Nine startups that raised a combined $70 million this week

Big Tiny co-founders David Ng, Jeff Yeo, Adrian Chia. Source: supplied.

We’re starting to sound like a broken record, but it’s been yet another epic week for startup funding in Australia and New Zealand.

Hospitality tech startup Mr Yum had a particularly good week, announcing its $89 million Series A raise and taking home no less than four trophies at the Pause Awards.

We also covered Harrison.ai’s $129 million raise, while Heaps Normal bagged $8.5 million and fintech PayOK raised $3 million for its platform protecting SMEs from invoice fraud.

But there was plenty of cash flying around that we didn’t get to cover in full. From a biotech producing a new COVID-19 vaccine to eco-friendly tiny homes to the Canva for building apps, here are the startup funding stories you might have missed this week.

Q-CTRL $35 million

Aussie quantum technology startup Q-CTRL has raised $35 million in a Series B round led by Airbus Ventures, the VC arm of the global aerospace giant Airbus.

The funding…