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Clearbox Systems

Disclosed deals

Every published round Clearbox Systems 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
Quasar Satellite Technologies	Unnamed stage	4 May 2021	$12m	Participant	CSIRO Main Sequence Ventures Office of the NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer Vocus Saber Astronautics Fleet Space Technologies	SmartCompany (Wed 5 May 2021), SmartCompany (Wed 5 May 2021), @AuManufacturing

Portfolio

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

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
Quasar Satellite Technologies		4 May 2021	1	0

Funds

Fund closes reported for Clearbox Systems, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for Clearbox Systems yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

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

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of Clearbox Systems is recorded as having been acquired.

Coverage

Stories naming Clearbox Systems. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

10 deals

Ignition Lane's Weekly Wrap: Netflix comparisons, ScoMo's digital epiphany, Bitcoin's face-off

Weekly technology roundup covering Australia's digital economy budget, multiple startup raises including SafetyCulture's unicorn round, Data Republic's administration, TikTok's new permanent CEO, and Bill.com's purchase of Divvy.

Also Startup Daily

Unnamed stage $12m

Quasar launches phased array satellite ground station

Ground-station startup Quasar has launched alongside a $12 million raise from CSIRO, Main Sequence, a NSW government office and several Australian space and telecom firms, commercialising phased array technology that talks to many satellites simultaneously.

@AuManufacturing Tue 4 May 2021 Quasar Satellite Technologies Clearbox Systems CSIRO Fleet Space Technologies Main Sequence Ventures Office of the NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer Saber Astronautics Vocus Dr Dr Larry Marshall Flavia Tata Nardini Phil Ridley

Also SmartCompany·SmartCompany

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SMEs awarded over $11 m in defence grants

Twenty Australian small businesses share more than eleven million dollars in the latest round of a federal defence grants program, with individual awards listed alongside each company's stated purpose and state.

@AuManufacturing Wed 9 Sep 2020 Agent Orient Software Pty Ltd Athinian Valley Clearbox Systems Franmarine Underwater Services IKAD Engineering Phasor Innovation Q-CTRL RUAG Australia Southern Launch Vipac Engineers & Scientists Federal Government Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority program

Grant $3m

CRC-P round nine projects, $25 million in grant support announced

Ten collaborative projects, including space traffic management and a weed-spraying robot, have won CRC-P round nine grants, with Clearbox Systems receiving $3 million toward a satellite tracking system.

@AuManufacturing Wed 15 Jul 2020 Clearbox Systems Biointelect Venturer CSIRO Treasury Wine Estates

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Carbon Revolution among winners in $28 million round of defence innovation grants

Fifteen companies received defence innovation grants totalling $28 million through the Defence Innovation Hub, including Carbon Revolution for Chinook helicopter wheels; the Geelong firm also completed a convertible note raising in June.

@AuManufacturing Thu 15 Aug 2019 Carbon Revolution Clearbox Systems Consunet EM Solutions Exablaze Inovor Technologies Macquarie University QinetiQ Pty Ltd Solinnov Pty Ltd Ashurst Australian Army Ferrari Ford RAAF Royal Australian Navy Defence Innovation Hub Melissa Price

Also @AuManufacturing

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