Top 50 Machine Learning Startup Investors in Australia (October 2026)

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• Operata — Continuously measure performance to deliver the best possible customer experience.
• SPEC Toolbox — Structural timber design software for Australian engineers. Design CLT, GLT, and connections to AS1720 standards. Start your free trial and automate today.
• Teacher’s Buddy — Create lesson plans, worksheets, assessments, and more in minutes. AI-powered tools designed for educators.

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• Vaulta — Vaulta is a battery casing technology company based in Brisbane, Australia. Using advanced composite materials and smart, streamlined design, Vaulta has developed a lighter and smaller battery case with fewer parts, creating scalable efficiencies and opportunities for manufacturers. Vaulta founder and director Dominic Spooner has over 12 yearsexperience as a design engineer, and has worked in a range of industries, including renewables and batteries, defence and aerospace, consumer products, commercial products and startups. While working in battery design, Dominic saw firsthand that opportunities for growth were being overlooked in favour of continuing with the status quo – and that’s when the idea for Vaulta was born.Vaulta’s world-first no-weld design means modules can be easily assembled and disassembled, cells reused and recycled, and new cells added as battery technology continues to evolve.From stationary storage and electric vehicles to defence, aerospace and beyond, Vaulta’s battery case technology works wherever batteries do.
• TerraBlaster — TerraBlaster is a cutting-edge agricultural technology firm focused on transforming sustainable agriculture through enhanced automation and precise technologies.
• Andromeda Robotics — At Andromeda, our personalised robot companions are helping Australian aged care teams bring joy and connection to residents to improve wellbeing.

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• Vessev — Electric hydrofoiling vessels built for commercial use. Quiet, efficient, and better for the world.
• Heidi Health — Heidi Health develops an ambient AI medical scribe platform that automates clinical documentation and related tasks. It listens to patient-clinician conversations, transcribes key highlights, and then produces structured notes, referral letters, patient summaries, billing codes, and other downstream documents. The system supports customizable templates, allows editing during sessions, and integrates with various EHR systems while offering compliance with privacy and security standards. Clinicians in multiple specialties and care settings use Heidi to reduce administrative burden, improve focus on patient care, and streamline workflows.
• Gilmour Space Technologies — Gilmour Space is a rocket company in Australia that is developing and launching low-cost small satellite launch vehicles. All orbits, all planets: https://www.gspacetech.com

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• Diraq — Diraq is building quantum computers using modified silicon transistors, the technology best suited to reaching utility scale, where value outweighs cost.
• Andromeda Robotics — At Andromeda, our personalised robot companions are helping Australian aged care teams bring joy and connection to residents to improve wellbeing.
• Gilmour Space Technologies — Gilmour Space is a rocket company in Australia that is developing and launching low-cost small satellite launch vehicles. All orbits, all planets: https://www.gspacetech.com

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• iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
• Obud — Obud is a wellness reservation systems that is designed for holistic health and lifestyle management purposes. The company's systems offer a comprehensive suite of tools for booking wellness activities, managing schedules, and accessing curated wellness programs, enabling wellness centers to streamline their operations, enhance userengagement, and promote a balanced and healthy lifestyle.
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• RedOwl AI — RedOwl leverages the power of generative AI to empower of the office of the CFO to make error-free and compliant pre-transactional decisioning.
• LeadStory — Watch breaking news video from providers you can trust. Follow the topics you care about and see whats happening near you or anywhere in the world.
• Greenfly — Greenfly's short-form media orchestration software platform captures, collects, organizes & distributes videos & photos to drive fan engagement and boost revenue for sports and entertainment organizations.

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• Keeyu — keeyu. is a B2B SaaS platform that continuously monitors e-commerce transactions from payment to delivery. Should any issue emerge, our system immediately notifies the customer service team, enabling proactive issue resolution before it impacts the customer, saving them from opening a support ticket. The result is an enhanced post-purchaseexperience, ensuring sales retention and reducing customer complaints.Founded in 2023, the company is headquartered in Sydney, Australia, and is dedicated to empowering businesses to deliver exceptional post-purchase experiences.
• iiShield — iiShield aims to improve patient outcomes and surgeon training in transplant surgery by providing effective organ heat protection.
• Mary Technology — Generate detailed chronologies from documents in minutes with Mary Technology. Achieve 90%+ time reduction and ensure 99%+ accuracy. Try for free.

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• Arkeus — Arkeus is a leader in the fusion of optics and autonomy. Our wide area autonomous optical systems are deployed to conduct Search, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance in a range of operating environments.
• Sphere — Live courses led by vetted experts for professionals who want to advance their careers
• Octopusbot — Accurate AI Forecasts for Wheat, Corn, Grains, and Oilseeds | Global Production Insights, Supply & Demand Analysis, and Future Price Scenarios to Maximize Profit and Mitigate Risks.

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• PREVE — Supporting back-to-back physios with their daily caseload, simplifying admin whilst making the patient experience more enjoyable. Preve does the admin work for practitioners. One click clinical notes, treatment plans, home rehab and documents.
• LendUs — LendUs caters for all different types of home loan requirements for consumers. The platform is designed to provide a simple home loan experience, completing much of the application preparation.
• Hubble Network — Connect a Bluetooth device to a global satellite network, delivering affordable, low-power tracking and monitoring for diverse industrial and commercial applications.

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• Kasada — Kasada stops automated threats and bot attacks from the very first request across web, mobile apps, and APIs. Real-time bot mitigation with no rules to manage.
• Safewill — Safewill is Australia's leading online Will writing platform. With thousands of users, Safewill makes it easy and affordable to write your own legally binding will
• Instant — The world's best-performing online checkout that maximises revenue for your brand!

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• SynaXG — Empower your network with SynaXG's hyperconverged AI-RAN platform. We deliver AI-first, open, and energy-efficient 5G infrastructure solutions tailored for mobile operators and enterprises.
• Accredify — Trusted by governments and enterprises to secure digital trust globally.
• Supermom — Supermom is the digital platform designed by and for moms, providing recommendations on products and services through a community of moms. lt...

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• Chamelio — Chamelio builds intelligent technology for in-house legal teams. We understand that every in-house legal team operates uniquely - shaped by their industry context, company culture, and strategic priorities. Our platform adapts to these distinct characteristics, delivering hyper-personalized workflows that evolve with your team's specific needs.
• Archy — SaaS Practice Management Software for Dental Practices
• Undecimal Bio — Undecimal Bio operates as a platform biotechnology company that develops targeted delivery mechanisms for small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapeutics. The company utilizes a proprietary platform that combines combinatorial chemistry libraries with transformer-based artificial intelligence to discover molecular conjugates capable of guiding genetic medicines to specified cells outside of the liver. This approach aims to circumvent traditional delivery constraints to expand the reach of RNA therapeutics into a broader range of therapeutic areas and human organs.

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• Metigy — Metigy uses AI and deep learning to deliver real time insights and actions that radically enhance reach and converison
• Oovvuu — Our mission is to put a relevant video in every article, tell trusted news to a billion people and repatriate $20B from the tech duopoly back to publishers and broadcasters.
• Cipher Sports Technology Group — Cipher arms users with the ultimate combination of tools, content and communities, and makes sports more bettable.

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• Indi — indi keeps every observation, document and reminder about your child organised in one place, ready to share with the clinicians and family supporting them.
• Ovum — Meet Ovum, the intelligent health journal mobile app designed for womankind.
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• HEO — HEO delivers on-demand, high-frequency images on satellites and actionable insights using the world's largest non-Earth imaging dataset and sensor network.
• Gridsight — Gridsight helps electrical utilities transition to a decentralised grid by creating 90%-accurate, AI-powered load flow models. These models enable utilities to safely and efficiently support more residential solar, batteries and electric vehicles. Based on CEO Brendan Banfield's PhD research, Gridsight was founded in 2020 to accelerate the transition to renewables.
• Constantinople — Constantinople manages all infrastructure and operational aspects of your bank: from Customer experience, Banking products to Features, Risks, and Operations.

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• Tpaga — Tpaga is a mobile wallet for unbanked consumers in Latin America. Currently in Colombia and Mexico.In Latin America, more than 50% do not have credit cards or bank accounts, but what they do have is a cellphone. Tpaga allows consumers to store money via cash kiosk ( 4,000 in our network) and then use it to pay utility bills, cell phone top-up,supermarket and even gas station merchants. We have become the first mobile wallet in Latin America to allow consumers to pay groceries without having a bank account, and allowing unbanked commerces to start receiving payment without have POS systems.
• Fiable — Embed financial health insights within your application using our world leading API service
• Bloodstock Advantage — Stealth

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• Enrola — Looking for online training courses? Discover the perfect course for you with our easy course advisor quiz. Get individual guidance and apply directly.
• Paperly — Paperly is an mobile app that provides modules for school management system and learning management system.
• Cor — Obi by Cor is the leading voice AI agent for customer onboarding and user activation. It uses voice and on-screen awareness to guide users, share best practices, and answer questions in real time.

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• Cloobot Inc — Cloobot X: Your Premier Software Implementation transforms your vision into reality with our state-of-the-art software implementation studio. Leveraging cutting-edge AI technology, our expert team delivers rapid, efficient, and innovative solutions tailored to your unique business needs.
• Tokenise — Tokenise acts as a data layer for web3 projects and their tokens. We help founders build their tokens simply, mint/launch their tokens on-chain and then manage their tokens in one place. Tokenise enables founders to curate rich data rooms that make it easier for investors to get onboard. We empower community with unprecedented insights andaccessibility into their favourite projects and their tokens.
• Bloodstock Advantage — Stealth

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• VAPAR — VAPAR offers CCTV pipe inspection software. The software is AI integrated for better results and accuracy. Prevent pipe failures and make informed pipe network decisions.
• Umps Health — Umps offers a 24/7 personal alarm that helps you live independently with peace of mind. Easy to use, always connected.
• Bitwise Agronomy — Bitwise Agronomy uses AI to analyze crop video footage and provide growers with insights into crop health, growth, and yield potential.

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• OlsAro — OlsAro produces salt-tolerant crops.
• Resurrect Bio — Resurrect Bio is a disease resistance trait discovery company. Using AI and our high-throughput in planta screening platform we provide traits for breeders.
• IIF — A farm in your pocket.

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• Cor — Obi by Cor is the leading voice AI agent for customer onboarding and user activation. It uses voice and on-screen awareness to guide users, share best practices, and answer questions in real time.
• Cuttable — Create on-brand AI ads that learn from your results. Cuttable helps eCommerce teams plan, build, edit and publish ad creative at scale.
• Parachute — Parachute catches the weight of research and drafting so you can focus on the work that matters. Stop writing off billable hours and scale your firm's output.

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• Vloggi — Vloggi is a user-generated video submission platform that makes it it easy for you to collect, curate and compile UGC video for your business

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• Apate.AI — Is the next generation of scam prevention and intelligence. We deploy advanced conversational AI bots combined with real-time insights to protect businesses, governments and communities globally.2
• Inspace XR — Inspire and engage prospective tenants, buyers, and your team with interactive virtual replicas of your assets, with 360 virtual tours, analytics & more.
• GeoSnapShot — Let's put your photos to work. Built for professionals, available to everyone. GeoSnapShot is loved by amateurs, professionals, teams and individuals.

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• Arintra — Arintra is an AI-powered autonomous coding technology that delivers significant efficiency and accelerates your revenue cycle business performance.
• Pearler — Kickstart or continue your long term investment journey with Pearler, a simple alernative for those who crave boring investing.
• HEO — HEO delivers on-demand, high-frequency images on satellites and actionable insights using the world's largest non-Earth imaging dataset and sensor network.

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• me&u — me&u is an online ordering and payment application designed to order meals. They provide communication technology to order and pay through mobile phones at restaurants. Their process of ordering with waiters and splitting bills that enable users to order their food and pay bills through a digital payment platform.
• Truescope — Make better informed communications decisions with Truescope. Harnessing millions of media posts every day to deliver you real-time information that influences your business strategy.
• Vertero — Axial Therapeutics is a biotechnology company fundamentally changing the treatment of neurological diseases and disorders by harnessing groundbreaking science in the microbiome-gut-brain axis.

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• Strong Room AI — Software that enables high-strength care through streamlined workflows, continuous analytics, surfaced insights and safeguarded data.
• QuintessenceLabs — Quantum cyberattacks can break current encryption in minutes! Get protected with QuintessenceLabs quantum key distribution, generation, and management.
• Quantum Brilliance — Quantum Brilliance builds diamond-based quantum chips and products that operate at room temperature, enabling mass-deployable quantum technology from data centers to the field.

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• BuildPass — Unlock the full potential of your site with easy-to-use AI software to streamline operations, reduce admin tasks, and ensure every project is on track and compliant.
• Arca Climate Technologies, Inc. — Arca is building critical metal recovery from mine waste. Its carbon removal, verified in a field demonstration from 2023 to 2025, is under long-term contract.
• Teacher’s Buddy — Create lesson plans, worksheets, assessments, and more in minutes. AI-powered tools designed for educators.

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• Dexmate — Vega 1 Pro is a general-purpose wheeled humanoid on Dexmate's Physical AI platform. One robot for the whole job, from research labs to factory floor.
• EGI Battery — EGI Battery designs and manufactures advanced lithium-ion pouch cells in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with NDAA-compliant domestic production starting in 2027.
• Expert Intelligence — Expert Intelligence develops AI systems to scale expert decision-making in regulated laboratory conditions where data is restricted, stakes are high, and validation is required.

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• black.ai — Build smarter spaces with Black.ai
• Tability — Automate the boring parts of OKRs to cut the waste and spend more time doing what really matters.
• Nomad Atomics — At Nomad Atomics, we develop innovative quantum sensors to solve outstanding problems in mining, underground resources and navigation

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• DryFlow Magnetics — DryFlow Magnetics is an industrial technology company that specialises in waterless mineral processing.
• Rebound Technologies — An agile cold chain solution that boosts revenues, preserves product quality and ensures food safety, all while offering proven energy cost reductions.
• Future Maintenance Technologies — Future Maintenance Technologies (FMT) develops autonomous robotics and AI-powered inspection solutions for rail and aviation. Trusted by global leaders including Hitachi and Rio Tinto.

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• Tendl — Write tenders faster with Tendl's AI tool. Keep your data private and secure. Easy installation, no sharing. Boost productivity and streamline your contract opportunities.
• Edexia — Edexia is the first accurate and safe AI assessment marking assistant for educators. Edexia learns like a teacher, uses advanced syllabus specific criteria, allowing educators to focus on teaching and drive continuous improvement in education.
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• Boost Lab — Boost Lab provides solutions for skincare products that are cost-effective, effective, and safe.
• Koala — We're simplifying the mattress and furniture game. With free & fast delivery and a 120 night risk-free trial Australia-wide, try it out online today.
• York Street Brands — York Street Brands, formed by the merger of Boost Lab and tbh Skincare specializes in serums that target a range of skin concerns.

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• FieldPulse — FieldPulse helps you manage your field service business with tools for scheduling, invoicing, communication, and team management, all in one place.
• Field Materials AI — Increase Margins and Cut Costs with Digital Procurement
• OctaiPipe — OctaiPipe is an AI-powered optimisation software that delivers up to 40% savings in cooling energy use with zero disruption.

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• Go1 — Simplify employee training with one subscription that delivers essential learning from 250+ providers, integrated seamlessly into your HR tech stack.
• Employment Hero — Recruitment, HR, Payroll & Benefits in one place - designed for small & medium businesses to be efficient, compliant & cost-Effective. Book a demo today!
• Talespin — Talespin is building the XR platform to power knowledge transfer and skill alignment for the future of employment

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• Heidi Health — Heidi Health develops an ambient AI medical scribe platform that automates clinical documentation and related tasks. It listens to patient-clinician conversations, transcribes key highlights, and then produces structured notes, referral letters, patient summaries, billing codes, and other downstream documents. The system supports customizabletemplates, allows editing during sessions, and integrates with various EHR systems while offering compliance with privacy and security standards. Clinicians in multiple specialties and care settings use Heidi to reduce administrative burden, improve focus on patient care, and streamline workflows.
• Tiliter — Tiliter's tech increases supermarket efficiency reduces loss and gives your shoppers a more convenient checkout experience.
• Beforepay — Beforepay understands that traditional pay cycles are a form of financial stress. So we set out to find a better way, giving Australians the control and confidence that comes with managing your own money, on your terms.That’s why we created Pay On Demand™ - a service that allows you to access the money you have earned at work, when you choose todo so. After all, it is yours!The app also automatically predicts when your bills are due, shows you how much is OK for you to spend, and automatically creates budgets for you, effortlessly.

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• Flippa — Buy & Sell Online Businesses on the Flippa marketplace.
• Flux — Flux helps you win at money. Save money and win cash prizes. Get exclusive content. Make your credit score healthier. All free.
• Slyp — Ping Data creates a smart receipt that links receipts to customers through their bank account and banking apps.

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• HIVERY — HIVERY is an innovative AI Category Management Optimization company delivering AI solutions to CPGs and Retailers.
• Hometime — At Hometime, we provide Airbnb property management solutions for homeowners and rental management business owners that help them scale and earn more.

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• Datakrew — Datakrew delivers real-time EV battery analytics and AI-powered fleet intelligence. Smarter, safer fleets start here. Explore our solutions.
• PodcastAI — Turn your recording into show notes, clips, and a published episode. Create Ad Reads, manage campaigns, and distribute your podcast in one place.
• Hardline — Hardline, the AI-powered platform for construction teams, transforms jobsite communication into actionable summaries and detailed documentation.

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• Coralogix — Coralogix is a full-stack observability platform that enables businesses to monitor and manage data in real time, providing instant insights without the need for indexing. The platform supports Log Analytics, application performance monitoring (APM), security information and event management (SIEM), real user monitoring (RUM), and infrastructuremonitoring, offering complete visibility into AI performance, security, and governance in a single solution. Coralogix offers a simple pricing model based on data volume, along with world-class support that ensures rapid response times and swift resolutions.
• Covenant — Covenant is a global defense technology company that builds long-range precision strike weapons for the United States and its allies. The company's flagship weapon system, Anthem, combines a heavy payload and long range at a fraction of the cost of comparable legacy systems.
• Inevitable AI Group — Inevitable AI Group operates an AI venture studio that identifies established SaaS markets, develops AI-native software products, and supports venture companies with product, engineering, go-to-market, and shared operational services. The group also recruits and supports venture CEOs to launch and operate software companies. Its portfolio includesproducts for customer support, forms, recruiting, coaching, customer success, vendor management, reputation management, legal practice management, and scheduling.

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• Block Earner — Block Earner offers Crypto-Backed Loans. Borrow AUD using Bitcoin, Ethereum or XRP with Australia's leading blockchain and crypto finance solutions.
• SuperGaming — At SuperGaming, we are putting India on the global gaming map.
• Starboard Maritime Intelligence — Monitor and protect your maritime domain

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• BlinqIO — Autonomously develop and maintain flawless automation code, combining Generative AI's power with human oversight for scalable testing solutions
• Quack — Get your team the power to resolve user issues right away.
• Xpander.ai — Xpander.ai delivers backend infrastructure for AI agents, managing memory, tools, state, integrations, and native deployment within Slack.

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• Amaka — Accounting integrations and automation solutions for SMBs. Sync data from POS and e-commerce business apps to Xero, QuickBooks, MYOB and more.
• Josef — Automate lawyer-client conversations, document drafting and providing legal services. Josef is a software platform with a chatbot interface.
• Eugene — Eugene offers at-home genetic tests and counselling to help people make smarter health choices at every stage of their life, starting with helping people plan a healthy pregnancy. Our pre or early pregnancy genetic carrier screen helps people know their risk of passing on serious genetic diseases to their children.

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• Sophiie — Sophiie is an AI receptionist and office management platform designed for trades and service businesses. It handles phone calls, customer inquiries, job bookings, scheduling, quotes, invoices, payment reminders, follow-ups, and customer records. The platform integrates with tools such as ServiceM8, Xero, QuickBooks, and Google Calendar and supportsbusinesses including electricians, plumbers, HVAC contractors, builders, painters, landscapers, and cleaners.
• Fluency — See how work actually happens across your enterprise. Fluency maps every process in real time and shows where AI and automation will land.
• ReFresh — ReFresh is the psychosocial operating system that gives safety and people leaders their time back. Risk intelligence, safety orchestration, and governance evidence in one OS.

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• Vectra AI — Vectra AI delivers AI-native security and observability across network, identity, cloud, SaaS, and AI environments to reduce exposure, accelerate response, and strengthen cyber resilience.
• Synchron — The endovascular brain computer interface.
• LanzaTech — LanzaTech offers a technology platform that transforms industrial waste gases such as carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide into valuable chemical intermediates and fuels through microbial gas fermentation. The company’s process captures emissions from heavy-industry sources and uses specialized microbes to convert those gases into ethanol, which is then refined into materials such as monoethylene glycol for packaging, solvents, proteins, and sustainable aviation fuels. LanzaTech integrates its bioconversion system with industrial emitters, enabling the reuse of carbon streams that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere, and supplies downstream manufacturers in sectors including packaging, textiles, and aviation with fossil-alternative feedstocks.

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• Supabase — The Open Source Alternative to Firebase.
• Alloy — AI agents that investigate every issue across your fleet, built on a robotics data platform that captures, stores and queries every mission.
• Constantinople — Constantinople manages all infrastructure and operational aspects of your bank: from Customer experience, Banking products to Features, Risks, and Operations.

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• Filigran — Embrace a proactive approach with end-to-end cyber threat management, from anticipation to response.
• OneTrust — OneTrust is a provider of privacy management and marketing compliance technology that helps organizations comply with global regulations. It automates privacy impact assessments and data inventory mapping, enforces risk remediation actions, and triggers recurring audits for continuous compliance monitoring across customer, employee, and vendor datatransfers. Its web-based software can be accessed on any device and provides a single place for a private office to collaborate with business groups, vendors, and trusted advisors managing privacy risks. The result is the ability to demonstrate privacy by design and ongoing compliance with policies, data privacy laws (GDPR, BCR, Privacy Shield), and other privacy frameworks (HITECH, ISO, GAPP, APEC).The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Aily Labs — Empowering business with meaningful ai. Empowering business with meaningful ai. Our digital ai products are beautifully designed and easy to integrate.

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• Subble — Take control of software costs, licences and renewals with Subble. Bring contracts and detailed licence analytics together to plan what your company needs.
• Flux — Flux helps you win at money. Save money and win cash prizes. Get exclusive content. Make your credit score healthier. All free.
• Slyp — Ping Data creates a smart receipt that links receipts to customers through their bank account and banking apps.

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• Bridj — BRIDJ's powerful tools streamline the planning, scheduling & operation of bus & fleet transport. Work with BRIDJ to simplify your operations making them more time & cost efficient
• ezCater — EzCater is an online catering marketplace that allows individuals to order food from local caterers. Co-founded by Briscoe Rodgers and Stefania Mallett in August 2007, ezCater is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

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• Indi — Indi supports parents’ mental well-being and helps them advocate for their children’s health.
• Ovum — Meet Ovum, the intelligent health journal mobile app designed for womankind.
• Clean Slate Clinic — We are a for-purpose healthcare company focused on helping Australians keen to detox from alcohol, safely from home.

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• Send Payments — SendFX provides cross-border payment and remittance services to individuals and SMEs.
• Firmus Technologies — Building the cloud infrastructure of tomorrow, today.
• Iondrive — Iondrive is an exploration company that provides metals. They offer products that include gold, silver, copper, and other metals. They provide services for industrial use.