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Stories naming Dr Dr Larry Marshall. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
A rolling roundup of Australian energy-sector job moves, listing dozens of executives, directors and ministers joining or leaving utilities, regulators, developers and industry bodies between May and December 2023.
MRead, a landmine-detection venture launched by CSIRO and RFC Ambrian with Codan also investing, has raised a seed round of undisclosed size to advance its handheld explosive detectors.
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A manufacturing roundup: CSIRO issues a renewable energy storage roadmap, Mighty Craft completes a $5.1 million share placement, Bonfiglioli opens a Victorian office, and a Brisbane safety show announces speakers.
Profile of Cairns startup Rainstick, which uses artificial lightning to boost mushroom growth. It won $20,000 from Dream Ventures, has taken in $200,000, and joined CSIRO's ON Accelerate with nine other teams.
CSIRO has chosen ten deep-tech ventures from Australian universities and research for its ON Accelerate programme, including Queensland startup Rainstick; the program has helped form 66 companies since 2015.
Asparagopsis seaweed feed supplement reaches commercial phase in Australia as CH4 Global records first feedlot sales. FutureFeed licenses CSIRO-discovered technology, with Sea Forest and SeaStock also taking orders from beef producers.
Main Sequence's blog reports a $150 million commitment to CSIRO for the innovation fund it manages to speed research commercialisation, plus background on the firm's 2017 formation and its 39 deep tech investments.
Main Sequence announces Australian Ethical has joined its second fund as a strategic backer, pairing ethical capital with deep tech investing to address challenges across health, food, space and industrial productivity.
Fermentation-based dairy startup Eden Brew launches with A$4 million from CSIRO, its venture fund Main Sequence, and dairy co-operative Norco, targeting its first animal-free milk product on shelves within 18 months.
NSW's second R&D Innovation Districts Challenge awarded $500,000 in seed grants to winners including Adiona, Arludo and Kleu Australia, while a closing profile introduces Hayley Saddington's medtech startup Peak Medical, now seeking strategic investors.
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.
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Australia's CSIRO and the NSW Chief Scientist's office have launched Quasar Satellite Technologies, a startup developing phased-array technology so ground stations can communicate with many satellites simultaneously.
Australia's Main Sequence has pulled in A$250 million for its second deep tech fund, with existing backers returning and a sharpened emphasis on decarbonisation investments.
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