Government · 16 deals
Every published round Accelerating Commercialisation Grant program took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
Companies Accelerating Commercialisation Grant program has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BioCarbon | 20 Jan 2022, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Endua | 17 Feb 2022, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| GridCognition | 3 Sep 2021, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Hypersonix | 23 Nov 2020, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Laconik | 1Q 2019, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Laronix | 27 Aug 2021, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Origo farm | Remote monitoring and control devices for agriculture | 16 Dec 2019, Grant | 1 | 1 |
| Terra15 Technologies | 2019, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Allegro Energy | Mar 2023, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Complete Home Filtration | 29 Jan 2021, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Functionly | 16 Jul 2020, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Glaciem Cooling Technologies | Mar 2023, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Jevons Robotics | 25 Mar 2023, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Smart MCs | Mar 2023, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| TechNol | Mar 2023, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| VetDB | 20 Apr 2021, Grant | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Accelerating Commercialisation Grant program, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Accelerating Commercialisation Grant program has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Accelerating Commercialisation Grant program did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Angus Taylor | Industry Minister | @AuManufacturing |
| Charlie Gunningham | Adviser (former) | Startup News (WA) (Fri 5 Feb 2021), Startup News (WA) (Mon 16 Dec 2019), Startup News (WA) (Wed 3 Apr 2019) |
| Christian Porter | Industry Minister | @AuManufacturing |
| Karen Andrews | Industry Minister (former) | @AuManufacturing (Fri 17 Jan 2020), @AuManufacturing (Tue 19 Nov 2019), @AuManufacturing (Fri 29 Mar 2019) |
| Larry Lopez | National Director (former) | Startup News (WA) |
| Sheryl Frame | Advisor | Startup News (WA) (Mon 16 Dec 2019), Startup News (WA) (Wed 3 Apr 2019) |
Stories naming Accelerating Commercialisation Grant program. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Queensland medtech Laronix has built AI that recreates patients' own voices from brief recordings; the profile recalls its 2023 seed round, earlier federal grants and a 2025 non-dilutive award.
Also Startup Daily
Allegro Energy has completed a $17.5 million Series A round, with The Grantham Foundation at the helm and Origin Energy, Melt Ventures and Impact Ventures also in; Origin held a five per cent stake.
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A Wollongong university accelerator's impact report tallies its startups' 2023 sales and jobs, and recalls welding-software maker Verbotics attracting seed backing and a six-figure federal grant.
Mining robotics startup Jevons Robotics, based in Perth, has taken an undisclosed investment from vehicle maker Ausroad Manufacturing; it earlier won a $1 million grant for its ROEVA vehicle.
Interview with Lisa Vincent on building e-learning platform HowToo alongside agency Savv-e, covering government grants, a 2021 raise, backing via Aliavia Ventures, and plans to expand into the US market.
Podcast episode in which the co-founders of a medtech startup discuss their vein-visualising device, last year's seed raise, a grant win, and progress toward trials.
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Hydrogen storage startup Endua has raised $7.5 million from QIC, Melt Ventures and 77 Partners to scale its modular hydrogen power banks for microgrid and standalone power markets.
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Over thirty Australian projects received federal Accelerating Commercialisation grants totalling roughly $18 million, including Jevons Robotics, Glaciem, Electrogenics and LYRO Robotics, with the full recipient list published.
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Six Australian manufacturers received more than $2.1 million in federal grants from AMGC's Commercialisation Fund, with individual awards going to Hygiene Co, Laronix, Provectus Algae, Process Plants International, Vypex and OptoTech.
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Perth irrigation technology firm SWAN Systems has closed a A$3 million raise backed by AC Ventures and Dutch water-focused PureTerra Ventures, with funds earmarked for export markets; the company earlier received a government commercialisation grant.
Twenty-two Australian companies plus Monash University won Accelerating Commercialisation grants worth $12.2 million combined, with recipients including EVOS, BioCarbon, Ripe Robotics and Endua, each receiving matched government funding for commercialisation projects.
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Eight companies including voice prosthesis developer Laronix have won federal Accelerating Commercialisation grants worth $3.9 million combined, with Laronix receiving $551,100 for its Bionic Voice device for larynx amputees.
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Profile of augmented reality startup FoundAt announcing its acceptance into Microsoft for Startups and selection for a Plug and Play Japan accelerator batch, with an open investment offering to fund its MVP.
Vet data startup VetDB has received a $478,000 federal Accelerating Commercialisation grant, following an earlier investment from MSD Animal Health, helping it commercialise its verifiable pet medical records platform globally.
Also Startup News (WA)
Eight companies, including VitalTrace, 3DMorphic and Battery Graphene Corp (Vaulta), received Accelerating Commercialisation grants totalling $3.2 million in June 2021, announced by industry minister Christian Porter.
Twelve Australian companies received federal Accelerating Commercialisation grants totalling $8.4 million, including Zip Diagnostics and Incisive Technologies, with industry minister Christian Porter praising the medical manufacturing projects.
Also Startup News (WA)
Startup News reports Perth's snap lockdown lifting, alongside briefs on Space Angel's $1.75m spaceport grant, unnamed Innovation Booster Grant recipients, WA Innovators of the Year finalists and a schools challenge.
Canberra's Accelerating Commercialisation scheme hands out eight million dollars in grants, with manufacturers Hypersonix, Sicona Battery Technologies, Ker Ker and Microbio among fourteen recipients developing new technologies.
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Perth org-design startup Functionly has received a $598,000 federal Accelerating Commercialisation grant, lifting its pre-seed funding to $1.4 million, as it develops its team-planning tool toward commercial launch.
Nine companies share $4.7 million in federal Accelerating Commercialisation grants for January 2020, funding projects from sports protection to neonatal catheter placement. Navi Medical's NeoNav device grew out of a University of Melbourne program.
WA agtech company Origo.farm receives a $375,000 Accelerating Commercialisation grant to develop its farm connectivity, monitoring and remote control kit for Australian farmers.
Seven Australian businesses share 2.8 million dollars in the latest round of a government commercialisation grant program, with four recipients named, including smart livestock ear tags and on-farm WiFi for mobile blackspots.
A Perth vibration-sensing startup has received a federal commercialisation grant worth nearly a million dollars to develop its fibre-based monitoring technology for resources and utilities customers.
Also Startup News (WA)
A Perth water filtration startup has developed technology that removes PFAS from household water, winning a federal commercialisation grant plus matching venture backing, with defence-site trials and certification now planned.
Also Startup News (WA)
Ten Accelerating Commercialisation grants worth a combined $3.7 million have been announced across five states and territories, with the industry minister saying the funding will help businesses develop products and reach global markets.
WA agtech startup Laconik has won a $383,000 government Accelerating Commercialisation grant and secured private investment, including from an unnamed Singaporean VC, to commercialise its nitrogen fertiliser decision technology.
Fifteen businesses received a combined 5.3 million dollars in Accelerating Commercialisation grants, including AJJA Technologies, Traditional Business Online and Deakin University, with minister Karen Andrews highlighting competitiveness benefits.
Perth startup Delta Kilo, known as Storekat, received a $294,000 federal commercialisation grant after UK logistics giant Wincanton invested following its accelerator program and opened its warehouses to the technology.
Perth building tech firm NXT TEC, backed by a federal Accelerating Commercialisation grant, achieved a world-first environmental certification for the planned Wyndham LUX Perth Hotel using its assembly-based building system.