Dr Erich Kisi

Our investment in Facet Amtech: Rethinking how the world makes ammonia

Main Sequence explains its decision to back Facet Amtech again alongside Uniseed in a $3 million round, funding the startup's water-based ammonia catalyst work and its first pilot plant.

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Green steam and thermal storage startup reboots pilot plant after “tough lesson”

MGA Thermal has its 5 MWh Tomago pilot plant working again after an 18-month fix, and is seeking significant new capital to scale up production.

Green steam: US oil giant taps Australian thermal storage start-up for “real-world” trial

Chevron partners with NSW thermal-storage maker MGA Thermal on a FEED study toward a possible trial; the piece also recounts earlier raises from Main Sequence, ARENA, Melt Ventures, Jekara and Shell.

Nine Aussie startups that raised $38.3 million this week

Roundup of nine local startups that together banked a combined $38m-plus this week, spanning precision instruments, proptech, adtech, robotics, food, energy storage and AI, with several earlier raises recalled.

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Five ANZ startups that raised $21.2 million this week

Weekly roundup detailing funding rounds by five Australian and New Zealand startups: a diversity analytics platform, a thermal energy storage maker, a carbon accounting service, an activated carbon producer, and legal communications software.

Shell-backed energy storage startup MGA Thermal powers up with $5.7 million investment

Thermal energy storage company MGA Thermal secured $5.7 million from Main Sequence, Melt Ventures and new backer JEKARA, taking its round near $14 million; Shell had earlier invested $560,000 through its GameChanger accelerator fund.

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Eight Aussie startups that raised $85.6 million this week

Weekly roundup reporting eight Australian startups together raised $85.6 million across mining tech, cybersecurity, waste, energy storage, health and micromobility, plus a Google.org grant for Global Sisters.

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MGA Thermal unveils new Newcastle manufacturing facility

Thermal storage maker MGA Thermal has opened the first stage of its Newcastle manufacturing facility, with early output supporting a green hydrogen partnership backed by a federal government grant.

Albert Impact Ventures backs MGA Thermal

Alberts Impact Ventures announces backing thermal storage startup MGA Thermal's $8 million Series A, led by Main Sequence Ventures with CP Ventures, New Zealand's Climate Venture Capital fund and The Melt participating.

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Energy storage “Lego blocks” offer missing piece to 100 per cent renewable grid

Newcastle academics explain their miscibility gap alloy heat-storage blocks, describe a federal grant funding pilot manufacturing, and outline a Swiss partnership to trial the technology inside retrofitted coal power stations.

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