Government · 142 deals

Australian Government

Canberra, ACT

Disclosed deals

Every published round Australian Government 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, and a place in one of its own programs is under Cohorts.

Company	Stage	Announced	Amount	Role	Alongside	Sources
Cortical Pty Ltd	Grant	5 Nov 2004	$3m	Lead	AusIndustry	GBS Ventures (Thu 1 Dec 2005), GBS Ventures (Fri 5 Nov 2004)
Silicon Quantum Computing	Unnamed stage	2017	$25m	Participant	the federal government	Startup Daily (Thu 11 Jun 2026), Startup Daily (Tue 24 Mar 2026), Startup Daily (Tue 17 Oct 2023)
Silicon Quantum Computing	Seed	May 2017	$83m	Participant	the federal government NSW Government Telstra University of NSW Federal Government CBA UNSW Sydney Telstra Corporation Limited Australian Department of Defence Federal Government	Startup Daily (Thu 11 Jun 2026), Startup Daily (Fri 27 Mar 2026), SmartCompany (Fri 27 Mar 2026), Startup Daily (Tue 24 Mar 2026), SmartCompany (Tue 24 Mar 2026), @AuManufacturing (Mon 12 Feb 2024), Startup Daily (Tue 17 Oct 2023), SmartCompany (Fri 28 Jul 2023), SmartCompany (Tue 25 Jul 2023), @AuManufacturing (Tue 25 Jul 2023), Forbes Australia, SmartCompany (Thu 23 Jun 2022), Startup Daily (Thu 23 Jun 2022), @AuManufacturing (Tue 14 Jun 2022), Startup Daily (Wed 9 Mar 2022), @AuManufacturing (Mon 8 Nov 2021), @AuManufacturing (Wed 30 Sep 2020)
Ping	Grant	7 Mar 2019	$200k	Lead	-	@AuManufacturing (Wed 4 Sep 2019), RenewEconomy (Wed 4 Sep 2019), SmartCompany (Wed 17 Jul 2019), RenewEconomy (Tue 16 Jul 2019), @AuManufacturing (Tue 16 Jul 2019), SmartCompany (Wed 1 May 2019), @AuManufacturing (Thu 7 Mar 2019), SmartCompany (Wed 6 Mar 2019), @AuManufacturing (Tue 5 Mar 2019), RenewEconomy (Mon 4 Mar 2019)
Gilmour Space	Grant	13 Feb 2020	$3m	Lead	CRC-P	@AuManufacturing (Fri 13 Mar 2020), @AuManufacturing (Thu 13 Feb 2020), TechCrunch Australia
UNSW Sydney	Grant	17 Jun 2020	$691.5k	Lead	the federal government Australian Space Agency	SmartCompany, Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing
University of Canberra	Grant	17 Jun 2020	$432.5k	Lead	the federal government Australian Space Agency	SmartCompany, Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing
Stamen Engineering	Grant	17 Jun 2020	$217.8k	Lead	Australian Space Agency	Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing
Skykraft	Grant	17 Jun 2020	$878.2k	Lead	Australian Space Agency ACT Government	@AuManufacturing (Tue 10 Aug 2021), Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing (Wed 17 Jun 2020)
Saber Astronautics	Grant	17 Jun 2020	$788.8k	Lead	Australian Space Agency	@AuManufacturing (Thu 17 Jun 2021), Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing (Wed 17 Jun 2020)
Raytracer	Grant	17 Jun 2020	$200k	Lead	the federal government Australian Space Agency	SmartCompany, Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing
Akin	Grant	17 Jun 2020	$1.5m	Lead	the federal government Australian Space Agency	SmartCompany, Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing
Silentium Defence	Grant	18 Jun 2020	$1.5m	Lead	Australian Space Agency the federal government	@AuManufacturing (Wed 14 Oct 2020), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (Thu 18 Jun 2020), Startup Daily (Wed 17 Jun 2020), @AuManufacturing (Wed 17 Jun 2020), @AuManufacturing (Wed 17 Jun 2020)
Melbourne University	Grant	18 Jun 2020	$4m	Lead	Australian Space Agency	Startup Daily (Thu 18 Jun 2020), Startup Daily (Wed 17 Jun 2020), @AuManufacturing (Wed 17 Jun 2020), @AuManufacturing (Wed 17 Jun 2020)
ATP Science	Grant	30 Jun 2020	$1m	Lead	Manufacturing Modernisation Fund	@AuManufacturing (Thu 25 Feb 2021), @AuManufacturing (Tue 30 Jun 2020)
Functionly	Grant	16 Jul 2020	$598k	Participant	Accelerating Commercialisation Grant program Federal Government	Startup News (WA) (Tue 28 Sep 2021), functionly.com, Startup News (WA) (Tue 6 Oct 2020), Startup News (WA) (Thu 16 Jul 2020)
Optiscan Imaging	Grant	21 Jul 2020	$1m	Lead	Medical Research Future Fund	@AuManufacturing, Wholesale Investor
ENA Respiratory	Series A	27 Sep 2020	$11.7m	Participant	Federal Government Brandon Capital Partners Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF)Uniseed AustralianSuper HESTA Hostplus StatewideSuper CSL the federal government	Brandon Capital portfolio (Sun 22 Nov 2020), Brandon BioCatalyst portfolio (Sun 22 Nov 2020), Brandon Capital portfolio (Mon 28 Sep 2020), Brandon BioCatalyst portfolio (Mon 28 Sep 2020), Brandon Capital portfolio (Mon 28 Sep 2020), Brandon BioCatalyst portfolio (Mon 28 Sep 2020)
Saber Astronautics	Grant	28 Sep 2020	$7m	Participant	US Small Business Innovation Research programme	@AuManufacturing, Crikey
AMSL Aero	Grant	Nov 2020	$3m	Participant	the federal government CRC Program CRC Projects	Startup Daily (Mon 18 Nov 2024), @AuManufacturing (Tue 6 Sep 2022), @AuManufacturing (Fri 3 Sep 2021), Startup Daily (Thu 26 Nov 2020)
Screencoach	Grant	2021	$670k	Lead	-	Wholesale Investor (Mon 5 Jul 2021), Wholesale Investor (Tue 22 Jun 2021)
Agscent	Grant	Feb 2021	$600k	Participant	Federal Government	Beef Central / Grain Central, AgFunderNews
Sea Forest	Grant	15 Feb 2021	$1m	Participant	Federal Government	Beef Central / Grain Central, RenewEconomy, AgFunderNews
Spiral Blue	Grant	17 Mar 2021	$416.2k	Participant	Australian Space Agency	@AuManufacturing (Wed 16 Feb 2022), SmartCompany (Fri 30 Jul 2021), Startup Daily, SmartCompany (Thu 1 Jul 2021), @AuManufacturing (Wed 17 Mar 2021)
Tekuma	Grant	26 Mar 2021	$150k	Lead	Federal Government	Wholesale Investor, SmartCompany
Harvest B	Grant	Jun 2021	$1m	Participant	Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre	@AuManufacturing (Mon 20 Nov 2023), @AuManufacturing (Tue 1 Aug 2023), @AuManufacturing (Tue 13 Dec 2022), SmartCompany (Tue 13 Dec 2022), @AuManufacturing (Tue 13 Dec 2022), @AuManufacturing (Wed 30 Mar 2022), @AuManufacturing (Tue 20 Jul 2021), Startup Daily, SmartCompany (Tue 13 Jul 2021)
Fleet Space Technologies	Grant	17 Jun 2021	$386.8k	Lead	Australian Space Agency	SmartCompany (Fri 30 Jul 2021), Startup Daily, SmartCompany (Mon 21 Jun 2021), @AuManufacturing
Romar Engineering	Grant	8 Jul 2021	$5.8m	Participant	Modern Manufacturing Initiative Federal Government	@AuManufacturing (Tue 29 Mar 2022), @AuManufacturing (Thu 9 Dec 2021), @AuManufacturing (Thu 15 Jul 2021), SmartCompany, @AuManufacturing (Wed 7 Jul 2021), @AuManufacturing (Tue 6 Jul 2021), Startup Daily
Everledger	Grant	13 Jul 2021	$3m	Lead	the federal government	Startup Daily, SmartCompany, @AuManufacturing
GridCognition	Grant	3 Sep 2021	~$1m	Participant	Accelerating Commercialisation Grant program Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR)	Startup News (WA) (Tue 8 Feb 2022), Virescent Ventures portfolio, CEFC, Startup News (WA) (Tue 9 Nov 2021), Startup News (WA) (Fri 3 Sep 2021), gridcog.com
Australia Vanadium	Grant	3 Sep 2021	$4	Lead	Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Processing National Manufacturing Priority	RenewEconomy, @AuManufacturing (Fri 3 Sep 2021), @AuManufacturing (Thu 22 Jul 2021)
Varley Rafael Australia (VRA)	Grant	21 Sep 2021	$183k	Lead	Australian Department of Defence	The Mandarin, @AuManufacturing
GrainCorp	Grant	2 Mar 2022	$500k	Lead	-	GrainCorp Ventures, @AuManufacturing
Gilmour Space	Grant	28 Mar 2022	$52m	Participant	the federal government Queensland Government Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR)Modern Manufacturing Initiative – Collaboration (MMI-C)Federal Government	Startup Daily (Tue 5 Mar 2024), Startup Daily (Mon 19 Feb 2024), @AuManufacturing, Techboard, Startup Daily (Mon 28 Mar 2022)
Iluka Resources	Venture debt	4 Apr 2022	$1.2b	Lead	Critical Minerals Facility	RenewEconomy, @AuManufacturing
Vast	Venture debt	29 Apr 2022	$110m	Lead	Federal Government	RenewEconomy (Thu 13 Mar 2025), RenewEconomy (Tue 16 May 2023), @AuManufacturing, RenewEconomy (Fri 29 Apr 2022)
Tindo	Grant	9 May 2022	$1m	Participant	Modernisation Manufacturing Fund	RenewEconomy (Mon 9 May 2022), RenewEconomy (Mon 6 Sep 2021)
Gilmour Space	Grant	9 May 2022	$15m	Lead	Australian Department of Defence	@AuManufacturing (Sun 19 Mar 2023), @AuManufacturing (Mon 9 May 2022), Startup Daily
Boral	Grant	16 May 2022	$30m	Lead	Morrison government the federal government	@AuManufacturing (Mon 31 Oct 2022), @AuManufacturing (Mon 16 May 2022), RenewEconomy
Calix	Grant	19 May 2022	$11m	Lead	Carbon Capture Use and Storage (CCUS) Hubs and Technologies Program	@AuManufacturing (Mon 31 Oct 2022), @AuManufacturing (Thu 2 Jun 2022), @AuManufacturing (Thu 19 May 2022)
MGA Thermal	Grant	28 Jun 2022	$9.8m	Participant	Federal Government	mgathermal.com, @AuManufacturing
Myriota	Grant	29 Jul 2022	$5.5m	Lead	Defence Innovation Hub	@AuManufacturing (Fri 29 Jul 2022), The Mandarin, Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing (Wed 29 Sep 2021)
Pilbara Minerals	Grant	Aug 2022	$20m	Participant	Modern Manufacturing Initiative	RenewEconomy, @AuManufacturing
Australia Vanadium	Grant	Aug 2022	$49m	Participant	Modern Manufacturing Initiative the federal government	RenewEconomy, @AuManufacturing (Thu 28 Apr 2022), @AuManufacturing (Wed 16 Mar 2022)
Vaxxas	Grant	27 Sep 2022	$8.2m	Lead	Modern Manufacturing Initiative	@AuManufacturing (Fri 20 Jan 2023), @AuManufacturing (Tue 27 Sep 2022), @AuManufacturing (Fri 23 Sep 2022)
Human Aerospace	Grant	13 Oct 2022	$844.2k	Lead	Australian Space Agency the federal government	@AuManufacturing (Thu 13 Oct 2022), @AuManufacturing (Fri 3 Jul 2020), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (Thu 18 Jun 2020), Startup Daily (Wed 17 Jun 2020), @AuManufacturing (Wed 17 Jun 2020), @AuManufacturing (Wed 17 Jun 2020)
Swinburne University of Technology	Grant	7 Nov 2022	-	Lead	-	@AuManufacturing, RenewEconomy
Praxis	Grant	7 Nov 2022	-	Lead	-	@AuManufacturing, RenewEconomy
AMSL Aero	Grant	8 Nov 2022	$18m	Lead	Federal Government Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)	@AuManufacturing (Sun 13 Nov 2022), @AuManufacturing (Tue 8 Nov 2022), RenewEconomy
Swoop Aero	Grant	13 Dec 2022	$1.5m	Lead	USAID	TechCrunch Australia, @AuManufacturing
Orica	Grant	2023	$70m	Participant	Commonwealth Hunter Hydrogen Hub	RenewEconomy (Wed 1 Jul 2026), RenewEconomy (Wed 1 Jul 2026), RenewEconomy (Fri 4 Jul 2025)
Code Like a Girl	Grant	2023	$880k	Participant	-	SmartCompany (Mon 11 Dec 2023), SmartCompany (Fri 20 Jan 2023)
Vaxxas	Grant	19 Jan 2023	≤$6.4m	Lead	Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations CEPI	@AuManufacturing (Fri 20 Jan 2023), Brandon BioCatalyst portfolio, Brandon Capital portfolio, @AuManufacturing (Thu 19 Jan 2023)
Dovetail Electric Aviation	Grant	19 Jan 2023	$3m	Lead	Federal Government CRC-P Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P)Cooperative Research Centre Projects	Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing (Fri 14 Apr 2023), SmartCompany, @AuManufacturing (Tue 7 Feb 2023), @AuManufacturing (Tue 31 Jan 2023), @AuManufacturing (Thu 19 Jan 2023)
Novatti Group	Grant	23 Jan 2023	$2.3m	Participant	CRC Projects	Australian FinTech
Vast	Grant	27 Jan 2023	$40m	Participant	ARENA Germany Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)German Government US Department of Energy	RenewEconomy (Mon 5 Jun 2023), RenewEconomy (Tue 16 May 2023), RenewEconomy (Mon 13 Feb 2023), RenewEconomy (Sun 29 Jan 2023), RenewEconomy (Tue 11 Oct 2022)
Edify Energy	Grant	29 Jan 2023	$40m+	Participant	German Government Siemens Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)ARENA Project Management Jülich	RenewEconomy (Sun 29 Jan 2023), RenewEconomy (Sun 29 Jan 2023), ARENA
Vast	Grant	15 Feb 2023	$19.5m	Participant	Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)ARENA Hygate Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)	@AuManufacturing (Mon 5 Jun 2023), ARENA (Wed 15 Feb 2023), @AuManufacturing (Wed 15 Feb 2023), @AuManufacturing (Mon 13 Feb 2023), @AuManufacturing (Sat 4 Feb 2023), @AuManufacturing (Mon 30 Jan 2023), ARENA (Fri 27 Jan 2023)
The Hygiene Co.	Grant	16 Mar 2023	$644.7k	Participant	Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre	@AuManufacturing (Thu 16 Mar 2023), @AuManufacturing (Tue 13 Dec 2022), SmartCompany
AROSE	Grant	21 Mar 2023	$4m	Lead	Australian Space Agency	Defence Connect, @AuManufacturing (Tue 17 Dec 2024), @AuManufacturing (Fri 22 Sep 2023), @AuManufacturing (Tue 5 Sep 2023), SmartCompany, Startup News (WA)
Yarra Energy Foundation	Grant	Apr 2023	$500k	Participant	the federal government	RenewEconomy (Tue 30 May 2023), RenewEconomy (Wed 24 May 2023)
Q-CTRL	Grant	Jul 2023	$2.3m	Participant	Quantum Computing Commercialisation Fund US Army Research Office NSW Government Federal Government	@AuManufacturing (Tue 5 Sep 2023), SmartCompany (Fri 28 Jul 2023), SmartCompany (Fri 21 Jul 2023), @AuManufacturing (Wed 28 Jun 2023), ARN (ARNnet)
Good Earth Dairy	Grant	Jul 2023	$4.4m	Participant	WA Government Western Australian government	Wholesale Investor, SmartCompany
Silicon Quantum Computing	Series A	25 Jul 2023	$50m	Participant	UNSW Sydney Commonwealth Government the federal government CBA Telstra	Startup Daily (Thu 11 Jun 2026), Startup Daily (Tue 24 Mar 2026), SmartCompany (Tue 24 Mar 2026), SmartCompany (Fri 4 Apr 2025), SmartCompany (Tue 30 Apr 2024), @AuManufacturing (Mon 12 Feb 2024), SmartCompany (Tue 19 Dec 2023), SmartCompany (Mon 30 Oct 2023), SmartCompany (Wed 18 Oct 2023), Startup Daily (Tue 17 Oct 2023), Startup Daily (Wed 4 Oct 2023), Forbes Australia, SmartCompany (Fri 28 Jul 2023), SmartCompany (Thu 27 Jul 2023), SmartCompany (Tue 25 Jul 2023), @AuManufacturing (Tue 25 Jul 2023)
Nourish Ingredients	Grant	25 Jul 2023	$5.8m	Participant	-	AgFunderNews (Thu 27 Jul 2023), AgFunderNews (Tue 25 Jul 2023)
Navi Medical Technologies	Seed	1 Aug 2023	$2.4m	Participant	Breakthrough Victoria Medtech Actuator Artesian VC Victorian government fund	bushletter.com, SmartCompany, Startup Daily (Tue 28 Jul 2026), Startup Daily (Thu 3 Aug 2023), navitechnologies.com
Hysata	Grant	14 Aug 2023	$20m	Participant	Queensland Government Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)Stanwell Commonwealth Government	RenewEconomy, SmartCompany (Thu 9 May 2024), Startup Daily (Thu 7 Sep 2023), SmartCompany (Fri 18 Aug 2023), Startup Daily (Thu 17 Aug 2023), @AuManufacturing, ARENA
Halocell Energy	Grant	5 Sep 2023	$2m	Lead	Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P)	RenewEconomy (Thu 11 Sep 2025), RenewEconomy (Tue 5 Sep 2023), @AuManufacturing
Aerobond	Grant	7 Nov 2023	$1.7m	Lead	Federal Government	@AuManufacturing (Mon 5 Aug 2024), @AuManufacturing (Tue 7 Nov 2023)
Advanced Navigation	Grant	6 Dec 2023	$306.6k	Lead	Federal Government Australian Department of Defence	@AuManufacturing (Mon 12 Feb 2024), @AuManufacturing (Tue 6 Feb 2024), Defence Connect, @AuManufacturing (Thu 7 Dec 2023)
Lactamo	Grant	2024	$365k	Participant	Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR)	Forbes Australia, SmartCompany, Women's Agenda
ELO2	Grant	2024	$4m	Lead	Australian Space Agency	Defence Connect, @AuManufacturing (Tue 17 Dec 2024), @AuManufacturing (Fri 22 Sep 2023), @AuManufacturing (Tue 5 Sep 2023)
Droneshield	Grant	2024	~$59k	Lead	Defence Global Competitiveness and Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority grant program	Defence Connect, @AuManufacturing
Gilmour Space	Grant	Feb 2024	$808.5k	Lead	Australian Space Agency Moon to Mars Supply Chain Capability program	@AuManufacturing (Tue 16 Apr 2024), @AuManufacturing (Wed 20 Mar 2024), Startup Daily (Tue 5 Mar 2024), Startup Daily (Tue 5 Mar 2024)
Q-CTRL	Grant	12 Feb 2024	$1.9m	Lead	UK Quantum Catalyst Competition Small Business Research Initiative	@AuManufacturing, Early VC, SmartCompany
AMSL Aero	Grant	12 Feb 2024	-	Lead	Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator	@AuManufacturing, Defence Connect
1414	Grant	12 Feb 2024	$750k	Lead	Woodside Energy Technologies	@AuManufacturing (Mon 12 Feb 2024), @AuManufacturing (Mon 13 Nov 2023)
PV Industries	Grant	14 Feb 2024	$3m	Lead	-	RenewEconomy, @AuManufacturing
1414	Grant	14 Feb 2024	$2.5m	Lead	-	RenewEconomy (Wed 14 Feb 2024), RenewEconomy (Mon 13 Nov 2023)
Neumann Space	Grant	4 Mar 2024	$1m	Participant	Australian Space Agency Commonwealth Government	Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing, Defence Connect
Space Machines Company	Grant	30 Apr 2024	$8.5m+	Lead	Australian Space Agency	@AuManufacturing (Tue 10 Jun 2025), Defence Connect, @AuManufacturing (Thu 27 Jun 2024), @AuManufacturing (Sun 5 May 2024), Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing (Tue 30 Apr 2024)
Skykraft	Accelerator	30 Apr 2024	-	Lead	Australian Space Agency	Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing
Skykraft	Grant	30 Apr 2024	$3.7m	Lead	Lennoxgrove Capital Adcock Private Equity Australian Space Agency	Startup Daily (Wed 1 May 2024), @AuManufacturing, Startup Daily (Tue 17 Oct 2023)
PsiQuantum	Grant	30 Apr 2024	$940m	Participant	Qld government Queensland Government the federal government Export Finance Australia Federal Government	Forbes Australia (Thu 8 Oct 2026), Forbes Australia (Thu 8 Oct 2026), Startup Daily (Tue 25 Aug 2026), Startup Daily (Thu 11 Jun 2026), Startup Daily (Thu 21 May 2026), Startup Daily (Tue 3 Feb 2026), Startup Daily (Tue 9 Dec 2025), Startup Daily (Mon 24 Mar 2025), SmartCompany (Thu 19 Dec 2024), SmartCompany (Fri 27 Sep 2024), Crunchbase News, Forbes Australia (Thu 13 Jun 2024), Startup Daily (Tue 4 Jun 2024), Forbes Australia (Wed 15 May 2024), Startup Daily (Tue 14 May 2024), SmartCompany (Mon 13 May 2024), Forbes Australia (Tue 30 Apr 2024), SmartCompany (Tue 30 Apr 2024), Dealroom
LatConnect 60	Accelerator	30 Apr 2024	-	Lead	Australian Space Agency	Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing
LatConnect 60	Grant	30 Apr 2024	~$5.8m	Lead	Australian Space Agency	Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing
PsiQuantum	Grant	25 Jul 2024	$760m	Participant	City of Chicago Illinois Government Queensland Government	Startup Daily, Forbes Australia
GreenHY2	Grant	25 Oct 2024	$1.5m	Participant	Federal Government INFRACO	@AuManufacturing (Fri 25 Oct 2024), @AuManufacturing (Wed 9 Oct 2024)
Advanced Navigation	Grant	3 Feb 2025	$856.1k	Lead	Moon to Mars Supply Chain Capability program	Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing
Magic Valley	Grant	13 Feb 2025	$100k	Lead	Industry Growth Program the federal government	@AuManufacturing (Sat 15 Feb 2025), Startup Daily, AgFunderNews, @AuManufacturing (Thu 13 Feb 2025)
Calix	Grant	13 Feb 2025	$15m	Lead	Western Australian government the federal government	@AuManufacturing (Fri 14 Feb 2025), @AuManufacturing (Wed 24 Jul 2024), @AuManufacturing (Tue 23 Jul 2024)
ZiP Diagnostics	Grant	23 Jun 2025	$1m	Lead	MTPConnect	@AuManufacturing, SmartCompany, Startup Daily
Wavewise Analytics	Grant	23 Jun 2025	$997k	Lead	MTPConnect	@AuManufacturing, SmartCompany, Startup Daily
Venstra Medical	Grant	23 Jun 2025	$1m	Lead	MTPConnect	@AuManufacturing, SmartCompany, Startup Daily
Theia Medical	Grant	23 Jun 2025	$1m	Lead	MTPConnect	@AuManufacturing, SmartCompany, Startup Daily
I D & E	Grant	23 Jun 2025	$1.2m	Lead	MTPConnect	@AuManufacturing, SmartCompany, Startup Daily
Endo Axiom	Grant	23 Jun 2025	$1.1m	Lead	MTPConnect	@AuManufacturing, SmartCompany, Startup Daily
CathRx Ltd	Grant	23 Jun 2025	$1.1m	Lead	MTPConnect	@AuManufacturing, SmartCompany, Startup Daily
Argenica Therapeutics	Grant	23 Jun 2025	$1m	Lead	MTPConnect	@AuManufacturing, SmartCompany, Startup Daily
Veem	Grant	25 Jul 2025	$2m	Lead	Defence Industry Development Grants program	Defence Connect, @AuManufacturing
Aurora Labs	Grant	25 Jul 2025	$544k	Lead	Defence Industry Development Grant	Defence Connect (Fri 25 Jul 2025), Defence Connect (Wed 11 Jun 2025), @AuManufacturing
Tindo	Grant	6 Aug 2025	$34.5m	Lead	Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)ARENA the federal government	RenewEconomy (Thu 15 Oct 2026), RenewEconomy (Tue 9 Dec 2025), RenewEconomy (Tue 9 Dec 2025), RenewEconomy (Tue 2 Dec 2025), RenewEconomy (Tue 2 Dec 2025), @AuManufacturing (Thu 25 Sep 2025), RenewEconomy (Thu 4 Sep 2025), RenewEconomy (Wed 6 Aug 2025), ARENA, @AuManufacturing (Wed 6 Aug 2025)
Iondrive	Grant	20 Aug 2025	$3.9m	Lead	Industry Growth Program	@AuManufacturing (Mon 25 Aug 2025), @AuManufacturing (Wed 20 Aug 2025), @AuManufacturing (Mon 18 Aug 2025), @AuManufacturing (Tue 12 Aug 2025)
ELO2	Grant	29 Aug 2025	$42m	Lead	Australian Space Agency UK Space Agency	This Week in Australian Startups, Startup Daily (Wed 7 Oct 2026), Startup Daily (Fri 29 Aug 2025), @AuManufacturing
Kardinia Energy	Grant	4 Mar 2026	$2.1m	Lead	-	RenewEconomy (Wed 4 Mar 2026), RenewEconomy (Wed 4 Mar 2026)
Ocius	Grant	11 Mar 2026	$176m	Lead	Defence Trailblazer	Startup Daily, Defence Connect
Cement Australia	Grant	19 Jun 2026	~$53m	Lead	-	RenewEconomy (Fri 19 Jun 2026), RenewEconomy (Fri 19 Jun 2026)
Potentia Energy	Accelerator	24 Jun 2026	-	Lead	the federal government	RenewEconomy (Wed 24 Jun 2026), RenewEconomy (Wed 24 Jun 2026)
Equis	Accelerator	24 Jun 2026	-	Lead	the federal government	RenewEconomy (Wed 24 Jun 2026), RenewEconomy (Wed 24 Jun 2026)
Ascera	Accelerator	24 Jun 2026	-	Lead	the federal government	RenewEconomy (Wed 24 Jun 2026), RenewEconomy (Wed 24 Jun 2026)
Ampyr Energy	Accelerator	24 Jun 2026	-	Lead	the federal government	RenewEconomy (Wed 24 Jun 2026), RenewEconomy (Wed 24 Jun 2026)
Sicona Battery Technologies	Grant	28 Jun 2026	≤$45m	Lead	the federal government Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)	ARENA, RenewEconomy (Sun 28 Jun 2026), RenewEconomy (Sun 28 Jun 2026), Dealroom
Micca Holdings	Grant	2 Jul 2026	$62.4k	Lead	Defence Industry Development Grants program Australian Department of Defence	manmonthly.com.au, australianmanufacturing.com.au, asiapacificdefencereporter.com
Lintek	Grant	2 Jul 2026	$1m	Lead	Defence Industry Development Grants program Australian Department of Defence	manmonthly.com.au, australianmanufacturing.com.au, asiapacificdefencereporter.com
Gurit Australia	Grant	2 Jul 2026	$559.9k	Lead	Defence Industry Development Grants program Australian Department of Defence	manmonthly.com.au, australianmanufacturing.com.au, asiapacificdefencereporter.com
Currawong Engineering	Grant	2 Jul 2026	$184.7k	Lead	Defence Industry Development Grants program Australian Department of Defence	manmonthly.com.au, australianmanufacturing.com.au, asiapacificdefencereporter.com
Cop-A-Mate Products	Grant	2 Jul 2026	$1m	Lead	Defence Industry Development Grants program Australian Department of Defence	manmonthly.com.au, australianmanufacturing.com.au, asiapacificdefencereporter.com
Aurora Labs	Grant	2 Jul 2026	$1m	Lead	Defence Industry Development Grants program Australian Department of Defence	manmonthly.com.au, australianmanufacturing.com.au, asiapacificdefencereporter.com, Defence Connect
Southern Launch.Space Pty Ltd	Grant	6 Jul 2026	$1m	Participant	Defence Industry Development Grants program	manmonthly.com.au, asiapacificdefencereporter.com
Zeppelin Bend	Grant	22 Jul 2026	-	Lead	Federal Government	RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026), RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026)
Ouroborous	Grant	22 Jul 2026	-	Lead	Federal Government	RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026), RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026)
Metrolo	Grant	22 Jul 2026	-	Lead	Federal Government	RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026), RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026)
Karit (Australia)	Grant	22 Jul 2026	-	Lead	Federal Government	RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026), RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026)
Jet Charge	Grant	22 Jul 2026	$6k	Lead	Federal Government LaunchVic	RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026), RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026), Startup Daily
GridScout	Grant	22 Jul 2026	-	Lead	Federal Government	RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026), RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026)
Essential Energy	Grant	22 Jul 2026	-	Lead	Federal Government	RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026), RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026)
Epec Engineering	Grant	22 Jul 2026	-	Lead	Federal Government	RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026), RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026)
Energenze	Grant	22 Jul 2026	-	Lead	Federal Government	RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026), RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026)
EcoJoule Energy	Grant	22 Jul 2026	-	Lead	Federal Government	RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026), RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026)
Charge Hub Australia	Grant	22 Jul 2026	≤$5m	Lead	Federal Government	RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026), RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026)
BES (Australia)	Grant	22 Jul 2026	-	Lead	Federal Government	RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026), RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026)
Ausnet	Grant	22 Jul 2026	≤$5m	Lead	Federal Government	RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026), RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026)
Allume Energy	Grant	22 Jul 2026	-	Lead	Federal Government	RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026), RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026)
ElectraLith	Grant	10 Aug 2026	$2.9m	Lead	ARENA Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)	RenewEconomy (Mon 10 Aug 2026), RenewEconomy (Mon 10 Aug 2026), Dealroom, This Week in Australian Startups
ANU	Grant	2 Sep 2026	$1m	Lead	Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)	Mirage News, RenewEconomy
Kinoxis Therapeutics	Grant	23 Sep 2026	$2.5m	Participant	Medical Research Future Fund CUREator+	Dynamic Business, Uniseed, Dealroom, Startup Daily (Wed 23 Sep 2026), Startup Daily (Wed 23 Sep 2026)
Silicon Quantum Computing	Grant	2 Oct 2026	$3.6m	Lead	Critical Technologies Challenge Program	Startup Daily, This Week in Australian Startups, Dealroom, Mirage News
QuantX Labs	Grant	2 Oct 2026	$2.2m	Lead	Critical Technologies Challenge Program	Startup Daily, This Week in Australian Startups, Mirage News
Q Factorial	Grant	2 Oct 2026	$1.1m	Lead	Critical Technologies Challenge Program	Startup Daily, This Week in Australian Startups, Mirage News
iQ Sense	Grant	2 Oct 2026	$1.2m	Lead	Critical Technologies Challenge Program	Startup Daily, Mirage News
FeBI	Grant	2 Oct 2026	$2.2m	Lead	Critical Technologies Challenge Program	Startup Daily, This Week in Australian Startups, Dealroom, Mirage News (Fri 2 Oct 2026), Mirage News (Fri 2 Oct 2026)
Avicena Systems	Grant	2 Oct 2026	$2m	Lead	Critical Technologies Challenge Program	Startup Daily, This Week in Australian Startups, Mirage News

Cohort members

Everyone Australian Government has named to a program in published coverage. A place in a program is not a raise: the cheque is the figure recorded with the place, which is the program's standard terms where we hold them, and a blank is one we don't.

Member	Program	Announced	Cheque	Sources
Space Machines Company	International Space Investment India Projects	30 Apr 2024	-	@AuManufacturing, Startup Daily

Portfolio

Companies Australian Government has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
1414		12 Feb 2024, Grant	2	2
Advanced Navigation		6 Dec 2023, Grant	2	2
Aerobond		7 Nov 2023, Grant	1	1
Agscent		Feb 2021, Grant	1	0
Akin		17 Jun 2020, Grant	1	1
Allume Energy		22 Jul 2026, Grant	1	1
Ampyr Energy		24 Jun 2026, Accelerator	1	1
AMSL Aero		Nov 2020, Grant	3	2
ANU		2 Sep 2026, Grant	1	1
Argenica Therapeutics		23 Jun 2025, Grant	1	1
AROSE		21 Mar 2023, Grant	1	1
Ascera		24 Jun 2026, Accelerator	1	1
ATP Science		30 Jun 2020, Grant	1	1
Aurora Labs		25 Jul 2025, Grant	2	2
Ausnet		22 Jul 2026, Grant	1	1
Australia Vanadium		3 Sep 2021, Grant	2	1
Avicena Systems		2 Oct 2026, Grant	1	1
BES (Australia)		22 Jul 2026, Grant	1	1
Boral		16 May 2022, Grant	1	1
Calix		19 May 2022, Grant	2	2
CathRx Ltd		23 Jun 2025, Grant	1	1
Cement Australia		19 Jun 2026, Grant	1	1
Charge Hub Australia		22 Jul 2026, Grant	1	1
Code Like a Girl		2023, Grant	1	0
Cop-A-Mate Products		2 Jul 2026, Grant	1	1
Cortical Pty Ltd	Psychiatric and pain management treatment and medicolegal opinions	5 Nov 2004, Grant	1	1
Currawong Engineering		2 Jul 2026, Grant	1	1
Dovetail Electric Aviation		19 Jan 2023, Grant	1	1
Droneshield		2024, Grant	1	1
EcoJoule Energy		22 Jul 2026, Grant	1	1
Edify Energy		29 Jan 2023, Grant	1	0
ElectraLith		10 Aug 2026, Grant	1	1
ELO2		2024, Grant	2	2
ENA Respiratory	Antiviral nasal spray to prevent severe respiratory viral infections	27 Sep 2020, Series A	1	0
Endo Axiom		23 Jun 2025, Grant	1	1
Energenze		22 Jul 2026, Grant	1	1
Epec Engineering		22 Jul 2026, Grant	1	1
Equis		24 Jun 2026, Accelerator	1	1
Essential Energy		22 Jul 2026, Grant	1	1
Everledger		13 Jul 2021, Grant	1	1
FeBI		2 Oct 2026, Grant	1	1
Fleet Space Technologies		17 Jun 2021, Grant	1	1
Functionly		16 Jul 2020, Grant	1	0
Gilmour Space		13 Feb 2020, Grant	4	3
Good Earth Dairy		Jul 2023, Grant	1	0
GrainCorp		2 Mar 2022, Grant	1	1
GreenHY2		25 Oct 2024, Grant	1	0
GridCognition		3 Sep 2021, Grant	1	0
GridScout		22 Jul 2026, Grant	1	1
Gurit Australia		2 Jul 2026, Grant	1	1
Halocell Energy		5 Sep 2023, Grant	1	1
Harvest B		Jun 2021, Grant	1	0
Human Aerospace		13 Oct 2022, Grant	1	1
Hysata		14 Aug 2023, Grant	1	0
I D & E		23 Jun 2025, Grant	1	1
Iluka Resources		4 Apr 2022, Venture debt	1	1
Iondrive		20 Aug 2025, Grant	1	1
iQ Sense		2 Oct 2026, Grant	1	1
Jet Charge		22 Jul 2026, Grant	1	1
Kardinia Energy		4 Mar 2026, Grant	1	1
Karit (Australia)		22 Jul 2026, Grant	1	1
Kinoxis Therapeutics		23 Sep 2026, Grant	1	0
Lactamo		2024, Grant	1	0
LatConnect 60		30 Apr 2024, Grant	2	2
Lintek		2 Jul 2026, Grant	1	1
Magic Valley		13 Feb 2025, Grant	1	1
Melbourne University		18 Jun 2020, Grant	1	1
Metrolo		22 Jul 2026, Grant	1	1
MGA Thermal		28 Jun 2022, Grant	1	0
Micca Holdings		2 Jul 2026, Grant	1	1
Myriota		29 Jul 2022, Grant	1	1
Navi Medical Technologies		1 Aug 2023, Seed	1	0
Neumann Space		4 Mar 2024, Grant	1	0
Nourish Ingredients		25 Jul 2023, Grant	1	0
Novatti Group		23 Jan 2023, Grant	1	0
Ocius		11 Mar 2026, Grant	1	1
Optiscan Imaging		21 Jul 2020, Grant	1	1
Orica		2023, Grant	1	0
Ouroborous		22 Jul 2026, Grant	1	1
Pilbara Minerals		Aug 2022, Grant	1	0
Ping		7 Mar 2019, Grant	1	1
Potentia Energy		24 Jun 2026, Accelerator	1	1
Praxis		7 Nov 2022, Grant	1	1
PsiQuantum		30 Apr 2024, Grant	2	0
PV Industries		14 Feb 2024, Grant	1	1
Q Factorial		2 Oct 2026, Grant	1	1
Q-CTRL		Jul 2023, Grant	2	1
QuantX Labs		2 Oct 2026, Grant	1	1
Raytracer		17 Jun 2020, Grant	1	1
Romar Engineering		8 Jul 2021, Grant	1	0
Saber Astronautics		17 Jun 2020, Grant	2	1
Screencoach		2021, Grant	1	1
Sea Forest		15 Feb 2021, Grant	1	0
Sicona Battery Technologies		28 Jun 2026, Grant	1	1
Silentium Defence		18 Jun 2020, Grant	1	1
Silicon Quantum Computing		2017	4	1
Skykraft		17 Jun 2020, Grant	3	3
Southern Launch.Space Pty Ltd		6 Jul 2026, Grant	1	0
Space Machines Company		30 Apr 2024, Grant	2	2
Spiral Blue		17 Mar 2021, Grant	1	0
Stamen Engineering		17 Jun 2020, Grant	1	1
Swinburne University of Technology		7 Nov 2022, Grant	1	1
Swoop Aero		13 Dec 2022, Grant	1	1
Tekuma	Force-based control orb module for drones and robots	26 Mar 2021, Grant	1	1
The Hygiene Co.		16 Mar 2023, Grant	1	0
Theia Medical		23 Jun 2025, Grant	1	1
Tindo		9 May 2022, Grant	2	1
University of Canberra		17 Jun 2020, Grant	1	1
UNSW Sydney		17 Jun 2020, Grant	1	1
Varley Rafael Australia (VRA)		21 Sep 2021, Grant	1	1
Vast		29 Apr 2022, Venture debt	3	1
Vaxxas		27 Sep 2022, Grant	2	2
Veem		25 Jul 2025, Grant	1	1
Venstra Medical		23 Jun 2025, Grant	1	1
Wavewise Analytics		23 Jun 2025, Grant	1	1
Yarra Energy Foundation		Apr 2023, Grant	1	0
Zeppelin Bend		22 Jul 2026, Grant	1	1
ZiP Diagnostics		23 Jun 2025, Grant	1	1

Funds

Funds Australian Government has money in

This is a stake in the fund itself, money that the fund's manager invests, not a stake in the fund manager.

Fund	Manager	Sources
-	Brandon BioCatalyst	Brandon Capital (Tue 18 Feb 2025), Brandon BioCatalyst (Tue 14 Jan 2025), Brandon Capital (Tue 14 Jan 2025), Brandon BioCatalyst (Sun 26 Nov 2023), Brandon BioCatalyst portfolio (Fri 10 Feb 2023), Brandon BioCatalyst portfolio (Tue 6 Dec 2022), Brandon Capital portfolio
-	Brandon Capital	Brandon Capital, Brandon BioCatalyst, Brandon Capital portfolio, Brandon BioCatalyst portfolio
Biomedical Translation Fund	Brandon Capital Partners	Brandon BioCatalyst portfolio, Brandon Capital portfolio
MRCF BTF Fund	Brandon Capital	Brandon Capital portfolio, Brandon BioCatalyst portfolio (Wed 2 Nov 2022), Brandon BioCatalyst portfolio (Wed 18 May 2022)
OneVentures Innovation Fund	OneVentures	GBS Ventures (Thu 12 Dec 2013), GBS Ventures (Thu 31 Oct 2013), GBS Ventures (Fri 2 Dec 2011)
OneVentures Innovation Fund I	OneVentures	Brandon Capital, Brandon BioCatalyst portfolio, Brandon Capital portfolio (Thu 19 Jan 2023), Brandon Capital portfolio (Wed 9 Nov 2022)
OneVentures Innovation Fund I	OneVentures Innovation Fund I	Brandon BioCatalyst (Tue 14 Jan 2025), Brandon Capital (Tue 14 Jan 2025), Brandon BioCatalyst (Sun 26 Nov 2023), Brandon Capital (Tue 6 Jun 2023), Brandon Capital (Tue 6 Jun 2023), Brandon BioCatalyst (Tue 6 Jun 2023), Brandon BioCatalyst portfolio (Tue 6 Dec 2022), Brandon BioCatalyst portfolio (Wed 9 Nov 2022), Brandon BioCatalyst portfolio (Mon 5 Oct 2020)

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies Australian Government has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Australian Government did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
Edify Energy	la Caisse	Acquisition	22 Sep 2025	$1.1b

People

Name	Role	Sources
Albanese	Prime Minister	This Week in Australian Startups, Rampersand, Startup Daily
Albanese	Prime Minister	RenewEconomy, Forbes Australia
Andrew Giles	Minister for Skills and Training	SmartCompany, @AuManufacturing
Angus Taylor	Industry Minister (former)	@AuManufacturing (Fri 22 Apr 2022), @AuManufacturing (Thu 3 Mar 2022), @AuManufacturing (Thu 17 Feb 2022), @AuManufacturing (Mon 6 Dec 2021), @AuManufacturing (Thu 18 Nov 2021), RenewEconomy (Wed 19 May 2021), RenewEconomy (Fri 29 Jan 2021), RenewEconomy (Mon 20 Jul 2020), RenewEconomy (Thu 19 Mar 2020), Wholesale Investor, @AuManufacturing (Thu 5 Sep 2019)
Anthony Albanese	Prime Minister (former)	RenewEconomy (Thu 15 Oct 2026), nine.com.au, Dealroom (Sat 8 Aug 2026), ANDHealth, RenewEconomy (Tue 2 Dec 2025), RFC Ambrian Funds Manage portfolio, RenewEconomy (Tue 6 Aug 2024), @AuManufacturing (Wed 3 Jul 2024), SmartCompany (Tue 30 Apr 2024), Dealroom (Tue 30 Apr 2024), @AuManufacturing (Tue 30 Apr 2024), RenewEconomy (Thu 28 Mar 2024), Defence Connect, SmartCompany (Fri 3 Nov 2023), SmartCompany (Fri 27 Oct 2023), Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing (Wed 23 Aug 2023), @AuManufacturing (Mon 16 Jan 2023), RenewEconomy (Mon 31 Oct 2022)
Anthony Chisholm	Resources Minister	@AuManufacturing
Brendan O'Connor	Skills Minister	@AuManufacturing (Fri 3 May 2024), @AuManufacturing (Mon 24 Jul 2023), @AuManufacturing (Fri 20 Jan 2023), @AuManufacturing (Thu 17 Nov 2022)
Catherine King	Transport Minister	@AuManufacturing, RenewEconomy
Charlotte Petris	Member of the FinTech Advisory Group (former)	futurenation.cyberscape.net
Chris Bowen	Federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy (former)	RenewEconomy (Mon 10 Aug 2026), RenewEconomy (Wed 22 Jul 2026), RenewEconomy (Wed 1 Jul 2026), RenewEconomy (Sun 28 Jun 2026), RenewEconomy (Wed 24 Jun 2026), RenewEconomy (Fri 19 Jun 2026), RenewEconomy (Fri 19 Jun 2026), RenewEconomy (Wed 17 Jun 2026), RenewEconomy (Wed 17 Jun 2026), Dealroom, RenewEconomy (Tue 16 Sep 2025), RenewEconomy (Thu 4 Sep 2025), @AuManufacturing (Wed 27 Aug 2025), RenewEconomy (Wed 6 Aug 2025), @AuManufacturing (Thu 24 Jul 2025), RenewEconomy (Fri 4 Jul 2025), RenewEconomy (Mon 30 Jun 2025), Forbes Australia (Thu 5 Jun 2025), RenewEconomy (Thu 8 May 2025), RenewEconomy (Thu 27 Mar 2025), RenewEconomy (Thu 13 Mar 2025), @AuManufacturing (Mon 10 Feb 2025), RenewEconomy (Tue 26 Nov 2024), @AuManufacturing (Sat 23 Nov 2024), @AuManufacturing (Mon 11 Nov 2024), RenewEconomy (Tue 6 Aug 2024), @AuManufacturing (Mon 29 Jul 2024), RenewEconomy (Fri 12 Jul 2024), Forbes Australia (Thu 9 May 2024), RenewEconomy (Mon 25 Mar 2024), @AuManufacturing (Mon 25 Mar 2024), RenewEconomy (Wed 31 Jan 2024), @AuManufacturing (Wed 8 Nov 2023), SmartCompany (Fri 3 Nov 2023), SmartCompany (Thu 12 Oct 2023), Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing (Mon 14 Aug 2023), RenewEconomy (Fri 26 May 2023), RenewEconomy (Mon 13 Feb 2023), @AuManufacturing (Tue 31 Jan 2023), RenewEconomy (Sun 29 Jan 2023), RenewEconomy (Sun 29 Jan 2023), ARENA, RenewEconomy (Fri 13 Jan 2023), mgathermal.com
Christian Porter	Industry Minister	@AuManufacturing (Tue 7 Sep 2021), @AuManufacturing (Tue 13 Jul 2021), @AuManufacturing (Fri 18 Jun 2021), @AuManufacturing (Wed 21 Apr 2021)
Daniel Mulino	Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services	Fintech News Australia
David Littleproud	Federal Agriculture Minister	@AuManufacturing
Dr Alan Finkel	Chief Scientist	ARENA, RenewEconomy
Dr Alan Finkel AC	Chief Scientist (former)	@AuManufacturing
Dr Cathy Foley	Chief Scientist	@AuManufacturing (Tue 13 Aug 2024), @AuManufacturing (Mon 31 Oct 2022)
Dr Jim Chalmers	Treasurer	Rampersand, @AuManufacturing
Ed Husic	Industry and Science Minister (former)	Startup Daily (Tue 8 Apr 2025), SmartCompany (Fri 7 Mar 2025), Startup Daily (Thu 13 Feb 2025), @AuManufacturing (Thu 13 Feb 2025), Space Connect, SmartCompany (Wed 18 Dec 2024), @AuManufacturing (Tue 10 Dec 2024), @AuManufacturing (Mon 18 Nov 2024), @AuManufacturing (Tue 22 Oct 2024), @AuManufacturing (Thu 19 Sep 2024), @AuManufacturing (Tue 13 Aug 2024), RenewEconomy (Mon 12 Aug 2024), @AuManufacturing (Sun 11 Aug 2024), @AuManufacturing (Sun 5 May 2024), @AuManufacturing (Fri 3 May 2024), @AuManufacturing (Thu 2 May 2024), Startup Daily (Wed 1 May 2024), @AuManufacturing (Tue 30 Apr 2024), SmartCompany (Tue 30 Apr 2024), RenewEconomy (Wed 14 Feb 2024), SmartCompany (Fri 8 Dec 2023), @AuManufacturing (Wed 23 Aug 2023), @AuManufacturing (Mon 21 Aug 2023), SmartCompany (Thu 1 Jun 2023), @AuManufacturing (Mon 20 Mar 2023), SmartCompany (Fri 20 Jan 2023), @AuManufacturing (Thu 19 Jan 2023), @AuManufacturing (Tue 13 Dec 2022), RenewEconomy (Mon 31 Oct 2022)
Greg Hunt	Federal Minister for Health	Brandon Capital portfolio
Hollie Hughes	Senator	@AuManufacturing
Jason Clare	Education Minister	@AuManufacturing (Fri 15 Dec 2023), @AuManufacturing (Mon 24 Jul 2023), @AuManufacturing (Thu 13 Oct 2022)
Jenelle Frewen	Senior Adviser (former)	Defence Connect
Jenny McAllister	Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy	RenewEconomy (Thu 27 Jun 2024), RenewEconomy (Thu 30 May 2024), RenewEconomy (Mon 25 Mar 2024)
Jim Molan	Senator	@AuManufacturing
Joe Hockey	Treasurer (former)	Bondi Partners portfolio
Josh Frydenberg	Treasurer	Sandon Capital
Karen Andrews	Industry Minister (former)	@AuManufacturing (Wed 17 Mar 2021), @AuManufacturing (Fri 29 Jan 2021), @AuManufacturing (Tue 12 Jan 2021), Crikey, Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing (Wed 18 Mar 2020), ARN (ARNnet)
Katie Allen	Member for Higgins	Startup Daily
Katy Gallagher	Minister for Women	SmartCompany
Keith Pitt	Minister for Resources	@AuManufacturing
Madeleine King	Resources Minister (former)	ABC News Technology, @AuManufacturing
Mark Butler	Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care	@AuManufacturing (Thu 11 Sep 2025), @AuManufacturing (Mon 30 Jun 2025), @AuManufacturing (Sun 25 Feb 2024), @AuManufacturing (Tue 20 Feb 2024)
Matt Koval	Acting Deputy Secretary for Agricultural Trade	@AuManufacturing
Matt Thistlethwaite	Assistant Defence Minister	@AuManufacturing
Melissa Price	Defence Industry Minister	@AuManufacturing (Tue 5 Apr 2022), @AuManufacturing (Mon 4 Apr 2022), Startup Daily (Thu 3 Mar 2022), @AuManufacturing (Thu 18 Nov 2021), @AuManufacturing (Tue 19 Oct 2021), The Mandarin, Startup Daily (Wed 29 Sep 2021), SmartCompany, @AuManufacturing (Thu 5 Aug 2021), @AuManufacturing (Tue 1 Jun 2021), @AuManufacturing (Wed 14 Oct 2020), @AuManufacturing (Tue 21 Apr 2020), @AuManufacturing (Mon 28 Oct 2019)
Meryl Swanson	Member for Paterson	mgathermal.com
Murray Watt	Environment Minister	@AuManufacturing (Mon 18 Aug 2025), @AuManufacturing (Mon 30 Oct 2023)
Pat Conroy	Minister for Defence Industry (former)	Defence Connect (Wed 8 Jul 2026), manmonthly.com.au, Startup Daily (Thu 12 Mar 2026), Defence Connect (Fri 25 Jul 2025), @AuManufacturing (Thu 24 Jul 2025), Defence Connect (Wed 12 Mar 2025), @AuManufacturing (Thu 6 Feb 2025), Startup Daily (Wed 20 Nov 2024), @AuManufacturing (Mon 15 Jul 2024), @AuManufacturing (Tue 16 Apr 2024), Defence Connect (Tue 30 Jan 2024), @AuManufacturing (Mon 5 Dec 2022)
Peter Dutton	Defence Minister	Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing
Richard Marles	Defence Minister and Deputy PM (former)	ABC News Technology, @AuManufacturing (Thu 6 Mar 2025), @AuManufacturing (Sun 5 May 2024), Defence Connect, Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing (Mon 1 May 2023), @AuManufacturing (Mon 16 Jan 2023)
Scott Morrison	Treasurer (former)	RenewEconomy, @AuManufacturing (Fri 22 Apr 2022), @AuManufacturing (Mon 4 Apr 2022), SmartCompany, Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing (Wed 17 Mar 2021)
Senator the Hon Penny Wong	Minister for Foreign Affairs	dtb.solutions
Stephen Smith	Defence Minister (former)	@AuManufacturing
Sussan Ley	Federal Environment Minister (former)	RenewEconomy, @AuManufacturing (Fri 20 Aug 2021), @AuManufacturing (Fri 2 Jul 2021)
Tanya Plibersek	Environment Minister	@AuManufacturing
Tim Ayres	Minister for Industry and Innovation (former)	SmartCompany, RenewEconomy, Dealroom, Startup Daily, @AuManufacturing

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