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ETF Partners

Disclosed deals

Every published round ETF Partners 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
Amber Electric	Series D+	21 Sep 2026	$78.5m	Participant	1GT Innovation Victoria E.ON Morgan Stanley	Startup Daily, Cut Through Venture, Dynamic Business, This Week in Australian Startups, Forbes Australia, Dealroom, Business News Australia, RenewEconomy
Amber Electric	Series D+	4 Jun 2025	$45m	Lead	Square Peg Capital Breakthrough Victoria Gentrack Rubio Impact Ventures	RenewEconomy (Mon 21 Sep 2026), Startup Daily (Wed 16 Sep 2026), Breakthrough Victoria (Thu 14 May 2026), Breakthrough Victoria (Thu 14 May 2026), Breakthrough Victoria (Tue 23 Dec 2025), SmartCompany (Wed 1 Oct 2025), Startup Daily (Tue 30 Sep 2025), RenewEconomy (Tue 30 Sep 2025), SmartCompany (Fri 6 Jun 2025), Forbes Australia, RenewEconomy (Wed 4 Jun 2025), Startup Daily (Wed 4 Jun 2025), @AuManufacturing, Breakthrough Victoria (Wed 4 Jun 2025), Square Peg Capital portfolio
Amber Electric	Series C	Jun 2024	$12m	Lead	Gentrack	Dealroom, Forbes Australia, RenewEconomy

Portfolio

Companies ETF Partners has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
Amber Electric		Jun 2024, Series C	3	2

Funds

Fund closes reported for ETF Partners, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for ETF Partners yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies ETF Partners has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal ETF Partners did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of ETF Partners is recorded as having been acquired.

Coverage

Stories naming ETF Partners. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

15 deals

🇦🇺 This Week in Australian Startups #179, 26th September 2026

Weekly roundup recording a dozen raises and acquisitions, Firmus's scheduled float, a new $50m venture fund, a founder share sale, grant winners, an accelerator intake, and an AI agent's government breach.

This Week in Australian Startups Sat 26 Sep 2026 Amber Electric Auric CodeBreakers Fever Heidi Health HEO Hubblenetwork Kinoxis Therapeutics Medcast OpenDebt Remagine Labs RentBetter Significant Capital Ventures TasTest Zeligate Advanced Navigation Afterpay Airtasker AirTrunk Airwallex Anthropic AUSTRAC Australian Government Australian Signals Directorate Catch CDC Centre Droneshield Elixinol Wellness Ellerston Capital Employment Hero Firmus Technologies Genetic Signatures Innovaero Investment NSW Kongsberg Luxury Escapes Medicare Microba Life Sciences Morgan Stanley National Transport Solutions Nearmap News Corp NSW Government Ofload OpenAI ParaScript Ramp South Australian Government Spark Capital Stakk Limited Telix Pharmaceuticals Telstra The U Group The University of Sydney Thoma Bravo University of Canberra University of Newcastle UNSW Sydney Victorian Government Vitable 1GT AirTree Ventures Angel Investors Antler Australia Athletic Ventures Avicella Capital Baillie Gifford Beaten Zone Venture Partners Best Practice Blackbird Ventures Carthona Capital CSIRO DCode Capital Deepwater Dumm Capital E.ON EQT ETF Partners EVP General Catalyst Headline Innovation Victoria Main Sequence Ventures Medical Research Future Fund Monash University NRF Corporation Paspalis Phoenix Court Point72 Salus Ventures Scalare Partners Stoic Venture Capital Ten13 Uniseed UniSuper Greg Boorer Pat Cummins Sam Kerr Albanese Anoulack Chanthivong Gabby Leibovich Hezi Leibovich Jack Zhang Jonathan Lui

Also DealStreetAsia·Dealroom·This Week in Australian Startups·AFR Technology·AFR Technology·Startup Daily·AFR Technology·AFR Technology·ABC News Technology·iTnews

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Home battery automation champion raises $78.5 million towards local growth, global expansion

Energy retailer Amber has closed an oversubscribed $78.5 million round led by Morgan Stanley's 1GT fund, with existing backers participating, to add vehicle-to-grid capability and expand into Europe.

RenewEconomy Mon 21 Sep 2026 Amber Electric E.ON Next Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley Investment Management 1GT E.ON ETF Partners Innovation Victoria Chris Thompson Vikram Raju

Also Business News Australia·Dealroom·Forbes Australia·Cut Through Venture·Startup Daily·This Week in Australian Startups·Dynamic Business

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Renewables focused retailer Amber raises $45m in bid to accelerate global expansion and V2G

Amber Electric, a Melbourne electricity retailer, has banked $45 million from ETF Partners and returning backers to fund overseas expansion and vehicle-to-grid technology.

RenewEconomy Wed 4 Jun 2025 Amber Electric Ecotricity E.ON Breakthrough Victoria ETF Partners Gentrack Rubio Impact Ventures Square Peg Capital Dan Adams

Also Forbes Australia·Dealroom

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Amber charges up on $45 million raise

Energy retailer Amber has raised $45 million in a round led by ETF Partners to grow its home-battery and EV automation business overseas, having bought charging app Charge HQ earlier this year.

Startup Daily Wed 4 Jun 2025 Amber Electric CBA Charge HQ CSIRO Ecotricity E.ON Main Sequence Ventures NRMA Breakthrough Victoria ETF Partners Gentrack Rubio Impact Ventures Square Peg Capital Dan Adams

Also Startup Daily

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Amber closes $45 million funding round

Amber, the home battery automation company, has banked a $45 million round led by ETF Partners alongside Square Peg, Gentrack, Rubio Impact Ventures and Breakthrough Victoria; co-founder Dan Adams talks growth and overseas licensing.

Breakthrough Victoria Wed 4 Jun 2025 Amber Electric Battery Ventures E.ON Breakthrough Victoria ETF Partners Gentrack Rubio Impact Ventures Square Peg Capital Chris Thompson Dan Adams

Also Breakthrough Victoria·Breakthrough Victoria·Breakthrough Victoria·Startup Daily·RenewEconomy·Forbes Australia·SmartCompany·@AuManufacturing·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·RenewEconomy·RenewEconomy

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