Startup
Gippsland, VIC
Programs: Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (Sovereign UAS Challenge)
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round DefendTex raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator | Accelerator | - |
Companies DefendTex acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Travis Reddy | CEO | @AuManufacturing |
Stories naming DefendTex. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Manufacturing roundup: IDT Australia and Genetic Signatures announce capital raisings; Memphasys and Genetic Signatures appoint new chief executives; NIOA opens a US office; DefendTex holds acquisition talks with Brazil's Avibras; a cobotics PhD ends.
More than eleven Australian defence firms have contracted to build drone prototypes under ASCA's Sovereign UAS Challenge, with contracts worth a combined $1.21 million and demonstrations planned for April.
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Eleven companies will develop prototype drones for Defence's Sovereign UAS Challenge, run by ASCA, under contracts worth a combined $1.21 million, with demonstrations due in April.
Nine companies received Defence Innovation Hub contracts totalling $19 million to develop technologies for the Australian Defence Force, with RFTEQ winning the largest single award of $5.31 million.
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Victorian defence manufacturer DefendTex has received $3 million under the Cooperative Research Centre Program to scale up 3D printing of small rocket motors, working alongside RMIT, DSTG and other partners.
Profile of TST, an Australian-Singaporean composites company commercialising the D4 forming process for helmets, covering its defence research origins and an Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre grant backing its motorcycle helmet work.
Australia's defence industry minister has announced grant recipients under a program backing small defence manufacturers, with 13 firms sharing funding and some joining a trade delegation at a London expo.
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