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Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization

Disclosed deals

Every published round Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization 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
Future Feed	Unnamed stage	21 Aug 2020	$13m	Participant	CSIRO Woolworths GrainCorp Harvest Road Group AGP Sustainable Real Assets–Sparklabs Cultiv8 Joint Venture	Startup Daily (Fri 5 Dec 2025), SmartCompany, Startup Daily (Mon 1 Dec 2025), AgFunderNews (Mon 15 Feb 2021), Beef Central / Grain Central (Thu 21 Jan 2021), Beef Central / Grain Central (Thu 17 Dec 2020), @AuManufacturing (Tue 15 Dec 2020), Startup Daily (Tue 15 Dec 2020), Beef Central / Grain Central (Fri 21 Aug 2020), Startup Daily (Fri 21 Aug 2020), @AuManufacturing (Fri 21 Aug 2020), AgFunderNews (Thu 20 Aug 2020)

Portfolio

Companies Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
Future Feed		21 Aug 2020	1	0

Funds

Fund closes reported for Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization is recorded as having been acquired.

Name	Role	Sources
Dr Larry Marshall	Chief Executive	AgFunderNews
Duncan Ferguson	Director of Company Creation	AgFunderNews

Coverage

Stories naming Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

Unnamed stage $13m

EXCLUSIVE: CSIRO, Woolworths unveil FutureFeed, a seaweed supplement that cuts cow methane by 80%

CSIRO and partners launch FutureFeed, raising A$13 million to commercialize a seaweed livestock feed additive that cuts cattle methane emissions by up to 80%.

AgFunderNews Thu 20 Aug 2020 Future Feed James Cook University Meat & Livestock Australia SparkLabs Cultiv8 AGP Sustainable Real Assets–Sparklabs Cultiv8 Joint Venture Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization GrainCorp Harvest Road Group Woolworths Duncan Ferguson Dr Larry Marshall Malcolm Nutt

Also Startup Daily·@AuManufacturing·Beef Central / Grain Central·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·@AuManufacturing·Beef Central / Grain Central·Beef Central / Grain Central·AgFunderNews

Unnamed stage $2.7m

Tessara Therapeutics Raises $2.7 Million to Develop Mimetic Brain Tissue

Tessara Therapeutics closed a $2.7 million oversubscribed Round 1 raise led by a New South Wales syndicate, appointed Phillip Smith to its board, and works with CSIRO and Bio-Link Australia.

Wholesale Investor Thu 28 May 2020 Tessara Therapeutics Pty Ltd Bio-Link Australia Pty Ltd Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization Dr Christian Toouli Christopher Boyer Dr Christos Papadimitriou Dr Greg Collier Phillip Smith

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