Eloise Keating & Simon Thomsen

Eloise is the editor of SmartCompany. She’s an experienced business journalist and held senior editorial roles at SmartCompany since 2014. She was previously news editor at Books+Publishing, the trade press for the Australian book industry. Simon has been editor of Startup Daily since 2019.

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Cheque-in: 6 startups kicked off December raising $24.2 million this week

Funding

AI/Machine Learning

Cheque-in: 6 startups kicked off December raising $24.2 million this week

This week saw more $24 million in VC funding go towards AI onboarding tools, seaweed tech and more. Keep reading to learn more about the six Australian startups with fresh…

Eloise Keating & Simon Thomsen Dec 5, 2025

Funding

Cheque-in: 8 startups gobbled up $572.12 million in funding this week

Australia’s startup sector has seen a huge week of dealmaking. Firmus came in clutch on Friday morning with a massive $500 million raise just two months after it raised $330…

Eloise Keating & Simon Thomsen Nov 14, 2025

Funding

Business

Cheque-in: 6 startups banked $13.4 million in funding this week

After last week’s $211 million raised across six startups – that largely to Heidi Health’s $98m Seris B as well as details of Octopus Deploy’s 2024 $45.6m round emerging, mid…

Eloise Keating & Simon Thomsen Oct 17, 2025