Startup · $46m raised
Brisbane, QLD
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round ELO2 raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Government | Grant · Grant | $42,000,000 |
| Australian Space Agency | Grant · Grant | - |
| UK Space Agency | Grant | - |
Companies ELO2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Sorensen | Director | @AuManufacturing |
Stories naming ELO2. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Weekly digest: Firmus withdraws its planned listing, Square Peg reaches a billion-dollar close on two vehicles, MUFG clears regulators to buy Grow Inc, and Lubdub, RocketDNA, Energy Bay and Metal all raise.
NASA confirmed the Australian-built Roo-ver will reach the Moon by 2030 under its Artemis program. The ELO2 consortium, technically led by Lunar Outpost Oceania of Melbourne, has $42 million in Australian Government backing.
Australian consortium ELO2 has shown its Moon rover prototype in Adelaide, competing to collect lunar soil for NASA, with support under the national space agency's Trailblazer program.
Consortium ELO2, co-led by EPE and Lunar Outpost Oceania, reveals a prototype rover that could become Australia's first Moon rover, developed under the Australian Space Agency's Trailblazer program for a possible NASA Artemis mission.
A public competition to name Australia's Trailblazer lunar rover has opened, with the two consortiums building rival designs, AROSE and ELO2, each holding $4 million in grants for early prototype work.