal spray for every cold and flu14.1k views
  38. Melbourne · Deep-diveAustralia has its own AI model and almost nobody is talking about it13.3k views
  39. All of ANZ · The listAustralia is years behind the US on AI. That's only useful if we act on it12.8k views
  40. Portland · Deep-diveThe Aussie startup turning forest offcuts into jet fuel12.7k views
  41. Christchurch · Deep-divePartly raised US$50M to fix car parts, then moved its CEO to Texas12.6k views
  42. All of ANZ · The listThe 10 biggest ANZ startup raises of 2026 so far12.4k views
  43. Auckland · Deep-diveThe Kiwi company behind retail crime tech in 85,000 stores you've never heard of12.2k views
  44. Sydney · Deep-diveThe Sydney startup that turned shark skin into a sticker for planes11.9k views
  45. All of ANZ · The listThe Aussie tech names that could let everyday investors buy in11.6k views
  46. Logan · Deep-diveThe Logan garage startup that became Australia's edtech unicorn11.4k views
  47. All of ANZ · News takeA sovereign AI startup just listed on the ASX11.2k views
  48. All of ANZ · Roundup10 ANZ startups that raised in one fortnight, from atomic clocks to footy kits11k views
  49. Sydney · Deep-diveAfterpay started because a neighbour got curious at the bins10.6k views
  50. Christchurch · Deep-diveA Christchurch startup wants rock, not electricity, to make hydrogen10.5k views
  51. Sydney · News takeFirmus went from a $1.85B valuation to $15B in 11 months10k views
  52. Melbourne · Deep-diveA Melbourne sensor sees 8x further in smoke, so America became its biggest customer9.8k views
  53. All of ANZ · Deep-diveA Kiwi startup shrank an MRI to 50kg so it can come to the stroke patient9.6k views
  54. Sydney · Deep-diveAn engineer's own birth led to a wearable that reads mum and baby at once9.6k views
  55. Sydney · Deep-diveThe Sydney AI company reading scans in over 1,000 hospitals you've never heard of9.5k views
  56. Adelaide · Deep-diveThe Adelaide startup trying to put Australian tech on the Moon9.3k views
  57. Melbourne · News takeAirwallex's IPO got pushed back after a regulator stepped in9.1k views
  58. All of ANZ · Deep-diveHis $300M startup got written down to zero. He just raised again9.1k views
  59. Melbourne · Deep-diveA startup put a master beekeeper's instincts on a chip to fight varroa mite9k views
  60. All of ANZ · The listWe build world class deep tech here. Then it goes to the US for money9k views
  61. Brisbane · Deep-diveThe Brisbane drones flying where GPS has never reached8.8k views
  62. Gold Coast · Deep-diveTwo Gold Coast brothers built Australia's first space unicorn8.6k views
  63. All of ANZ · The list7 ANZ companies rebuilding how farming works8.4k views
  64. Melbourne · Deep-diveA Melbourne surgeon's AI scribe now runs in 190 countries8.4k views
  65. Melbourne · Deep-diveA 26-year-old Melbourne engineer is building robots to fight loneliness in aged care8.1k views
  66. Perth · Deep-diveSome ships switch off their tracking at sea. A Perth company still finds them7.4k views
  67. Auckland · Deep-diveA battery-free brain sensor the weight of a sesame seed, built in Auckland7k views
  68. Sydney · Deep-diveThe Sydney startup selling AI staff instead of software6.9k views
  69. Auckland · Deep-diveAn America's Cup sailor is building what comes after the Space Station6.8k views
  70. All of ANZ · Roundup7 ANZ startups raised over $80M in two weeks, and none of them are consumer apps6.7k views
  71. Sydney · Deep-diveTwo Sydney brothers raised $8.5M from the doctors already using their AI6.5k views
  72. Melbourne · Deep-divePhonely went from a $750K YC cheque to a $22M Series A, and customers invested6.5k views
  73. Sydney · Deep-diveThis Sydney startup photographs other people's satellites, for spy agencies6.4k views
  74. Sydney · Deep-diveCanva's former head of product growth is building the map of your app6.1k views
  75. Sydney · Deep-diveA Sydney venture builder gives founders A$3M and they never have to pitch6.1k views
  76. All of ANZ · News takeAustralia told Big Tech to pay for news or pay a levy. The White House called it extortion6.1k views
  77. All of ANZ · The list4 patterns behind the ANZ startups raising $10M or more5.8k views
  78. Koonibba · Deep-diveSpace capsules full of drugs made in orbit keep landing in South Australia5.8k views
  79. Sydney · Deep-diveThe Sydney startup that quantum computers need to actually work5.5k views
  80. All of ANZ · RoundupFour ANZ raises in one week, and a cancer drug did most of the lifting5.4k views
  81. Canberra · Deep-diveA Canberra lab's plastic-eating enzymes are now chasing rare earths5.3k views
  82. All of ANZ · News takeThe ASX float screening 280+ genes from a mum's blood at 9 weeks5.3k views
  83. All of ANZ · News takeMacquarie is helping fund Anthropic's data centres5.2k views
  84. All of ANZ · The listYou don't need to be a VC to own a piece of ANZ tech5.2k views
  85. Sydney · Deep-diveEngineers from OpenAI, Anthropic and Tesla backed a Sydney startup that debugs robots5k views
  86. Canberra · Deep-diveThe physicist who helped hear black holes collide now sells lab gear to Nvidia4.9k views
  87. All of ANZ · The listHow you can actually invest in Aussie startups4.8k views
  88. Sydney · Deep-diveThey sold their last company for $180M, then built the next one like a media business4.7k views
  89. Melbourne · Deep-diveA Melbourne company tests code for OpenAI and Anthropic, and spent more than it made4.7k views
  90. Sydney · Deep-diveA Sydney startup wants AI data centres to give water back4.6k views
  91. Brisbane · Deep-diveA Brisbane company wants to replace the needle with a vaccine sticker4.6k views
  92. All of ANZ · News takeUS founders oversell. ANZ founders undersell. Both cost money4.6k views
  93. All of ANZ · Deep-diveThe Kiwi company turning dumped ash into cheaper, greener concrete4.5k views
  94. Sydney · Deep-diveAn Aussie agtech company spent 12 years solving a bush problem, then moved HQ to Texas4.3k views
  95. All of ANZ · News takeAustralia wants AI data centres to put back as much power as they use4.2k views
  96. Melbourne · Deep-diveThe Melbourne capsule that maps your gut from the inside4.1k views
  97. Sydney · Deep-diveA fund manager liked this software so much it invested in the company4.1k views
  98. Townsville · Deep-diveTownsville scientists built an AI that reads coral reefs 700 times faster4.1k views
  99. All of ANZ · Roundup6 raises in a fortnight, from $36M down to half a million4k views
  100. All of ANZ · RoundupJet fuel from tree waste, a catheter for newborns and AI for local footy4k views
  101. Perth · Deep-diveOver 100 investors said no to this Perth teacher. Her company is now worth US$42B4k views
  102. Dalby · News takeA cattle feedlot outside Dalby could become Australia's biggest data centre3.9k views
  103. Sydney · News takeOne of Sydney's oldest startup hubs went into administration. Here's what happened3.8k views
  104. Tauranga · Deep-diveA Tauranga drone maker is building for Ukraine. Now NZ's own military wants in3.8k views
  105. Gold Coast · Deep-diveA Queensland startup is giving throat cancer patients their own voice back3.7k views
  106. Melbourne · Deep-diveOne Melbourne company runs more than half of Australia's automated home batteries3.3k views
  107. Melbourne · Deep-diveThe Melbourne brain-computer interface that doesn't need brain surgery3k views
  108. Auckland · Deep-diveA photo of the back of your eye can score your heart attack risk2.8k views
  109. Sydney · Deep-diveA quantum computer that fits in a server rack is going into a Sydney data centre2.5k views
  110. All of ANZ · News takeAn OpenAI agent got into a Medicare portal. Australia found out 84 days later2.2k views
  111. All of ANZ · News takeBritain's biggest AI cloud company started as an Aussie bitcoin miner1.6k views
  112. All of ANZ · News takeAussie data centres raised A$35B this year. The yearly average used to be A$4.6B1.5k views
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