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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.
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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cortical Pty Ltd | Psychiatric and pain management treatment and medicolegal opinions | 5 Nov 2004, Grant | 1 | 1 |
| Silicon Quantum Computing | 2017 | 4 | 1 | |
| Ping | 7 Mar 2019, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Gilmour Space | 13 Feb 2020, Grant | 4 | 3 | |
| Akin | 17 Jun 2020, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Raytracer | 17 Jun 2020, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Saber Astronautics | 17 Jun 2020, Grant | 2 | 1 | |
| Skykraft | 17 Jun 2020, Grant | 3 | 3 | |
| Stamen Engineering | 17 Jun 2020, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| University of Canberra | 17 Jun 2020, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| UNSW Sydney | 17 Jun 2020, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Melbourne University | 18 Jun 2020, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Silentium Defence | 18 Jun 2020, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| ATP Science | 30 Jun 2020, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Functionly | 16 Jul 2020, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Optiscan Imaging | 21 Jul 2020, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| ENA Respiratory | Antiviral nasal spray to prevent severe respiratory viral infections | 27 Sep 2020, Series A | 1 | 0 |
| AMSL Aero | Nov 2020, Grant | 3 | 2 | |
| Screencoach | 2021, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Agscent | Feb 2021, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Sea Forest | 15 Feb 2021, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Spiral Blue | 17 Mar 2021, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Tekuma | Force-based control orb module for drones and robots | 26 Mar 2021, Grant | 1 | 1 |
| Harvest B | Jun 2021, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Fleet Space Technologies | 17 Jun 2021, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Romar Engineering | 8 Jul 2021, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Everledger | 13 Jul 2021, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Australia Vanadium | 3 Sep 2021, Grant | 2 | 1 | |
| GridCognition | 3 Sep 2021, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Varley Rafael Australia (VRA) | 21 Sep 2021, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| GrainCorp | 2 Mar 2022, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Iluka Resources | 4 Apr 2022, Venture debt | 1 | 1 | |
| Vast | 29 Apr 2022, Venture debt | 3 | 1 | |
| Tindo | 9 May 2022, Grant | 2 | 1 | |
| Boral | 16 May 2022, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Calix | 19 May 2022, Grant | 2 | 2 | |
| Myriota | 29 Jul 2022, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Pilbara Minerals | Aug 2022, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Vaxxas | 27 Sep 2022, Grant | 2 | 2 | |
| Human Aerospace | 13 Oct 2022, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Praxis | 7 Nov 2022, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Swinburne University of Technology | 7 Nov 2022, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Swoop Aero | 13 Dec 2022, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Code Like a Girl | 2023, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Orica | 2023, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Dovetail Electric Aviation | 19 Jan 2023, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Novatti Group | 23 Jan 2023, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Edify Energy | 29 Jan 2023, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| The Hygiene Co. | 16 Mar 2023, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| AROSE | 21 Mar 2023, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Yarra Energy Foundation | Apr 2023, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Good Earth Dairy | Jul 2023, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Q-CTRL | Jul 2023, Grant | 2 | 1 | |
| Nourish Ingredients | 25 Jul 2023, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Navi Medical Technologies | 1 Aug 2023, Seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Hysata | 14 Aug 2023, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Halocell Energy | 5 Sep 2023, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Aerobond | 7 Nov 2023, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Advanced Navigation | 6 Dec 2023, Grant | 2 | 2 | |
| Droneshield | 2024, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| ELO2 | 2024, Grant | 2 | 2 | |
| Lactamo | 2024, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| 1414 | 12 Feb 2024, Grant | 2 | 2 | |
| PV Industries | 14 Feb 2024, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Neumann Space | 4 Mar 2024, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| LatConnect 60 | 30 Apr 2024, Grant | 2 | 2 | |
| PsiQuantum | 30 Apr 2024, Grant | 2 | 0 | |
| Space Machines Company | 30 Apr 2024, Grant | 2 | 2 | |
| GreenHY2 | 25 Oct 2024, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Magic Valley | 13 Feb 2025, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Argenica Therapeutics | 23 Jun 2025, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| CathRx Ltd | 23 Jun 2025, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Endo Axiom | 23 Jun 2025, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| I D & E | 23 Jun 2025, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Theia Medical | 23 Jun 2025, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Venstra Medical | 23 Jun 2025, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Wavewise Analytics | 23 Jun 2025, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| ZiP Diagnostics | 23 Jun 2025, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Aurora Labs | 25 Jul 2025, Grant | 2 | 2 | |
| Veem | 25 Jul 2025, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Iondrive | 20 Aug 2025, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Kardinia Energy | 4 Mar 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Ocius | 11 Mar 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Cement Australia | 19 Jun 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Ampyr Energy | 24 Jun 2026, Accelerator | 1 | 1 | |
| Ascera | 24 Jun 2026, Accelerator | 1 | 1 | |
| Equis | 24 Jun 2026, Accelerator | 1 | 1 | |
| Potentia Energy | 24 Jun 2026, Accelerator | 1 | 1 | |
| Sicona Battery Technologies | 28 Jun 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Cop-A-Mate Products | 2 Jul 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Currawong Engineering | 2 Jul 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Gurit Australia | 2 Jul 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Lintek | 2 Jul 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Micca Holdings | 2 Jul 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Southern Launch.Space Pty Ltd | 6 Jul 2026, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Allume Energy | 22 Jul 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Ausnet | 22 Jul 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| BES (Australia) | 22 Jul 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Charge Hub Australia | 22 Jul 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| EcoJoule Energy | 22 Jul 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Energenze | 22 Jul 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Epec Engineering | 22 Jul 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Essential Energy | 22 Jul 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| GridScout | 22 Jul 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Jet Charge | 22 Jul 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Karit (Australia) | 22 Jul 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Metrolo | 22 Jul 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Ouroborous | 22 Jul 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Zeppelin Bend | 22 Jul 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| ElectraLith | 10 Aug 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| ANU | 2 Sep 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Kinoxis Therapeutics | 23 Sep 2026, Grant | 1 | 0 | |
| Avicena Systems | 2 Oct 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| FeBI | 2 Oct 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| iQ Sense | 2 Oct 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Q Factorial | 2 Oct 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| QuantX Labs | 2 Oct 2026, Grant | 1 | 1 |
This is a stake in the fund itself, money that the fund's manager invests, not a stake in the fund manager.
Companies Australian Government has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Australian Government did.
Stories naming Australian Government. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
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