Government · 6 deals
Every published round Business Research and Innovation Initiative (BRII) 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.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Role | Alongside | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MapIzy | Grant | 18 Feb 2021 | $100k | Lead | Startup News (WA) (Sun 4 Apr 2021), Startup News (WA) (Thu 18 Feb 2021), @AuManufacturing | |
| Wildfire Energy | Grant | 12 Jan 2021 | $100k | Lead | Cotton Research and Development Corporation, @AuManufacturing | |
| Mollongghip & District Enterprises Pty Ltd | Grant | 12 Jan 2021 | $99.7k | Lead | alumni.csiro.au, @AuManufacturing | |
| LX Design House | Grant | 12 Jan 2021 | ≤$100k | Lead | Cotton Research and Development Corporation, @AuManufacturing | |
| Hydgene | Grant | 12 Jan 2021 | $100k | Lead | Cotton Research and Development Corporation, @AuManufacturing | |
| Advanced Agricultural Systems | Grant | 12 Jan 2021 | ≤$100k | Lead | Cotton Research and Development Corporation, @AuManufacturing |
Companies Business Research and Innovation Initiative (BRII) has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfire Energy | Waste gasification plants producing hydrogen, power and biofuels | 12 Jan 2021, Grant | 1 | 1 |
| Mollongghip & District Enterprises Pty Ltd | 12 Jan 2021, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| MapIzy | 18 Feb 2021, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| LX Design House | 12 Jan 2021, Grant | 1 | 1 | |
| Hydgene | Biomass to hydrogen technology for producing fertilisers and fuels | 12 Jan 2021, Grant | 1 | 1 |
| Advanced Agricultural Systems | 12 Jan 2021, Grant | 1 | 1 |
Fund closes reported for Business Research and Innovation Initiative (BRII), as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Business Research and Innovation Initiative (BRII) has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Business Research and Innovation Initiative (BRII) did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| The Hon. Karen Andrews MP | Minister for Industry, Science and Technology | Cotton Research and Development Corporation |
Stories naming Business Research and Innovation Initiative (BRII). Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Design and technology company Portable received a Business Research and Innovation Initiative grant to build Sweep, its wage-underpayment detection platform, as Australia criminalises intentional wage underpayment.
Portable received a $1.1 million federal BRII grant to advance Sweep, its tool for wage compliance, as Australia cracks down on worker underpayment, which became a criminal offence in January 2025.
Seventeen unnamed startups and small businesses share federal grant funding for feasibility studies aimed at reducing regulatory burdens, under the latest round of a government innovation program.
Startup News recaps its ten most-read first-quarter stories: an ASX listing, a multimillion-dollar raise, grant wins, a startup program intake, a partnership and a general manager appointment.
Six small and medium businesses will share federal BRII grant funding to develop and test ways of tackling spray drift in cotton, in a challenge the publisher is helping solve.
Nineteen listed companies received federal BRII feasibility-study grants totalling $2.27 million across five government agency challenge themes, including turning farm crops into renewable hydrogen.